Negative side to Influence

if we are to look at the beatles interms of there unfluence on society we must look at a negative aspect also. by this i mean there are several theorys which link the beatles white album (on of there best) the that of the murders carried out by Charles Manson. Manson apparently thought that the beatles were speaking to him through there music telling him what to do. he used there songs and changed there meaning, an example being

Blackbird
(White Album)
Blackbird singing in the dead of night/ Take these broken wings and learn to fly/ All your life/ You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

Manson thought that the Beatles were urging black people to arise and revolt against the white establishment.

for more like the above : http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/manson/mansonbeatles.html

a quote from the wonder that is the West Wing comes to mind here, "you cant legislate over act of madman toby.." which essentialy Manson was, there is no way the beatles were talking to him through there music, if you think how many millions of people listend to there music, but this is an important issue that I will come back to in later updates.