[yesthatjallen]

John Lennon crooning about wife-beating on the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,"

Can someone explain this to me? I plead ignorance.

[SunkenCiv]

"I used to be cruel to my woman. I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved..."

[dead]

From It's Getting Better by Lennon:

I used to be cruel to my woman
I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved
Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene
and doing the best that I can...

[BradyLS]

The only one I can think of is Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.

“Bang, bang Maxwell’s silver hammer came down upon her head...”

[pepsi_junkie]

"It's Getting Better" has the line "I used to be cruel to my woman, I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved. Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene and I'm doing the best that I can"

It's a song. That album also has crooning about Henry the horse dancing a waltz and newspaper taxis appearing at the shore. I suppose she finds that problematic too.

[rxh4n1]

From “Its Getting Better”. He sings “I used to be cruel to my woman, and beat and kept her apart from the things that she loved”. To me it seems he was lamenting that he did it, not bragging. This woman is another unhinged loon.