As promised we are looking at other inspirational artists views on the world, this episode is on John Lennon and his views on Peace with a little remix of an unreleased Lennon demo called "That's the way the world is"
Part of this video contains animation from "I met the walrus" a great video that i would also recommend watching. That video cam be seen here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmR0V6s3NKk
John and Yoko created a lot of publicity for the peace movement in 1969 by staying in bed while being filmed and interviewed,
and their single with Plastic Ono Band 'Give Peace a Chance' became the "national anthem" for pacifist.
John himself was no angel, he could often be angry and troublesome but his heart was in the right place.
"What we're really doing," said John, "is sending out a message to the world, mainly to the youth, to anybody who is interested in protesting for peace or protesting any form of violence." John summoned up the message in
one colloquial phase: "Give peace a chance."
As the phasing of John's famous chant suggests, the model for all the Lennon's peace propaganda was Madison Avenue advertising.
John believed deeply in the power of images and slogans.
He was sure that during his years as a Beatle he had mastered these techniques and so he put his energy into using this knowledge to help the world.
