Δώσε μια ευκαιρία στην Ειρήνη! (Βίντεο)

1 Ιουνίου του 1969 

Ο Τζον Λένον και η Γιόκο Όνο

ηχογραφούν το Give Peace a Chance,

 κατά τη διάρκεια του δεύτερου Bed-In

 για την Ειρήνη.

Two, one two three four

Everybody's talking about

Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism

This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m. 

[Chorus]

All we are saying is give peace a chance

All we are saying is give peace a chance 

C'mon

Everybody's talking about Ministers,

Sinisters, Banisters and canisters

Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes,

And bye bye, bye byes. 

[Chorus]

Let me tell you now

Everybody's talking about

Revolution, evolution, masturbation,

Flagellation, regulation, integrations,

Meditations, United Nations,

Congratulations. 

[Chorus]

Everybody's talking about

John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary,

Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper,

Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer,

Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna,

Hare, Hare Krishna 

"Give Peace a Chance" is a 1969 

single by (John Lennon's) Plastic Ono Band 

that became an anthem of the American 

anti-war movement at that time.

A different song with the same name, written

 by Leon Russell and Bonny Bramlett,

 was sung by Joe Cocker.

Writing and recording

The song was written during 

Lennon's Bed-In honeymoon:

 when asked by a reporter what he was trying

 to achieve by staying in bed, Lennon answered

 spontaneously "All we are saying is give peace a chance"; 

Lennon liked the phrase and set it to music 

for the song.

 He sang the song several times during the Bed-In,

 and finally, on 1 June 1969, in Room 1742 

at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, recorded 

it using a simple setup of four microphones

 and a four-track tape recorder rented from

 a local recording studio. The recording session 

was attended by dozens of journalists and various

 celebrities, including Timothy Leary,

 Rabbi Abraham Feinberg, Joseph Schwartz,

 Allan Rock, Rosemary Woodruff Leary,

 Petula Clark, Dick Gregory, Allen Ginsberg, 

Murray the K, Al Capp and Derek Taylor, 

many of whom are mentioned in the lyrics. 

Lennon played acoustic guitar and was joined 

by Tommy Smothers of the Smothers Brothers, 

also on acoustic guitar.