When John Lennon
And Yoko Ono famously recorded their anti-war song in a hotel room in Montreal - and in bed no less - they were suggesting that a simple and catchy phrase from the comfort of a wedding bed could get us out of Vietnam, ok and maybe opine on the validity of wars in general.
Either way gotta give those two credit for a catchy four-word phrase that a country at the end of half a decade of turmoil likely needed.
At least the brevity part.
It was a decent attempt to test market this generation’s highest goal -
the idea that one person can change the world.
Or two, if they’re in bed surrounded by cameras.
Look we’d all like to imagine (pun intended), that a simple phrase, sung by enough people at the right time, could sway the winds of dictators and politicians. That a song could get every kid in Vietnam the hell out of that jungle, even if they had to pay homage to John and Yoko afterwards.
Benefits regardless of ideology.
What do I mean?
I mean that in modern times we citizens have benefitted from movements and ideologies that not necessarily everyone agreed with.
You want examples past John & Yoko? Ok, here goes:
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