Woodstock: Anti-War

 Moving from the topic of beatlemania, we then move to a period of time where the Vietnam War took place. Simultaneously the concert at Woodstock took place. Its purpose is to promote peace and love; questioning the purpose of the war, in which why fight a country from the other side of the world? What is the purpose of doing so, what is the result? We then come to the task of analysing a song that came from the time in which promotes an anti-war movement. The usage of songs and rhythms to influence the public of peace and love. We are to choose from a variety of songs, however, by choice, I chose 'Give Peace a Chance' by John Lennon - seemingly continuing from the topic of Beatlemania.

Give Peace a Chance-- the lyrics:

Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

C'mon
Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers
Sinisters, Banisters and canisters
Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes
And bye bye, bye byes

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking about
Revolution, evolution, masturbation
Flagellation, regulation, integrations
Meditations, United Nations
Congratulations

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Ev'rybody'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

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

The song's meaning and purpose is to ask the questionable choices of the nations into colliding into war.  How technicality and politics have exploited the choice of war. Violence by means of revolutions and division has cause the separation of the nations and their people. In addition to that, the usage of religion,  culture and beliefs are in a negative nature which promotes violence and exclusion of the people. This song states our need to give peace a chance. Drastic changes may not be needed, change of law may not be needed but what is needed however is giving peace a chance. How we would learn more in giving a change for love and peaceulness.