Peace, Love, & Music: Peek into the Social Impact of Music in the 60s & 70s

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Advocates

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Peace, Love,

Activism through

Musicial Artistry

& Music

of

Peace

John Lennon (1940-1980)

✤ English musician; rose to stardom

through membership in The Beatles

✤ Peacefully protested & criticized

the Vietnam War through song

✤ "Imagine" (1971) tranquilly voices

their version of a non-violent sit-in,

Bob Marley (1945-1981)

1960s-1970s

✤ Jamaican musician; rose to fame

through testifying for the poor in

Trench Town through song and

musically identifying the political

problems through his music, opening

the eyes of surrounding nations and

those in the music industry

✤ "Simmer Down" (1964) was one of

his 1st, compelling inner city youth to

take peaceful stands against violence

"Give Peace A Chance" In Montreal, Canada in their hotel room

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Smile Jamaica Concert LiveIn Kingston, Jamaica

put aside, "the world will be as one"

the message that if differences are

✤ "Give Peace A Chance" (1969) was

performed with his newly-wed wife,

Yoko Ono, during a "Bed-In" protest,

honeymoon style; the couple knew

their marriage would attract the

press, so they used the publicity to

promote world peace instead

The above video and stillframe below show Bob Marley performing only two days after being shot alongside friends and family in his Hope Road home. Though wounded, Marley went through with the show, especially aware of the peaceful statement he would make.

Long after Smile Jamaica, Bob went on to perform with the Wailers at the One Love One Peace concert in Kingston, Jamaica in 1978, as pictured here. Previously, when asked why he had performed at Smile Jamaica despite his wounds, he replied, "The people who are trying to make this world worse aren't taking a day off. How can I?"

One Love

John & Yoko's first bed-in took place in Amsterdam, shown here; the video was recorded in Canada at their second set of bed-ins

As seen here in this uncredited photo from 1976, Bob Marley was known for his dreads and natural lifestyle, mostly due to his Rastafarian religion, prominent in Jamaica.

The Jamaican flag

http://www.bobmarley.com

For more info/history:

http://imaginepeace.com/?tag=charity

Furthering John's efforts:

By Megan Bowman