Posted on 04/29/2008 10:51:10 AM PDT by Aristotelian
LONDON (AFP) - Lyrics to the song "Give Peace A Chance", handwritten by John Lennon, are expected to sell for up to 300,000 pounds (380,000 euros, 592,500 dollars) in July, auctioneers Christie's said Tuesday.
The song was written by Lennon during his 1969 "bed-in" in Montreal when he and wife Yoko Ono checked into suite 1742 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel and stayed in bed for eight days in a peace protest.
The Beatles star, who was shot dead in New York in 1980, gave the lyrics to Gail Renard, then a 16-year-old girl who dodged heavy security at the hotel to sneak in and request an interview for her college magazine.
Renard ended up staying for a week and becoming friends with the couple. The lyric sheet, along with photographs from the time, will be auctioned at Christie's in London on July 10 on her behalf.
"Give Peace A Chance" was recorded on the final evening of the "bed-in" with guests including poet Allen Ginsburg, psychedelic writer Timothy Leary and members of a Canadian Hare Krishna temple.
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They’d probably get more on ebay.
Oh my, shot dead, wow! As opposed to shot alive?
The Beatles. Two down and two to go.
Timothy Leary
Yeah, give peace a chance....
You beat me by a few minutes.
:p
Are they written in crayon?
Ironically, I just watched a movie about who killed john lennon (no caps on purpose)...
Sorry I didn’t spill a tear for him, or his widowed wife Yoko (psychopath LSD/PCP/Maryjane brain dead hippie)....
Although, I don’t agree on how he was killed.. some other psychopath that wanted fame. :/ Amazing how the cops at that time protected him (the killer).
Yoko is more insane now... and ALMOST scary, she reminds me of Killery.. uhm... Billery...
BTW.... I throw in 100 yen ;)
Except for a few early Beatles songs you could dance to, the rest was KAKA!
Amazing what people will waste money on
That’ll be expensive toilet paper...
Give Peace a Chance
- John Lennon
Ev’rybody’s talkin’ ‘bout
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, ism ism ism
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(C’mon)
Ev’rybody’s talkin’ ‘bout
Minister, Sinister, Banisters and Canisters,
Bishops, Fishops, Rabbis, and Pop Eyes, 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 talkin’ ‘bout
Revolution, Evolution, Masturbation, Flagellation, Regulation,
Integrations, mediations, United Nations, congratulations
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Ev’rybody’s talkin’ ‘bout
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
(Repeat ‘til the tape runs out)
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