John Lennon: Give Peace a Chance Meaning

Song Released: 1969

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Give Peace a Chance Lyrics

Ev'rybody's talking about

Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism

This-ism, that-ism

Isn't it the most

All we are saying is give peace a chance

All we are saying is give peace a chance



Ev'rybody's talking about...

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   anonymous

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   Apr 26th 2017 report

   John Lennon message in his song is saying war does not solve all problem but if you " give peace a chance" it may be a better solution to solve all the problems in war. The song also mentions the spoken parts, it is saying that the most popular subjects are all this gossip and controversial or debatable topics and opinions. The way he sees it there is no need for that sort of thing in our world. people shouldn't try not arguing and debating. As he says " give peace a chance" what's the worst that could happen.

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   May 3rd 2019 report

   The 1960's and 1970's in the United States, were hard times. You had the death of Kennedy, the death of Martin Luther King Junior, the war in Vietnam, civil rights movements, and police brutality at those movements everywhere. People were being beat for protesting. John Lennon was trying to express that everyone needed to stop talking, stop fighting, and try to be at peace with one another.

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   May 27th 2011 report

   The song is basically about how war is bad and that war does not solve anything.
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   Oct 5th 2020 report

   Jhon Lennon thinks that war is not worth the lives that are being wasted on a battlefield. If people give peace a chance,maybe things wouldn't be so chaotic and all people can live as equals. Everyone deserves a chance.
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   Jul 21st 2020 report

   The song refers to Vietnam and how many Americans felt that they should stop the fighting and just leave
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   Jun 5th 2020 report

   I sometimes try to imagine that if John Lennon were still alive today, what kind of music would he write. And then I think of this song and here we are in 2020 with people at war within themselves and their own thoughts as well as war on our streets. We could all use a lesson in peace from Mr. John Lennon.
   
   
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   May 17th 2018 report

   This song is basically saying that war is not worth it. Trying to make peace is more worth it than war.
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   Oct 18th 2016 report

   I think this is a detailed journey into the mind of an insane John Lennon, it delves into not only the problems of the Vietnam war, but the war inside his drug fuelled mind.
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   Feb 7th 2013 report

   It's not that difficult to tell what this song is about. It is just what it says, give peace a chance. When seen with the spoken parts, it is saying that the most popular subjects are all this gossip and controversial or debatable topics and opinions. The way he sees it, there is no need for that sort of thing. People should try not arguing and debating and, as he says, give peace a chance. It's that simple.
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    Sep 6th 2011 report

    The message is simply give peace a chance because, everything deserves a chance even peace.
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    May 19th 2011 report

    I think the song is great way to show what john lennon is telling us.basically, all he wants is no war.

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