Okay, Yoko
Peace -
Peace -
Let's hope for peace,
Let's hope for peace,
Peace -
Let's hope for peace,
Peace -
Let's hope for peace.
(peace, peace, peace, peace…)
Peace -
Let's hope for peace, (peace, peace, peace, peace!)
Peace -
Let's hope for peace,
Peace -
Let's hope for peace.
Oh, John, let's hope for peace
For our children,
For our country,
For our world,
For our future,
Oh, John, let's hope for peace,
Let's hope for peace.
Peace -
Peace, peace,
Let's hope for peace.
Oh, John -
Peace.
Good morning meine damen und herren, this is the peace call
(ok)
[John]
What we're really doing is, uh, sending out a message to the world, but mainly to the youth, especially the youth or anybody really that's interested in, protesting for peace, or protesting against any forms of violence, and we say, everybody is getting a bit heavy or intellectual about it
Everybody is talking about peace, but nobody's doing anything about it
Uh, except for, a few people
And the things like the Golden square marches in London
The end product of it was newspaper stories about riots and fighting, and we did the Bed Event in Amsterdam, and the Bag Piece in Vienna, just to give people an idea that there’s many ways of protest, and this is one of them and anybody could grow their hair for peace or, give up a day-week of their holiday for peace, or sit in a bag for peace.
Protest against peace anyway but peacefully
Cuz we think that peace is only got by peaceful methods
and that to fight the establishment with their own weapons is no good
Because they always win, and they've been winning for thousands of years
They know how to play the game violence
And it's easier for them when they can recognize you and shoot you
But they don't know how to handle humour, and peaceful humour
and that’s our message really

[Interviewer]
What do you think was the, most—biggest success in history in the last 300 years

[John]
I’ve no clue

[Yoko]
Well maybe it's still yet to happen you see
That's why we're trying to do it, in other words by very, very peaceful method to bring peace
You know instead of peace through violence, that’s what we’re trying to do
And if we succeed in that, that's the biggest happening yet.
Y’know, in the last 300 years
Because it’s never been done and nobody has really tried it, you see
And uh that’s what we’re trying-
[Interviewer]
What would you do in case of the war

[John]
Well, how’d you mean?

[Interviewer]
What would you do immediately if you woke up in the morning, read the newspapers and they would tell you-

[John]
I’d probably-

[Interviewer]
England is in war with France

[John]
I would probably die of fright

[Yoko]
Well, I don’t think that should happen, y’know
You talk as if uh something is going to happen aside of us, we are all in this you see we’re all in the same society and in the same world and everything that happens to us is our responsibility you know, a like, um, any violence going in the world is just a symbol of all the violent atmosphere that is in the world, you see, and uh, when the Nazis persecuted Jewish people, that wasn’t only uh Hitler who did it, or Germany who did it, but just a symbol of everybody in the world who had the feeling for persecution for Jews, you see
So we share everything, so that’s not gonna happen. If there’s war suddenly, then that’s our fault you know

[Interviewer]
So what do you think about the behaviour of Austria, Austrians and Germans during the second world war, well don’t you think that they’re a little bit more responsible than the others?
[John]
No, not particularly

[Yoko]
No, not particularly no, the whole world if the whole world was really aware of it and if the journalists, and the uh, the communication media of those days were really aware of their responsibility as well, and um, reported everything correct, you know, well which is almost impossible I'm sure, but as much as possible, and if the whole world was aware of the responsibility, it could have been stopped, I’m sure

[John]
Well, we know that, um, Britain and a few other countries waited quite a long time before they made any decision about what to do, I’m not quite sure, the fact you know, but after Czechoslovakia and things like that, they could’ve stopped it earlier, but they wait until it's on the doorstep, y’know, until it involves their money, or their territory-

[Interviewer]
There’s a very special type of politician that, is voted by a special county and I don't think that -

[John]
No, I don't think so because, ok

[Interviewer]
Because Hitler could have been voted by the French, for instance.

[John, Yoko Ono]
Oh, come on, the French, the French?
Oh I'm [?]

[Interviewer]
The type of

[John, Yoko Ono]
Well different types then ok I mean
Every nation-
Every nation will have a prototype
Every nation is bad in that sense, yes
But you name I think I was like talking to one of the Austrian tv guys last night, I said "Can you name me one European country, which hasn't, sort of raped the world" and he said "Austria" actually was the only one, that didn't attack anybody else they we're always on the defensive so I don't know whether that's true but-

[Interviewer]
But they were silent in the wrong-

[John, Yoko Ono]
Ok ok that's bad I agree with that Yes yes I see but silence is bad
But that isn't one European country that hasn't had it's Hitler one way or the other including Britain and what they did to India, and South Africa
So let's go back to the future you know so that's why we are here we want to talk to them and mainly to the young people in, all over the world because those are the people who are going to be the next generation their going to be the next world you know, and we just want to say we are with them we're not preaching or anything like that, we want to be with them and we are with them and in our way we're just announcing that we're open to all invitations or suggestions to anything to work for the world peace you see and we're doing it our own way which we think is the best for us, and uh also that young people have to realise that this is just as bad as before the second world war or right in the middle of it you know that everything-all the violence that's happening in the world now are our responsibility and if you don't really realise it and immediately start something action you know, it's going to be bad you know and it would be exactly like you said one morning we find a newspaper that the whole world is going to disappear, you know

[Interviewer]
I agree with you but don't you think-I mean it's effected by, though your behaviour I think it's ok but for the rest, for a lot of people sir your behavour will get suspicious they don't think that this is, can be correct, people sitting on the table clothes, protesting, against wars, they don't think that there's a-

[Yoko Ono]
Ok before they criticize us you know, and if they want to criticize us, ok go ahead, and they should do it in their own way but do something, you know

[Interviewer]
So everybody should, throw out, his part of Hitler out of his soul and-

[John, Yoko Ono]
Yes yes yes precisely we all have it in us you know we're-we're saying uh, we want peace and we're staying in bed for peace but I'm as violence is the [??] yes yes, yes yes of course, and I'm as sure Yoko is violent just as violent, we're violent people you know, I prefer myself when I'm nonviolent, I prefer my friends when their nonviolent, it just makes for easier living, and if I know how is- and if we have to have violence let's channel it yes you know, I don't know how, you know there's other people who can work out how to channel it, will give them somewhere to play it and kill each other or something, but I don't want to be involved in their violence, I prefer to live in peace you know, all you need is courage you know, you can just go out in the street now and take off all your clothes and just say peace you know and you'll be in the news you see, just courage and if everybody gets courage, and of course they would because they'll just think, alright maybe this is a little bit embarrassing thing to do but look at John and Yoko they're doing worse so I can do it you know, that's all their trying to do

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