Give Peace A Chance 2015

Back in the last century Richie Boy, Ronnie D, and I were surfing in the Hamptons. The day ended with beers on the beach. A fire from driftwood warmed our bones and we rehashed old stories, as the sun sank over the salt marsh. Richie Boy's girlfriend asked us to pose for a picture. We stood together in our wetsuits.

Dawn said, "One-two-three." and clicked a photo.

"Stop that," a man shouted from the hightide line. He was British and older than us. "I don't want any photos taken."

"Who the fuck is taking photos of a loser like you?" I yelled back and Richie Boy started laughing, "You idiot, that's Paul McCartney."

"Asshole," I muttered under my breath, as the old Beatle waddled down the beach with his wife. Linda looked ill. He was protecting her and I regretted my muttered words. Hecwas a good man, despite having written ROCKY RACCOO. I was never a McCartney fan and in 2008 he showed his true colors by playing John Lennon's GIVE PEACE A CHANCE at a show in Tel Aviv. Maybe one day the young Zionists will listen, although I think IMAGINE is much more effective a song for peace.

Peace on Mars and Earth.

IMAGINE for # 1 2016

Times are tough for Zeppelin.

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN used to be # 1 for years.

1057 the hawk FM complied this 1-15 list of best rock songs of all time.

i.e. since the debut of rock and roll in 1955.

15 LED ZEPPELIN Stairway To Heaven 14 ZZ TOP Sharp Dressed Man 13 BLUE OYSTER CULT Don’t Fear The Reaper 12 STEVE MILLER The Joker 11 EAGLES Hotel California 10 AEROSMITH Dream On 9 JOURNEY Don’t Stop Believin’ 8 QUEEN Bohemian Rhapsody 7 PINK FLOYD Another Brick In The Wall 6 AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long 5 LYNYRD SKYNYRD Sweet Home Alabama 4 LED ZEPPELIN Black Dog 3 KANSAS Carry On Wayward Son 2 BOSTON More Than A Feeling 1 AEROSMITH Sweet Emotion

http://1057thehawk.com/the-memorial-day-500-playlist-songs-100-1-2/

I would not have picked one of these MOR hits.

My # 1 is John Lennon - Imagine

To view this song, please go to this URL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLgYAHHkPFs

WE ARE US 2023

No silent night
No peace on Earth
Like Lennon said
Imagine Imagine Imagine
Imagine no more them
Imagine no more us
Imagine only we are the world
We are us. We are us.
From the mountains
And the valleys
To the Oceans
All around the world.
No more prayers
No more thoughts
Only the silence of guns
And Peace on Earth
From the Jordan River
To the Ukraine
An End To the wars
Everywhere
Nothing but peace
For the children of now
For the children of the future
For we who were once children

Peace around the world.
Imagine
It's easy if you try
Lennon sang that then
Let's sing it together now.
All together now
All tomorrows
All together now
We areus
All of us
Like it or not.

IMAGINE by John Lennon

I deem IMAGINE by John Lennon to be the greatest song of my lifetime. THe words never lose their power. I f only people could imagine.

To hear IMAGINE please go to this URL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVg2EJvvlF8

GET TOGETHER by the Youngbloods

In a time of unending war there is only one path to freedom.

Get Together.

To hear this song by the Youngbloods, please go to the following URL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbrn9eXEKWk

And while we're at it

PEACE TRAIN by Cat Stevens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_X9eqYa6CQ

And not to mention IMAGINE by John Lennon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRhq-yO1KN8

Imagine John

Almost 32 years ago Mark Chapman bought CATCHER IN THE RYE at a NY book store. He wrote 'this is my statement' and 'Holden Caufield'. Around 5pm John Lennon exited from the building with his wife Yoko Ono. Chapman introduced himself and held out a Lennon LP. Later that evening John returned to the Dakota and Chapman shot him five times in anger over the ex-Beatle's statement that he was more famous than Jesus Lennon was pronounced dead at 11:07 pm at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center. He did not rise on the third day. None of the Beatles were God. Since conviction for murder Chapman was been imprisoned in Attica and most recently transferred to Wende Correctional Facility, another maximum security facility. He had been denied parole on six occasions and this week he goes before the board a seventh time. Yoko Ono in fear for her sons is firmly against his release as are many Beatles and Lennon fans. The only forgiveness comes from members of his evangelical church. They are Christians and Chapman has stated if paroled, "I would immediately try to find a job, and I really want to go from place to place, at least in the state, church to church, and tell people what happened to me and point them the way to Christ." I called up all my friends who answered their phone and they said, "No parole." One went as far as saying, "Hang him in the square." I have to admit it sounds like a good idea. Imagine.

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