We are smitten by this video to the point that it overcame our reluctances to
post Holiday-related songs or to post videos that have the likelihood of
becoming viral (we prefer to leave high-profile songs and videos for
high-profile blogs).
WAR
IS OVER! was written by Sean Ono Lennon and Dave Mullins. It features John
Lennon & Yoko Ono’s iconic anti-war holiday song “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).” Quoting the YouTube description:
“Set in an alternate WWI reality where a senseless war rages on, two soldiers on opposite sides of the conflict play a game of chess. A heroic carrier pigeon delivers the soldiers’ chess moves over the battlefield as the fighting escalates. Neither soldier knows his opponent as the game and the war builds to its climatic final move. Whoever wins the game, one thing is for certain: there are no winners in war.”
“Set in an alternate WWI reality where a senseless war rages on, two soldiers on opposite sides of the conflict play a game of chess. A heroic carrier pigeon delivers the soldiers’ chess moves over the battlefield as the fighting escalates. Neither soldier knows his opponent as the game and the war builds to its climatic final move. Whoever wins the game, one thing is for certain: there are no winners in war.”
For
a more complete understanding of the project and its purpose, go to the YouTube
site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W68-XaFepOg
Lyric of “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
And a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
For weak and for strong (If you want it)
For rich and the poor ones (War is over)
The road is so long (Now)
And so happy Christmas (War is over)
For black and for white (If you want it)
For yellow and red ones (War is over)
Let's stop all the fight (Now)
And a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
If you want it
War is Over
Now
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