Yoko Ono Videos : John Lennon & Yoko Ono's Radio Message To Japan (1969)

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John Lennon & Yoko Ono's Radio Message To Japan (1969)

Ronnie Hawkin's farm, Toronto (Canada), 18th December 1969. On 16th December 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono left England and flew to Toronto for begin the next stage of their peace campaign, launched with a concert at Lyceum Ballroom in London with the Plastic Ono Band on 15th December. They stayed on Ronnie Hawkins' ranch in Mississauga, Ontario, from where they gave a series of interviews to the world's media. On the second morning of their Canadian peace campaign, the couple recorded a message to be broadcast on Japanese radio. It begins with a few words in Japanese, before a version of "Give Peace A Chance". Lasting about a minute, it ends with Lennon repeatedly bantering "moshi moshi" in mock Japanese. Much of the remainder of the 10-minute recording is of Yoko speaking in Japanese, with Lennon in the background playing an acoustic guitar. Versions of "Sun King", "Dear Prudence" and "Make Love Not War", which later became "Mind Games", can be heard amid the aimless strumming. At one point he also answers a telephone call. Yoko speaks of her plans for the peace movement and accompanying music festival. She mentions her recent holidays with Lennon in India and Italy, and says she would like to return to Japan in 1970.

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