Lot Essay
One of the drawings used by John and Yoko to decorate their hotel room at their Bed-In for Peace held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Room 1742, in Montreal, May 26th-June 2nd, 1969.
John and Yoko set themselves up in the hotel bedroom and invited the world's media to listen to their message. The concept behind the Bed-In for Peace was for John and Yoko to use their fame to create media interest in order to advertise for peace. Lennon said at the time ..."Yoko and I are quite willing to be the world's clowns...if by doing so it will do some good...For reasons only known to themselves, people do print what I say. And I'm saying peace...We're trying to make Christ's message contemporary...Christ made miracles to tell his message. Well, the miracle today is communications, so let's use it.... Their first Bed-In had been held in the Amsterdam Hilton in March of that year, Lennon and Ono had wanted to repeat this performance in the USA but ended up in Montreal after Lennon had been refused an entry visa to the States. Whilst in Montreal, they gave more than 60 interviews and at the end of this Bed-In they recorded the song which Lennon wrote that week and which was to become an 'international anthem' Give Peace A Chance. The crowd of visitors in the room at the time of the recording who sang the chorus included several characters such as 'drug guru' Timothy Leary, Montreal rabbi Abraham Feinberg and comedian Tommy Smothers.
This drawing can be seen in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, on the bedroom wall beside Yoko Ono in the video John & Yoko - The Bed-In - all we are saying is give peace a chance, PMI, 1990
John and Yoko set themselves up in the hotel bedroom and invited the world's media to listen to their message. The concept behind the Bed-In for Peace was for John and Yoko to use their fame to create media interest in order to advertise for peace. Lennon said at the time ..."Yoko and I are quite willing to be the world's clowns...if by doing so it will do some good...For reasons only known to themselves, people do print what I say. And I'm saying peace...We're trying to make Christ's message contemporary...Christ made miracles to tell his message. Well, the miracle today is communications, so let's use it.... Their first Bed-In had been held in the Amsterdam Hilton in March of that year, Lennon and Ono had wanted to repeat this performance in the USA but ended up in Montreal after Lennon had been refused an entry visa to the States. Whilst in Montreal, they gave more than 60 interviews and at the end of this Bed-In they recorded the song which Lennon wrote that week and which was to become an 'international anthem' Give Peace A Chance. The crowd of visitors in the room at the time of the recording who sang the chorus included several characters such as 'drug guru' Timothy Leary, Montreal rabbi Abraham Feinberg and comedian Tommy Smothers.
This drawing can be seen in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, on the bedroom wall beside Yoko Ono in the video John & Yoko - The Bed-In - all we are saying is give peace a chance, PMI, 1990