I was quite excited for this week's assignment because it gives me a chance to explain the title of my blog for those whom may not be familiar with the popular anti-war propaganda. This "WAR IS OVER! (IF YOU WANT IT) Happy Christmas from John & Yoko" was a campaign which was started by the couple, and was seen in 11 cities, including NYC, across the world on Dec. 16th, 1969. These campaign billboards, which were personally rented out by John & Yoko, were in protest of the Vietnam war. It's no secret John Lennon was peace-monger, with ballads such as "All you need is love" and "Imagine," But what's truly touching about his antics is that he took his opinion beyond his art, he used his fame to inspire social revolution. Although the war wasn't really over for the United States for several years to come, Lennon's message reached out to the confused teens of '69, giving them inspiration to get out and change what was going on. I feel that this is so relevant to current times in America because it's clear that a change is in order, but too many young people don't think much of it. Who will be the new Lennonin regards to inspiring change? Noone, those are impossible shoes to fill; but imitation is better than silence.
Monday, April 21, 2008
WAR IS OVER! IF YOU WANT IT (HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM JOHN & YOKO) 4/22
I was quite excited for this week's assignment because it gives me a chance to explain the title of my blog for those whom may not be familiar with the popular anti-war propaganda. This "WAR IS OVER! (IF YOU WANT IT) Happy Christmas from John & Yoko" was a campaign which was started by the couple, and was seen in 11 cities, including NYC, across the world on Dec. 16th, 1969. These campaign billboards, which were personally rented out by John & Yoko, were in protest of the Vietnam war. It's no secret John Lennon was peace-monger, with ballads such as "All you need is love" and "Imagine," But what's truly touching about his antics is that he took his opinion beyond his art, he used his fame to inspire social revolution. Although the war wasn't really over for the United States for several years to come, Lennon's message reached out to the confused teens of '69, giving them inspiration to get out and change what was going on. I feel that this is so relevant to current times in America because it's clear that a change is in order, but too many young people don't think much of it. Who will be the new Lennonin regards to inspiring change? Noone, those are impossible shoes to fill; but imitation is better than silence.
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The way slogans stay in our heads, never leaving, until replaced by new ones is an interesting process of the human brain. I was in a lingustics class, and I learned that different types of words and phrases are stored in our brains in different ways/locations. For example, curse words are stored seperate from the rest of our vocabulary, and are accessed by our brains in a completely different way than our usual verbage. Catchy slogans are similarly stored in a seperate location.
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