In 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote and recorded a vigorous protest tune referred to as “Sunday Bloody Sunday.” The couple created the music on Jan. 31, 1972 in response to Bloody Sunday, the day past’s bloodbath through which British troopers killed 13 unarmed civilians, together with six kids, throughout a protest march in Derry. (Eleven years later, the identical occasion impressed a traditional U2 single, additionally titled “Sunday Bloody Sunday.”) Now the John Lennon Property has launched a stirring visible accompaniment for Lennon and Ono’s anthem.
A brand new music video for “Sunday Bloody Sunday” illustrates, through a flurry of textual content and statistics, the human and monetary value of warfare, weapons, and political violence. The clip cycles by way of conflicts and tragedies from world wide, together with The Troubles in Eire, the Vietnam Battle, the Iran-Iraq Battle, Lebanon, Tiananmen Sq., the Lockerbie bombing, the Bosnian Battle, the Rwanda and Darfur genocides, the Chechen Wars, 9/11, the Iraq Battle, Syria, the Ukraine Battle, the Battle in Gaza, and from mass shootings in america. It ends, pointedly, by stating that 1.5 million folks have been killed by weapons within the U.S. since Lennon was gunned down exterior his New York condo constructing on Dec. 8, 1980.
Directed by Simon Hilton and David Frearson — and produced by Sean Ono Lennon, Delphine Lamandé-Frearson, Sophie Hilton, Faye Jordan, and Grace Davyd — the video is not only a contemporary act of protest, it’s a name to motion. The YouTube add consists of hyperlinks to dozens of charitable efforts combating the consequences of warfare and violence world wide.
“Sunday Bloody Sunday” first appeared on Someday In New York Metropolis, John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Reminiscence 1972 album, which was designed to operate as an “audio newspaper,” illuminating necessary happenings world wide. The tune might be included on Energy to the Individuals, a brand new 12-disc, 123-track field set commemorating John & Yoko’s legacy of nonviolent protest in NYC.
The field set transforms materials from Someday In New York Metropolis with new Final Mixes which were rejuvenated and resequenced below the title New York Metropolis. The focus of the bundle is a full dwell recording of the One To One Live performance from Aug. 30, 1972. The One To One Live shows, a two-night occasion at Madison Sq. Backyard that includes John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Reminiscence and a solid of particular company.
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