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Hilton Amsterdam
“All we are saying, is give peace a chance.”
John Lennon
March 20, 1969, Gibraltar. John Lennon and Yoko Ono are married. Instead of going on a trip to celebrate their honeymoon, the two lovers decided to stay at the Amsterdam Hilton to protest against the war, from March 25 to 31. Lying in a big white bed, they create the event and fly to Montreal where they repeat their initiative at the Queen Elizabeth II hotel. On May 26, the couple rented suites 1738, 1740 and 1742. It is in the latter that their nuptial bed is installed. As they take their seats, John Lennon records his first solo song, Give Peace a Chance.
Peace in bed
A hymn to peace, Give Peace a Chance is a kind of magnificent conclusion to the Amsterdam and Montreal Bed-ins. Strangely, the song is credited Lennon/McCartney, like all the compositions of the duo within the Beatles. John Lennon would later explain: “I don’t even know why his name was on it. It’s there because I was feeling kind of guilty, because I had released a solo single – the first one – and I was really breaking up with the band.“
Peaceful crusade
The campaign for peace, for which Give Peace a Chance is the official song, ends on December 23, also in Canada. John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent almost an hour with Health Minister John Munro.
Although Give Peace a Chance did not have the same impact asImagine, it is still one of John Lennon’s most popular songs. A tube in the form of a symbol, still used today and still considered as the pure expression of the talent of its author. At the Hilton Amsterdam, where it all began, John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s room was full of guests. Years have passed since the two avant-garde musicians made their mark, but no one has forgotten.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono actually held two Bed-Ins for Peace: one in Amsterdam at the Hilton and the other in Montreal at the Queen Elizabeth II Hotel, both in the spring of 1969.
Hilton Amsterdam
Amsterdam’s most famous and probably most prestigious hotel, the Hilton attracts guests from all over the world.
The conveniently located Hilton Amsterdam offers 5-star services such as a business center, 21 meeting rooms, a garden overlooking the property’s marina, a restaurant, an espresso bar, and a fitness centre. fitness. It is located very close to the Rijksmuseum and the Vondelpark. The Amsterdam Hilton remains famous for hosting John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Bed-in for Peace in 1969.
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By Gilles Rolland
Passionné de cinéma, de rock and roll, de séries TV et de littérature. Rédacteur de presse et auteur des livres Le Heavy Metal au cinéma, Paroles de fans Guns N' Roses, Paroles de fans Rammstein et Welcome to my Jungle : 100 albums rock et autres anecdotes dépareillées. Adore également voyager à la recherche des lieux les plus emblématiques de la pop culture.