從約翰藍儂反戰示威床戲談起，Give Peace a Chance 到 Give Truth a Chance施明德文化基金會

讓自己為時代發聲，消費自己點亮一個理念，是每一個無法躲避良心呼召的名人的義務。

1969年，在越戰打得火熱得時刻，約翰藍儂與小野洋子意識到他們的結婚將引發媒體的追逐，於是決定徹底的「消費自己」來宣揚世界和平的理念。
他們創新的行動是將自己的蜜月旅行做成「Bed-in for Peace」的行動。在荷蘭阿姆斯特丹的希爾頓飯店總統套房裡，連續七天每天開放早上9點到晚上9點讓世界各大媒體近距離採訪。

25th March 1969: Beatles singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lennon and his wife of a week Yoko Ono receive the press at their bedside in the Presidential Suite of the Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam. The couple stayed in bed for seven days ‘as a protest against war and violence in the world’. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Bed-in 的概念來自於Sit-in 靜坐抗議，Sit-in指一群人提主張，坐在公署前面直到被驅離、被逮捕或是達成要求。
Bed-in 也就是揭露自己最私密的部分來表達對戰爭的抗議，並宣揚世界和平。畢竟「床」是非常有想像空間的意象，他溫暖、舒服、愛、性、赤裸、私密、一切…生老病死都離不開床。他離戰爭最遙遠。

第二次的Bed-in原來預計在紐約進行，但當時藍儂遭美國禁止入境，只好飛往加拿大蒙特羅市，入住在伊麗莎白皇后飯店。當記者問約翰藍儂，這一次的Bed-in行動希望達成什麼？他說：「Just give peace a chance」，於是約翰藍儂在飯店房間裡完成「Give Peace a Chance」這首反戰名曲的創作與錄音。是的不要懷疑，他們就在許多的知名的文化界的好友的參與之下，於1969年6月1日由André Perry完成史上空前的床上錄音。

在你聽這首歌曲之前，請讀一讀這可愛簡單的歌詞。如果你是60s-70s可以跳過直接聽歌，重溫那美好的年代。

Ev’rybody’s talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

C’mon
Ev’rybody’s talking about Ministers
Sinisters, Banisters and canisters
Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes
And bye bye, bye byes

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Let me tell you now
Ev’rybody’s talking about
Revolution, evolution, masturbation
Flagellation, regulation, integrations
Meditations, United Nations
Congratulations

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Ev’rybody’s talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer
Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna
Hare, Hare Krishna

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

為什麼他們高唱Give Peace a Chance，因為世界的另一頭越南長這樣。

South Vietnamese forces follow after terrified children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, as they run down Route 1 near Trang Bang after an aerial napalm attack on suspected Viet Cong hiding places, June 8, 1972. A South Vietnamese plane accidentally dropped its flaming napalm on South Vietnamese troops and civilians. The terrified girl had ripped off her burning clothes while fleeing. The children from left to right are: Phan Thanh Tam, younger brother of Kim Phuc, who lost an eye, Phan Thanh Phouc, youngest brother of Kim Phuc, Kim Phuc, and Kim’s cousins Ho Van Bon, and Ho Thi Ting. Behind them are soldiers of the Vietnam Army 25th Division. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Give Peace a Chance這首歌很快地成為反越戰的主題曲，隨後在1969年11月15日華盛頓的草坪上將近50萬人一起示威抗議，就唱著這首歌。高喊著，尼克森你聽到沒？安格紐你聽到沒？（當時尼克森是總統、安格紐副總統）