What is that song by John Lennon that is always played around christmas time?
2006-12-09 17:29:18 · 13 answers · asked by teeza18 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Happy Xmas (War is Over)
2006-12-09 17:31:55 · answer #1 · answered by catfight1980 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Lennon and Yoko Ono had a number 2 hit with “Happy Christmas - War is Over” way back in 1972, long before John Romano knew anything about anything. Who knows where the inspiration comes from to like a song enough to record it? Maybe it was somewhere deep in John’s psyche, waiting to come out. I know John is a big Beatles and Lennon fan and getting inside their music is second nature to him.
John had the inspiration to do the song over the summer and had it done by Labor Day. It was one of those “fall into place” experiences that sometimes come along in life. Dave La Chance, the producer, had a window in his schedule; the guitar and bass player (heart and soul of the indie band Spectacles) were free; the back up singers (the lovely girls of the group Dakota) had a couple of hours on a Sunday night to lay down gorgeous harmonies. Just one of those come together things.
The mastering wasn’t at Capitol Records, like the first album, but at the Mastering Lab, also in Hollywood. The technician definitely added to that certain x factor a tight song already has. He somehow heightened the magic that was already there in the raw mix.
As for the timing of this song, well, sure, there’s a war on and some folks want it, some don’t. This new version isn’t meant to be a plea for peace or a celebration of imminent political change. Back when Lennon did the song, Viet Nam was still raging and he was just writing about the eternal nature of war and how Christmas is still a time to have joy, no matter what.
Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones
The old and the young
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so Happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Christmas
And what have we done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so Happy Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over if you want it
War is over now
2006-12-10 01:44:21 · answer #2 · answered by babygirl 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
War is Over, Happy Christmas
2006-12-10 01:31:11 · answer #3 · answered by Signilda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happy Christmas (war is over), I'm a huge Beatles fan especially a Lennon fan and this is a great song.
2006-12-10 02:00:09 · answer #4 · answered by ernie_casarez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happy Christmas/War is Over
2006-12-10 01:37:40 · answer #5 · answered by zen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happy Christmas (War Is Over).
2006-12-10 01:40:03 · answer #6 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happy Christmas (War is Over)
2006-12-10 01:30:36 · answer #7 · answered by The. Boxfather 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happy Christmas (war is over)
2006-12-10 01:30:56 · answer #8 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"So This Is Christmas (War Is Over)"
Wonderful song.
2006-12-10 01:31:00 · answer #9 · answered by dawn chaser 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
( war is over)
Not over yet! if you asked me. lol
die land is in sy m*er.
ha ha ha ha
enjoy your day and marry christmas 2 you 2.
Nala
2006-12-10 01:36:27 · answer #10 · answered by Nala 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋