John Lennon Yoko Ono Bed In Amsterdam

John and yoko s first bed in for peace.

John lennon yoko ono bed in amsterdam. Drove from paris to the amsterdam hilton. The idea is derived from a sit in in which a group of protesters remains seated in front of or within an establishment until they are evicted arrested or their demands are met. The person on the phone told me i needed to call back in an hour and ask for peter brown she recalled. Tuesday 25 march 1969 people 1 comment.

John lennon and yoko ono in their bed in the presidential suite of the hilton hotel amsterdam 1969. Having been driven from paris to amsterdam early in the morning john lennon and yoko ono checked into the hilton hotel where they staged the first of two bed ins for peace. Read the message from yoko ono dear friends in 1969 john and i were so naïve to think that doing the bed in would help change the world. In 1969 john lennon and yoko ono spent their honeymoon in bed.

Alisa cooper when she interviewed john lennon and yoko ono during their famous bed in at the hilton hotel in amsterdam when she was a high school student 50 years ago. Photo by keystone hulton archive getty images. As the vietnam war raged in 1969 john lennon and his wife yoko ono held two week long bed ins for peace one at the hilton hotel in amsterdam and one at the queen elizabeth hotel in montreal each of which were intended to be nonviolent protests against wars and experimental tests of new ways to promote peace. Derived from the growing trend of sit in protests lennon and ono invited the press to their honeymoon suite at the amsterdam hilton where sat in bed for 12 hours a day for an entire week to talk about peace.

It gave the press unprecedented access to one of the most famous musicians in the world and his fascinating and mysterious spouse. 51 years ago today march 25th 1969 just days after their wedding day john lennon and yoko ono famously invited the press into their suite at the amsterdam hilton hotel as they attempted to use their honeymoon in a bid raise awareness for world peace. The photos from the bed in actually two bed ins with a week at a hotel in amsterdam and a week at a hotel in montreal have. On march 25 1969 john lennon and yoko ono were a few days into their marriage when they invited the press to join them at their honeymoon suite at the amsterdam hilton hotel.