it was ok when the men at attica killed someone elses husband.yoko wants them out.guess who live s at attica now,mark chapman.she makes abig stink at everyP AROL HEARING.PP
@13THBEATLE of course im brainwashed,from the foolishness of this world and thank God for that.My Bible says,"let your mind be renewed"by the word...thank God.I dont subscribe to the foolishness and emptyness of this world that people like you who think reality ends at your 5 senses delight in..xx
To understand this song, one has to consider it's sister song from the Some Time in NY album - "Born in a Prison".
We live in a prison among judges and wardens
And wait for no reason for you.
We laugh in a prison, go through all four seasons,
And die with no vision of truth.
That's what they're talking about "We're all mates with Attica State" because "we're born in a prison. raised in a prison, sent to a prison called school."
"free all prisoners everywhere" what a joke and very ironic the John Lennon's Killer is at Attica State. You don't hear Yoko Ono chanting Attica state any more, like most bleeding heart liberals she has sympathy for criminals being held in jail unless the criminal is someone who kills someone she loves. What a hypocrite!
@subg88 Don't know about her publicly forgiven Chapman, I do know she Chapman has gone in front of the parole board 6 times, each time she has opposed Chapman's parole. When you perform a song about Atica state with words that say "free ALL the prisoners" and then insist that your husband's killer remain in Attica for life, you're clearly a hypocrite. BTW I think Chapman should rot in jail, it's just so obvious that she's a classic hypocrite
@13THBEATLE krishna says he is the god head,Colossians 2;9 says Jesus Christ is the God head.That means someone is lying,i guess at the end we shall see..Krishna died and stayed dead,Christ died and actually rose up,the most staggering event in history unmatched by anyone ever.Like i said at the end we shall see.....
@onlyjoetee Did Christ really rise? Or did they not kill him properly? I can prove that Jesus did not really died on the cross. He passed out from all of the torturing. When they pierced Jesus in the side, why didn't his blood clot? The blood was still running. That's something to think about. I'm not dissing what you're saying so don't get vexed. So it is possible that Christ died and rose, and there is a possibility that he didn't die at all.
@KingMellow11 Ok,one day you will meet him face to face,and then you can ask him weather he died on his cross and arose or was he just lying...good luck!!
@13THBEATLE Every long term prisoner who wants to get out at his parole hearing,starts talking about how much he loves God and how many churches he's going to preach in!!Don't you know that!!Why do you think they call them criminals??because they are fundamentally dishonest.I don't need to preach anything to you.Jesus Christ said himself !i am the way,the truth and the life".You can do what you like,i guess at the end,we shall see......
@13THBEATLE Why do you find it so easy to believe what some psychopathic murderer has to say??Why dont you find out what Christ himself had to say,apply that to your life and see....
@13THBEATLE why do people always think Christian = hypocrite???
Christianity,is not about the perfection of me,its about the perfection of Christ!!!!and the grace (undeserved favour)that i as a Christian receive thru HIS sacrifice on the cross,and the blessing i receive thru HIS word.It doesn't mean that i as a Christian am perfect 24 hours a day!!He is.....
I know everyone is saying if Mark Chapman was let out of jail Yoko would forgive him but come on you all know you would want Yoko to put some jujutsu moves on him!
She might forgive him upon his release but I do believe he would be murdered by Lennon fans.
John was not saying to free all the prisoners. That would be stupid!! He was saying to give them all love. The prisoners were being tourtured and killed in prison, and this is wrong to do!! Give LOVE to them.. Everyone deserved to be loved no matter what they did. All sin is equal in the eyes of God. You be the first to throw the first stone if you have never sinned. John Lennon was about peace, and Love. We can all learn from him. Blessings. xo
When thinking about the actual lyrical content of this song, it helps to remind yourself that this is the guy that gave us Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was wriitten about John Lennons child's drawing that he drew at school. It was a picture of his friend in the sky with Diamonds... John thought the picture was beautiful, and so wrote a song about it...
no, she doesn't have the words memorized, neither does John -- he's reading the lyrics roo...
she's holding the lyrics for both John and herself because John's hands are full -- get it?
singing a song while reading the lyrics... that's what singers do when there is more than one person and you need to sing it correctly and with the other people -- you read the lyrics when you don't have it memorized
This song is fucking great, John Lennon is fucking great, and the whole movement is fucking great, so if you're not down with it, take your redneck ass elsewhere.
@mussman717word It isn't about being a redneck, I mean I don't know whether Yoko would still have the same views she has now as she had then given what happened to John.
I'm not saying there should be no prisons, but when prisoners are mistreated like the way they were in Attica, only a redneck would defend the cops. And, whether you'd like to admit it or not, society is the root of the problem -- taking NO responsibility off the shoulders of ruthless criminals, btw -- but there's a reason people join gangs and shit. The less people we push to the limit, the less people actually go fucking overboard, you know what I mean?
@mussman717word Oh yea, I wouldn't defend the cops in Attica, but I mean the vibe i got from watching their interview on this show is that they thought no one should go to prison.
I mean I think prison should mainly be a place for rehabilitation, I see no use in just locking someone in a cell for years then releasing them. But then also prison should be a place to keep some people away from society because they are simply too dangerous, and there is no changing them.
You and I are on the same page, although I think it was more Yoko pushing the whole thing about "nobody should be in prison," and you're right, I'm sure she has changed her views on the issue. Reguardless, remember the time period they were living in, and influenced by... the philosophy of the Yippies - be as far left as possible in order to create a meaningful center of the spectrum.
I agree people can go overboard on Yoko. But don't you think she is a little hypocritical? Mark Chapman is going to Attica state and has been denied parole 5 times mainly because of Yoko's opposition to it. "Free the prisoners, jail the judges
Free all prisoners everywhere
All they want is truth and justice
All they need is love and care" hmmmm... No disrespect intended. but that is just how i look at it
@Abbeyroad37 That is called american liberalism, my friend. When their asses are about to be fucked by the big dick of the reality, they forget about all the lovely prisoners need and ask judges for protection.
@reiromguy NO, it's called the big game, liberal, conservative, keep you fighting with each other and never see that the people lose and our masters get richer. The biggest game in town is private prisons, USA has the biggest prison population in the world (sounds like freedom) they put them to work for less than a dollar a day, they work like people in third world country's so you can have your widgets. Meanwhile we're in the middle east for 9 years, Vietnam was 11 years.
@reiromguy After alcohol Prohibition was repealed law enforcement needed a new enemy, and that would be drugs. Many years would go by and more laws would be put on the books to limit personal freedom and bring in revenues. The common man on the street does not care, we label them convicts, without understanding that the system is set up against them, railroading them to plead guilty, the poor has no way to fight. And now that we have shipped all our industry over seas all that's left is slavery.
i like ittt :)
valeegum 3 weeks ago
Awesome job. He seems so relaxed and cool while performing such a heavy song. I just had to cover this, it's so great.
AntiquatedPoet 3 weeks ago
I PLAYED THIS SONG WITH JOHN @YOKO AT THE FREE JOHN GIG IN ANNARBOR MI.AND IT WAS ALSOME THATS ME IN THE VIDEO 10 FOR 2
9100nineball 3 weeks ago
love you John
peekay22 1 month ago
I like how Yoko's not even on beat
Shiggity123 8 months ago
it was ok when the men at attica killed someone elses husband.yoko wants them out.guess who live s at attica now,mark chapman.she makes abig stink at everyP AROL HEARING.PP
SpinalFusion78 9 months ago
EMPUTABLEMENTE ESTA CANCION ES GENIAL.. UN TOQUE DE DISTORCION Y ES TODO UN JOHN MUSIC.
silvertst 11 months ago
@13THBEATLE the truth will out,and it needs no defense.Like Jesus said "and ye shall know THE TRUTH and it shall set ye free"thats all...
onlyjoetee 11 months ago
@13THBEATLE of course im brainwashed,from the foolishness of this world and thank God for that.My Bible says,"let your mind be renewed"by the word...thank God.I dont subscribe to the foolishness and emptyness of this world that people like you who think reality ends at your 5 senses delight in..xx
onlyjoetee 11 months ago
i hate to say it, but yoko does not keep a good beat...
summerstone7 11 months ago
To understand this song, one has to consider it's sister song from the Some Time in NY album - "Born in a Prison".
We live in a prison among judges and wardens
And wait for no reason for you.
We laugh in a prison, go through all four seasons,
And die with no vision of truth.
That's what they're talking about "We're all mates with Attica State" because "we're born in a prison. raised in a prison, sent to a prison called school."
subg88 1 year ago
THATS RONNIE KING AT THE JOHN S. GIG DAVE P. LEFT THE STEAGE I HAD THE SAME SHRIT AS HE DID BUT THATS RON KING UP THERE
Nineball9100 1 year ago
Say whatever you want but yoko fills this song with good vocal.Usually she sings badbut now not
BeatleJohnGeorge 1 year ago
"free all prisoners everywhere" what a joke and very ironic the John Lennon's Killer is at Attica State. You don't hear Yoko Ono chanting Attica state any more, like most bleeding heart liberals she has sympathy for criminals being held in jail unless the criminal is someone who kills someone she loves. What a hypocrite!
bartmetlies 1 year ago
@bartmetlies
She has publicly forgiven Lennon's killer. Where's your hypocrite now?
Once again - Hater's gonna hate.
subg88 1 year ago
@subg88 Don't know about her publicly forgiven Chapman, I do know she Chapman has gone in front of the parole board 6 times, each time she has opposed Chapman's parole. When you perform a song about Atica state with words that say "free ALL the prisoners" and then insist that your husband's killer remain in Attica for life, you're clearly a hypocrite. BTW I think Chapman should rot in jail, it's just so obvious that she's a classic hypocrite
pnoonan1 1 year ago
Sounds like Mony Mony... "Come on mony, come on mony"
Mark David Chapman lives in Attica state prison. How ironic.
marvy1118 1 year ago
@13THBEATLE krishna says he is the god head,Colossians 2;9 says Jesus Christ is the God head.That means someone is lying,i guess at the end we shall see..Krishna died and stayed dead,Christ died and actually rose up,the most staggering event in history unmatched by anyone ever.Like i said at the end we shall see.....
onlyjoetee 1 year ago
@onlyjoetee Did Christ really rise? Or did they not kill him properly? I can prove that Jesus did not really died on the cross. He passed out from all of the torturing. When they pierced Jesus in the side, why didn't his blood clot? The blood was still running. That's something to think about. I'm not dissing what you're saying so don't get vexed. So it is possible that Christ died and rose, and there is a possibility that he didn't die at all.
KingMellow11 11 months ago
@KingMellow11 Ok,one day you will meet him face to face,and then you can ask him weather he died on his cross and arose or was he just lying...good luck!!
onlyjoetee 11 months ago
@onlyjoetee I'll see you there one day. I won't need luck.
KingMellow11 11 months ago
@KingMellow11 Famous last words.dont worry about me,think about your own judgement..
onlyjoetee 11 months ago
@onlyjoetee You do the same. Thank you
KingMellow11 11 months ago
@onlyjoetee I'll see you there one day. I won't need luck. Jesus also said don't worship him, Worship the one who sent him . That's GOD.
KingMellow11 11 months ago
@13THBEATLE Every long term prisoner who wants to get out at his parole hearing,starts talking about how much he loves God and how many churches he's going to preach in!!Don't you know that!!Why do you think they call them criminals??because they are fundamentally dishonest.I don't need to preach anything to you.Jesus Christ said himself !i am the way,the truth and the life".You can do what you like,i guess at the end,we shall see......
onlyjoetee 1 year ago
@13THBEATLE Why do you find it so easy to believe what some psychopathic murderer has to say??Why dont you find out what Christ himself had to say,apply that to your life and see....
onlyjoetee 1 year ago
@13THBEATLE He said THAT and you believe him!!!!!!!
onlyjoetee 1 year ago
@13THBEATLE why do people always think Christian = hypocrite???
Christianity,is not about the perfection of me,its about the perfection of Christ!!!!and the grace (undeserved favour)that i as a Christian receive thru HIS sacrifice on the cross,and the blessing i receive thru HIS word.It doesn't mean that i as a Christian am perfect 24 hours a day!!He is.....
onlyjoetee 1 year ago
I know everyone is saying if Mark Chapman was let out of jail Yoko would forgive him but come on you all know you would want Yoko to put some jujutsu moves on him!
She might forgive him upon his release but I do believe he would be murdered by Lennon fans.
1chamberlain1 1 year ago
yoko is a cunt who cant sing
Dltn97 1 year ago
Yeah, free Mark David Chapman; Yoko will give him love and care at the Dakota.
Stublinsky 2 years ago
I have a feeling that, if John had survived, he would have made a public gesture of forgiveness for Chapman.
lago4 1 year ago
Is that Jerry Fuckin' Rubin I see?? Oh yeahhhhhhh
RastafariPoet 2 years ago
I find it very Ironic and strange the Lennon sings of Attica state, and now killer Mark David Chapman is being attained in Attica State.
Zeppelinfan1992 2 years ago
@Zeppelinfan1992 I know, and also yoko is agreeing with John in this song yet she says she never wants mark chapman to get out of prison.
Very hypocritical on her part.
david181993 2 years ago
@david181993, to be fair to Yoko he is mentally unstable she fears if he was released he would kill her or Sean (or julian).
dtrix92 2 years ago
He wouldn't get the chance. Someone would shoot him within hours of getting out of prison, I'm sure of it.
david181993 2 years ago
yeh I'd like to think so.
dtrix92 2 years ago
@Zeppelinfan1992 Likewise..
dookuman525 2 years ago
John was not saying to free all the prisoners. That would be stupid!! He was saying to give them all love. The prisoners were being tourtured and killed in prison, and this is wrong to do!! Give LOVE to them.. Everyone deserved to be loved no matter what they did. All sin is equal in the eyes of God. You be the first to throw the first stone if you have never sinned. John Lennon was about peace, and Love. We can all learn from him. Blessings. xo
flamesfan1976 2 years ago 2
He says free all the prisioners though.
RastafariPoet 2 years ago
When thinking about the actual lyrical content of this song, it helps to remind yourself that this is the guy that gave us Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
glassfrehley 2 years ago
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was wriitten about John Lennons child's drawing that he drew at school. It was a picture of his friend in the sky with Diamonds... John thought the picture was beautiful, and so wrote a song about it...
flamesfan1976 2 years ago
I've not done my research, but does he not mean political prisoners, protesters, revolutionaries etc.?
TopGearRacer 2 years ago
Aye I think he does.
NaserMestarihi 2 years ago
no his lyrics are very literal in this song. Its about the attica state prison riots
iRule311 2 years ago
" free all prisoners everywhere ?? " he was insane.
micmore007a 2 years ago
Uh just wondering...why is yoko holding that paper? Does she not know the words? :-P
kelseyandearth 2 years ago
no, she doesn't have the words memorized, neither does John -- he's reading the lyrics roo...
she's holding the lyrics for both John and herself because John's hands are full -- get it?
singing a song while reading the lyrics... that's what singers do when there is more than one person and you need to sing it correctly and with the other people -- you read the lyrics when you don't have it memorized
MeccaNormal 2 years ago
oh ok.
Well obviously....I didn't realize John didn't have the words memorized.
I'M not completely clueless. ....
kelseyandearth 2 years ago
I mean, I don't know... it just seems likely they'd wanna make sure they were all matched up with the lyrics, there's quite a bit to the song...
MeccaNormal 2 years ago
ozz you are so correct!
coryonly 2 years ago 2
fucking god yoko sucks
ozzsabbath1 2 years ago
This song is fucking great, John Lennon is fucking great, and the whole movement is fucking great, so if you're not down with it, take your redneck ass elsewhere.
mussman717word 2 years ago 25
Amen!!
kelseyandearth 2 years ago
FUCK YES
hitzaskar 2 years ago
@mussman717word It isn't about being a redneck, I mean I don't know whether Yoko would still have the same views she has now as she had then given what happened to John.
Drenwickification 8 months ago
@Drenwickification
I'm not saying there should be no prisons, but when prisoners are mistreated like the way they were in Attica, only a redneck would defend the cops. And, whether you'd like to admit it or not, society is the root of the problem -- taking NO responsibility off the shoulders of ruthless criminals, btw -- but there's a reason people join gangs and shit. The less people we push to the limit, the less people actually go fucking overboard, you know what I mean?
mussman717word 8 months ago
@mussman717word Oh yea, I wouldn't defend the cops in Attica, but I mean the vibe i got from watching their interview on this show is that they thought no one should go to prison.
I mean I think prison should mainly be a place for rehabilitation, I see no use in just locking someone in a cell for years then releasing them. But then also prison should be a place to keep some people away from society because they are simply too dangerous, and there is no changing them.
Drenwickification 8 months ago
@Drenwickification
You and I are on the same page, although I think it was more Yoko pushing the whole thing about "nobody should be in prison," and you're right, I'm sure she has changed her views on the issue. Reguardless, remember the time period they were living in, and influenced by... the philosophy of the Yippies - be as far left as possible in order to create a meaningful center of the spectrum.
mussman717word 8 months ago
@mussman717word ^Fucking awesome, If anyone hates John Lennon they can go fuck theirselves!
HannahHypnotize96 1 month ago
@HannahHypnotize96
Indeed... and thank you, ma'am.
mussman717word 1 month ago
@mussman717word No problem!
HannahHypnotize96 1 month ago
Leave Yoko alone for peat sake!
BeatlesSheLovesYou 2 years ago
well we would if she didnt disrespect as a human, when he died she wouldnt allow any of his family to go to his funeral
guitarpick1994 2 years ago 2
I agree people can go overboard on Yoko. But don't you think she is a little hypocritical? Mark Chapman is going to Attica state and has been denied parole 5 times mainly because of Yoko's opposition to it. "Free the prisoners, jail the judges
Free all prisoners everywhere
All they want is truth and justice
All they need is love and care" hmmmm... No disrespect intended. but that is just how i look at it
Abbeyroad37 2 years ago
@Abbeyroad37 That is called american liberalism, my friend. When their asses are about to be fucked by the big dick of the reality, they forget about all the lovely prisoners need and ask judges for protection.
reiromguy 1 year ago
@reiromguy NO, it's called the big game, liberal, conservative, keep you fighting with each other and never see that the people lose and our masters get richer. The biggest game in town is private prisons, USA has the biggest prison population in the world (sounds like freedom) they put them to work for less than a dollar a day, they work like people in third world country's so you can have your widgets. Meanwhile we're in the middle east for 9 years, Vietnam was 11 years.
EnoehttheonE 1 year ago
@reiromguy After alcohol Prohibition was repealed law enforcement needed a new enemy, and that would be drugs. Many years would go by and more laws would be put on the books to limit personal freedom and bring in revenues. The common man on the street does not care, we label them convicts, without understanding that the system is set up against them, railroading them to plead guilty, the poor has no way to fight. And now that we have shipped all our industry over seas all that's left is slavery.
EnoehttheonE 1 year ago
why is that guy throwing paper planes
fman1506 2 years ago
Why not?
mussman717word 2 years ago 5
Great song.
TheMantis1point0 2 years ago 2
ha they have a song name of where jhons killer went to jail
ThunderChunky1303 2 years ago
grr i fuckin hate yoko ono
jackcampbell21 2 years ago
John's estate should have this crappy song buried.
detectivesyme 2 years ago
yokos definately off beat
raymieo 2 years ago
A sadly very overlooked song.
RantingThespian 3 years ago
did yoko come in too soon?
fathermckenzie3 3 years ago