In hindsight, the Vietnam War probably wasn’t such a good idea. The war turned out to be so unpopular that to this day people opposed to wars will compare those to the Vietnam War. Many people marched to protest the war, others fled to Canada, and songwriters wrote their songs. With such a fervent rebellion, some protesters strayed from the main goal of simply ending the war, and chose war to combat the war rather than peace. The Beatles wrote “Revolution 1” to address these more radical revolutionaries. The British musicians advocate peace throughout the song rather than war, because supporting anything other than peace would undermine the protests’ goal of ending the war.
From the calm and legato beat with a slow pace to the repetition of key phrases such as “it’s gonna be alright”, the song radiates tranquility enough to calm any bloodthirsty radical. Mentioning that carrying pictures of the communist leader of China does not help the radical cause adds to the message of peace as well. For a war that many people opposed so strongly, the Beatles used song to help make sure the peaceful protests remained peaceful. Other methods worked well for the protesters, but music definitely played a major role bracing the tripod of peace.
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