John Lennon's Sunday Bloody Sunday

guinnessdrinker

Anyone ever hear this song by John Lennon off his Sometime In New York album?

I know a lot of people have an image of Lennon as a peace and love kind of guy but he wrote a lot of political themed songs too such as the classic Working Class Hero but Sunday Bloody Sunday must contain some of the angryist lyrics he put to song.

For example, the lyrics refer to the British as "anlgo saxon pigs". He refers to Derry as "Free Derry" as the nationalists called it at the time and he even has a go at the Unionist population by stating "repatriate to britain alll of you who call it home"

The song, possibly rightly so, is not played on radio. It's not a bad song though but it's let down big time by Yoko's singing in the chorus.

jimmyfungus

People say the same of Martin Luther King, that although he is mainly remembered for "peace and love", he made many provocative, almost angry statements as well. I think John's anger came from his childhood where he felt abandoned by both parents, and although, he became wildly successful at a young age, he never forgot his working class roots in Liverpool. As he got older, he actually became more concerned about social justice, and unlike Bob Dylan, never shied away from being a spokesman for his generation. John famous for his love songs like "All You Need Is Love" and his peace ballads like the anthem "Give Peace a Chance", you're right, also has his share of angry songs like "How Do You Sleep" in which he attacks his former band mate Paul McCartney saying "those freaks were right when they said you was dead", and asking Paul "how do you sleep at night?"

No, "Bloody Sunday" is not a bad song. Indeed, it's hard to understand why John would encourage Yoko to sing on his albums. Perhaps love is deaf, as well as blind.
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Driver 8

Lennon was the "spokesman for a generation" when it suited him. The aforementioned album is one of the worst of any Beatles-solo records, I have to say. He did make some good albums, before and after it though.