I was listening to "Give peace a chance" and who are theses people?

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This is the part I'm talking about:
All we are saying, is give peace a chance x2
Ev'rybody's talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary,
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan,
Tommy Copper,
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer,
Allen Ginsberg, Hare Krishna,
Hare
Krishna


I know who John and Yoko are, but who's everyone else?

Answer 1

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Bob Dylan is the man. Have you never heard "Knocking on Heaven's Door"(not the sucky Guns and Roses version)?

Tim Leary was awesome too, he liked LSD, and I'm cool with that.
http://deoxy.org/leary.htm

As far as I know Rosemary is a plant.

Tom Smothers-Comedian

Norman Mailer-Writer

Derek Taylor-Journalist who followed The Beatles

Allen Ginsberg-Never heard of him, but he sounds interesting, you should take a look: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Ginsb…


And Hare Krishna, it's a philosophy my dear, not a person. A very good philosophy. Here's a link: http://www.harekrishna.com/

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A bit of a hippie myself.

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Thanks for the links and info!

Answer 2

Other popular figures of that era.

Bobby Dylan = Bob Dylan

Answer 3

Well I know Bobby Dylan, aka Bob Dylan, one of the greatest song writers of all time.
Sang songs such as blowin in the wind & Hurricane

Answer 4

Timothy Leary practically INTRODUCED acid to the USA, Bob Dylan was that Jewish singer who is totally awesome and wrote songs such as Like a Rolling Stone, Hare Krishna isn't a real person but a figure in Hindu mythology.

Answer 5

timmy leary was a psychologist and psychadelic pusher. very smart guy though.
bobby dylan is a great singer, a song you might know is like a rolling stone.
hare rama, hare krishna was a cult, but translates to hail ram hail krishna two hindu gods. hare krishna is not a philosphy, hare krishna is a cult, believe i know i saw a documentary on it, and my grandparents are indian and they lived in the 60s and its called hare ram hare krishna, it is something hindus say, but the hippies made it into a cult.


the others i dont know who they are, i may have heard of them but i dont know who they are.