♫ All You Need Is Love ♫ (Redux)

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I had a song in mind for tonight, but once I read the lyrics I changed my mind.  But all is not lost!  Our friend Keith has a unique talent for planting earworms that take root and fill the empty spaces (of which there are many) in my head!  In a comment on my music post yesterday (Imagine) he mentioned this song, and thankfully it was a good earworm, for I’ve only played this once before here and that was three years ago.  This is another like “Eve of Destruction” and “Imagine” that is timeless and even more relevant today than when it was first recorded.  Thanks, Keith!!!

Yesterday, I re-blogged David Prosser’s post about a philosophy of humanity called Ubuntu.  A short time later, a fellow-blogger asked me to look at her post, and this video was on it.  The connection between this song and David’s post struck me almost like a lightening bolt, and I knew I had my music post for tonight.

The original goal of this song was to combine the love of all nations displaying the possibility of hope and peace as a common denominator in the world.  This was played at Party at the Palace, a British music concert and celebration held in London in 2002.  Artists, including Paul McCartney, Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, Tony Bennett, Ozzy Osbourne, Queen, and many more contributed to this extravaganza.  The song is originally a Beatles’ classic that in and of itself is quite meaningful …

The Beatles played this for the first time on the “Our World” project, the first worldwide TV special. Broadcast in 24 countries on June 25, 1967, the show was six hours long and featured music from 6 continents, with The Beatles representing Britain.

The concept of the song was born out of a request to bring a song that was going to be understood by people of all nations. The writing began in late May of 1967, with John and Paul working on separate songs. It was decided that John’s “All You Need Is Love” was the better choice because of its easy to understand message of love and peace. The song was easy to play, the words easy to remember and it encompassed the feeling of the world’s youth during that period.

Joining in 2002 at the Buckingham Palace Garden, the stars of the generation gather to spread the message of hope, peace and unity to London, England.

Ubuntu … the philosophy that we are all connected, the idea of humanity, and this song about love … put it together, and then ask yourself what is keeping us from living in this world?

All You Need Is Love
The Beatles, et al

Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love

There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done
Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung
Nothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the game
It’s easy
Nothing you can make that can’t be made
No one you can save that can’t be saved
Nothing you can do, but you can learn how to be you in time
It’s easy

All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known
Nothing you can see that isn’t shown
There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be
It’s easy

All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

All you need is love (all together now)
All you need is love (everybody)
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

Love is all you need
(Love is all you need)
Love is all you need
(Love is all you need)
Love is all you need
(Love is all you need)
Love is all you need
(Love is all you need)
Love is all you need
(Love is all you need)
Love is all you need
(Love is all you need)
Love is all you need
(Love is all you need)
Love is all you need
(Love is all you need)
Love is all you need
(Love is all you need)
Love is all you need
(Love is all you need)
Love is all you need
(Love is all you need)
(Love is all you need)
(Love is all you need)
(Love is all you need)
Yesterday
(Love is all you need)
Oh
Love is all you need
Love is all you need
Oh yeah
Love is all you need
(She love you, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(She love you, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Love is all you need)
(Love is all you need)

Songwriters: John Lennon / Paul Mccartney
All You Need Is Love lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

21 thoughts on “♫ All You Need Is Love ♫ (Redux)”

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  2. Thanks Jill for the shout out and running with this. I do remember Mick Jagger in the audience as the recording went forward. I remember Lennon chewing gum as he sang. I wondered if his throat was hoarse. Plus toward the fade out, I remember McCartney breaking into a “she loves you, yeah, yeah” chorus. Good memories. Keith

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    • Beautiful music … beautiful times. I must be getting old, for today’s music does nothing for me at all! I’m glad you enjoyed this one and that it brought fond memories … we need all of those we can get these days!

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  5. Paul: “All you need is love!”
    John: “All you need is love!”
    George/Ringo: “All you need is love, love!”
    Yoda: “Love is all you need!”

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  6. And the fans singing along in the audience, how many fought over taxis once the show was over, or bitched about having to sit in traffic so congested it took hours to get out of parking lots? It is a great song, a simple song, a meaningful song, but when the song is over people devolve to their normal patterns of life. Sorry, I do not mean to be bitchy, but I remember going to giant concerts where everyone in the crowd seemed to love each other, but outside the venue it was total chaos, not even traffic cops could control it.
    Gail and I have a saying about traffic in Alberta that probably applies all over the world, speaking for each individual driver of a private motor vehicle, “I own the road. I get to go first!” Those who can be part of a group outside their vehicles turn into savage animals in their enclosed spaces. Ubuntu only exists face-to-face it seems. Closed doors close hearts and minds.
    We canand need to be better than this!

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  8. It may not be a surprise to you but I loved this one the first time I heard it and still do. We watched the Our World tv programme, which lasted six hours on a Sunday evening when I was still only 13. It was more than just music – it was a real pot pourri of items from around the world. Mexico, for example, decided to give us live shots of a baby being born! For the show the Beatles surrounded themselves with wives, girlfriends and friends, including a number of other musicians, including the likes of Mick Jagger. Sadly, the original version doesn’t appear to be on YouTube any more, but this three minute clip shows the song in the making:https://youtu.be/GZuCBFcJcgw

    Fascinating stuff 😊

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    • I am thrilled that you liked it! I wasn’t sure, but if I had bet, I would have guessed you wouldn’t like it, so I’m happily surprised! I loved this clip you included … I’d love to be able to see the entire thing! Thanks, Clive!

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      • It’s The Beatles, so that just about guarantees I’d like it! I’m glad you enjoyed the clip. It’s such a shame that the full version has been removed but at least that gives you a taste of what it was like. I included the song when I featured the band in the first of my neglected Listen To The Band series, but even then I mentioned that it was no longer available. Maybe one day someone will publish it again!

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