Justice Through Music Releases Song and Video, Happy Springtime, Bush Is Over - A Take Off of the Lennon Song, Happy Xmas, War Is Over

Justice Through Music Releases Song and Video, Happy Springtime, Bush Is Over - A Take Off of the Lennon Song, Happy Xmas, War Is Over

WASHINGTON, April 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Justice Through Music, http://www.jtmp.org/, a non-profit that works with famous bands to educate youth about peace, voting and civil rights, released a new song, Happy Springtime, Bush Is Over, featuring the band Op-Critical and the children's choir, Harmonic Angels. http://www.op-critical.com/.

The song is a take off of the John Lennon tune, Happy Xmas, War Is Over, with new lyrics and a modern sound.

"Like Lennon more than 30 years ago, we are hoping for a quick end to an era of darkness," said Storm from Op-Critical. "So we are psyched that Justice Through Music worked with us to get this song out so quickly," he said.

In the original tune, Lennon used the Harlem Children's Choir to sing the chorus, and Op-Critical brought in the Harmonic Angels, who really put the song over the top.

"We are making a statement with this song that we will not live in fear and by imagining peace we will create peace. This is a real tribute to the message and spirit of Lennon, and we want every person on earth to be inspired by the song and video," said Craig Gillette, spokesman for JTM.

The video accompanying the song features the band and choir and includes new footage of Yoko Ono's Imagine Peace billboard and her Peace Prayer Trees on the Washington, DC Mall. It is getting thousands of views on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jco4etlHwaE and on JTM. The song is also getting hundreds of plays per hour on http://www.myspace.com/opcritical.

Gillette hopes that the video will go virtual across the Internet so that the message of peace is spread far and wide. And other organizations that are spreading the word at http://www.bushisover.org/, http://www.a28.org/ and http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/.

For more information see http://www.jtmp.org/, http://www.myspace.com/opcritical, http://www.op-critical.com/.

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CONTACT: Ilene Proctor PR, +1-310-271-5857, for Justice Through Music

Web site:

http://www.jtmp.org/
http://www.myspace.com/opcritical
http://www.op-critical.com/

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