# What's the intention of "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding"?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [May 18, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-intention-of-whats-so-funny-bout-peace-love-and-understanding/964622 "2022-05-18T16:12:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-intention-of-whats-so-funny-bout-peace-love-and-understanding/964622/21 "2022-05-19T08:22:13Z")

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> [@Maserschmidt](#):
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> In the man’s own words….

Great find, thanks. We can close the thread! 😉 Eloquently said by ol’ Nick.

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-intention-of-whats-so-funny-bout-peace-love-and-understanding/964622/22 "2022-06-14T05:37:24Z")

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I had a youtube video of him and nick singing it together in an unplugged version and it was copyrighted … and taken out of my playlist  
now its back but if I put it here it says unavailable even tho it shows up in the preview box …

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LeFlPxMTP24?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PPSV

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**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-intention-of-whats-so-funny-bout-peace-love-and-understanding/964622/24 "2022-06-18T11:36:20Z")

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Is that the bass drum fill? I love that part if so.

My band have been playing this for a long time and in the past few months we start it by playing half a chorus of War - saying we’re going to ask you 2 questions - 'War! - what is it good for? - absolutely nothing!" then straight into “What’s So Funny 'bout P L and U”  
I sing it and do so with as much sincerity as I can muster.  
There have been occasions recently where I have cried whilst singing it.

MiM

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-intention-of-whats-so-funny-bout-peace-love-and-understanding/964622/25 "2022-07-17T12:34:33Z")

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trying this again :

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LeFlPxMTP24?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDLeFlPxMTP24

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