Imagine there's no heaven it's easy if you try no hell bellow us above us only sky imagine all the people living for today Imagine there's no countries it isn't hard to do nothing to kill or die for and no religion too imagine all the people living life in peace, y....ou you may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one I hope some day you'll join us and the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can no need for greed nor hunger a brotherhood of man Imagine all the people sharing all the world, y...ou you may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one I hope someday you join us and the world will live as one
I've been watching news today, another massacre in Iraq another one in Syria and all of these craziness mad me really blue, then I remembered this song, and suddenly I felt warm and colorful hope in my heart, just wanted to share this feeling with EC
I love this song! God, all I hear on the radio now is la la la lets have sex lets get drunk la la la. If only I'd been around for the Beatles
I do love this song but I feel its much better sung by someone else, his version is so emotionless to me that I find it doesn't have the impact its supposed to. To me the A Perfect Circle cover is much more powerful and captures the intended emotion that that lyrics portray. [YOUTUBE]Ktv2C9vnRKU[/YOUTUBE]
My suspicion is that Lennon, who was a very gentle person (and very supportive of gay people, by the way) performed that song very matter-of-factly, basically as if he was saying "Just imagine this." Personally, I find the version above way too dark for my tastes. I'd disagree that it 'better captures the intended emotion that the lyrics portray" because Lennon was extraordinary at expressing many different emotions when he chose to, so I'd guess that his recording expressed what he intended it to. Of course... he's dead, so it's not like we'd ever be able to know for sure. For my two cents, I think David Archuleta's version is probably one of the most moving ones I've come across (and apparently Yoko Ono was sufficiently moved by it to reach out to him and say so, as well.) [youtube]4bXg7EIatPY[/youtube]
>_> Required Glee Link. This actually put the song in a new light for me, I have to say. [youtube]dAvX7wH7ZtE[/youtube]
