Is John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ the worst song of all time?

New York Post ^ | October 28, 2016 | Hardeep Phull

[sparklite2]

“Dear Twitter,” he posted. “What is the song you most detest and despise? Thank you.”

Within 48 hours, the bemused Brit, who had only around 1,000 Twitter followers, had received several thousand nominations from all over the world, and Lennon’s ballad was a repeat offender.

“I think it’s the whole idea of talking about poverty and misery, while John was actually hanging around in his palatial New York townhouse,” Carter tells The Post. “It’s the duplicity of the whole thing.”

[sparklite2]

Are these among the worst songs ever?  Really???

Led Zeppelin — Stairway to Heaven
Queen — We Are the Champions
The Righteous Brothers — You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
Roy Orbison — Oh, Pretty Woman
Shania Twain — Man! I Feel Like a Woman!
The Beatles — Yesterday

[mad_as_he$$]

Is John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ the worst song of all time?,

Yes.

[Genoa]

Hey Jude

[wbill]

I'd vote for "Do They Know It's Christmas".

Nothing says Merry Christmas like Bono wailing "TONITE THANK GOD ITS THEM, INSTEAD OF YOOOOOOOOOOOU!!!" Whatta sentiment.

[perez24]

There are worse songs than “Imagine,” but it is horrible and taken WAY too seriously.

[Boogieman]

“Do they even know it’s Christmas?” (the Band Aid song) is up there for me.

[Honorary Serb]

Yes,it is the worst. Lennon must have transcribed the words of a demon when he wrote it!!!!

[ETL]

It's a song about Marxist utopia...

The Lost John Lennon Interview
"Power to the People"

TA (interviewer): In a way you were even thinking about politics when you seemed to be knocking revolution?

JL (Lennon): Ah, sure, 'Revolution' . There were two versions of that song but the underground left only picked up on the one that said 'count me out'. The original version which ends up on the LP said 'count me in' too; I put in both because I wasn't sure. There was a third version that was just abstract, musique concrete, kind of loops and that, people screaming. I thought I was painting in sound a picture of revolution--but I made a mistake, you know. The mistake was that it was anti-revolution.

On the version released as a single I said 'when you talk about destruction you can count me out'. I didn't want to get killed. I didn't really know that much about the Maoists, but I just knew that they seemed to be so few and yet they painted themselves green and stood in front of the police waiting to get picked off. I just thought it was unsubtle, you know.

I thought the original Communist revolutionaries coordinated themselves a bit better and didn't go around shouting about it. That was how I felt--I was really asking a question. As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though I was playing the capitalist game.

http://beatlesnumber9.com/lostlennon.html

[posterchild]

That is a big offender but pretty much any modern ‘christmas’ or halloween song sucks.

[AndyTheBear]

There are worse songs than “Imagine,” but it is horrible and taken WAY too seriously.

Yep, ridiculous sophistry mistaken for wisdom. Other than that I think its ok as music goes, but nothing special.

[oh8eleven]

Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life
Pat Boone - every song he ever sang.

[Sans-Culotte]

Lyrically, Imagine is horrible; but he did write a nice melody to it.

[Gay State Conservative]

As bad as Imagine was as a song the worst part is that the author,John Lennon,died with an estate of over a billion dollars back when gas was 50 cents a gallon and a co-op at The Dakota could be bought for $300K.

So much for "imagine no possessions".

[Boogieman]

Oh yeah, and any cover by Michael Buble. He always seems to cover songs that he can never hope to equal, much less do better than the original artist. So every time I hear one of his songs, I’m just dumbfounded as to why anyone would want to hear that when the much better original is available.

[OttawaFreeper]

What about Don McLean’s “American Pie”? If for no other reason, the amount it gets played on the classic rock station (CHEZ 106) up in my parts, lol.

[pgkdan]

I absolutely HATE that song! Beautiful melody, horrible lyrics.

[chris37]

No, not even close.

These are two of the worst songs I have ever heard-

The Mumble Song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYNrOI8uUVk

NSFW, not safe for home, not safe for anywhere, not safe for normal people, if you are a Christian DO NOT LISTEN!

F*** The Pain Away performed by some nasty woman-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgYSM91vJko

All of the songs you listed are absolute works of art, masterpieces even, compared to the trash I linked.

[xp38]

I think because of the popularity of those songs they get repeated ad nauseum. It’s the constant repetition that makes them grate on one’s nerves.

[heights]

The reason Imagine is so dangerous is because it is hypnotic.

[day10]

1. Ironic - by somebody Morisette.

2. Muskrat Love - no matter who did it. This was originally the worst song ever until I heard the above for the first time.