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Is John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ the worst song of all time?
New York Post ^ | October 28, 2016 | Hardeep Phull

Posted on 10/28/2016 12:12:53 PM PDT by 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.”

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To: Genoa

Every time I hear that song mentioned, I think of an old Steven Wright line: “I’d like to perform everything the Beatles ever wrote ... I won’t do all of Hey Jude.”


121 posted on 10/28/2016 2:04:01 PM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: sparklite2

“The internationale”, “ Horst Wessel Song”, “Momma Told Me Not To Come” (lyrics sound like “I’m A Toad In A Tub” to me),”The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” are ripe candidates.


122 posted on 10/28/2016 2:05:45 PM PDT by liberalism is suicide
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To: Genoa

Haha! Hey, Jude was the first one I thought of.

Quick story that I still chuckle about...

Sitting in a local pub one night, a guy with a guitar in the corner taking requests. The fellow sitting next to me, Fred, an old Texan about 6 beers into his night. He sounded much like Grandpa Bear on the Hillbilly Bears. Mumble, mumble, mumble, shotgun, mumble, mumble...

The guitar man started up playing Hey, Jude.

Fred calmly puts away beer number 6 and orders up 7. Tilts his head slightly to listen... Then he rolls his eyes, reaches for his fresh beer and says, “Aw, dang... Hell, that song sucked when it was new and it ain’t got any better...” :-)


123 posted on 10/28/2016 2:14:03 PM PDT by Hatteras
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To: fieldmarshaldj; LS; Impy; Clintonfatigued; Clemenza; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT; ...

I was never a big John Lennon fan, at least not after he left the Beatles.

My favorite time period for them was “Ticket to Ride” timeframe, from “Help”. Loved their sound and the music. Sgt Pepper was a masterpiece too.

Wasn’t crazy about the White Album, and when Lennon went out on his own and got strange, well... that was too bad.

Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” album is one of my favorites still.

“Imagine”... Eh. It’s his way of wishing for a better world. Don’t particularly care for the song, but the sentiment itself, I can understand.

I suppose we ALL want a better world to live in... just a few “minor disagreements” on how to get there.


124 posted on 10/28/2016 2:14:57 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

That’s probably my choice, too.


125 posted on 10/28/2016 2:17:08 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: day10

Speaking of ironic...

Lennon starts the song “Imagine there’s no Heaven...”
then everything he imagines is only possible because there IS a Heaven!


126 posted on 10/28/2016 2:26:06 PM PDT by gnickgnack2 (eeingd thisQUESTION obama's AUTHORITY)
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To: super7man

Hi, and thanks for sharing that interesting story. I probably was a bit unfair in my initial comment about the song and it is good to hear perspectives such as yours to get a better one for myself.


127 posted on 10/28/2016 2:30:28 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: sparklite2

No, the worst is We Are The World.


128 posted on 10/28/2016 2:32:47 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: chris37

Oh my. ..that nasty woman is actually a man.


129 posted on 10/28/2016 2:37:51 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: OttawaFreeper

Yes, BIG Genesis fan until “There Used to be Five”. Phil was a great drummer, but couldn’t much stand him out front (except maybe the tambourine dance). Never got to see them with Gabriel, but The Musical Box is a really good re-creation band. And Hackett on guitar is second only to —make that on a par with— Steve Howe. Do you know Camel?


130 posted on 10/28/2016 2:40:03 PM PDT by gnickgnack2 (eeingd thisQUESTION obama's AUTHORITY dance))
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To: ViLaLuz

To be honest, I have no idea what that thing is.

As I watched the video, I also wondered if it was a man. I clicked on another video of it doing a live performance, and I still couldn’t really tell.

But I have to say that, yes, it could easily be a man. All I know for sure that it is vile and vulgar.


131 posted on 10/28/2016 2:43:13 PM PDT by chris37 (It's time to burn the GOP down.)
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To: ViLaLuz

I thought it was Sandra Bernhard.


132 posted on 10/28/2016 2:45:46 PM PDT by gnickgnack2 (eeingd thisQUESTION obama's AUTHORITY dance))
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To: mad_as_he$$

Yes and yes.
Plus John Lennon was a multi millionaire and would not give up a dime for the “masses”.


133 posted on 10/28/2016 3:10:02 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Night Hides Not

I prefer Blackfoot’s “Highway Song” as a good long Southern anthem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mve2ElcpXU


134 posted on 10/28/2016 3:34:50 PM PDT by hout8475
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To: sparklite2
One of my favorites....

"Imagine there is no bacon"

Youtube it....It will be worth the effort, believe me.

FMCDH(BITS)

135 posted on 10/28/2016 4:36:28 PM PDT by nothingnew (Hemmer and MacCullum are the worst on FNC)
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To: sparklite2

Imagine is a great melody. It’s also a liberal theme song. Telling everyone else to give up possessions and give til it hurts. Everyone else.


136 posted on 10/28/2016 5:00:21 PM PDT by albie
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To: sparklite2

Considering,

frequency of broadcast;

level of musicianship;

philosophy of lyric:

Yes.


137 posted on 10/28/2016 5:58:46 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
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To: sparklite2
Ram a lama ding dong, is more moving and has more depth and meaning to me than Imagine or Stairway to Heaven. So do One Eyed One Horn Flying Purple People Eater, Witch Doctor, The Mouse and of course They're Coming to Take me Away.
138 posted on 10/28/2016 6:01:51 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: MeganC
I hate how liberals will play that stupid song (Imagine) at funerals or other solemn occasions as if it’s a secular hymn.
In Florida you could get a special "Imagine" tag, for an extra $25 fee. Like George Carlin once said, you can come out with anything and some schmuck will buy it.

139 posted on 10/28/2016 6:09:36 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: sparklite2
There is nothing wrong with Imagine other than the content of the lyrics. I would nominate this song as the most evil song ever.
140 posted on 10/28/2016 6:14:43 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of incompetence and corruption.)
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