Posted on 03/12/2015 12:49:36 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
Lest we forget the damage done to the moral fabric of our nation by Satan's minstrels, here are the lyrics to "Imagine" by John Lennon. A song still prominently played at most major venues and poignant to all but those who actually understand its horrifying "fundamentally transformed" implications...
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below 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
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you will join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You, you may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you will join us
And the world will live as one
That’s a difficult position to see. Everyone of them including Ringo did some -very- good work after the breakup.
Yes. Also, every Christmas they play “war is over, if you want it’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4Uu0OlmTg
It IS?
I read once that John and Yoko actually had two apartments at the Dakota...one to live in, and one to hold all their stuff. And according to Paul McCartney, when he and John would sit down to write a song, John would say, “Let’s write a swimming pool,” or whatever he wanted to buy at the time. Nothing wrong with this, of course, but then he shouldn’t have gone around telling other people they shouldn’t want possessions.
And I never could figure out why “no heaven” is better than “heaven.” Did John not want hope of seeing his loved ones again after death?
Yes, but they are the philosophical thought leaders of our day...like it or not.
That’s how I see it too. An artist kinda singing “it would be nice if there wasn’t suffering and killing”. And kinda taking a few jabs at some of the motivations of that. At the time nations,,,big check. At the time religion, big check with Iran, northern Ireland, etc.
I think you’re on the right track, this wasn’t deep political philosophy here.
John Lennon was shot four times at arm's length. Yoko Ono, three feet away, was not harmed. Discuss.
That's was a McCartney Song.
Of course, "Revolution" and "Dear Prudence" from the same album are timeless classics and they were Lennon songs.
He was an enormously talented song writer by universal acclaim.
And, yes, also a Godless Commie.
But to deny his talent is to deny reality...as he himself often did.
Rule number 1 should have been the coveting one, it is in some ways the stark bold line that seprates civilisation from savagery.
Envy is the enemy of Civilisation.
I never understood why people thought this was a song about Utopia. If we all lived for the day, there was no heaven above, no hell below; therefore no consequence to our actions....the world would be constant mayhem and anarchy.
“Yes, but they are the philosophical thought leaders of our day...like it or not.”
You’re singing to the choir here, I’m among the first to acknowledge the primary importance of culture. If you can dominate the popular culture you have a strong chance of driving the direction of politics as well.
This is where conservatives have dropped the ball all too often. Too many overstate the importance of political gamesmanship and abandon popular culture to the left.
Limbaugh was one of the rare exceptions to recognize this. Chronicles Magazine, formerly ‘Chronicles of Culture’, was another.
Thank you, Jan, for reminding us.
It is sobering to see how long we were asleep and let treason and sedition flourish, even as our entertainment.
(Although, I could not stand the Beatles, either before or after they became 60’s cool and infamous for their socialist and Marx loving tendencies.)
When you live for today, you have no hope for tomorrow.
Amen!
Very insightful response!
“I quit listening after “Imagine”...and kicked myself for not stopping after “Back in the USSR””
You lasted longer than I did. I was in Jr High when the Beatles arrived like an invading army. There’s never been anything like that since. Some of my musician friends think their early stuff is too simplistic but I still like it.
And they were still good through Rubber Soul. Yesterday and Today. Revolver. Those were good albums, interesting music. Sgt Peppers, not so much IMO and very little that followed after.
I heard the same stories.
I also listened to an interview in which he defended Dylan's conversion to Christianity.
I don’t hear “Imagine” at Christmas. However, I do hear over and over “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”
Here are the lyrics:
So, this is Christmas
And what have you done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Lets hope it’s a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The road is so long
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let’s stop all the fight
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Christmas
And what have we done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so happy Christmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear
War is over
If you want it
War is over
Now
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