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.”

[fieldmarshaldj]

Got an opinion on this ? “Imagine” is far from the worst. Most of the stuff in the past 25 years could share “worst.” “Kumbaya” is execrable, “Give Peas Uhchanz” is another. Just because a song is overplayed doesn’t make it bad, either.

[Sirius Lee]

Not a fan of "Imagine", but the rest of the songs on that list aren't so bad.

The worst song ever is every single rap song.

The best song ever might be Marty Robbins - "El Paso"

[rwfok]

I forgot...

Don’t Stop-Fleetwood Mac

...the ‘92 election ruined that song forever.

[crusty old prospector]

Muskrat Love. Captain and Tenielle.

[al baby]

Imagine yoko and Hillary chowing down on each other like it’s Christmas

[Smittie]

There are so many songs that must be playing on Hell's Muzac station and Imagine is definitely one of them. It's ironic that it's the worst songs, known as "earworms" that become stuck in your head. The Lion Sleeps Tonight is another one that has become the music on a mattress commercial that appears before I can hit the mute button...I can only imagine the torture & torment of having to listen to some of the songs that have been mentioned non-stop for all eternity.

[wbill]

El Paso is a great song. Opening line grabs you, and at the same time you know that things aren’t going to end well.

[OttawaFreeper]

Perhaps I should not have been so harsh with that song, so please accept my apology. I am surprised none of Neil Young’s stuff is on that list, as “Southern Man” probably deserves that, since it was so well rebutted in Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama”.

[ETL]

Wildfire is a very nice song with beautiful lyrics. It’s about a young girl’s beloved horse running away during a fire. Thousands of songs since then a lot worse than that.

[Huskrrrr]

Oh yeah, “Muskrat Love” gets my vote.

[Gamecock]

You’re having my baby. Paul Anka

[mpackard]

AGREED!!!
Even as a child I balked at it.

[Paddyboy]

The best version of “you’re having my baby” was the one by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir where they substituted the word “my” for “our”

[dfwgator]

And “They’ll be no snow in Africa this Christmas”

Oh really?!??!?! Gee, thanks for that weather update.

[dfwgator]

“Bette Davis Eyes” for me.

[tet68]

Imagine there’s no Lennon, it’s easy if you try.
Bang! Bang!

[Scythian_Reborn]

Revolution by the Beatles is the song I hate the most, followed by “Yes”, We built this city, just an awful, stupid song.

[enraged]

Hollywood nights. Barf

[Magnum44]

Revolution (the Blue album version, not the White album version) is an awesome song, though I try not to analyze the lyrics of many tunes I like.

[Two Kids' Dad]

“Hollaback Girl” has to be on that list. Not sure if it’s a No Doubt song or a Gwen Stefani solo song, but it exudes horribleness from every note.