[Captain Jack Aubrey]

Click on the songs and listen. If you’re around my age, they may bring tears to your eyes.

[waterhill]

Not a Lennon fan. Kris Kristofferson wrote it johnny cash played it.

[Dr. Sivana]

Not a huge Lennon fan, but it did find #9 Dream wonderfully ethereal.

[Jacquerie]

Best band ever.

[dfwgator]

I am a Lennonist at heart;

[GaltAdonis]

I was 16 when Lennon died.
I remember it clearly.

[Openurmind]

The fantasy utopia of “imagine” ruined the world...

Imagine Lyrics

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

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll 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’ll join us
And the world will live as one

[Captain Jack Aubrey]

Some of you are missing my point. Listen to the songs is what I asked. This post is not about politics.

[rockrr]

My older brother (RIP) used to have a saying, “Tis all a matter of taste (said the woman who kissed the cow)”. Sometimes it seems that nearly everything is subjective and that more and more things are becoming “third rail” opinions that can fry one if now approached carefully.

There re many Beatles detractors on FreeRepublic...and that’s OK. I don’t number among them. To me they have been a musical inspiration and constant source of curiosity into psychology and personal dynamics.

John Lennon lived a complex life of contrasts. He was simultaneously an impossible optimist and a dark cynic. In the end I believe the darkside won out.

Paul was his moderating influence. Together they wrote some music for the ages. Apart, Paul wrote a lot of drek and John a bunch of garbage.

I love the earlier songs. I didn’t even finish “God” and I wouldn’t pollute my atmosphere if they had included “Imagine”. Honestly, I thought that “9 Dream” was one of Georges songs.

Thanks for the walk down memory lane.

[Deplorable American1776]

My sister was a Beatle fan, but since I was 7 years younger, I wasn’t into them. It was in 68 when I knew they were liberals. Lennon, in my old age, I think was good.

[ballplayer]

Liked Johnny Cashs version of Sunday Morning coming Down