Imagining "Imagine" : John Lennon's gibberish-filled anthem.

Daily Standard ^ | Joel Engel

[Hillary's Folly]

Ahh, The Rutle "Tragical History Tour." Now that's music with a message.

[aardvark1]

This song is destined to become the UN anthem.

[Trampled by Lambs]

Yeah, the song is a little sappy but I like it. He's asking you to imagine these things not necessarily live them. Utopian, yes but a world "living life in peace" is not such a bad thing to imagine, realistic or no. Thats what imagining is all about, eh?

[PaulJ]

Yikes! I hope this crank never hears Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds!

[theDentist]

Ah. The Rutles.

[stuartcr]

The number of hitlers that have inhabited this world, are a great minority compared to the number of decent people.

[azhenfud]

Strange what a drug-intoxicated mind can "imagine".

"Imagine there's no nothing. Wonder if you can."

[Victor]

John Lennon.....Vladimir Lenin.

John was simply born out of time and place. Bet ol' Vlad could have used him to write parade songs and such.

[17th Miss Regt]

A true statement. But a few Hitlers can cause misery in great amounts stretching over large areas of the globe. Think Stalin, Lenin, Mao, etc...

[Stone Mountain]

Geez, he's just asking people to imagine a different kind of world. Not to live it, not to change things, just to imagine. The author needs to lighten up...

[Consort]

Elevator music for a one-story building.

[17th Miss Regt]

One problem is that liberals try to live in the world they are imagining.

[Hillary's Folly]

He's asking you to imagine these things not necessarily live them.

True, I don't think anyone denies that, but all the author is doing is asking people (particularly those people who believe in a one world utopia) to imagine the consequences of such a world. Nothing wrong in that, eh?

[50sDad]

In my my mind I see
Happy Smiling Faces
If I flog my memory...
Doubleback Alley!

[international american]

I "Imagine" he was stoned out of his mind when he wrote this:)

[Trampled by Lambs]

But the Hitlers, Osamas and Mansons of the world happened regardless - religion didn't stop them. How many killers and tyrants have made history doing what they did in the name of religion?

No, its not hard for me to imagine no religion at all. I'm doing fine without it.

[stuartcr]

I know, and the idea that no heaven or hell would make everyone in the world turn into a crazed rapist/murderer, is ludicrous.

[Mr. Jeeves]

There are plenty of Lennon's songs I like, but I've always found this one to be especially insipid.

It's villainous - platitudes that mask the iron fist of Big Brother waiting to smash the individual. If I wanted to be a successful Dictator of the World, the first thing I would do is encourage my future serfs to start thinking like these lyrics.

[agrarianlady]

I remember as a senior in High School sitting out of this one when we were supposed to sing it for a choir concert. I figured it out on my own at the time that I could not sing these words in good conscience.

[FeliciaCat]

Sometimes a song is just a song.