The Worst Song of All Time: ‘Imagine’
by Kurt SchlichterIn a world of Starland Vocal Bands, Lady GaGas, Bon Jovis, Snoop Doggs and 1910 Fruitgum Companies, it takes real talent to write a song so unbelievably horrible that it transcends mere awfulness and crosses the frontier into a whole new realm of sheer crappiness. An artistic, musical and philosophical failure of staggering proportions, John Lennon’s “Imagine” is the worst song of all time.
Many feel this ballad is a touching hymn that gives voice to man’s yearning for a better world. They are wrong. “Imagine” is a cloying, boggy, sonic swamp of numb-skulled sentiments that sound like they were recycled from a bong-fueled, 2 a.m. bull session between a couple of pampered, credulous UC Berkeley lit majors. It’s the national anthem of the hopey/changey crowd — all at once pretentious, smug, tiresome and intellectually bankrupt.
“Imagine” should – no, must – be banned and all remaining copies of it destroyed. Its continued existence makes mankind a stupider, more boring race.
Some shortsighted people might consider this assessment a bit harsh. They are wrong. Sure, it was a hit in 1971 and still today Imagine remains a radio staple. It has sold millions of copies and inspired a legion of cover versions. Rolling Stone even ranked it third on its roster of the Greatest Songs of All Time.
But these are not testimony to the song’s transcendent quality. They are signs of the apocalypse.
The song begins with a dull piano chord progression that telegraphs to the listener that Something Waaay Profound is in-bound. Then Lennon’s atonal voice pipes up. Let’s leave aside the lyrics for a second – he sounds awful, like some over-earnest troubadour trying too hard to impress the four friends he guilted into coming out on a Wednesday to see him play his new tune over at the Common Grounds coffee house’s weekly open mike.
It’s so ponderous and booorrrinng, seeming to go on forever. It’s the musical equivalent of passing a kidney stone, only not as much fun.
What was Phil Spector, who produced this mess, thinking? Right now, he ought to be thinking that “Imagine” was the second biggest mistake of his life.
And the lyrics – give me a break. Never have so many fawned so shamelessly over such utter nonsense.
The first lines are: “Imagine there’s no heaven/it’s easy if you try.” No, it isn’t, because if there’s no heaven then there’s no hell, and we know that there’s a hell because when this song is playing we’re in it.
And how about “Imagine all the people/Living for today?” Yeah, he’s put his finger on our problem – too many people planning ahead and preparing for the future. This is the kind of powerful, incisive reasoning that led a guy who could take his pick of pretty much any woman in the world to shack up with Yoko Ono. Let me put it another way for emphasis – this guy chose to see Yoko Ono naked. Many times. The only response to someone with that kind of judgment is to listen carefully to what he says and then do the exact opposite.
There’s also the gratuitous commie babbling: “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.” To quote a better song by the infinitely more talented Frank Zappa, a man with an admirable lack of patience for such treacle, gag me with a spoon.
I’m not sure of the Lennon timeline, but didn’t he write this nonsense about the same time he ditched England because of the tax bite he was taking to help pay for its socialist welfare state? Sure, depriving a rapacious lefty government of revenue by moving to someplace with a more sensible tax rate is clearly the morally correct thing to do, but isn’t the transparent hypocrisy of this poser a bit much to stomach?
And if all that’s not insipid enough, we also get: “You may say that I’m a dreamer/But I’m not the only one.” Oh, please.
The most galling thing about “Imagine” is how it urges the listener to assume the mantle of that “dreamer,” thereby joining the ranks of the free spirits, bohemians and other assorted loafers, chislers and social parasites who are only too happy to belly up to the table that is our society but who are nowhere to be found when the check arrives:
“Sorry, I can’t be bothered to work to build something or to fight to defend anything – you see, I’m a dreamer, so you just let me know when you’ve gotten everything ready for me to enjoy. Until then, I’ll be here relaxing on my parents’ sofa, pretending to read Gravity’s Rainbow. ”
The only bright spot is that so few folks actually seem to pay attention to its inane lyrics. How else could one explain American Idol’s David Archuleta, the all-American Mormon kid, covering an ode to atheism that even Lennon conceded was pretty close to being the Communist Manifesto set to music? Simon Cowell should have slapped him. Several times.
Fortunately, there’s plenty of music out there that rejects this kind of hippie crap. Sadly, for every one kid whose mind is opened by, say, The Clash or Husker Du, dozens more will sit slack-jawed and nodding vacantly at the moron-bait songs like “Imagine” dangle in front of them.
For me, I smile when I imagine a world without “Imagine.” I guess that would make me a dreamer, except I have a job.
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OK…now tell us what you REALLY think.
Slashing a sacred cow? Go for broke, I guess. Take on one of the biggest. Steer right into the skid. I sort of understand your assessment in the cold light of day, but I'm too much of a Beatles fan to fully get on board.
I was 12 or 13 when this song first came out and I didn't understand it then (and I liked the Beatles, still do). I've had plenty of time to ponder it since then….still nothing makes real sense. I actually like the music but the lyrics are ridiculous and, frankly, illogical. This was not one of John's finer works.
I agree tis song has always annoyed me ,I'm so sick of Sad morbid multimillionaires who aren't happy.
FINALLY! There is someone else who hates that song too. The lyrics are completely ignorant!
I have long long felt that this was the worst song ever written. Kudos.
Thank you,sir!!! I have HATED this my whole life song. I see commies hugging and touching each other while its playing… SUCKS! After John met Yoko he was poisoned. And to "imagine" this is the same guy that sang "I Feel Fine" and "Twist and Shout". Man, what a waste.
I thought I was the only one who hated this song.
I never want to hear it again.
The problem is it is appealing, people love ballads, and the fact that Lennon wrote it. For some people Lennon is like scripture. I have told others my thoughts and they treat me like an untouchable.
Can we get this song removed from radio playlists and future movie soundtracks?
We may be a minority but movements need to start somewhere.
That was nice. You worked really hard trying to derail the cosmic retard train but, alas, all your works in vain. The train weighs trillions of morons and you're a gnat splatted on the windshield.
Armageddon, here we are.
DING
I get the point and agree with the sentiment of the article, but I would argue, just for giggles (if you want to pick a Beatles or Beatles associated song) that All You Need Is Love is a far worse song simply because I can't hear it without seeing in my head the video of John smacking away on his gum like a cow in the field with cud.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzJ2NKp23WU
Nightmares I tell ya! Nightmares!
This? Is the most relevant commentary to be mustered for this site? Why still so much disdain for Yoko? They loved each other dearly, and that sort of devotion should be celebrated, not mocked because one person doesn't meet your beauty standard. On the one hand you mock the lyrics for being shallow, then you mock a woman's looks. Who's worse? And tell me, my friend, what have _you _ ever done that people will be bitching about/praising 40 years down the road? I wrote more meaningful pieces for my pretentious college arts magazine.
If only Forrest Gump had not gone on the Dick Cavett show….
wat to contribute there Tim.
I remember listening to this piece in a junior high class. I was bored even then, and I had no problem writing a nice paper about the stupidity of "Imagine"/communism.
Everyone who thinks "Imagine" is profound should be forced to read "The Giver" immediately. Even if it worked perfectly because all risky elements of human nature were removed, communism would suck.
Great post. I disagree about the song musically, but yeah…the lyrics are pretty profoundly stupid. The best part was the description of the dreamer lounging on his parent's couch. That is unquestionably the symbol of the hippie movement. This column goes perfectly with the "Me Generation" one.
Finally…someone else who is willing to state for the record that IMAGINE is one of the biggest LOSERS of all time. I DETEST that song with every fiber of my being. Combine "Imagine" and Minnie Ripperton's "Lovin' You", and you have a lethal critical mass of crappy songwriting that could bring down empires.
Thank you…At least I know there is one other person out there that hates that song….
I always hated this song, and stayed away from solo Lenon ever after. I LIKE my things!
I can't stand this song, never could. It's like whenever it comes on the radio you're obligated to bow to the ghost of Lennon for imparting his golden wisdom upon us…
barf….
I've always thought this song was complete trash. Just think, if Bob Dylan had never introduced the Beatles to the joys of drugs, we might have been able to ignore them after the whole "British invasion" thing died out.
I laugh to myself whenever that song comes on – then I turn the channel. I worked for many years writing grants for a non-profit that worked w/ abused children. This organization had an established file for Yoko Ono's Spirit Foundation which I would pull out now and again and apply for funds. In the file was an article about Yoko deciding to sell off a number of her and Lennon's 18 mansions……18 mansions…….including one on their privately owned island off of Ireland. She didn't think she would use them all anymore. Heh. A couple of capitalists singing the Communist Manifesto all the way to the bank. Imagine. No possessions. I keep trying to imagine owning 18 mansions.
Uhhh, I don't think this was a Beatles song! Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this a John Lennon solo production?
I, too, think it is utterly vapid and so revealing of the anti-war mindset. My nephew once asked me how to explain war to his girlfriend, who just didn't "get" war. I told him to slap her in the face and wait for her reaction. When she backed away, saying, "Why did you hit me?," slap her again. Keep doing it until she hauls off and slugs you back. Then tell her, "That's why there is war." A little simplistic and she probably wouldn't still be his girlfriend, but then maybe she'd understand why some wars are started. He showed her my email and she sent me a note, saying, yeah, maybe she needed more history lessons!
"Imagine no leftist commie scumbag liberal ashwholes in the white house, it's easy if you VOTE THE BASTARD OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Truly a cathartic experience for me. This sums up the reason that I hate the Beatles and the reason I despise the 1960's. Greatest article ever written on Big Hollywood.
Oh! My God! You have just written everything I've ever said about that piece of crap song and then some.
Did you ever notice that people who actually like that garbage get a blank look on their face as if they're going to go all Manchurian Candidate.
I was thinking the same thing, I hate that song and finally, someone else admits to it too! I might get Rock Band Beatles but I cringe at being required to play that song. Oh well, at least it will have Let It Be.
To whom is this addressed, little man tim? And why are you using that particular term of endearment? Not nice, tim.
Gee, I wonder why it is that John Lennon inspired millions and millions of people, and Kurt Schlichter (is that a real name?) has inspired no one?
i'm not sure about this. most of the one hit wonders, have the stupidest lyrics you have ever heard. so as a song, it's ok, but like most rock music, i don't pay attention to the lyrics. think about the troggs, or the trashmen, they had some bad lyrics, but catchy tunes. or the knack, or how about chic, remember freak out? just like with hollywierd, most great movies, or music, i like for its look, and feel, but i never turn to song lyrics, or movie stars for my theories, or leadership, except possibly for reagan, but he was a b actor, but a great politician.
Mr. Schlichter, I respectfully disagree. Imagine happens to be one of my favorite songs.
Remember, this is not a speech before both houses of Congress. This is not a treaty before the UN. This not a proposition before the European Union.
Its only a pop song. It's not meant to be a lost Beethoven symphony. Its not a direct competitor to Ava Maria. It's not in the running for the national anthem.
It's a pop song. Let me make this perfectly clear – IT'S A POP SONG.
Granted its an ode to a Utopia that has never existed, and never will. But its still a lovely thought, imagine if every one in the world just agreed. Of course we won't. Never have, never will. But again, brings me back to my point. It's just a pop tune.
I understand the snarkiness, the satire. But I do not think its appropriate for anyone, anywhere, to advocate them ban freedom of speech. Because that inevitably leads to one end, the banning of all speech considered not appropriate for the health of the People's Nation.
It's a song. Get over it.
And if any one shows up at my doors with orders from the government to confiscate and destroy my record and CD collection, which contains Imagine, you will see exactly my view of my Second Amendment right.
I agree that it is an horrible syrup-laced deplorable mindfuck. But it's still a pop song. To be the worst you must
escape that sugar and get into proper sonic defecation.
As a matter of fact I happen to have found the worst song ever. You can't hear the lyrics, and it verges on
amusicality yet it all fits in. It is clearly penned by Lucifer and claims souls upon listen. Imagine does suck,
but not your soul like this does.
http://tinyurl.com/yzu4a7u
Cheers.
I agree that the lyrics are too commy, but to say the singing is bad and the tune itself is horrible is pretty stupid. Sorta reminds me of the mother sitting in the stands at a football game watching the halftime show and saying "oh look, the rest of the band is out of sync with my Johnnie". I mean…there is a reason so many people like the song…..duh.
What is the next brilliant article going to be? Let me guess: "Pizza is the worst tasting food in the history of the universe".
I always liked this song – until I got old enough to actually understand the lyrics and their meaning. Still, musically I think it is a pretty song. Please don't hate me, I've asked for the remastered Beatles CDs for Christmas. Btw, I thought it odd that David Archuleta chose this song to sing on AI a few years back. But it is interesting to note that he sang a different verse and not the one about "no religion." Even Randy Jackson asked him why he didn't sing the lyric. I think it goes back to it just being a pretty song – just imagine different lyrics!
Cool story, bro.
This song sums up everything wrong with liberlism. Imagine the world if Lennon got his way. Nothing to fight or die for no God, so in Lennon's paradise we have nothing ot believe, what exactly would there be to live for? Sounds like no one has to work because that is such a drag man. So exactly who is going to do anything for anyone? Why even care. Lennon's world would last a very short time as people did their drugs and sex and starved to death.
I think the song sucks too.
Fortunately, if you need a way to cleanse the palette after listening to that horrid song, there's Dethklok: Burn The Earth to the rescue.
As an added bonus, you could annoy Enviromentalists with it.
After all, they do sing "POUR THE GAS LIGHT THE MATCH BURN!"
He inspired me to finally speak out against the liberal dogma about how wonderful Lennon is. So your statement is false.
Wow, you're a dickweed.
Imagine is just a pop song and the lyrics are the daydream of every leftist utopian fantasy. The problems start when people start actually believing the daydream is possible.
If you really understood the Beatles then you can relate to the sound effect in the song.."Come Together"
I grew up in farm country (Kansas) and when a cow drops a deuce…. It matches that sound in the song exactly !!
The runnier the deuce, the closer the match……….
Now you tell me what the Beatles was all about…… the money or the message !!!!
I too despise this song. I did hear a semi-redeemable cover for it by Perfect Circle some years ago. They did in the tone of a funeral dirge (what this song is actually marching it's adherents to)–which fit it only too well.
If only there weren't so many mind-numbing and drug-induced coma songs that have been spewed out by this morally bankrupt culture, I imagine the world would be a better place.
Here's my take: http://brandywinebooks.net/?post_id=2750
Not half the failure you are, you nobody. Who will remember your name ten or anything you wrote ten seconds from now?
It was easy to play on the piano but I never liked the sip-sappy lyrics. Yes, this song is as misguided as other hippie anthems like 10 Years After's lyrics "tax the rich…feed the poor…'til there are….rich no more".
Dear Kurt (The Curt and Icky) Schlichter,
You clearly lack IMAGINATION. (But then "schlicht" in German DOES mean "artless, simple, plain.") Go take a leap.
"Imagine" is definitely a 4×4 song…a 4-year old could write it in 4 minutes. Kudo's to Kurt for succinctly filleting this bottom-dweller of a song. The comment about Yoko Ono was lol funny…definitely rated a 'Cat & Coffee' warning.
And as an added bonus, Kurt never mentions 'MacArthur Park', the melody and lyrics of which you will now unfortunately review in your head, followed by debilitating nausea, disorientation and, in some instances, projectile vomiting. Or maybe that was caused by "Imagine"….
Also gag-inducing:
Happy Xmas (War is Over)
Power to the People
Give a Peace a Chance
I like Jealous Guy & Watching the Wheels though
Because lots of people are thoughtless assface sheep. Gee, I wonder why the Cultural Revolution happened? I mean lots of people were "inspired;" literally "millions and millions of people." Assface.
The best use of this song is its appropriate use at the end of The Killing Fields. It is Pol Pot's manifesto set to music.
Yay! I'm not alone. I always think of that lame-o balladeer in Animal House singing about chicken with no bones, and I find myself picturing John Belushi turning Lennon's baby grand to kindling with a sledgehammer. Very therapeutic.
"You may say I'm a dreamer," crooned Lennon. And the dopes of the day all sang along thinking the girls would see them as 'deep' and 'committed' to…. to… well, to something.
I remember (I was 17 at the time, and had just landed my driving permit) singing the refrain as, "You may say I'm a S**t-Head…" and the girl next to me slapping my arm. How could I be so insensitive?
Hey, I was 17 and I was dumb… but I wasn 't a idiot!
LMAO! I absolutely agree!!
Bravo, Lennon was the most talentless of the three song writters in the Beatles. He was a failure as a father, Husband and teammate. Oh yea, he was also a junkie. Boy that is a lot to look up to. Imagine the 60s and 70s without this loser.
II can't help but notice that you maxed out your vocabulary and powers of reasoning when you crafted that response.
Spot on brother, spot on! (I swear I thought I was the only one). And to name-check Husker Du. Beautiful.
Imagine there's no hippies, it's easy if you try.
I am also not a fan of Beatles music. At all. I like Paul's music later in the 70s though.
John was suffereing from a disease. Yoko-ono-itis! There was no cure.
The lyrics sound as though they were written by a border-line retarded 12 year old girl.
idiot
only in stupid America people could say that.
Hey zippy little info for you by the time Lennon was shot he was pretty much a relic that no cared about, it was Paul that was the most successful ex-Beatle still producing hit music solo and with Wings. Lennon was in New York stuck in the 60s. The only reason Lennon is remembered is because some kook shot him and that made automically made everything that every fell out his mouth a work of genius. So you worship dead hippie who spouted stupid commie drivel that doesn't make you a failure.
My mother was a huge Beatles fan and raised me on their music, but still hated this tune. She was a christian and the first line appalled her. I got a 30 minute speech very similar the above screed, and I totally understand where she was coming from now.
great comment
It's a song. Get over it.
It's not just a song, which is why nobody should "get over it"
This song conveys ideas and ideas have consequences.
Aim high Kurt.
I think that you could picked a number of worse songs, but unfortunately Mr Lennon embodies so much of that bad stuff that it becomes pretty obvious. His preening political persona really was quite a drag. His conceptual artiste voyage brought way too much exposure and bad poetry. His spin at being Harry Potter in the movies,well….
But he was a junkie, abandoned by his father and later his mother, so he does fit some of the qualifying boxes of victimhood. Too bad he made so much fookin money, eh ?
Now, for his companions, "you put de lime in de coconut….." What really is bad ? Excuse me, while I kiss the sky
Most people don't understand the humor of destroying this song for eternity. Probably they're a little gun shy living in an Obamanation where free speech is about to go the way of the Conservative Democrat.
I'm a melody guy. I have trouble paying attention to lyrics, let alone remembering them. Thus, for many years, I thought Imagine was an OK song, long after I'd outgrown its ossified adolescent premise. Then one day, I say along with the song and heard my own voice singing this commie, let's all be brothers (except you and you and you), sewage.
John Lennon, you were better than this. So much so, that methings you wrote this drivel just for the perpetually pubescent crowd.
Hear, Hear! I do hate this song. It nearly ruined the movie "The Killing Fields" that showed communist retraining camps preaching against religion and property rights to cut to a song that was preaching the very same sermon. Sadly, the film makers were not being ironic.
No, this wasn't mere nonsense lyrics ala "Wild Thing", this was brain washing pure and simple. That's giving Lennon the credit that he wasn't so far gone that he could still push his intent, rather than just mindlessly droning this crap.
No way this is the worst song…the absolute worst song EVER is Macy Grey and Old Dirty Bastard covering "Dont Go Breaking My Heart".
This is the only song we need to play to captured Al Queda…go listen to it…you wont even believe its a real song…but they were paid money to sing and perform this.
Hands down…this song wins.
At the very end of "The Killing Fields," right as Dith Pran is reunited with his journalist friend Sidney Schanberg, we hear Joh Nelennon's "Imagine." This is SUPPOSED to be a joyous moment, as Dith Pran has escaped from the Khmer Rouge and lived to tell the tale.
But really… isn't a world with "no possessions… and no religion, too" EXACTLY what Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge were trying to create????
But never mind the Marxist message. Listen to that wimpy, saccharine melody. If Paul McCartney had written this same melody, I guarantee that John Lennon would have laughed at it.
How profound.
Let's see…LTC Schlichter inspired many that were under his command in the military. Twenty years service as an officer INSTANTLY MAKES HIM A SUCCESS. Unlike bottom feeders such as yourself who are not fit to polish the man's shoes. I would love to see your educational achievements placed next to his. You cannot be an officer without a college degree or two. I for one am proud that I was blessed to have a MAN like him wearing the uniform. What a pinhead you are.
John Lennon was the quintessential example of his generation…an emotionally damaged, confused, talented, and uninformed individual with an ego the size of a planet. This song is the international anthem of his generation. I wish it was just a song. Unfortunately, it is not. So, what do we do? Well, we create other ones. I do think your article is useful in reminding people of the power of media and entertainment culture to shape public perception.
I agree that the lyrics are too commy, but to say the singing is bad and the tune itself is horrible is pretty stupid.
The tune is catchy but the lyrics are a steaming pile unloaded into the human mind.
Putting the idiotic and destructive philosophy of this drug addled a-hole into a catchy tune is like baking cyanide into almond cookies (i.e. liquid cyanide smells like almonds) it may taste good but the effects are destructive and have caused death and misery everywhere they've been implemented.
I prefer Five For Fighting's "World" over that.
Way to stay on point.
Ahhh, it takes me back to the night I told my burned out ex-hippie in-laws that the Beatles are the most over rated band of all times….Good times…..Good timessss.
Oh and "Yellow Submarine" blows too!
"As we live a life of ease(life of ease)
Every one of us(every one of us) has all we need,(has all we need)"
It's hardly the worst song ever. (Whitney Huston's "I Will Always Love you" is the one that always sends me screaming for the mute button)The lyrics may be a bit banal, but I've always liked the melody. And seriously–knocking Yoko's looks is something I expect from Defamer. I don't see that the woman ever did anything wrong except love her husband dearly; there's no need to be so snarky.
And I really am tempted to ask what immortal tunes Mr. Schlichter has written that we'll be talking about 40 years hence..?
And by Kurt I mean the meatbag "Kurt_Is_A_Bitch"
I checked who you are. Conservative, supporter of Republicans. No wonder you go after Lennon. Pathetic
I'm so glad I'm not alone. When I first heard this song, oh so long ago, I hated it. It's so stupid. And insipid. When I was a teenager, the local radio station trashed the 45 of Afternoon Delight because a huge percentage ( say 99.99%) of listeners voted to have it trashed. I would like to see the same thing happen to this POS. Imagine this: sending this stupid song to the middle east for all the terrorists to give a listen. Riddle me this: how loud do you think the guffawing would be? Yeah, imagine the fanatical muslims sharing the world. There's a real dream, John.
Sister Angela Joseph, a sister of St. Joseph, played this song for us when it came out and she helped us to realize that it talks of a utopia that couldn't be as long as we had free will…unless a Big Brother scenario crushed all non-acceptable behavior and dissent. I always remember her when this song comes on before I turn it off.
Have to disagree with you. Billy Vera & the Beaters "At this Moment" has every ingredient for a bad song:
1) Syrup
2) Schmaltz
3) Barry Manilow type lyrics
4) Rips off "Desparado" by the Eagles.
Sample Lyric:
I'd fall down on my knees
I'd kiss the ground that you walk on baby
If I could just hold you
My response: Get the Gun babe, shoot this lovesick horse and move on.
Thought the song was at best a ballad for all the 60's idiots running around at the time – with the notion that communism was so cool. Sad part is these same people had children who are in power now. My parents bought into it during this time period – I on the other hand was a rebel. Song did nothing for me…….kudos.
Yellow Submarine is a song. Does that convey the idea that we should all live in yellow submarines?
Get Back is a song. Does that convey the idea we should all get back, and if so, to exactly where?
Back in the USSR is a song. Does that convey the idea we should all go to the USSR, because it ain't there any more?
I was under the impression conservatism stood for personal freedom and liberty. Does that only extend as far as what conservatives agree with?
I used to live in Vermont, and the old timers had a saying. Your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins.
If you don't like it, change the damn station, don't by the CD.
I hate rap music, there's no melody. But under no circumstances would I ever condone banning it. Freedom is freedom.
Thank you, Kurt! To paraphrase the almighty Chainsaw, this had to be said.
psst….me too. I thought I would be murdered for saying that I didn't like the Beatles.
Also the 1960's was nearly the nadir of American culture.
Nothing better than a millionaire commie crooning about the joys of poverty.The video for the song was shot in one of his many mansions.Rich commies are by far my favorite.There's no better at twisting logic as to justify why their wealth is good but for the rest of the proles it's evil
Me thinks you are looking in the mirror. Feeling a little left out at the playground, gos? Only stupid people like you go through a whole list of comments and insult every poster that doesn't agree with your vision of Utopia and bowing down to your pantywaist president.
Like lecturing people much? Get over yourself, a–hole.
I too dislike this song. I heard the lyrics and wondered 'does anything happen in this guy's mind' . We can't just loaf around. IF he had loafed around he wouldn't be a musician. We haven't had hospitals, automobiles, or Jolly Rancher candies. THe song is about nothing.
Phthalo
that makes me laugh. maybe they should play it over and over at Gitmo–the bad guys would beg for water-boarding instead.
I've always viewed with suspicion (as a lifelong Beatles fan) the constant critical assertion that Lennon was the great genius behind the band, and that McCartney was no great shakes. How much of that assertion was a political one, I wonder?
We don't have to imagine. Rush used to play a parody that made it a tribute to the Gipper.
What if Ronald Reagan
Could have had four terms?
Yoo-hoo-hoo
You may say I'm a dreamer
Etc.
I think that musically, it's a pretty song. Lyrically, it's atrocious.
I have maintained for years, no decades, that John Lennon is the most over-rated musician of the rock era -and- KC of KC and the Sunshine Band is the most under-rated.
Shake. Shake. Shake. Shake. Shake your booty. Shake your booty.
No pretense of self-importance.
Stuff like this helps separate the statists from the people who believe in limited government, and folks shouldn't forget that statists exist on both the Left and the Right.
Banning political songs you disagree with is something Stalin or Mao would do. I like to "imagine" a world where the government just leaves me the hell alone.
Take THAT, forty year old song!! Take THAT long since dead musician!
Lame.
Not many lyrics make sense, but somehow the music can tie it all in and make it pallateable. Of all The Beatles (and Beatle-spinoff bands) Imagine is bad, but certainly not worse than Yellow Submarine.
The answer to your first two questions are:
No, unless your Yellow Submarine has ICMBs or cruse missles.
and
No, unless you are named JoJo.
If you don't like the song, change the damn station, don't buy the CD, and leave people who happen to like it the hell alone.
I think Sergeant Hulka said it best when he said, "Lighten up, Francis."
Nobody….but nobody, has ever said anything should be done to the people that like this song or that it should be confiscated.
For f*ck's sake man, anyone can go out and buy a copy of Mein Kampf, The Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital, etc. but that doesn't mean they should be considered anything but poisonous crap.
I could not agree more … I have detested this song every time it is played and have even left a room when it was played. I had my kids analyze the lyrics so they could understand how idiotic and socialist this song was … so few people ever listen to the actual words.
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