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[The author of the following review expresses their personal opinions on a murder. These opinions repulse us, but they are his opinions and he takes full responsibility for them]
Horrible socio-communist drivel from one of the men who lost prestige the most after the Beatles' breakup.
The pseudo-pacifist and politicized echoes of the flower children's era were reflected in one of the artists who had made the most genuine part of the beat generation great, ruining the social and mental setup of an undoubtedly influential man, as much then as now: how painful it is to still hear young people talk about how one must earn paradise without faith and simply by not waging wars and smoking marijuana...
Damn, the first time I read the lyrics of "Imagine" as a child, I couldn't believe what I comprehended: if a man preaches not to believe in Heaven, because it brings evil and war, he is utterly condemnable, as much if not more than a satanist...
The meaning of this album is easily comparable to the phantom anti-Bush legends that circulate and will always circulate. Nothing new, nothing old. Theories built on air.
We must discuss "Imagine", and above all, stop teaching it in schools as if it were catechism doctrine...
Musically, an almost silly thing, in which the intellectual decline of the artist due to heroin use is unquestionably apparent. A track easily reproducible with midi files.
Honor to John Lennon's assassin. He freed us from a criminal and much other socialist and repetitive music.
I would really like to see the "Instant Karma" of this preacher, or his destination in the afterlife. I would really like to see if his "Socially Useful" actions were enough for him to earn beatitude.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Imagine (03:02)
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 some day 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 some day you'll join us
And the world will live as one
02 Crippled Inside (03:47)
You can shine your shoes and wear a suit
You can comb your hair and look quite cute
You can hide your face behind a smile
One thing you can't hide
is when you're crippled inside
You can wear a mask and paint your face
You can call yourself the human race
You can wear a collar and a tie
One thing you can't hide
is when you're crippled inside
Well now you know that your cat had nine lives babe
Nine lives to itself
But you only got one
And a dog's life ain't fun
Mamma take a look outside.
You can go to church and sing a hymn
Judge me by the colour of my skin
You can live a lie until you die
One thing you can't hide
is when you're crippled inside.
03 Jealous Guy (04:14)
I was dreaming of the past,
And my heart was beating fast,
I began to lose control,
I began to lose control,
I didn't mean to hurt you,
I'm sorry that i made you cry,
I didn't want to hurt you,
I'm just a jealous guy.
I was feeling insecure,
You might not love me anymore,
I was shivering inside,
I was shivering inside,
I didn't mean to hurt you,
I'm sorry that i made you cry,
I didn't want to hurt you,
I'm just a jealous guy.
I didn't mean to hurt you,
I'm sorry that i made you cry,
I didn't want to hurt you,
I'm just a jealous guy.
I was tryin' to catch your eye,
Thought that you was tryin' to hide,
I was swallowing my pain,
I was swallowing my pain,
I didn't mean to hurt you,
I'm sorry that i made you cry,
I didn't want to hurt you,
I'm just a jealous guy.
I'm just a jealous guy,
I'm just a jealous guy,
I'm just a jealous guy.
04 It's So Hard (02:26)
You gotta live
You gotta love
You gotta be somebody
You gotta shove
But it's so hard, it's really hard Sometimes I feel like going down
You gotta eat
You gotta drink
You gotta feel something
You gotta worry
But it's so hard, it's really hard
Sometimes I feel like going down
But when it's good
It's really good
And when I hold you in my arms baby
Sometimes I feel like going down
You gotta run
You gotta hide
You gotta keep your woman satisfied
But it's so hard, it's really hard
Sometimes I feel like going down
06 Gimme Some Truth (03:15)
I'm sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
I've had enough of reading things
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of hope
Money for dope
Money for rope
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of soap
Money for dope
Money for rope
I'm sick to death of seeing things
From tight-lipped, condescending, mama's little chauvinists
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth now
I've had enough of watching scenes
Of schizophrenic, ego-centric, paranoiac, prima-donnas
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of soap
It's money for dope
Money for rope
Ah, I'm sick and tired of hearing things
from uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocrites
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
I've had enough of reading things
by neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
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By TomSkar
"The album's title track became an epochal anthem with great idealistic, pacifist meaning but an easy and catchy melody."
"Much less original and raw than Plastic Ono Band, Imagine still manages to offer a bunch of enjoyable songs at a good musical and poetic level."
By Kecco
John Lennon, a man, a story, a symbol... sit on a comfortable sofa, close your eyes, and instead of eating a togo, put on this song.
Imagine there's no Heaven... try... it's easy no hell below us above us only sky... imagine all the people living for today...
By simo ghelli
"Jealous Guy" is a masterpiece ballad, conceivable only by an ex-Beatle.
The greatness of this song and of Lennon lies in this: 'being beautiful and simple for what one is.'
By paolofreddie
Imagine a world where you can make a difference, a world without borders where opportunities come in cascades.
No hatred, no anger, no sadness, no depression! You are in the universe as a world citizen.
