Music Mode Part 3 (Imagine)

IMAGINE by John Lennon

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

Every time i feel bored and nothing i can do, i enjoy reading some facts and unusual things around us. and here it is... about the song i think a complicated one with to much pros and cons. all of their comments about this song has a powerful words which i can agree with. everyone of us have a right to speak so all of them teach me too much.  i dont know what the composer thinks when he do this song but i can say its a nice song. ehehe-svj

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Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try, no hell below us, above us only sky.... Why would you want to imagine no heaven?...heaven is the only place where this utopia of John's exists. This is nothing more than an 'Imagine there's no God and we can all do what we like' - song. People are far too selfish to exist together in harmony without laws with sanctions. Let me quote a Keith Green song that tells it how it is. "..so many laughing at Jesus, while the 'funniest' thing that He's done, is love this poor stubborn, rebellious world, while their hate for Him just goes on...." God wants to SAVE you from your sins and take you to heaven, not join a religion. John was just imagining heaven. Ironic.

- Steven, Bundaberg, Australia

I don't see Imagine as John's attempt to push a communist regime or anything of the sort. When he says to imagine life without all the things that divide us...religion, wars, etc....he was hoping that the listener would instead start focusing on all the things we have in common with our fellow human beings who populate this planet with us. As long as we're focusing on the ways we are different and ignoring all the ways we are alike, we can never reach a true peace with each other. We continue to sort and section off various cultures for exclusion of some sort.

- ShePurrs, Charlotte , NC

Lennon was complex. IMAGINE's melody is soft but his words are heavy, POWERFUL. Lennon was a walking contradiction and he wanted it that way. His influence over the years with the Beatles illustrates this point: just when you think you've figured them (Beatles)out, they changed directions musically, philosophically, spiritually, politically. I don't agree with his politics (assuming I understand his politics) but he seems to be the only musician celebrity to transcend generations that I know. We can't figure him out but we love him. "Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try..." I can't imagine it and I get pissed when I hear him sing that, yet he seems so sincere that without heaven (and therefore, Hell) we'd be in a much better place. Love the tune, don't understand the message completely and don't be fooled by those who THINK they know. Impossible. Too complex for us.

- Brian, Pittsburgh, PA


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lennon said that there r lots of things that can happen in our minds that cannot happen in reality...so "imagine"...
and he's giving us instances,like if there were no differences between religions...nothing to kill others for...if ppl gave up being selfish,and thought abt the present instead of the future...and wat happened in the past...
the borders of the countries r there in real life,..but in the dreams,they can be omitted..
nobody has any material possessions that they call "theirs"...everything belongs to everyone..no one is greedy or hungry for power,..and its like all earthlings r a family,brothers..
and its so pleasant to imagine that everyone is sharing the world,instead of fighting for the imaginary boundaries ..
and all these fantasies can never come true...so he's a dreamer,and he knows that there r many other ppl like him...who dream of peace,love and equality..
and he hopes that someday,everyone will hv the same dream,and so it wont be a dream anymore,it will become reality...
and then we wont be separated by our countries,or beliefs and we'll live togather as ONE


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