Daily Caller:
For almost 50 years, an injustice has been done to John Lennon’s memory. I always assumed that “Imagine” was all his fault. Not so.
At the annual meeting of the National Music Publishers Association in New York on Wednesday, Yoko and Sean Ono Lennon received the organization’s new Centennial Song award for John Lennon’s legendary 1971 song “Imagine” — and Yoko received more than that. NMPA CEO David Israelite showed a video from 1980 wherein John said that Yoko deserved a songwriting credit for “Imagine” because of her influence and inspiration on it — more
I would rather listen to a four inch thick glass rod of infinite length being fed into a chipper shredder than subject these ears to anything that barnacle put her hand to.
Lennon was a tool, but he made decent music despite her manipulation.
I hate imagine by John Lennon with a passion, it is the worst song ever to come out of the baby boomer generation. Followed closely by One Tin Soldier by Coven from the movie Billy Jack and In The Year 2525 by Zager and Evans.
This album gave substance to what we musicians always suspected, that McCartney was the musician in the group. Lennon, drug inspired pscychedelic poetry. Didn’t need it then. Don’t need it now. Listen to “She’s Leaving Home” off of Sgt Pepper. Nuff said!
Geoff, you forgot “My Green Tamberine”.
I own cocktail napkins that show a husband and wife complaining about party guests overstaying their welcome.
“They won’t leave. Put on the Yoko Ono album.”
Some of Georges stuff was really good but the musical heavy lifting was always done by Paul.
Some people you cannot let them hold a microphone, but she would always seem to grab the closest Mic that wasn’t hers. I think the soundman was on to her and was ready to turn it down from watching the YouTube videos of her and whoever she was with.
Green Tambourine sucked too but not as bad as anything by Bobby Goldsborough especially Watching Snotty Grow and Harper Valley PTA by Jeanie C. Riley which was played at least 5-6 times an hr. if not more on top 40 radio stations until it became annoying as hell.
Not a big Paul fan
He was too boy band cutesy for my tastes.
But the band seemed to turn into 4 competing individuals after Sgt Peppers
Yoko’s still digging her spoon into that big ole mound of Lennon money.
Beta loser, too cheap to pay a bodyguard in crime ridden NYC. If he had, he’d still be alive. And he would have divorced gold digger Yoko decades ago.
Suckola? Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks. I think.
Or MacArthurs Park by any of these dozen or so that
Did it
Best suicide song EVAH:
Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks.
I read a story once in which the narrator was stuck in his apartment for a week. His neighbor went on vacation and left “Seasons in the Sun” playing on the stereo, sound coming through the walls, over… and over… and over….
The narrator lost his mind and hooked up with the Krishnas.
Speaking of Krishnas (and trying to stay roughly on topic), I hear George Harrison isn’t doing to well these days. 🙂
Good Lord, PHenry. GMTA.
@Geoff: “Watching Snotty Grow ”
Thanks for the chuckle! I’ll get back to cleaning spewed coffee now.
@geoff — If Coven had converted to Islam, like Cat Stevens
Listens Arabs to a hadeeth
That was uttered long ago
By the Man who went to Mountain
To Medinan folk below
In Medina were three Jew tribe
Driven out, for they did spurn
All the teachings of the Prophet
But they vowed they would return
Go ahead and love the Jew pigs
Go ahead and be their friend
Do it in the name of World Peace
We’ll all roast for it in the end
There wont be any white doves flying
O’er the Pit of Fire
On the blazing morning after
One grim prophet vent his ire
So the children of the Jew tribes
Came to reclaim Palestine
And this shocked the Arab people
Zionist plot they did malign
Came an answer from the Jew tribes
With all Arabs we will share
All the freedom of our nation
All the riches created there
Now the Arabs were rejoicing
No more hardships, peaceful path
So they embraced the Jewish peoples
Soon to earn AL Mahdi’s wrath
Comes now winds and rains of fire
To make the living envy the dead
And the Mahdi appeared before them
“Kill the Jews”
Was all he said
Go ahead and love the Jew pigs
Go ahead and be their friend
Do it in the name of World Peace
We’ll all burn for it in the end
There wont be any white doves flying
Come the judgment day
On the blazing morning after
One grim Prophet has his way
Don’t ya just hate it when crappy songs, written by crappy musicians, sell millions of copies, making millions of dollars?
“They won’t leave. Put on the Yoko Ono album.”
Another party closer is “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” Such an energetic, uplifting tale.
Best Beatles song of all time?
Revolution number 9
Number 9
Number 9
Number 9
/kidding
Talk about filler for a double album.
Good Morning star shine, by somebody I can’t remember
Afternoon Delight
and my fave to hate: Anything by Niel Diamond
“John said that Yoko deserved a songwriting credit for “Imagine” because of her influence and inspiration on it…”
…meaning her screaming and farting?
Imagine there’s no Yoko… It’s easy if you try…
Ok. Here goes:
THE BEATLES SUCK!
Inspired thought
Hey, why dont I break up the Beatles so I can focus all my attention on the ……… Plastic Ono Band
Red Rubber Ball
Yummy Yummy Yummy (I Got Love in my Tummy)
Wildfire
…all these are almost as bad as Imagine, but not quite.
Actual comeback I made once to a classmate who was pissed off at me because I wasn’t rending my garments sufficiently over John Lennon’s death
Hipster classmate ..But, he was against the war, Ma-a-a-a-a-n.
Me: I know, but I managed to forgive him for that
@Davy – Some Beatles songs suck, some don’t, and some are very good. They did, after all, record a lot of music. The four of them were funny and personable early on, then they became too damned pretentious for my tastes.
She’s still alive?! There’s no justice in the world.
One difference between all these other songs and “Imagine” is
Noone sings “Yummy, Yummy Yummy”, or “Seasons in the Sun” or “Watching Scotty Blow” after a Muslim atrocity
Edwin Starr. War, hunh good god y’all, what is it good for? Major suckage
It might be better that we’re missing 2 Beatles because they can’t reunite like some of the other dinosaur bands.
Can you imagine?
The Flab Four.
And yes. I did say Imagine.
My brother whose name is Scott actually was the one who came up with Watching Snotty Grow, he hates that song as much as I do. And McArthur Park just because. And My Dingaling by Chuck Berry. Why was this juvenile song about choking his chicken his #1 song ever? I don’t get it.
I played the Yoko scream out of curiosity. My dogs ran around the house barking and looking for the dam thing.
For you Paul fans – check out this new release which was written 20 yrs ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFRHgk6niIc
Some of these comments are hilarious.
I always liked Q: “What do you call a dog with wings?” A: “Linda McCartney”.
Imagine was written by V. Lenin, not J. Lennon.
“I buried Paul”
OK Good morning starshine I think was by some dude named Oliver.
Which I can take listening to more than I can “imagine’, ‘come together’ and ‘hey jude’. UGH!!!
Paul was the only one with talent and George was the prettiest. There. I said it.
Lennon hanging around Yoko means he was drugged (yeah, I know) and deaf. He left a wife and child in England for THAT!? Ohh wait. I get it. Yoko was his punishment for that.
Carry on.
Those are all noteworthy bad songs but what about “drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry”. I can still picture all the hippy chicks at school singing that damn song. I disliked it the first time I heard it.
Never liked that song. First, the recording sounds like it was done under water. Very muffled. Second, the lyrics are idiotic and vapid. Imagine no possessions? Really, John? I didnt see him give up any of his and live like a pauper. Some of Lennon’s songs are top notch…this one bites.
And if you’re old enough to remember the 50’s there’s always Chantilly Lace by The Big Bopper which still gets played too often on XM’s 50’s on 5. This is BJ Bill’s favorite song from the 50’s, You know what I like…
Just for MJA:
Gliddy glop gloopy
Nibby nabby nooby
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
Lennon made $millions off “Imagine”. There’s a recent biography that shows him as an eager Cockney capitalist. Tightfisted and cheap but totally focused on churning out profitable commercial hits, then milking every penny.
He was also one of those guys who’s convinced he’s the smartest guy in every room. Which makes these guys ridiculously easy to manipulate.
If Lennon had lived he would have churned out the same crappy Muzak as McCartney fir the last 40 years. Several ex wives would have taken him to the cleaners. Yoko would be long forgotten.
And “Imagine”‘s rights would long ago have been sold off to some soda or candy brand for commercials.
MJA, Good Morning Starshine was by John Denver
When all is said and done, there is only one boomer generation tune that will endure through the years to stand as a classic for the ages:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9PjUscNOJM
Good Morning Starshine was written by Oliver. It was on the soundtrack to the musical Hair.
Blippy Blop Bloopy
Nobody remembers Minnie Ripperton?
Minnie Ripperton? Talk about hitting a “high note”.
You’re only funning MJA, right JMV?
Ripperton was Maya Rudolph’s mother.
Birdie’s Cousin Gary— LOLOL. I can’t even.
Imagining “Imagine”
On the anniversary of John Lennon’s death, it’s worth taking a look at the gibberish in his beloved anthem.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/article/4695
It’s hard to ‘Imagine’ that
Mike Rosen
November 24, 2006
Elton John – make that Sir Elton John – recently declared in a magazine interview that “religion should be banned completely.” At least he didn’t say it should be banned selectively; that might smack of favoritism and discrimination. It seems his animus toward religion is driven largely by his status as a homosexual. He resents religiously based disapproval of his lifestyle and says that religion directs “hatred towards gay people.” His ironic remedy is that religious intolerance, as he sees it, shouldn’t be tolerated. He’s also critical of religious leaders for not coming together to end war.
Now, Elton John is a talented musician. But like so many right-brained artsy types, he’s given more to emoting than to reasoning or practicality. It’s certainly true that throughout history religious differences have sometimes led to war. But he hasn’t explained just how he’d “ban” religion or how the ban would be enforced. Would he have our armies go to war against religion? And would they first shoot their chaplains? What would Americans do with our First Amendment guarantee of religious freedom and those pesky references to “God” and the “Creator” in the Declaration of Independence?
Of course, Sir Elton is not to be taken seriously. He’s just venting. As long as the vast majority of humans believe in one form of deity or another, there will be religion – for better or worse.
In the midst of his ramblings, Elton John invoked the memory of John Lennon, saying that if he were alive today he’d be fighting for peace (my oxymoron, not his). Which reminded me of Lennon’s epic song, Imagine. Baby boomer romantic nostalgia notwithstanding, the puerile lyrics of that tune sound like a collaboration of Karl Marx, Cindy Sheehan and Dennis Kucinich.
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
Even if you don’t believe in rewards or punishment in the hereafter, responsible adults don’t live just for today. They defer gratification and save for a rainy day and retirement. Think of the parable of the grasshopper and the ant.
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
No, I can’t imagine that. It’s anti-historical and contrary to human nature. People are inherently tribal and nationalistic. They band together, linked by common cultures, superstitions, beliefs, values and preferred systems of political economy.
You may say that 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
You’re a dreamer. Never happen. The only way the world would be as one is under the guns of a militaristic, totalitarian regime. And even that would only be temporary. Empires invariably fall.
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
Good heavens, no! This is right out of The Communist Manifesto. No possessions? You mean no property rights? That means no rewards, no incentives, no creativity and very little production. Moochers living off a dwindling pool of hard workers. Who’s going to harvest the crops while the “dreamers” are smoking dope and flashing peace signs with that silly grin on their faces? What everyone owns, no one owns. Think of the graffiti on the walls of community-owned property like a New York City subway station men’s room. By comparison, have you ever seen graffiti on the walls of a bathroom in someone’s private home?
You may say that 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
He’s repeating himself. We’ve already covered that. Where’s Mister Hold Button when I really need him?
End of song.
When I discussed this on my radio show recently, a well-meaning but hopelessly idealistic woman called in and defended Lennon’s message as “aspirational,” as in a lofty and hopeful goal. I responded that as an ambitious goal-setter myself, I’ve aspired to many things in life and proudly accomplished some of them. But I don’t believe in setting your sights on things that are impossible to achieve or counterproductive. That’s a formula for wasted effort, failure and frustration.
Remarkably, the woman described herself as a devout Christian whose “aspirations” apparently didn’t include renouncing her faith. Islamofascists also have no interest in discarding their predatory religious beliefs, either. They just want you to give up yours. Imagine that.
Imagine there’s no “Imagine”:
https://diversitylane.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/give-reality-a-chance/
Lennon’s musical talent was only exceeded by his taste in women.
sheesh … everyone’s a critic ….
The Beatles were a band that caught lightning in a bottle … same as Elvis, Sinatra, God-awful U2, Springsteen, or any other ‘phenom’
all of them, due to worship of the masses, became as pretentious as their critics …. past & present
I’m into the Beatles, Sinatra, The Allman Brothers, Beethoven, Marc Antoine, early Elvis, Linkin Park, Hank Williams, Muddy Waters, Pearl Jam, Robert Johnson, Emmie Lou Harris, Led Zeppelin, Patsy Cline … I don’t take any of their pronouncements as Gospel … they are all as flawed as I am
… it’s just music, folks … like it … or not