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IMAGINE JOHN LENNON

//(1971 IMAGINE ALBUM)//

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__ LYRICS __

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 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

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 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 live as one

__**SUMMARY**__


 * INTRODUCTION
 * INFORMATION ABOUT JOHN LENNON
 * LYRICS
 * CONCLUSION

__**INTRODUCTION**__
Ever since I first listened this song, it turned out to be my favorite song. This song has a very deep meaning and the rhythm is amazing. Everybody that listens this song is amazed by its beauty.//Imagine// is one of the best songs in history. in 2004 it was considered the third best song in history in the Rolling Stone musical magazine. this song was such a hit that it was heard in all the world and it is very difficult to find anybody who has not heard or does not know about this song. When someone first hears this song he does never stop and try to understand what John Lennon is trying to tell us. You actually find out what he is trying to tell us when you read the lyrics.
 * listened to this song
 * it has been my favourite
 * In my opinion Imagine is one of the best songs in history; in fact, in 2004, it was vote the third best song ever by Rolling Stone.
 * This song was such a hit that it has been heard all over the world and it is very difficult...
 * he never stops to try to understand...

For all these reasons I have chosen this song and of course, I have chosen it because the lyrics are very beautiful and I will never get tired of hearing this song.

__**JOHN LENNON **__
He was born in Liverpool the 9th October. He sang in The Beatles which was one of the most famous and best groups when they started and nowadays it is considered as one of the best groups ever. At the end of the decade The Beatles distinguished and he continued his musical career as a solo singer and composer.
 * broke up

When John Lennon married Yoko Ono he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. John Lennon was known by his political and peace activism. In 1980 he did a new Album called Double Fantasy and three weeks after its release he was murdered by Mark David Chapman in New York. This tragic day was the 8th December 1980.
 * known for

Mark David Chapman was a John Lennon’s fan and he did not escape after killing John Lennon. He waited until the police arrived.

His songs had such anti-war meaning that they were adopted as anti-war movement’s anthems.


 * as the anti-war movement's anthems

In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all times.

__**LYRICS **__
<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">As I mentioned before the lyrics have a very deep meaning and it was inspired by John Lennon’s hope to have a world without greed, pain or war.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">were

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Every paragraph, except the chorus, starts with imagine and in every paragraph John Lennon is proposing us to imagine different situations and what would happen or how would it be the world without it.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">is proposing that we imagine

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In the chorus John Lennon is telling us that the thing he is proposing are nearly impossible but he is not the only one who is thinking it. He is not alone and he hopes that we join him and try to achieve what he is proposing us. He is telling us that if the whole world has the same objective we will all live in harmony and with no problems.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">the thing he is proposing is

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In the first paragraph he is proposing us to imagine there is no heaven. There is no hell if there is no heaven so everybody will act in such a way that they are not thinking if they are doing the correct thing in order to go to heaven. Everybody would be living the moment not thinking that they will have another life in heaven or in hell.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In the next paragraph, he is proposing us to think that there are no countries and no religion. If this would ever happen, there would be no reason to fight for so everybody would be living in peace.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Finally, in fourth paragraph, he is trying to make us imagine they are no possessions so everybody would be sharing everything and everybody would be helping each other so actual problems such as greed or hunger would disappear.

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">CONCLUSION **__
<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In conclusion, Imagine is very influenced by John Lennon’s peace activism. The whole song is about John Lennon trying to convince everyone who listens this song that if the whole world fights for one only objective, the world would be a better place to live in and nobody would have problems such as hunger.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">highly influenced / noticeably influenced

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In the chorus it is clear the objective of this song which is to try and convince us when he says “I hope to "someday...join us”. When John Lennon refers to us, he is talking about everybody who wants peace.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">However, the things John Lennon proposes are impossible. He is trying to make things disappear such as religion which is actually impossible. There is a religion and one god minimum everywhere you go. There will always be religious problems and everybody will fight to arrive to heaven after death ( because there is always one heaven in every religion) but the problem is every religion has different methods to arrive to it and some methods are actually killing the people who do not believe in their god.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I absolutely think that the world would be a perfect world if all these things disappear and it is not difficult to imagine it as John Lennon says in the second line of each paragraph “It isn’t hard to do”, “It’s easy if you try”, etc. Unfortunately it is not possible.