Imagine by donnica59

donnica59 - Imagine

donnica59

Jun 27, 2025 01:18pm

<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/K8QW/1e490ebe93_9BI9_media.png?w=700"> <ul><li>In 2002, "Imagine" came in #2 in a poll by Guinness World Records as Britain's favorite single of all time, edged out by "<a href="https://www.songfacts.com/facts/queen/bohemian-rhapsody" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Bohemian Rhapsody</a>."</li><li> </li><li>This song returned to the Hot 100 three times in the late 2000s thanks to cover versions by Jack Johnson (#90, 2007, for the compilation Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur), David Archuleta (#36, 2008) and The Glee Cast (#67, 2009). </li><li>Other artists to cover it include Joan Baez, Bruce Hornsby, Ray Charles, Eva Cassidy, Dolly Parton (feat. David Foster), Our Lady Peace and A Perfect Circle.</li><li>This song plays a role in the movie Forrest Gump. Gump (played by Tom Hanks) appears on a talk show with Lennon, talking about a place where there are "no possessions" and "no religion."</li><li> </li><li> It's implied that Gump gave Lennon the idea for the song</li><li> </li><li>Some speculate that this song contains backwards messages. </li><li>With a keen ear and vast imagination, you can barely make out the words "people war beside me" when reversing the line "imagine all the people." </li><li>On September 13, 1980 Elton John played a free concert in New York's Central Park, ending it with "Imagine." </li><li>This performance was three months before Lennon's untimely death; before playing the song Elton said, "This is for a dear friend of mine who doesn't live too far from here, so let's sing it loud enough for him to hear it" (Lennon lived only a few blocks from that part of Central Park). </li><li>The flamboyant Elton performed the song wearing a Donald Duck outfit. </li><li> </li><li>Lennon said this song is "virtually the Communist Manifesto." </li><li>That's usually the last we see of the quote, but Lennon added: "Even though I am not particularly a communist and I do not belong to any movement." </li><li>Julian Lennon shared his thoughts on the song in the 2019 documentary Above Us Only Sky: "He's not shoving it down people's throats. </li><li>It's not religious and it's not political - it's humanity and life. </li><li>We all really want what he's singing about, and I think that's why even today the song is still so important. </li><li>The sad thing is, the world is still in a bad way. </li><li>Why is it impossible to move forward in these dreams and make them a reality?"</li></ul>