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IMAGINE.....John Lennon..... I've grown so weary of psychopaths, pandering and lies
I agree with every topic in that song. Imagine. He died so young. I always wondered what other mind-stimulating lyrics he was meant to write but never would.
Always been one of my favorite songs. (Not stepping on my toes.) His wife Yoko Ono was later listed as a co-writer of the song. He commented that he’d been inspired to write it by one of her poems.
@catch 22. Getting nuts, isn’t it? The TV commercials! Stacked one on top another now. In a given 2 or 3 minute commercial break you’ll get Trump / Harris / Trump again. Never ending.
Lennon and The Beetles produced some masterpieces. They were best in a studio setting. Some of their songs they recorded dozens of times over, producing multiple tracks. Led by Phil Spector, their talented manager, they’d “slice and dice”. Some guitar from this track. Some percussion from this one. Maybe have John singing in sync with himself using his voice from different tracks. So a single released recording might have parts of a great many tracks in it. Common today. Relatively new in their day. Helps explain the majestic sounds they produced. An immense amount of time and work went into them. Loads of great information about the group / specific songs on the internet - if anyone wants a break from hearing about the election. Lots at Wikipedia about various songs.
BTW - I think the entire “Abby Road” album is very good.
Here’s John Lennon’s soothing “Sun King” from their “Abby Road” album. Don’t worry about the unintelligible words. It’s not a foreign language. Just a bunch of syllables Lennon invented thinking they sounded good. I believe this was the last album they did together. The group was disintegrating at the time .
My companion add for 'Imagine'; for the thought/lyric.
And somewhere in my ancient genes finds a connection to the rhythms of Indian and Middle Eastern sounds. What does this mean? My genes are Anglo/Saxon.
@hank, Phil Spector never managed the Beatles. Just helped produce a couple records with them very late in their careers. Brain Epstein was their manager.
Memories! Ravi Shankar. Oh, the connections: Concert For Bangladesh. After George died, there was the Concert For George. I saw the redux in the theater a couple of years ago. Norah Jones is Shankar's daughter. And Shankar's other daughter led some wonderful Indian music included in the Concert For George. Fabulous stuff.
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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 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 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
@catch 22. Getting nuts, isn’t it? The TV commercials! Stacked one on top another now. In a given 2 or 3 minute commercial break you’ll get Trump / Harris / Trump again. Never ending.
Lennon and The Beetles produced some masterpieces. They were best in a studio setting. Some of their songs they recorded dozens of times over, producing multiple tracks. Led by Phil Spector, their talented manager, they’d “slice and dice”. Some guitar from this track. Some percussion from this one. Maybe have John singing in sync with himself using his voice from different tracks. So a single released recording might have parts of a great many tracks in it. Common today. Relatively new in their day. Helps explain the majestic sounds they produced. An immense amount of time and work went into them. Loads of great information about the group / specific songs on the internet - if anyone wants a break from hearing about the election. Lots at Wikipedia about various songs.
BTW - I think the entire “Abby Road” album is very good.
Here’s John Lennon’s soothing “Sun King” from their “Abby Road” album. Don’t worry about the unintelligible words. It’s not a foreign language. Just a bunch of syllables Lennon invented thinking they sounded good. I believe this was the last album they did together. The group was disintegrating at the time .
Thanks All, Derf
And somewhere in my ancient genes finds a connection to the rhythms of Indian and Middle Eastern sounds. What does this mean? My genes are Anglo/Saxon.
Within you, Without you. George Harrison.
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A center section of the song is instrumental for about 1 minute, so no lyrics there.
AND, @hank Yes, the tv ads are way into crazy land; for too many, at least.
You are most certainly correct. Although Spector did do some work for the Beetles after Epstein.