IMAGINE. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (with the Flux Fiddlers) HD

JOHN LENNON. GIMME SOME TRUTH. THE ULTIMATE MIXES. The Very Best of John Lennon.
36 tracks completely remixed from the original multitracks in Stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos.

IMAGINE
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...

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

written by John Lennon & Yoko Ono

ABOUT IMAGINE
John: ‘Imagine’ is a song conceived in my head without melody. The first verse came to me very quickly in the form of a childlike street chant ‘da da da da da dee dee da dee da ee a eeeh’. The piano intro I’ve had hanging around in my head for a few years – the chords and melody followed naturally from this.

The middle eight was ‘conceived’ to finish off the song. I think it works as a song. Of course, there is always room for improvement – otherwise I wouldn’t make any more. The third verse came to me in an eight-seater plane. It’s a song for children.

Yoko: ‘Cloud Piece’: ‘Imagine the clouds dripping, dig a hole in your garden to put them in.’ This is not a piece of poetry. Poetry to me is nouns or adjectives. This is verbs. And you have to do them. These are all instructions and when you just do it, then you start to understand it.

John: ‘Imagine’ was inspired by Yoko’s Grapefruit. There’s a lot of pieces in it saying like ‘Imagine this’ or ‘Imagine that’. If you get a copy of Grapefruit and look through, you’ll see where I was influenced by her. ‘Imagine’ could never have been written without her. And I know she helped on a lot of the lyrics but I wasn’t man enough to let her have credit for it. So that song was actually written by John & Yoko, but I was still selfish enough and unaware enough to take her contribution without acknowledging it. The song itself expresses what I’d learned through being with Yoko and my own feelings on it. It should really have said ‘Lennon/Ono’ on that song, because she contributed a lot of that song.

Alan White (drummer): Every song we did on Imagine, John would make us read the lyrics and insist that we understood the meaning of the song before started playing it. That had quite an impact for me.

Klaus Voormann (bass): When we played ‘Imagine’ and heard the lyrics, the possibility that this was going to be such a big song was apparent. It definitely was. I even thought I didn’t want to play on it because it was so amazing with just John playing piano. It was so true and honest. That would have been enough. I hope you’ve got a version of just John playing it.

Phil McDonald (engineer): ‘Imagine’ was one of the easiest tracks to record, almost all live, in a few takes. We mixed the track at Tittenhurst and Phil Spector added strings on top of the stereo tape in the USA.

Yoko: John and I were both artists and we were living together, so we inspired each other. And the song ‘Imagine’ embodied what we believed together at the time. John and I met – he comes from the West and I come from the East – and still we are together. We have this oneness and ‘the whole world would eventually become one’ is the sense that we will all be café-au-lait colour and we will all be very happy together. All these instructions are for people for how to spend eternity, because we have lots of time.

John: If you can imagine a world of peace, if you can imagine a world with no denominations of religion – not without religion, whatever religion is – but without this divisive ‘My god is bigger than your god’ business.... Then, if you can imagine the possibility, then it can be true.

Yoko: ‘Imagine’ is a complete vision. A succinct bible of truth. It will start to unfold as you believe in it. The film? Well, it just happened naturally. I was well aware of the symbolism of everything – closing and then opening the shutters to let the light in. It’s rather personal, but I had a definite reason why I smiled at the end, in addition to loving being next to John.

Imagine The Ultimate Collection: Explore and enjoy the IMAGINE album and the 1971 Ascot Sound Studios & Record Plant Sessions like you’ve never seen or heard them before.

[SharksSJ]

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one"

The way he sings this line always gets me.

[bzsfnet]

We played this great song by John Lennon at our wedding in 1988. Everyone stood up & sang it together. My beautiful wife, Jane died a year ago. She was everything to our daughter & myself. Rest in Peace, Jane.

[dsdolxm]

I'm South Korean and served in the military on the front line facing North Korea ten years ago.
I listened to this song a lot back then.
I hope no one sacrifices their lives for foolish things anymore...

[LPMAN]

RIP John Lennon (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), aged 40
You will be remembered as a legend

[hyouzi]

"Imagine all the people living life in peace"


That part hit me hard..

[funhere]

You’re not the only one listening to this forever, and a day.

[Yuushiboy]

This will be played at my dads funeral next week. I will wear a t-shirt with John Lennon saying "Give peace a chance". It suits him and the world. He loved John and The Beatles ♥

[john_mckinney]

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one”
One of the best lines ever written

[bruhmoment-jbwg]

"He imagined a world without pain, and you can too."

[hilary_]

This song played today at the Olympics when Brazil won gold in women's volleyball 🥇🇧🇷🎉

[DylanHDChannel]

“I hope some day you’ll join us, and the world will live as one” ❤

[dustincox]

I just lost my Mom to cancer on Dec 22nd. This was one of her favorite songs. I lived far away from her in my young adult life as I flourished in different cities with all her love and support. Every time I would come back to visit her we would cook and listen to this song on repeat. During our time apart I would listen to this song whenever I missed her. Every single time I listen to this it hits me so hard with every emotion. I've been coming to this video almost daily since my Mom passed away. This song is about peace, solitude, unity, and above all else pure love. This is also the opening song that we played at her funeral service. My Mom's love always will radiate within my heart. I miss you so much Mom <3

[xiaobochen]

"You may say I'm a dreamer
.But I'm not the only one." Thank you for that.

[softrockplaylist]

Everyone who reads this, we don't know each other and probably never will but I wish you all the best in life and all the luck in the world 💖💖

[SaipriyaDas-mecc]

As I write this, Bangladesh burns, Russia continues their fight with Ukraine. Manipur and Afghanistan turns hellish. Lives are being lost. The temperature of Earth keeps rising. Crime rates shoot up ever so diligently. If I'd keep listing things we'd be here all day.





But there are some people in this Earth, who are working day-in and day -out tirelessly to make this world a better place. Hats off to you, who is doing something everyday to make a safe haven for our children. Thank you.

[zimo]

Imagine John still being alive and singing for this world today.

[tenebos]

Who’s here listening to this masterpiece because John Lennon would have been 80 years old today?
We miss you John Winston Ono Lennon ❤️

[burhanuddinkhuzaima]

This song just hits different. I have been selected for my singing competition finals and this song just stood out to me. The competition is in June 2024. Please wish me luck

Btw anyone in 2024

[vivireyes]

Imagine all the people
Living life in peace.🎶🕊️

[pedrobrizuela]

Happy birthday, John. You would have been 81 years today. We miss you.