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So I’m a big John Lennon fan. Not so much for his music as I am of the ideas that he sometimes presented through his music. He wasn’t a perfect man. He definitely enjoyed his drug use, for example. He also possessed a hot temper, and had some dealings with women I look down on. However, I feel as though his impact on the world is still felt today. Thirty years ago today, his life was senselessly taken by fanatic Mark David Chapman. Even ESPN’s Outside the Lines did a piece on Lennon’s killing.

As I said, his music isn’t really what I am a fan of. In fact, much of his solo work is very sub-par. On occasion, though, the brilliance would come out and produce musical wonders. Three of them are here today. I think we all know two of the three. The first was an anthem against the Vietnam War and helped solidify Lennon’s being booted from the States by Richard Nixon. The song “Give Peace a Chance” became the anti-war song amongst anti-war songs. The second one is also anti-war but in a bit more subtle sense. Every holiday season, we hear “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)”, and wonder where it came from, but it somehow seems to fit.

Click to Play John Lennon – Give Peace A Chance

Click to Play John Lennon – Happy Christmas (War Is Over)

The last is one that pushes more his ideas as an atheist, which continually becomes more stigmatized in this country by the day. No real help from the likes of Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens with their tactless and arrogant delivery, however. The song “God” proclaims his disbelief in the fantastical, which smacks of a bit strange, considering his past history of drug use.

Click to Play John Lennon – God

People may be wondering why I didn’t post “Imagine”. Well, if you dig back a few months on the blog, I actually did a post on the song, and the covers of it I found to be some semblance of good. Now go buy some of the man’s music!

Imagine

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So after a long few weeks I’ve finally come to the conclusion that most people just don’t get it. We live in a country right now that holds idiots like Glenn Beck up as a hero. A man that got booted off of more than a few radio stations for making incendiary remarks lacking any intellect is hardly a hero. And save me the tea party crap. A party formed out of misguided anger will eventually eat itself and its metaphorical young, to boot.

Well, I’d rather bring you all someone that actually is a hero. Well, at least to me. I get sort of tired of the aforementioned Beck and his ilk claiming there’s some left-wing bias in the media when anyone with the smarts of a toaster oven can readily tell you that eight out of ten – if not more – radio programs are right-wing run. Same goes for print media. The reasons why are a completely different reason.

Well, these people tend to act as though they’re getting bullied. That they’re the minority. Bullshit. The minority are actually the ones that have a conscience. That despise war. That have reason. All you have to do is look at major polls done by people like those at Rasmussen to understand what sort of a country we live in. When a full two-thirds of our country supports the immigration law passed in Arizona, then people like myself are the minority. And I like to be loud and push back.

The guy that I claim as a hero here is none other than John Lennon. His song “Imagine” is pretty easily one of the top five songs all-time. Seriously. Try arguing with that. Anyhow, I’ve got the original up here today for your listening pleasure, as well as a couple of covers. One is by David Bowie, with the other done by A Perfect Circle. For anyone that doesn’t know, Lennon did the background vocals on Bowie’s “Fame”. Nice tidbit of information. So here you go. Go nuts, people. And if you’re a Glenn Beck fan? I’m laughing at you on the inside. And outside, actually. Why hide how I feel?


Download John Lennon – Imagine


Download David Bowie – Imagine


Download A Perfect Circle – Imagine