Why do I cry every time I hear the song "Imagine"?

[Rainbowreflect]

[progmom]

1. because Madonna is singing it?

...and she really truly massacred it?

[Magrittes Pipe]

2. Because you realize "oh crap, even John Lennon could make a shitty song."

[tk2kewl]

5. aw, come on. It's an awsome song.

[Magrittes Pipe]

7. "Cold Turkey" is an awesome song. "Working Class Hero" is an awesome song.

"Imagine," not so much. ;)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

8. "Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas" is a good song - "Imagine"

makes for good shoe commercials.

[Wat_Tyler]

27. No, it's a dog. Simplistic, insidious pap.

[last_texas_dem]

21. Nah, I wouldn't say shitty...

Overrated, for sure, and that's one of the few Beatles/Beatles-related songs that I will say that about. Mainly 'cause all these people who don't identify with the lyrics at all *love* that song.

I had a couple of FReeper-type friends from high school who loved "Imagine" so much for reasons I'm not sure of; one of them actually said "Man, John Lennon had some fucked-up political views, but I love this song." It's like... how do you love a song that stands for everything you don't?

And I remember my religious right, ultraconservative in-laws bought their first baby "John Lennon's Imagine"-themed baby room decorations (baby bed sheets, curtains, etc.). Besides the fact that marketing something like that is wrong on so many levels (would Yoko have anything to do with that?), why would right-wing parents want their baby daughter sleeping on anti-God, communist, etc.-themed baby sheets? Some stuff just boggles the mind....

So I have nothing against "Imagine" as a song, really... I just don't understand why so many people who should hate the song like it so much. Is the melody that captivating? Do they have a very shallow appreciation of the pro-peace sentiment and ignore all the other messages of the song? It's hard to tell.

[tk2kewl]

3. because reality has moved so far away from the dream

:(

[mopinko]

4. cuz you're not a republican?

maybe that's a cause effect error.
it gets me, too.

[LeftistGorilla]

6. cuz you're a dreamer....

but you're not the only one....

[Rainbowreflect]

10. Ding, ding, ding....

That's it!

[peekaloo]

9. because it's hopelessly Utopian?

"Was it a millionaire who said imagine no possessions?"

The Other Side of Summer by Elvis Costello

[Bridget Burke]

11. So--Elvis (formerly Declan Patrick McManus) is poor?

El has written some good tunes, but none as good as "Imagine".

[Magrittes Pipe]

12. Are you kidding?

It wasn't till '89 that Costello wrote a song as BAD as "Imagine."

[peekaloo]

13. LOL

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[bobbobbins]

15. Costello couldn't write a song as good as Imagine...

if he had 100 lifetimes to do so.

[ET Awful]

16. What's So Funny 'Bout Peace Love and Understanding? n/t

[Magrittes Pipe]

17. Elvis didn't write that.

[ET Awful]

19. Bah, he sang it, good enough :) n/t

[Magrittes Pipe]

18. Lennon never wrote a song as good as "Lipstick Vogue."

Although he came close with "Girl" and "She Said, She Said."

[bobbobbins]

20. I'd say a third of lennons entire catalog is better than lipstick vogue

and girl is a pretty weak song. ssss kicks the shit outta lipstick vogue though

[theboss]

25. Please...."Imagine" is the most overrated song in the history of man

Okay, that may be an overstatement. But Elvis has B-sides that bury "Imagine."

[havocmom]

14. Because you see that heaven is possible here on earth with some adjustment

but it ain't gonna happen cuz the hell mongers won't let us do it.

All the elements for heaven and hell are within our grasp. We have all of what we need. And we have free will. Too many use the latter to fuck up the former.

[northamericancitizen]

26. Well said n/t

[shesemsmom]

22. It's because at the time it was written someone

had taken all of our dreams

[jswordy]

23. Because...

...you have a painful medical condition?

:shrug:

I give up...why?

[theboss]

24. Because you are overly sensitive

I only get nostalgiac about songs that I associate with women. I mean, why else would Jimmy Buffett's version of "Southern Cross" make me misty?