Can somebody write about the song 'Imagine' by John Lennon?

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By barryrutherford


Reall the request should be going to someone like Yokono.  I remember distinctly the Christmas of 1980 when John-Lennon was shot dead outside the Dakota apartment building in New York. I t was one of the assassinations that rank right up there with the shooting of J.F. K and Martin Luther King. I was devastated. At the time I was living in Sydney. Sharing a terrace house in McMahons Point with two others. The news was truly devastating. All the radio stations were playing "Imaginew" I mean not just once a day twice a day. SAy 10 to 20 times a day. There were tribute programmes you name it. The Imagine song. bgecame the very best that John-Lennon tried to symbolised what he really wanted. Piece on earth. After the groups experimentation with drugs such as LSD and their adventure into India under the Yoga marakeesh. Imagine was the world he wanted. Fortunately the song lives on as an anthem of peace and how silly and futile wars are...

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SunSeven  says:
2 years ago

Thank you for answering my rquest Barry.

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