When John Lennon wrote 'Imagine', he read one of his wife Yoko Ono's poems and was inspired... This was around 1970 when Americans were forced to fight in the Vietnam war... civil rights movements were changing the US... and that resulted in a lot of civil unrest in those days. And Lennon being a 'peace & love' hippie, wanted a better, more peaceful world...
When I see kids like you loving on the beatles and John Lennon it makes me hope for the future. the songs open up to other things that can open your mind to the world...bless you two
It's interesting that you think other countries are violent, because we here in the UK and other countries think American is one of the most violent countries . This is a beautiful song by John and is as relevant today as it was back in the 70's
This song speaks to everyone and the message is if we drop all our hang ups and just live respectively in peace without all that dead weight keeping us all down.
The woman next to john Lennon is his wife joko ono . this song is one of the deepest songs ever and always be correct and up to date. Because the humanity will never chance totally. So this song can be playd for ever and ever till the end of time. Love you'll and respect 😘😍
That was his wife Yoko Ono John was a genius and This song proves it he wrote so many beautiful songs it was so sad when he past away he was shot in the back just out side of his hotel in NewYork I remember that day so so sad Love 💕 from Denise in Yorkshire England 🏴👼😞😢🥰💔XX
What John Lennon is trying to say here is what separate People is exactly he what tell us to think imagine they don't exist and there would be no reason to live in war. Religious dogmas, selfishness, the hunger because People does't share their goods with each other, the distance between them Just because of racisms. If these issues doesn't exist the World would live in peace and humanity would be as one. Deep massage. Take your time to think about it.
All the things he is mentioning are things that puts barriers between us.A world without those things or a memory of having them would leave us as being equals.
IMAGINE by John "Lennon was inspired by several poems from wife Yoko Ono's 1964 book Grapefruit... Lennon later explained that the song "should be credited as a Lennon/Ono song. A lot of it - the lyric and the concept - came from Yoko, but in those days I was a bit more selfish, a bit more macho, and I sort of omitted her contribution, but it was right out of Grapefruit." And "Lennon composed the song one morning in early 1971. It was written on a Steinway piano, in a bedroom at his Tittenhurst Park home in Ascot. Yoko Ono watched on as he composed the melody, chords and most of the lyrics, and nearly completed the whole song in one short writing session." Taken from "The Story of... 'Imagine' by John Lennon" by Tom Eames (October 2020).
Imagine', which says: 'Imagine that there was no more religion, no more country, no more politics,' is virtually the Communist Manifesto. Know your history.
@@michelangelotroccoli7748 I honestly don't know where to begin with what a completely twisted and inappropriate statement that is. First it's a song, a subjective art form describing an abstract idea, not a manifesto singing the praises of Communist Russia and Red China. And secondly communism is not a blanket term for any and all things socialist, by that logic the entirety of Scandinavia aka Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland etc is communist; which they most certainly are not. They are however Social Democracies, "BIG" difference. And I use the Scandinavian countries as the example for their secular, humanist and socialistic leanings, everything this song is talking about. So next time at least try to make some relevant comment not just some absurd, blatantly politicized remark.
@@I_dont_understand_25 you've proven the need and point of this song with your statement. That the concept of heaven is more important than anything else, including peoples lives. That's a BAD thing in case it wasn't clear!!!
His wife, Yoko Ono. Bohemian artist. This song is so gentle and loving, and conveyed his hope for mankind. 😪 Thanks for this one, needed some peace. Namaste
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope some day you will join us and the world will live as one".... The world does not have enough dreamers.
"Leave the door open" by Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak. I promise you, you won't regret it. Takes you back to the 70's and the feels🔥🔥❤️ EDIT: BEST song of 2021 no cap PERIOD.
I think all of these things have been tried before ... in the Soviet Union, Cambodia, North Korea, China during the Great Leap Forward ..... and didn't they all work out so well :)
Officially there's 195 countries, the number of territories is debatable but I trust Worldometer's stats. Organizations define conflicts differently but European university sources tell there's around forty wars and conflicts. Most of them are conflicts like for instance US disagreements with China and North Corea, meaning that they are not a threat to citizens like war would be. The wars take mostly place in parts of Africa and Middle East, places tourists don't go to begin with. What strikes me in the video is the perception that life in other countries is crazy and violent, without a system or justice. Many things are actually better in Europe for instance and America is seen as the crazy place. The world is by default safe and organized with a few exceptions.
@@mikaelpeltonen96 Since South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July 2011, there are now 195 independent sovereign nations in the world (not including the disputed but de facto independent Taiwan), plus some 60 dependent areas, and several disputed territories, like Kosovo. www.nationsonline.org › cou.
Yes, true But to create such a perfect world as he describes the disenters from the Utopia would need to be dealt with. Like " no religion " thatd be controlling their free expression to worship or believe and that would be authoritarian " No war" that would mean if one country or group attacks another, , since countries and borders would be outlawed, then a military force would have to intervene to destroy or imprison both sides. Unless the other faction believed in peace so much,that they willingly accept slaughter by the other faction. It really is an enigma, and naive, it's a nice thought, but it is a dream given humanities duplicitous nature or at least some of humanity.
@@normandavidtidiman9918 I'll bet she could! Kae isn't dumb. He is the one getting Livy to show the puppies. Its the ONLY reason I watch their reviews.
@@steveinnh9 ….nope, one are just perfect thank you 😊 ooh us women just lovely some creepy guy perming over us making us feel that we can’t wear the clothes we want…..but hey, I’m sure you have a partner and she would just love you perving over a young woman 🤦🏽♀️
@@stephenviveney5836 just viewed your channel, three inappropriate comments about the young girls chest 😱 does your gf know what you get up to? What about your mother? Sister? Aunts? How would you like some perv saying that about their chests? Have a word with yourself kid.
this song opened my eyes years ago , and i did imagine and i now dont beleive in imaginary gods, as for violent countries, well america has been at war for the last 20 years
Great song great reaction. Not his girlfriend his wife lol. Her name is Yoko Ono and she's originally from Japan. This song was from his first album in many years after taking time off to be a stay at home dad to their son Sean. The album was double fantasy. Unfortunately it was his last
It doesn't matter if it's a dream. It doesn't matter if it's unrealistic. It's true. It's right. It's what we should all be striving for. Saying other wise is condoning suffering of fellow human beings.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
I would change the "more" and "than" for "as"
Yess hit thought experiments were insane. Outta nowhere he discovered that gravity and acceleration are the same thing (mathematically)
When John Lennon wrote 'Imagine', he read one of his wife Yoko Ono's poems and was inspired... This was around 1970 when Americans were forced to fight in the Vietnam war... civil rights movements were changing the US... and that resulted in a lot of civil unrest in those days. And Lennon being a 'peace & love' hippie, wanted a better, more peaceful world...
I think the song is just as applicable today as it was then. We are still divided by "us vs. them" mentality and governed by greed.
He is talking about why people go to war: Religion, Nationalism and Materialism.
Materialism is not a Consumerism
When I see kids like you loving on the beatles and John Lennon it makes me hope for the future. the songs open up to other things that can open your mind to the world...bless you two
It's interesting that you think other countries are violent, because we here in the UK and other countries think American is one of the most violent countries . This is a beautiful song by John and is as relevant today as it was back in the 70's
Yeah I was just thinking that. The U.K and Ireland have far less shootings etc
@@spikeycat81 if i can give my 2 cents what about the IRA?
@@fabiomoreira5820 Check your history🙄
@@laurabuie7425 i know that they blew up places killing innocents.
@@spikeycat81 They prefer knives & acid.
Bounce up and down girl
This song speaks to everyone and the message is if we drop all our hang ups and just live respectively in peace without all that dead weight keeping us all down.
The constant moments of realisation all the way through this reaction give me hope. Peace and love x
The woman next to john Lennon is his wife joko ono . this song is one of the deepest songs ever and always be correct and up to date. Because the humanity will never chance totally. So this song can be playd for ever and ever till the end of time. Love you'll and respect 😘😍
Imagine all children were brought up free from anger, pain and fear. Only then, we would have a world that lives in peace.
Everything your saying that makes us special is actually what brings us down and tears us apart as a human race.
Imagen we are One People One Planet One Humanity💕 No Race. No Nationality. We Are All Human 1Man 1Mankind💕 Living n Loving As One✊💕✊💕
The Long and Winding Road is a great song by the Beatles. Give it a listen!
Chris Oakley, that song is beautiful!
One of the best! I have so many memories attached to that song!! It often makes me cry.
and the world will live as one... this song needs to be listened to now across the world
It is a song about COMMUNISM!!!! Look it up!
Rest in peace John Lennon he was killed outside his apartment December 8th 1980 he was shot it was a very sad day
This is the first time I EVER saw people dancing to, "Imagine" like it was a song at a club! I hope it's the only time too!
Lmao if that's what you call club dancing then you must have been to some pretty shit clubs Rick. Lighten up you old git
This is one of the greatest songs ever written imo
the line is actually imagine no conflict and nothing to kill or die for
Listen to the words, children...
Imagine a world where we didn't kill each other over Religion, Country, or Possessions...
Try to imagine that.
Unfortunately there is violence in every country. But peace and beauty to. And that is what we need to hold on to.
My goodness, Livy got strong game!!! :-)
I love John lennon why did he have to move to America RIP legend 😢
Classic and legendary
Please react to In My Life by The Beatles. It's beautiful! Love your reactions!
Mr Johnny cash did a great cover of that song ! ❤
Amazing song!
Yes indeed ✌
That was his wife Yoko Ono John was a genius and This song proves it he wrote so many beautiful songs it was so sad when he past away he was shot in the back just out side of his hotel in NewYork I remember that day so so sad Love 💕 from Denise in Yorkshire England 🏴👼😞😢🥰💔XX
I think when he said no heaven or hell..means live for the the now..where we all live as one world
There's two reasons I watch these reactions
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What John Lennon is trying to say here is what separate People is exactly he what tell us to think imagine they don't exist and there would be no reason to live in war. Religious dogmas, selfishness, the hunger because People does't share their goods with each other, the distance between them Just because of racisms. If these issues doesn't exist the World would live in peace and humanity would be as one. Deep massage. Take your time to think about it.
I can think like if some day aliens or robots attack will mankind unite under one banner.
Kae should turn the air conditioner on so that hopefully Livy gets a little nipply!!
The Sweet “The Ballroom Blitz” trust great old rock song. Trust y’all are going to love it.
This piano melody is at the beginning of “Don’t Look Back In Anger” ✌🏻
R.I.P. JOHN..THANKS FOR ALL YOU GAVE US..GONE BUT DEFINITELY NOT FORGOTTEN.."NOBODY TOLD US THERE'D BE DAYS LIKE THESE,, STRANGE DAYS INDEED"
All the things he is mentioning are things that puts barriers between us.A world without those things or a memory of having them would leave us as being equals.
IMAGINE by John "Lennon was inspired by several poems from wife Yoko Ono's 1964 book Grapefruit... Lennon later explained that the song "should be credited as a Lennon/Ono song. A lot of it - the lyric and the concept - came from Yoko, but in those days I was a bit more selfish, a bit more macho, and I sort of omitted her contribution, but it was right out of Grapefruit." And "Lennon composed the song one morning in early 1971. It was written on a Steinway piano, in a bedroom at his Tittenhurst Park home in Ascot. Yoko Ono watched on as he composed the melody, chords and most of the lyrics, and nearly completed the whole song in one short writing session."
Taken from "The Story of... 'Imagine' by John Lennon" by Tom Eames (October 2020).
I appreciate your enthusiasm!
You won't believe this, but I literally haven't seen this video since 1971. I remember the next day in school it was all we could talk about.
Speaking Of The Beatles,, RINGO STARR "IT DON'T COME EASY",, "PHOTOGRAPH" & "THE NO NO SONG"
"Who John Lennon? He from da Beatles, ya know Paul 'McCarthy' and all dat. "
You should back up 5 or 10 seconds after pausing
JOHN LENNON "INSTANT KARMA",, "WOMAN",, "NOBODY TOLD ME",, HOLD ON" & "BEAUTIFUL BOY" (Written For His Son Sean)
John and Oko are walking in Central Park, NYC. He loved NYC.
No that was on his estate in England. They moved later that year to NYC
Imagine', which says: 'Imagine that there was no more religion, no more country, no more politics,' is virtually the Communist Manifesto. Know your history.
What he’s imagining is a perfect utopian world with nothing that divide us.
No what he's imagining is communism
@@michelangelotroccoli7748 I honestly don't know where to begin with what a completely twisted and inappropriate statement that is. First it's a song, a subjective art form describing an abstract idea, not a manifesto singing the praises of Communist Russia and Red China. And secondly communism is not a blanket term for any and all things socialist, by that logic the entirety of Scandinavia aka Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland etc is communist; which they most certainly are not. They are however Social Democracies, "BIG" difference. And I use the Scandinavian countries as the example for their secular, humanist and socialistic leanings, everything this song is talking about. So next time at least try to make some relevant comment not just some absurd, blatantly politicized remark.
No he's imaging no heaven no thanks
@@I_dont_understand_25 you've proven the need and point of this song with your statement. That the concept of heaven is more important than anything else, including peoples lives. That's a BAD thing in case it wasn't clear!!!
@@po5283 heaven isn't a concept
It can be true, we can do it
A Brilliant world.... Imagine
Now listen again without talking or find the lyrics and go through them
I agree. You kept stopping it and missing some of the lyrics. Like "Nothing to kill or die for". That would be a wonderful world to live in.
@@mgonzales56 It is about COMMUNISM!!!
Very impressive
I think you both gave an honest reaction to the song - not that you usually don't, but the real world pushes back on the imagination of dreamers.
That was his wife...Yoko Ono. She's credited mainly for breaking up the Beatles.
Very sad song indeed. RIP John
Damn didn't know she had a pair in the let it be reaction. Phew.
His wife, Yoko Ono. Bohemian artist. This song is so gentle and loving, and conveyed his hope for mankind. 😪 Thanks for this one, needed some peace. Namaste
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope some day you will join us and the world will live as one".... The world does not have enough dreamers.
The opening is basically saying imagine if there was no religion, what a peaceful world we would have.
"Leave the door open" by Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak. I promise you, you won't regret it. Takes you back to the 70's and the feels🔥🔥❤️
EDIT: BEST song of 2021 no cap PERIOD.
Gerald!! Hey Arnold!
Sweet Hooters right there!!!
Like like that will like
Beautiful message in this song.
Yeah beautiful message if u don’t believe in god. I bet he don’t think it’s to beautiful in hell
@@jameyabernathy710 Jamey, are you God? Nobody knows who is going to heaven and who is not. So stop playing God! You are nobody.
What a beautiful peaceful song with great words. The woman in the video is his wife. Thanks John for your music RIP
I think all of these things have been tried before ... in the Soviet Union, Cambodia, North Korea, China during the Great Leap Forward ..... and didn't they all work out so well :)
Easy to imagine, hard to do! God is in control! Terry, Canoga Park
You passed ur finals through ur own hard work Girl.
Oh you got justice there. When id that happen? Wasn't on Fox
Dreamer forever✌️♥️
The world is actually quite peaceful for the most part. There are 235 countries and territories but only around 40 ongoing wars and conflicts.
I believe it's actually around 255. But that's still 1 in 6 conflicts happening if your figures are correct
One war is one too many
Officially there's 195 countries, the number of territories is debatable but I trust Worldometer's stats. Organizations define conflicts differently but European university sources tell there's around forty wars and conflicts. Most of them are conflicts like for instance US disagreements with China and North Corea, meaning that they are not a threat to citizens like war would be. The wars take mostly place in parts of Africa and Middle East, places tourists don't go to begin with. What strikes me in the video is the perception that life in other countries is crazy and violent, without a system or justice. Many things are actually better in Europe for instance and America is seen as the crazy place. The world is by default safe and organized with a few exceptions.
@@mikaelpeltonen96 Since South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July 2011, there are now 195 independent sovereign nations in the world (not including the disputed but de facto independent Taiwan), plus some 60 dependent areas, and several disputed territories, like Kosovo.
www.nationsonline.org › cou.
Yes, true
But to create such a perfect world as he describes the disenters from the Utopia would need to be dealt with.
Like " no religion " thatd be controlling their free expression to worship or believe and that would be authoritarian
" No war" that would mean if one country or group attacks another, , since countries and borders would be outlawed, then a military force would have to intervene to destroy or imprison both sides.
Unless the other faction believed in peace so much,that they willingly accept slaughter by the other faction.
It really is an enigma, and naive, it's a nice thought, but it is a dream given humanities duplicitous nature or at least some of humanity.
Oh shit. I missed it. Congrats on 60K
Thanks Bryan
If you look at the lyrics alone the song is about communism. When you add the melody it becomes something moving. The power of music real.
Love the edits keep it up❤️❤️❤️
Check out John Lennon’s - ‘Jealous guy’
Those puppies be looking MIGHTY fine!!! A “push up” has done wonders for you Livy!!!
They need freeing. Perhaps she could take up using the webcam to make money another way....😉
@@normandavidtidiman9918 I'll bet she could! Kae isn't dumb. He is the one getting Livy to show the puppies. Its the ONLY reason I watch their reviews.
Yep, that just makes you sound like a right creep…. 🤦🏽♀️
@@michellegreggan4548 Jealous you don't have MONSTER hooters like Livy??
@@steveinnh9 ….nope, one are just perfect thank you 😊 ooh us women just lovely some creepy guy perming over us making us feel that we can’t wear the clothes we want…..but hey, I’m sure you have a partner and she would just love you perving over a young woman 🤦🏽♀️
Wow
THIS SONGA CAME OUT IN 1971 , THE Fabulous 1970s
Enjoyed that 👊😉
Ps, put a coat on young lady! 🙈
Put a coat on? I’d paint her pink walls white!!
@@stephenviveney5836 just viewed your channel, three inappropriate comments about the young girls chest 😱 does your gf know what you get up to? What about your mother? Sister? Aunts? How would you like some perv saying that about their chests? Have a word with yourself kid.
this song opened my eyes years ago , and i did imagine and i now dont beleive in imaginary gods, as for violent countries, well america has been at war for the last 20 years
Blessings abound
they may say yoko broke up yhe beatles, but they were already drifting apart
He's walking with his wife, Yoko Ono
Oh no! 😂
John's wife!
You guys should check out sixx am maybe it’s time.. awesome song
Fantastics 🎈🎈
It's a shame when the fingernails are more important than one of the most important songs of all time!
lmao relax Peter, its not that deep
Looking good guys ;imagine loving it
Great song great reaction. Not his girlfriend his wife lol. Her name is Yoko Ono and she's originally from Japan. This song was from his first album in many years after taking time off to be a stay at home dad to their son Sean. The album was double fantasy. Unfortunately it was his last
Please listen! Please listen to the whole thing!
Sarah Conner... son of a preacher man (cover) 23 million views
What are 'The Elephants', in the room?
I love that shirt bro!
What a pair of muppetts
If there's no hell Livvy, there's no heaven.
Check out John Lennons "working class hero"
His wife was beside him Yoko Ono .
There are some songs that should not be paused with commentary and permitted to play all the way. This is one of them. Peace.
That is his wife - Yoko Ono
It's easy to imagine but hard to put it into relativity
👀 dope reaction
You fools: listen😃
Sick Axl t-shirt 😎
It doesn't matter if it's a dream. It doesn't matter if it's unrealistic. It's true. It's right. It's what we should all be striving for.
Saying other wise is condoning suffering of fellow human beings.
You cant imagine heaven without a hell...but I dont believe in either them...
I’m a 57 yr old lady and I’ve just subscribed to your channel!! Love you guys!!