| 9 year old Dominique Dy sings John Lennon's Imagine at the Madison Creek Elementary (school) talent show. In light of all the natural tragedies & violence around the world, Dominique felt that singing this piece for her school's talent show is very appropriate and sends a positive message. Hope you enjoy it. Imagine is a song written and performed by English musician John Lennon. It is the opening track on his album Imagine, released in 1971. The song's central theme was inspired by Cloud Piece, a three-line instructional poem that appeared in Yoko Ono's 1964 book Grapefruit. The words were reproduced on the back cover of the Imagine album.[5] Similarly, in 1963 Lennon opened the Beatles song "I'll Get You" with the verse "Imagine I'm in love with you, it's easy 'cause I know", three years before meeting Ono. In a 1980 interview with David Sheff for Playboy magazine, Lennon remarks on the message of "Imagine": Sheff: On a new album, you close with "Hard Times Are Over (For a While)". Why? Lennon: It's not a new message: "Give Peace a Chance"—we're not being unreasonable. Just saying "give it a chance." With "Imagine" we're asking, "can you imagine a world without countries or religions?" It's the same message over and over. And it's positive.[6] Ono indicated that the lyrical content of "Imagine" was "just what John believed—that we are all one country, one world, one people. He wanted to get that idea out."[3] In addition, the content of "Imagine" was inspiration for the ... |
