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AllenShrz · Jun 16, 2017

NMPA CEO David Israelite showed a video from 1980 wherein John said that Yoko deserved a songwriting credit for Imagine because of her influence and inspiration on it'

Despite that I dont like the lyrics of the song Imagine ("Imagine no possessions"- says a very rich man), the cultural importance and influence of the song is undisputed, and now -as usual Yoko Ono style- she will be credited as co-writer of the song.

This rustle my jimmies somewhat.

Shadow Puppetry · Jun 16, 2017

AllenShrz said:
This rustle my jimmies somewhat.

Imagine that. /shot

Human Trashcan · Jun 16, 2017

If everyone who ever influenced art got credited we'd all be swimming in them royalties

norm9 · Jun 16, 2017

I'm for it, if only to see the outrage.

Frozenprince · Jun 16, 2017

I mean I'm sure she influenced the song considering the hippy dippy psuedo socialist nonsense bent this uber wealthy socialite was on at the time was almost all her.

But she didn't write it.

Spaced Harrier · Jun 16, 2017

That song is utter vapid shit.

Skellig Gra · Jun 16, 2017

Terrible lyrics. Go ahead and credit her.

Hero_of_the_Day · Jun 16, 2017

Human Trashcan said:
If everyone who ever influenced art got credited we'd all be swimming in them royalties

Yep. Really stupid. But, it's not like a legal precedent or something. So, whatever.

Catphish · Jun 16, 2017

AllenShrz said:
...I dont like the lyrics of the song Imagine ("Imagine no possessions"- says a very rich man)...

I feel the same way. His song 'Watching the Wheels' has always kinda bothered me for similar reasons.

iamblades · Jun 16, 2017

Spaced Harrier said:
That song is utter vapid shit.

^^

Monocle · Jun 16, 2017

Spaced Harrier said:
That song is utter vapid shit.

The anti-religion part is A-OK.

itwasTuesday · Jun 16, 2017

Whenever I play this song, 9 out of ten, it is the apc cover.

PillarEN · Jun 16, 2017

This song is perfect for playing at a campfire type environment. Really unifying.

Fury451 · Jun 16, 2017

Hollywood Duo said:
Terrible lyrics. Go ahead and credit her.

Seconded.

Herr Schwarz · Jun 16, 2017

It's an ok song, sheesh.

Maybe I'm confusing it with give peace a chance.

Lys Skygge · Jun 16, 2017

I didn't realize that Imagine was so hated around here. I like it ¯_(&#12484

_/¯

cryptosporidium · Jun 16, 2017

Read that as Yoko Kanno and got quite confused

JoJoShabadoo · Jun 16, 2017

Just don't fuck with A Working Class Hero.

fauxtrot · Jun 16, 2017

Lol, some strong ass opinions about someone getting partial credit for a song y'all hate. 😆

numble · Jun 16, 2017

Gump should get a credit.

Puck Beaverton · Jun 16, 2017

you guys probably like paul mcartney

DiscoJer · Jun 16, 2017

Puck Beaverton said:
you guys probably like paul mcartney

He wasn't even the best member of Wings

shnurgleton · Jun 16, 2017

Puck Beaverton said:
you guys probably like paul mcartney

At least Paul wasn't as big an asshole

RandomHopeInc · Jun 16, 2017

Spaced Harrier said:
That song is utter vapid shit.

I like it, it's a great iconic song

LegendofDragoonLives · Jun 16, 2017

obligatory bill burr ono vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2i9RvBOSZ4

Gentleman Jack · Jun 16, 2017

Puck Beaverton said:
you guys probably like paul mcartney

Let's check the scoreboard, how many women and children did Paul regularly beat up?

Surfinn · Jun 16, 2017

Damn.. How can you hate this song

hydrophilic attack · Jun 16, 2017

PillarEN said:
This song is perfect for playing at a campfire type environment. Really unifying.

I see, you're THAT GUY

Rktk · Jun 16, 2017

Put her in the Songwriters Hall of Whatever.

PillarEN · Jun 16, 2017

hydrophilic attack said:
I see, you're THAT GUY

I am. It works, I swear. That and Let It Be are going to get that audience participation like it's the law.

PatThePassive · Jun 16, 2017

PillarEN said:
This song is perfect for playing at a campfire type environment. Really unifying.

I like to listen to the song when you know...... you just want to get away from all of noise.

oh god making that joke has caused a plaid jacket and a beard to appear on me... but I don't have a weak chin so I'll probably get rid of the beard.

Michael F. Assbender · Jun 16, 2017

Gentleman Jack said:
Let's check the scoreboard, how many women and children did Paul regularly beat up?

I love how this type of thing is always brought up when discussing someones talent.

Yes, he was a shitty human being (or at least had a large shitty streak). That doesnt mean he wasnt also a fabulous songwriter and performer. Those two ideas can coexist.

geomon · Jun 16, 2017

itwasTuesday said:
Whenever I play this song, 9 out of ten, it is the apc cover.

Yup

Sgt. Garlic · Jun 16, 2017

Michael F. Assbender said:
I love how this type of thing is always brought up when discussing someones talent.

Yes, he was a shitty human being (or at least had a large shitty streak). That doesnt mean he wasnt also a fabulous songwriter and performer. Those two ideas can coexist.

.

travisbickle · Jun 16, 2017

"Imagine no possessions" is a broader concept than a rich guy owning an expensive car.

NoblesseOblige · Jun 16, 2017

Human Trashcan said:
If everyone who ever influenced art got credited we'd all be swimming in them royalties

I don't know, I doubt I had any sort of influence.

okno · Jun 16, 2017

I've always loved the song just from a musical standpoint. It's simple, it's benign, it's catchy, it's easy to sign. The lyrics are trite as fuck, especially coming from a man who had everything he could ever ask for and was wealthy beyond means, but I just enjoy the song for what it is and ignore the lyrics whenever I hear it.

That said, it's pretty asinine of Yoko to tack her name onto the credits of the track after all of this time. But, that's no shocker there.

davepoobond · Jun 16, 2017

i never hear the song on classic rock or even oldies stations, how does it qualify as important at all?

Funyarinpa · Jun 16, 2017

I really like the lyrics ._. (especially "no hell below us, above us only sky"- grew up as a skeptic in a muslim environment, later started to identify at atheist and that blatant claim that society would be better off without social-scale religion is something I can really relate to).

numble · Jun 16, 2017

davepoobond said:
i never hear the song on classic rock or even oldies stations, how does it qualify as important at all?

It was one of the top 100 songs played on the radio in the last century:
https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/19991214_bmi_announces_top_100_songs_of_the_century

DizzyCaffeine · Jun 16, 2017

People hate Imagine? Wow, it's such a simple, beautiful song.

Jonnax · Jun 16, 2017

I hear Americans change the line "No Religion" to "One Religion"😂

mariachi507 · Jun 16, 2017

Does this mean that Patti Boyd is going to get songwriting credit for Something and Layla?

CloudWolf · Jun 16, 2017

Hollywood Duo said:
Terrible lyrics. Go ahead and credit her.

It always baffles me how some people truly think the lyrics are amazing. I mean, literally everybody could write that shit. It's just a summation of some hippiewishes.

Screaming Meat · Jun 16, 2017

CloudWolf said:
It always baffles me how some people truly think the lyrics are amazing. I mean, literally everybody could write that shit.

But they didn't.

Monocle · Jun 16, 2017

CloudWolf said:
It always baffles me how some people truly think the lyrics are amazing. I mean, literally everybody could write that shit. It's just a summation of some hippiewishes.

When will your hit song go up on iTunes?

TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared · Jun 16, 2017

Working Class Hero and God are way better songs anyway.

Clockwork5 · Jun 16, 2017

Screaming Meat said:
But they didn't.

They also didn't write that song on an ivory keyed piano constructed of the tusks of African elephants while pondering a world without possessions.

I mean that song is pretty, but yeah, there is a reason most people laugh at the message coming from John Lennon.

uncelestial · Jun 16, 2017

Spaced Harrier said:
That song is utter vapid shit.

Hollywood Duo said:
Terrible lyrics. Go ahead and credit her.

Imagine being this wrong

Funyarinpa · Jun 16, 2017

well you guys ruined the song for me ._.

doesn't feel anywhere as calming anymore

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