2007-03-24 18:09:07 · 9 answers · asked by ? 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Sorry for my bad grammar. It should read: "DOES the song "Imagine" (I believe it's by John Lennon) really describe a world run by communism?"
2007-03-24 18:10:02 · update #1
Pretty much.
Though it does not specifically embrace communism it does embrace it's core tenants: The uniting of all countries (there was a large belief by communists at the time that eventually communism would spread to the entire world and political boundaries would be meaningless), no possesions (as Marx put it communism can be summed up by "the elimination of private property"), and removal of religion ('opiate of the masses etc', most communists were against anything that would cause people to have views that conflicted with those held by their government.)
Harrison was better.
2007-03-24 18:19:35 · answer #1 · answered by rusty s 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This song was written about imagining the world without discrimination. He describes in each verse what the world would be like without things like heaven, hell, countries, religion, possessions and rich or poor. He does this to express his opinion of a perfect world or utopia, in which all humans form one brotherhood of man. Lennon describes the people living in this perfect world do four things; these are the last line of each verse, ?living for today?, ?living life in peace?, ?living as one? and ?sharing all the world?. Lennon realises some peoples reactions to this song would be that it is ?just another hippy anthem? so he counters this with the chorus ?You may say I?m a dreamer, but I?m not the only one, I hope someday you?ll join us, and the world will be as one?. By saying this Lennon is expressing tho the reader that this idealistic view of the world is shared by many people, and the more people that believe this the closer it will come to being realistic.
2007-03-25 01:20:57 · answer #2 · answered by some guy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. If you took everything he said literally then I guess you could summise that. IMOHO,I took that song as a metaphorical view of the world at large as being materialistic and selfish.
John Lennon just wanted to express to the world "Love your brothers and sisters!"
Get back to basics and stop the evil.
2007-03-25 01:21:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Rusty got it right, above.
If you separate the basic _concept_ of communism from the actual failed attempts (and they have ALL been failed attempts) at implementing communism (which is probably completely unimplementable, anyway), then he was referring more to the central tenets of the theory.
2007-03-25 06:13:39 · answer #4 · answered by Exhaustus Maximus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The song describes Utopia. There is no politics involved.
2007-03-25 01:18:19 · answer #5 · answered by dowserdave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's more about a world free of the strife brought about by religion and possessions.
2007-03-25 01:16:39 · answer #6 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No....it's about a world with no war or bombs or strife or anything like that. "Living in peace" as he says. Imagine that?
2007-03-25 01:23:29 · answer #7 · answered by Jenyfer J 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, 'Imagine', is about a world which isn't run by 'isms'. As he says, a world where there is 'nothing to kill or die for'.
2007-03-25 01:20:57 · answer #8 · answered by John M 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i think so
2007-03-25 01:12:57 · answer #9 · answered by just2wild4ya 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋