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www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEOkxRLzBf0Imagine / John Lennon
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today…
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…
You may say I am a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
這是約翰藍儂著名的一首歌，歌詞簡單卻寓意深遠，是約翰藍儂於披頭四解散後，在單飛的生涯中逐漸成為一位深思內省、充滿人道精神的搖滾思想家，最有力的作品。
然而這首歌的誕生，卻是源自約翰藍儂日籍妻子小野洋子一九六三年的手札：”Imagine the clouds dripping. Dig a hole in your garden to put them in.”。洋子回憶說，這幾句話對建構多元性的未來提出了概念性的建議，啟發了藍儂諸多靈感。於是，藍儂就在倫敦郊外的住所臥室內寫出了 ”Imagine”，並在家中的錄音室彈著鋼琴錄下了這首歌。後來，藍儂邀請著名的 Phil Spector 擔任製作人，Phil Spector原本打算在編曲中加入管絃樂，但兩人交換意見之後，決定採用最簡單的形式呈現。
藍儂自己表示，這是一首反宗教、反民族主義、反傳統、反資本社會的歌。小野洋子則認為，這首歌未必是藍儂最好的作品，卻是訊息傳遞最成功的歌曲。
這首歌曲以鋼琴伴奏為主，但它感動人心的力道卻難以估計。2002 年金氏世界紀錄公佈他們在英國所做的民意調查，這首歌是英國民眾歷年來最喜愛歌曲的第二名，僅次於皇后合唱團的” 波希米亞人狂想曲 ”。無怪乎英國著名歌手 George Michael 喬治邁可曾於 2000 年花了二百萬美金，從私人收藏家手中買下約翰藍儂彈奏寫出” Imagine 幻想 ”的那架鋼琴，並立刻將鋼琴轉贈位於利物浦的披頭四紀念館永久保存。
幻 想/ 約翰藍儂
幻想世上沒有天堂
這很容易，只要你試試看
在我們腳下沒有地獄
頭頂上只有一片藍天
幻想所有的人
都為今天而努力活著……
幻想這世上沒有國界
試試看，這並不難
沒有殺戮，沒有犧牲
也沒有宗教之分
幻想全人類
都生活在和平之中
幻想這世界沒有佔有
我在想你能否做到
不再貪婪，沒有飢餓
四海皆兄弟
幻想全人類
共享這美麗世界
你可以說我在作白日夢
但我並非唯一的一個
但願有一天，你能加入我們
全世界就像一家人
this song was introduced to me by Robert Grant
he played the song on the quitar for me,
but for him,
I wouldn’t have got moved by the simple melody,
nor would I have such an experience
to experience the differences. ..
though he left my side so unexpectedly, so unbelievingly,so soon
I still miss around some time,
so-called freedom,requiring a deep, consuming imagination
beyond me
I couldn’t figure out reasons non-delicate
to tell those dissipations when young
maybe
I was just under a crush,
you were just too good in smell...
we were just too foreign to a new city
that winter
you and me, as if in the sunny passion,
got several days’ muddle
as if I had tasted marijuana you used to dig into
I got drug-abused,
suffering from melancholia
for quite a while
after you
I have nothing left for a remembrance
a card, a picture
but missing.
no photos,
no words,
no scent
from your cologne,
I tried to come up with, but too far to tell
not only for the space,
but due to the timing not existing
except a Snoopy,
for that you did listen to me
IMAGINE,
to give my regards to you
and the past...
maybe
we’ll meet by chance
in the small city
yet I won’t be that extrovertive
I ever loved,but won't not love anymore
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