RIGHT-WINGERS RIP OFF LENNON’S ‘IMAGINE’

[Don Davis]

Imagine there’s no UN
It’s easy if you try
No Congress or Supreme Court
Makes it easy to spy
Imagine all the people
Buying all our lies

Ah-Ah-Ah

Imagine there’s no countries
Besides the USA
No one left to invade
We’ll have more time to pray
Imagine all the people
But no one named Jose

Yoo-hoo-hoo

You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m just one Neo-Con
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world’ll be controlled by one

Imagine no Geneva Convention
I wonder if you can
No ban on cruelty or torture
Total rule by one man
Imagine all the people
Brain-washed by the Klan

Yoo-hoo-hoo

You may say that I’m a schemer
But I’m not the only one
Unless you enjoin us
The world will soon be done

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Puke alert

They can try all they want, but they will never be able to spin Lennon into a RW koolaid drinkin war monger.

[zbdent]

2. You know, there would be a lot of parodies of RW hit songs

if there were any RW hit songs ...

[Jackpine Radical]

10. ...So I guess that's why Don had to use a LW song to create this anthem

for the Neocons. IMHO Lennon would have loved seeing his work put to this use.

[yurbud]

12. If you were wearing a cowboy hat, a big belt buckle, and pointy boots...

even though you're just an accountant for a flower shop, you might know what those right wing hits are.

[zbdent]

15. You're saying

Country Music = RW and vice versa?

Willie Nelson might just disagree with you there ... then again, so might Ted Nugent ...

Ted Nugent and Charlie Daniels ... if I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't believe it ...

[yurbud]

16. not all country, but you're more likely to find it there than rock

[zeemike]

3. OMG ... not that please!!!!! n/t

[Systematic Chaos]

4. I like your dark sense of humor.

And it's a shame that Lennon's message is so lost on these repuke cretins. :eyes:

[babylonsister]

5. I like it, Don Davis! nt

[MADem]

6. Say, that is EXCELLENT!!!

It certainly strips the facade away, doesn't it?

Unfortunately, some here apparently think that the neocons are thrilled with this brutal representation of them. I hardly think they'd be touting:

Total rule by one man
Imagine all the people
Brain-washed by the Klan

In any event, it does sum them up, quite rightly...

[Richardo]

7. All song parodies suck.

I mean ALL of them.

[Deja Q]

8. I thought they loved Jose...

They use him and everyone else whose name isn't "Jeff", "Mary", or "Fred" and then say how Jeff, Mary, and Fred refuse to do any work! (the people, not thinking of meandering nonsense like "cost of living", buy into that shit too...)

And on a goofy tangent: The Joses of the world don't like the US either. So why do they want to work for our companies instead of making their own? Theirs are the economies that are booming. Not ours.

[baldguy]

9. This represents the type of fascism Lennon fought against.

[Jackpine Radical]

11. This song SATIRIZES the fascism Lennon fought.

I'm bemused (but not particularly A-mused) by the number of people who JUST DON'T GET IT!

[yurbud]

13. A problem with satire and the far right--they don't get it

One of my profs undergrad wrote a tongue in cheek letter to the editor of the local paper, and for a week after, righties wrote in to agree with him for saying so plainly what they really believed.

I think you could write a song about burning blacks and mexicans and nuking the middle east until there weren't any muslims left and those on the right would say, "That's a real toe-tapper! When did Ann Coulter start writin' songs?"

[ShortnFiery]

14. Insensitive A**holes don't have a clue!

:puke:

[samsingh]

17. those assholes

i hope Yoko sues those idiots

Imagine there were no freeper idiots
and bush did not steal the election