Hmm, dubious source, but it is certainly possible. Jimmy Carter did not bring any peace to the world so I could see someone who was into peace seeing that Democrats are not the answer, although neocons are just as bad.
Well, Lennon did express regret for that stupid Imagine song he wrote later in life. But then he regretted even being associated with the radical left as well. He really was just a "peacenik", and it seemed to him in the early 70s that the pro-peace folks were on the Left. He split ways with them once he realized they were simply communists who wanted violent revolution.
It was his assistant that claimed he was a fan of Reagan. I don't know if that is true, and frankly I don't care. He said enough in the late 70s to make it obvious he wasn't particularly political to begin with, and that the one "cause" he ever had was peace. It's a vague cause to have, but not a terrible one.
As do I and most people on the planet. When I say "peace" as a cause "isn't terrible", I simply mean it's rather vague to just be pro-peace. Peace at all costs is an extremely naive viewpoint.
Bingo. This is what Trump, a businessman, entire foreign policy is built on.
This deal between UAE and Israel is basically “you two can agree to be cool and accept each other and if you do your countries and tour people can prosper like you never have before. You can build a tourism business like no one has ever seen.”
He’s out there selling the American dream to the rest of the world and it’s literally that simple and it begins with safety.”
Good try. Reagan, like many people, started out liberal as a young person and transitioned to Republican gradually over a couple of decades (1930s to 1950s). His alarm at finding real communists in Hollywood attempting to take over unions was partly why his views evolved. Which election are you referring to, in which he switched parties days before?
I feel like Lennon was just trolling. “Imagine” is an incredibly stupid song. There’s no way such an intelligent man wrote that except in jest. I don’t think for a moment he was a conservative, but I think he felt liberal hippies were rabble. He had a drug problem but a lot of his angst was an act.
You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright, alright
You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're all doing what we can
But if you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright, alright, alright
You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You'd better free your mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know know it's gonna be alright
Alright, alright
He wrote that when he was a young idealistic hippie, iirc he said not long before he died that he really regretted writing that song and bashed how insane the ideas in it were. Feel free to fact check me not 100% on it.
[Doesn't really matter what you feel. What we need to do is try to find out how Mr. Lennon came to write such a song. And I've done just that, using a simple internet search. Apparently much of the song originated in Yoko Ono's 1964 book entitled "Grapefruit", where she wrote lyrics that seemingly had a strong influence on Imagine. For instance:
"Imagine the clouds dripping
Dig a hole in your garden to put them in
Imagine myself crying and using my tears to make myself stronger"
And so on. Lennon himself expressed later on that he should have given her joint writing credit on Imagine, confessing that he was overly selfish at the time he published it and that she had originated the concept. Ono was given co-writer credit on Imagine in 2017 by the National Music Publishers' Association. I suppose that is a consolation prize since most of the revenue brought in by the song preceded 2017. ](https://www.songfacts.com/facts/john-lennon/imagine)
He had some kind of epiphany during a yacht trip through a storm in the summer of 1980. This led to a big change in his philosophy, and to the album Double Fantasy.
His father wasn't nearly as Liberal as a lot of Leftists like to claim - it was even said once that John Lennon was a closet Reagan Democrat.
John Lennon donated money to NYCPD to buy them bullet proof vests. Yes.
He LOVED New York City.
I honestly believe that makes his death even more tragic.
Pretty much any sane human being should do that. Leftists aren't that though.
He LOVED New York City: no doubt about it at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVYXWVs0Prc
It's disputed, but his assistant claimed that was the case: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8607504/Did-John-Lennon-become-a-closet-conservative.html
Hmm, dubious source, but it is certainly possible. Jimmy Carter did not bring any peace to the world so I could see someone who was into peace seeing that Democrats are not the answer, although neocons are just as bad.
Well, Lennon did express regret for that stupid Imagine song he wrote later in life. But then he regretted even being associated with the radical left as well. He really was just a "peacenik", and it seemed to him in the early 70s that the pro-peace folks were on the Left. He split ways with them once he realized they were simply communists who wanted violent revolution.
It was his assistant that claimed he was a fan of Reagan. I don't know if that is true, and frankly I don't care. He said enough in the late 70s to make it obvious he wasn't particularly political to begin with, and that the one "cause" he ever had was peace. It's a vague cause to have, but not a terrible one.
Trump has a thing for peace too
As do I and most people on the planet. When I say "peace" as a cause "isn't terrible", I simply mean it's rather vague to just be pro-peace. Peace at all costs is an extremely naive viewpoint.
Peace is good for business (well, most businesses).
Bingo. This is what Trump, a businessman, entire foreign policy is built on.
This deal between UAE and Israel is basically “you two can agree to be cool and accept each other and if you do your countries and tour people can prosper like you never have before. You can build a tourism business like no one has ever seen.”
He’s out there selling the American dream to the rest of the world and it’s literally that simple and it begins with safety.”
Good try. Reagan, like many people, started out liberal as a young person and transitioned to Republican gradually over a couple of decades (1930s to 1950s). His alarm at finding real communists in Hollywood attempting to take over unions was partly why his views evolved. Which election are you referring to, in which he switched parties days before?
The Korean war may not be hot, but it is ongoing. Trump became my hero when it was one of the first things he picked up to work on.
Very well said.
I feel like Lennon was just trolling. “Imagine” is an incredibly stupid song. There’s no way such an intelligent man wrote that except in jest. I don’t think for a moment he was a conservative, but I think he felt liberal hippies were rabble. He had a drug problem but a lot of his angst was an act.
Listen to 'Revolution' and you'll see just what he thought of leftist hippies.
You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it's evolution Well, you know We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction Don't you know that you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be alright Alright, alright
You say you got a real solution Well, you know We'd all love to see the plan You ask me for a contribution Well, you know We're all doing what we can
But if you want money for people with minds that hate All I can tell you is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be alright Alright, alright, alright
You say you'll change the constitution Well, you know We all want to change your head You tell me it's the institution Well, you know You'd better free your mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know know it's gonna be alright Alright, alright
Alright, alright Alright, alright Alright, alright Alright, alright
Play this at the fucking Republican convention.
Yep.
Well shit
He was VERY cynical and "Imagine" is naive... he probably wrote it knowing that assholes would take it seriously forever.
He wrote that when he was a young idealistic hippie, iirc he said not long before he died that he really regretted writing that song and bashed how insane the ideas in it were. Feel free to fact check me not 100% on it.
[Doesn't really matter what you feel. What we need to do is try to find out how Mr. Lennon came to write such a song. And I've done just that, using a simple internet search. Apparently much of the song originated in Yoko Ono's 1964 book entitled "Grapefruit", where she wrote lyrics that seemingly had a strong influence on Imagine. For instance:
"Imagine the clouds dripping Dig a hole in your garden to put them in
Imagine myself crying and using my tears to make myself stronger"
And so on. Lennon himself expressed later on that he should have given her joint writing credit on Imagine, confessing that he was overly selfish at the time he published it and that she had originated the concept. Ono was given co-writer credit on Imagine in 2017 by the National Music Publishers' Association. I suppose that is a consolation prize since most of the revenue brought in by the song preceded 2017. ](https://www.songfacts.com/facts/john-lennon/imagine)
He had some kind of epiphany during a yacht trip through a storm in the summer of 1980. This led to a big change in his philosophy, and to the album Double Fantasy.