“Imagine,” in Paris after the attacks

“Imagine,” in Paris after the attacks November 22, 2015

 

Wikimedia CC Lennon lyric
Wikimedia Commons. (Click to enlarge.)

 

The outpouring of grief in Paris has been moving.  Among the memorials has been the playing of piano music near the nightclub where so many innocent people were massacred.

 

I wasn’t so thrilled, though, about the selection of John Lennon’s “Imagine” for one of the memorial performances.

 

I wrote this column about “Imagine” back in August 2012:

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765597245/John-Lennon-was-wrong-but-right-at-the-same-time.html?pg=all

 

I haven’t changed my opinion of the song since then.

 

Posted from Marbella, Spain

 


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