I respectfully disagree. You can't sing a song that has the words "And no religion, too" and expect people around the world who *are* religious to nod and smile. I understand "and all religion is true" is a paradox, and I also understand I seem to be in the minority among YouTube viewers, but I thought it was tastefully done. Unity, not divisiveness.
But I also respect your right to your own opinion.
Actually, Cee Lo wasn't far off from John's message. John even said: "If you can imagine a world at peace, with no denominations of religion - not without religion but without this my-God-is-bigger-than-your-God thing."
"All religion is true" is not radically different than "no religion too" and Cee Lo's interpretation certainly has gotten people thinking about their higher power. I don't see how anyone can claim that Lennon would object to that. Besides, he was famous for changing lyrics to his own songs, or just forgetting them.
@BongoShaftsbury1 "All religion is true" is the opposite of "no religion too." If John had sang the former than it would not only oppose the whole message of the song, it would cause conflict between religious groups, which Is something John certainly would have objected to.
@sqweebel1 "All religion's true" is a paradox. It negates the validity of various religious dogma, reducing it all to the essential truth that Lennon was trying to convey. The opposite of the phrase "All religion is true" is nihilism:"The rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless." Do you honestly believe Lennon was a nihilist?
John Lennon believed in God and IMAGINE is not an anthem for atheists. Based on what he's said about fans who worship The Beatles, one can only assume he'd be embarrassed by the hysterical reaction of the purists.
@LordAkaneon - Also, agnostic is used to describe a knowledge stance, not a belief stance. AFAIK these days you're either an agnostic atheist, agnostic theist, gnostic atheist or gnostic theist. Atheism simply means lack of belief in the claim of the existence of a god or gods, but doesn't entail belief in the antithetical claim that no gods exist. It's a popular misconception that most atheists are gnostic, believing that god(s) don't exist, but from my experience most are agnostic.
@LordAkaneon - Buddhists are atheists, aside from devotional elements there isn't ritual worship of gods. One agreed upon Buddhist doctrine is that "this world is not created and ruled by a God." Some branches worship Buddha, and attribute divine character to him, but generally they recognize that Buddha rejected metaphysical speculation and denied being anything more than a man. It's a common Western misconception, but from my experience Buddhism is really more philosophy than religion.
@LordAkaneon yoko didnt write the song. its john's and john's only. doesn't matter who holds the rights. the song is important because of john's courage and ability to express what he felt was true not kiss up to others to make them happy. Cee lo, if wanted to actually pay respect to the song or lennon (idk how yoko is even important here) he would have sang the song that john wrote. but, he can't because he is not even open enough to accept a dead man's words that he supposedly respects.
@NeedNineNamesNow The song was inspired by a poem of Yoko Ono called CLOUD PIECE:
Imagine the clouds dripping.
Dig a hole in your garden to
put them in.
The clouds are the song, the garden is Cee Lo Green's soul, the line change was him imagining a hole in which to plant them. As an artist, that's his prerogative.
@BongoShaftsbury1 it can be inspired by many things... but its john lennon's and only john lennon's in the end. lennon had a really strong opinion about not changing the lyrics. he didnt let the world church to change it. you can't justify anything with the subjectivity of art. singing imagine is a prerogative itself... and if you don't have the slight respect towards lennon, the man who wrote the song, i would question my basic decencies again. all in all green is shit.
@codyhill06 I don't have a religion: I prefer to think for myself rather than have some antiquated book think for me. I'd be interested to see these "statistics" of yours though.
Absolutely right sysphus13! All intelligent people should be outraged by this dickwad Cee lo Greens crime against music. Good video about a horrendous misappropriation of a non religious anthem.
Covering a song is a way of honoring another artist. Why even bother if you're just going to dishonor their message in the process? His voice sucked too. Your 15 seconds are almost up you talentless hack.
"I'm not a god or the God, but we're all God and we're all potentially divine... We all have everything within us and the Kingdom of Heaven is nigh and within us, and if you look hard enough you'll see it." JOHN LENNON: "All religion is true" CEE LO GREEN..."Stop rollin' that rock up a hill, Sysphus, it's only rock 'n roll" BONGOSHAFTSBURY
I know just how you feel Syssy. As a huge fan of Mendellsohn, I was outraged when JL mockingly said. And now we'd like to do, Hark the Angels Come." It was so disrespectful to the songwriter and to his own bandmate.
@BongoShaftsbury1 That is what is known as a "fallacy of false equivalence" brainiac. Your example is pitifully grasping at straws in comparison to this.
@Skavar4000, first of all, my comment was tongue in cheek, but actually what Lennon did was worse. Cee Lo wasn't mocking Lennon's or anyone's religious beliefs, he was being earnest. Lennon was mocking Paul McCartney because he also was being earnest when he wrote Let It Be. Now to be fair, I was mocking Sysphus' earnestness as well.
so just as hard as it is for a christian to imagine a world without a god, its hard for an atheist to imagine a world with a god?
so someone covered a song and changed the lyrics. BIG FUCKIN DEAL..one is free to believe what they want. lennon wrote a song, that doesnt mean he tried force feeding the world his views...Cee covered the song and changed the words, hes not force feeding us his views...GET OVER IT.
..thats why i practice IDGAFism. ..you only live once....one rule....ENJOY IT
Cee-Lo can say whatever he wants but the truth is that he changed the lyrics to pander to his christian fans. Cee-Lo has rapped and sang about god over the course of his whole career so it would be rather strange for him to sing Imagine the way it was written by John Lennon. I was shocked that he didn't change "no hell below us" to "there is a hell below us"......it's sad because I actually like Cee-Lo but this was a huge mistake and he definitely needs to apologize for his egotistical blunder.
@fireball74 - What Cee-Lo did wasn't brave. He stood up on the international stage, before a swarming mass of religious folks, and fudged the lyrics of a classic song to pander to their tastes and avoid a religious backlash. It would take REAL balls to stand alone before a religious world and tell them to imagine a world with "no religion", like Lennon did in his original song.
@LordAkaneon - Famous atheist musicians include - Billy Joel, Frank Zappa, David Gilmour and Roger Waters (Pink Floyd), Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Dave Matthews, Bob Geldof, Björk, John Lennon of course, Tim Minchin, etc.
Thumbs up this if you read it. Yoko Ono personally picked Cee-Lo Green to sing "Imagine" and sponsored him for this event, and also personally approved his lyric change before he sang it. I'm pretty sure Yoko knows John better than you do
This will probably be my only comment on this subject anywhere and I'm done. For argument sake, you can call me agnostic.
Taking artistic license is very common. I do it with songs I sing to my self all the time to mold a song I like/love for my own comfort and point of view. He did the exact same thing, but did it in public. So?
He has the Right to express himself how he sees fit, and I commend him (no matter how crappy the key was) on the balls he grew to make such changes to an iconic song.
@fireball74 He sounded great on my HDTV version with pure inputs and 7.1 digital home theater. The fact that he sounds shitty on these YouTube recordings from someone's basic signal with a cellphone recording in 240p... well, anything does.
@LordAkaneon I've found decent recordings of it, but it just sounds off to me. I don't have a 7.1 surround, and I'm fine with that. Even on my iPod touch with my Bose speakers, it doesn't sound quite right. /shrug
@fireball74 His floating head voice into the key change is what throws most people off. The transition between his deep baritone chest voice and his crazy tenor voice is what makes him a really talented singer
Without using Google. Here's a hint... you don't support any of those musicians who ARE atheists, because you're too busy attempting to attack people who AREN'T.
The only reason these atheists are mad is because they're jealous that a black man who still believes in Jesus is making millions off of a song written by a practicing free-range Buddhist who promoted free will and religious tolerance and that their militant attempt to censor theism, but lash out when they in turn are censored, is a laughable premise at best.
Can you name any atheist musicians? Any big time, multi-millionaire atheist rock stars?
Non-musicians don't get fucking opinions, you don't buy our records, you don't know what it's like to blow your voice out, what it's like to have shit thrown at you, even when you are talented, what it's like to see a bunch of talentless critics bash you because they're members of an anti-religious cult like atheism, it's about time we told it like it is, if you don't play an instrument you shouldn't be talking about music at all, go fuck yourselves, send more money
Fuck y'all all crying about? So he changes a couple words to suit his own beliefs, so what? He's not Lennon! He's not beholden to his interpretation... plant a seed and grow a life somewhere.
@challiray They're jealous non-musicians who have never sang or picked up a guitar in their lives.
Simply by covering a song, you're automatically changing the meaning.
Musicians can change songs however they want.
Non-musicians, shut the fuck up, especially if you don't buy records or go to live performances, you get no opinion, put your money where your mouth is.
You really have nothing better to do 23 min into the new year than blog about an arrogant man like John lennon(RIP) who bought us not only yoko Ono but the song Woman Is The Nigger Of The World?
FOOL TO MESS WITH THE WORDS OF THIS GREAT SONG. WHAT NERVE. TIME TO SLAM IT ALL OVER AMERICA THE WAY JOHN SANG HIS SONG. THERE'S SOME WISOM TO ALL RELIGIONS YET FOR THE MOST PART PEACE IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF HIGHER CONSCIENCE. I'M A VEGAN. LOVE OF JOHN & GEORGE ALWAYS IN MY HEART.
(Part 3 of 3) Cee-Lo changed the words, but not the meaning. The song is still about a peaceful world. And I think we are pissing on Lennon's memory more by arguing about it, since that's what the song is trying to avoid in the first place, and this ironic reaction would probably hurt him more. Think about it.
(Part 2 of 3) Say the lyric Lennon wrote was the one Cee-Lo sang. "All religions are true." If that were the case, there would be no fighting over who is right, since everyone is. Hence, the line has the same effect on the song, and the meaning is unchanged. It's just 3 words that changed, not the meaning. But one might argue "well, all religions being true is impossible!" But keep in mind, the song is about an impossible world to begin with, so that argument is redundant.
(Part 1 of 3) You can't really argue with this: Imagine is a song about an impossible world, one where people are no longer divided by trivial things like politics, race, nationality, creed, or gender differences. It is a dream of a time when all people can coexist in peace without conflict. Lennon is not condemning religion, but dreaming of a time when it, along with all barriers to peace, are gone.
All the religions are exactly the same too dumbass just saying!!!! Do your homework. It wasn't a political scam.lmao HE WAS SPREADING LOVE ACROSS THE WORLD IN EVERY RELIGION! Is there no LOVE left in this world? That's what JOHN stands for!!!! NOT THIS!!!!!!
Stupid singer this guy, who the hell think is him to change the lyrics of this anthem of peace? All this is about ignorance and superstition. Religion is a mental disorder....
First of all, dude you look like a dildo in the video before I even start it. YOU WANT TO DEBATE WITH A LENNON FAN OK HERE WE GO...John would've been proud!!! He would've honored it!!! All Cee Lo was doing was spreading love throughout the whole world in the coming of a Golden Age where this stuff doesn't matter.lol If you can't see the light in all the songs that were played last night you need to remove the DARKNESS AND FEAR IN YOUR HEART JUST SAYING!!!! Be Blessed! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
How is he any more arrogant than Lennon to think that he (Lennon) has the freakin monopoly on ideas! Lennon's no more important or has more right than any other person to say how we should believe or not. SO IMAGINE if it were all true as opposed to not existing at all! Well, religion does exist and that makes Lennon, despite his good music, no better or worse! Lennon said nothing WORLD SHATTERING! Lennon would have respected the sentiment. Now you respect the new GENERATION!
This is a song about unitarianism and uniting people regardless of their race, country, religion, etc., "the world will live as one".
Atheists don't want the world to live as one, they say things like 'take God out of schools'. Well, doesn't that mean censorship? A revolving door where we cover up things we don't agree with, like the Holy Roman Empire censored atheists during their era?
I'm especially tired of you fucking atheist trash. You don't own the copyright on God. You don't own the copyright on anything, the world would be a better place if you all fucking died.
Imagine there's no atheists... It's not hard to do... No more fucking no-lifers... In their parents basement bedroom...
@LordAkaneon Clearly your death wishes that you spew upon those who do not believe in the same gods as you is a FANTASTIC example of why John Lennon felt it would ideally be a better world WITHOUT religion.
Clearly your religion has taught you hatred, intolerance, bigotry, and fantasies about killing off others just because they don't believe in your imaginary friend in the sky.
THANK YOU for giving the PERFECT examples of why John Lennon wanted us to imagine NO religions.
@GodVlogger Anyone who doesn't like Cee-Lo's voice, try and watch one of this guy's videos and listen to his annoying ass gay faggot lisp (you wanna know why people hate faggots and atheists? It's this fucking queer.) and then come back and listen to Cee-Lo, he will sound like an angel.
@GodVlogger You fucking gay piece of shit. People like you are the reason there is discrimination against decent homosexuals, because of fairy, genderqueer, atheist, militant agenda queers like you who should just be fucking executed for causing persecution to ordinary respectable homosexual people.
@GodVlogger You live in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania and you probably go to all the Town Hall meetings there. How difficult do you think it would be for me to find the only basement dwelling atheist Occu-queer D&D fat kid with the gay lisp and the pink halter top at the city council meeting and beat the living shit out of him?
@LordAkaneon Yes, you are correct that I live in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania and indeed I do go to some (not all) of our borough meetings. Are you personally threatening to come and beat me up?
@LordAkaneon I've got to call it a night and log out soon so I'll end our dialogue here, wishing you well. You can have the last word if you like. Peace.
So when Lennon says 'No religion, too', he means 'accepting people of all religions, as if those religions didn't even exist'. And when Cee-Lo says 'and all religion is true', he means the same thing, accepting all people regardless of their backgrounds.
I'm tired of non-musicians critiquing the incredible work of musicians like Cee-Lo and talking about talent and trying to give a message to shit they know nothing about.
Imagine is not AGAINST anything. It was never an 'anti-religion' or 'anti-country' song. It's a song about unitarianism 'the world will live as one'. Revisionist history by non-musician kids who want to politicize one of the greatest songs ever tells you that it's 'against something' when if you really listened to it, you'd realize it's about accepting people from any background, it's not about trying to destroy religion, trying to destroy a country, etc.
You guys are all atheistic no life fucktard non-musician parents basement trash who are so uncultured that you don't understand that Cee-Lo's change IS the same meaning as Lennon's original lyrics. John Lennon was a practicing Buddhist who accepted people for who they were. You want to hear horrible, buy a fucking Yoko Ono record. Cee Lo was alive when Lennon released Imagine - you weren't, kid. You've never met John Lennon.
Wow people why the anger?? I really don't think John Lennon wouldn't have minded the lyric change at all. Don't even take the original lyric to heart. Lennon was a free thinker who dabbled in all kinds of religious thought. At best, towards the end of his life he was agnostic, but surely not an atheist.
The problem is that you want to believe he disrespected John Lennon and the people of New York. When the man is in fact humble with his words" trying to bring all religions together. For a greater cause.
That is some funny shit! He kicked all of the militant atheists right in the pussy and they can't take it! I love it! (I myself am more agnostic than anything before you try to label me).
Atheists shovel shit on those that have religion all of the time and then they bitch even more if those people show offense. Now the tables are turned and you are all crying like babies. Too damned funny!
Lennon was a douche and the song still sucks no matter the damn lyrics.
Atheism refers to belief in a deity if you want to get technical, specifically a lack thereof. Many sects of buddhism, lacking a major deity, are thus considered nontheistic.
Are you thinking of people who are irreligious? I’m wondering what you think “atheist” and “agnostic” mean?
Cee lo sung the song they way he felt , not john lennon. Why are you pissed, he did not disresct lennon nor change the meaning to lennons song. He simply changed lennons song to his feelings, so lennons version still mean what it mean...and now cee los version mean what it mean. So jad he made a song with the same content but not of lennons catelog you would feel differrnt? Thats ludacris
Look, you covered a song and you should feel privileged to do that. But you really ruin the memory of John Lennon and what message he was giving in that song.
You took a great song and literally in 2 seconds you changed the whole meaning of it and what the original artist wanted that song to mean.
I'm outraged I had to ring in the new year listening Mr. Green bastardize an iconic song by John Lennon. Not only did he change the lyrics, he screamed them and got louder as the song thankfully came to a close. This song was not meant to be a raucous, try to bring down the house, type song. It's about peace and love. It was written to elicit thought. It's about hope for mankind. Mr. Green totally changed the meaning of the song. I'm trying hard to forget I ever heard his disgusting rendition.
The true meaning of the song is that we are better off without religion. Add that Cee Lo sounds like shit without autotune, and you have one gigantic failure.
It wasn't his to change. It's not your song. If you don't like it, sing something else. I hear he's at the Louvre in Paris paining over the smile of the Mona Lisa because he thinks he can do it better ... douche bag.
Its not his song, and he didn't even understand the song. Cee Lo sounded like shit without autotune, and has no respect for the whole idea of the song.
a cover is not an exact replication of a song its a song from the eyes of the artist if Cee Lo wants to communicate his message in the song then not only should he be allowed to it should be actively encouraged
and the idea of the song is not about religion being bad that is just one line the overall song is about unity and it seems to me you also have missed that
Me personally, I don't know which disappointed me more:
1) Cee Low changing the perfect lyrics to one of the most important songs of the 20th Century (written by an artist who was assassinated, no less) in a way totally disrespectful of Lennion's words/message, or
2) Justin Beaver assassinating "Let It Be" and having Carlos Santana there to back him up.
The song is against religion, nationalism, and capitalism. What the hell was Cee Lo Green thinking when he sung the song in the first place? It's a great song and all but what annoys me more is that people blindly use the song to promote peace without actually knowing what Lennon thought would bring peace. When they actually read the lyrics and see it goes against their precious religion and such, they have to alter it for their purpose and thus, shit all over Lennon's imagination.
@alienisuntverus He wasn't insulting anybody. It is probably the most minor news I have ever heard. The fact that people like you are getting their panties in a wad over this is the funny part. Relax.
Remove god from our coinage, pledge, and christmas, no problem. Change some douchy song to include him and liberal atheists heads start exploding all over the place. Get over it, you people are so lame you have nothing better to piss and moan about.
@zabelsword God was added to our cash in the 1950's, added to the Pledge of Allegiance also in the 1950's and our national motto was changed from what the founders wanted it to be, E Pluribus Unum, to In God We Trust, again in the 1950's. Last time I checked, at least on this planet, they are all still law and there are no plans to change it. I think people should stop putting more importance on the idols of their religion and pay more attention to following them. Talk about lame.
He's one disgusting bomboclart idiot. Selling out as if he doesn't realise WORD SOUND POWER run things - he leave good things alone and stick to the shit him love. RASCLATT ediot
For those of you who think John Lennon would roll over in his grave because of Cee Lo Green 's rendition of his "Imagine," I have one Abbie Hoffman quote for you:
Hear for yourself, and as a professional folksinger myself, I simply say if you can't handle parody, that says more about you than Cee Lo or John Frazier.
@reagar1 Get off the bandwagon. The Beatles are highly overrated. They were hypocrites who abandoned the reality of life through drugs and oversimplified lyrics about "peace" and "love". A typical hippie thing to do. I am not religious. I don't believe in any sort of religion. If you went to a high school talent show and listened to a student sing "Imagine", would you judge so harshly and tell her that she butchered it? No, you wouldn't! Just leave the man alone...
oh my god. get a job or a girlfriend or a life or something..who cares? he can sing a song anyway he wants to. fucking john lennon would love cee lo green, and im sure he loved his version. you people truly are pathetic
@dooper2020 Anyone who does not feel that this was an insult to Lennon is likely very young and did not grow up in a world where a large scale war was killing tens of thousands and where the likely hood of nuclear annihilation was a very real threat. Many artists, Lennon being just one took a stance against war and in the case of John were punished by the US government. Imagine was almost an anthem for the peace movement and altering it to reflect an opposing point IS an insult to Lennon.
i love john lennons music... but honestly every one has really blown this out of proportion... he was honour lennons music with his own spin on it, and it didn't work out for him, that all that needs to be said the rest is just takeing to far.
@roogney Eh, back off with the insipid speech; do you let your friends take the stitching out of your clothes while you are wearing them? Fool, back off. You hear that?
Again, another pretentious and haughty remark against a mainstream artist because they sang a John Lennon song. No, I don't agree with the change in the lyrics, but it doesn't offend me because I don't blindly hail John Lennon as godly. If any of you actually understood the meaning of the lyrics, then you wouldn't be degrading Cee Lo Green as you are. We need to respect others; "imagine peace" within humanity. You're simply causing an uproar because a man sang a song and changed a word or two.
Many of us that came of age in the 60s and 70s feel strongly about the message and meaning of Imagine. One driving point is that religion has been and is patently bad for humanity, in that one minor change cee-lo argues that point about religion. An artists work should not be changed to argue an opposing point. If you disagree with Lennons beliefs write your own song.....but then no one would ever hear it if your level of talent is at cee-lo's
@reagar1 RIGHT ON. YET LOW LIFES JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SHAME OF CHANGING THE LYRICS. CEE LO SURELY MISSED THE WHOLE POINT OF THE SONG AND MADE IT UGLY. I DON'T NEED TO CURSE AND ACT LIKE A CHILD TO EXPRESS MY DISPLEASURE OF RUINING THIS GREAT SONG. IT'S A DISGRACE. WHAT IF ALL GREAT SONGS WERE TREATED LIKE THIS? SHAMEFUL. PEACE BROTHERS/SISTERS.
Oh and by the way, if you want to make sure he is properly punished for his obvious lack of respect for John, don't listen to him, don't watch him and don't buy any of his media. The worst thing that can happen now is for him to make a financial gain from this.
Why??? Why??? Why??? I would like to know who the person was who actually booked this act...Cee Lo Green should have never even been considered to sing this song. Didn't anyone planning this "NBC/Nivea" event consider that a rapper may not be able to pull off John Lennon's Imagine??? Seems like that should have been a no-brainer.
I couldn't agree with you more! I was so furious about that! Thanks for posting that because there should be an outcry about it. What he did negates the entire message of the song. If he couldn't sing the song the way it was written for whatever stupid - and I do mean stupid, as in ignorant - reason he came up with - he should have let someone else do it. I'm disgusted.
I respectfully disagree. You can't sing a song that has the words "And no religion, too" and expect people around the world who *are* religious to nod and smile. I understand "and all religion is true" is a paradox, and I also understand I seem to be in the minority among YouTube viewers, but I thought it was tastefully done. Unity, not divisiveness.
But I also respect your right to your own opinion.
ekedolphin 1 month ago
I honestly think that motherfucker memorized the song the day before or something because he fucked up like every other lyric
thekeithchannel 1 month ago
Actually, Cee Lo wasn't far off from John's message. John even said: "If you can imagine a world at peace, with no denominations of religion - not without religion but without this my-God-is-bigger-than-your-God thing."
mynameismk 1 month ago
Everybody who posts comments on youtube videos is an idiot.
Including me!!!
JeffJacobsMusic 1 month ago
Get back to work, Gary :}
Love,
A hypocrite
JeffJacobsMusic 1 month ago
With all due respect, most people who comment on youtube videos are idiots. Including me right now.
JeffJacobsMusic 1 month ago
"All religion is true" is not radically different than "no religion too" and Cee Lo's interpretation certainly has gotten people thinking about their higher power. I don't see how anyone can claim that Lennon would object to that. Besides, he was famous for changing lyrics to his own songs, or just forgetting them.
BongoShaftsbury1 1 month ago
@BongoShaftsbury1 "All religion is true" is the opposite of "no religion too." If John had sang the former than it would not only oppose the whole message of the song, it would cause conflict between religious groups, which Is something John certainly would have objected to.
sqweebel1 1 month ago
@sqweebel1 "All religion's true" is a paradox. It negates the validity of various religious dogma, reducing it all to the essential truth that Lennon was trying to convey. The opposite of the phrase "All religion is true" is nihilism:"The rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless." Do you honestly believe Lennon was a nihilist?
BongoShaftsbury1 1 month ago
John Lennon believed in God and IMAGINE is not an anthem for atheists. Based on what he's said about fans who worship The Beatles, one can only assume he'd be embarrassed by the hysterical reaction of the purists.
BongoShaftsbury1 1 month ago
@BongoShaftsbury1 tl;dr "i don't know what i'm talking about"
hellhoyking 1 month ago
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BongoShaftsbury1 1 month ago
@BongoShaftsbury1 lol
hellhoyking 1 month ago
@LordAkaneon - Also, agnostic is used to describe a knowledge stance, not a belief stance. AFAIK these days you're either an agnostic atheist, agnostic theist, gnostic atheist or gnostic theist. Atheism simply means lack of belief in the claim of the existence of a god or gods, but doesn't entail belief in the antithetical claim that no gods exist. It's a popular misconception that most atheists are gnostic, believing that god(s) don't exist, but from my experience most are agnostic.
RedZeshinX 1 month ago
@LordAkaneon - Buddhists are atheists, aside from devotional elements there isn't ritual worship of gods. One agreed upon Buddhist doctrine is that "this world is not created and ruled by a God." Some branches worship Buddha, and attribute divine character to him, but generally they recognize that Buddha rejected metaphysical speculation and denied being anything more than a man. It's a common Western misconception, but from my experience Buddhism is really more philosophy than religion.
RedZeshinX 1 month ago
@LordAkaneon yoko didnt write the song. its john's and john's only. doesn't matter who holds the rights. the song is important because of john's courage and ability to express what he felt was true not kiss up to others to make them happy. Cee lo, if wanted to actually pay respect to the song or lennon (idk how yoko is even important here) he would have sang the song that john wrote. but, he can't because he is not even open enough to accept a dead man's words that he supposedly respects.
NeedNineNamesNow 1 month ago
@NeedNineNamesNow The song was inspired by a poem of Yoko Ono called CLOUD PIECE:
Imagine the clouds dripping.
Dig a hole in your garden to
put them in.
The clouds are the song, the garden is Cee Lo Green's soul, the line change was him imagining a hole in which to plant them. As an artist, that's his prerogative.
BongoShaftsbury1 1 month ago
@BongoShaftsbury1 it can be inspired by many things... but its john lennon's and only john lennon's in the end. lennon had a really strong opinion about not changing the lyrics. he didnt let the world church to change it. you can't justify anything with the subjectivity of art. singing imagine is a prerogative itself... and if you don't have the slight respect towards lennon, the man who wrote the song, i would question my basic decencies again. all in all green is shit.
NeedNineNamesNow 1 month ago
@BongoShaftsbury1 and what the heck are you saying here "the garden is Cee Lo Green's soul"...?
NeedNineNamesNow 1 month ago
my religion can kick your religion's ass so there
Rumpull4skin 1 month ago
The only way the lyric change would have been any better is if instead he sang, "And one religion's true."
God bless :)
codyhill06 2 months ago
@codyhill06 Your religion is false, blow it out of your ass. :)
jkane1977 1 month ago
@jkane1977 Your religion is meaningless and you're ignorant. Argue with the statistics of the fulfilled prophecy.
codyhill06 1 month ago
@codyhill06 I don't have a religion: I prefer to think for myself rather than have some antiquated book think for me. I'd be interested to see these "statistics" of yours though.
jkane1977 1 month ago
Absolutely right sysphus13! All intelligent people should be outraged by this dickwad Cee lo Greens crime against music. Good video about a horrendous misappropriation of a non religious anthem.
Skavar4000 2 months ago
Doesn't matter. Shut up. People change lyrics all the time, he's putting his own spin on a song, not plainly copying it.
smallbritishman 2 months ago
@smallbritishman You are a fucking idiot if that is what you came away with here.
Skavar4000 2 months ago
Well actually, he made it less offensive than it would be otherwise
Liberaldemocrat2014 2 months ago
@Liberaldemocrat2014 So non religious people can't have one song that is our own without it being considered OFFENSIVE TO YOU???!!!
Fuck your intolerance you asshole!
Skavar4000 2 months ago
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Covering a song is a way of honoring another artist. Why even bother if you're just going to dishonor their message in the process? His voice sucked too. Your 15 seconds are almost up you talentless hack.
ouirv 2 months ago
"I'm not a god or the God, but we're all God and we're all potentially divine... We all have everything within us and the Kingdom of Heaven is nigh and within us, and if you look hard enough you'll see it." JOHN LENNON: "All religion is true" CEE LO GREEN..."Stop rollin' that rock up a hill, Sysphus, it's only rock 'n roll" BONGOSHAFTSBURY
BongoShaftsbury1 2 months ago
....... " GET A LIFE .....
stonethugmusic 2 months ago
I know just how you feel Syssy. As a huge fan of Mendellsohn, I was outraged when JL mockingly said. And now we'd like to do, Hark the Angels Come." It was so disrespectful to the songwriter and to his own bandmate.
BongoShaftsbury1 2 months ago
@BongoShaftsbury1 That is what is known as a "fallacy of false equivalence" brainiac. Your example is pitifully grasping at straws in comparison to this.
Skavar4000 2 months ago
@Skavar4000, first of all, my comment was tongue in cheek, but actually what Lennon did was worse. Cee Lo wasn't mocking Lennon's or anyone's religious beliefs, he was being earnest. Lennon was mocking Paul McCartney because he also was being earnest when he wrote Let It Be. Now to be fair, I was mocking Sysphus' earnestness as well.
BongoShaftsbury1 1 month ago
@catherinemarie66 Cee Lo isn't a rapper.
shenerdist 2 months ago
Aaannnnnddd. Nobody cares. He can do whatever he wants.
Huskers1091 2 months ago
lol shut the fuck up. People change the lyrics to other peoples songs to suit them all the time.
And "The whole world" isn't 2 million people.
Jesus Christ... I'm not religious, but I couldn't give a flying fuck about your pseudo-god, John Lennon and the shitty lyrics to some song he wrote.
There are far more important things to be outraged about than something so petty.
All you wannabes lick Beatles nuts cause you think it's cool and trendy. You sicken me. lol
mrusername 2 months ago
@mrusername And a completely useless knob you appear to be... you will grow up someday.
Skavar4000 2 months ago
Are you... Ethan Mars?
matg41192200 2 months ago
so just as hard as it is for a christian to imagine a world without a god, its hard for an atheist to imagine a world with a god?
so someone covered a song and changed the lyrics. BIG FUCKIN DEAL..one is free to believe what they want. lennon wrote a song, that doesnt mean he tried force feeding the world his views...Cee covered the song and changed the words, hes not force feeding us his views...GET OVER IT.
..thats why i practice IDGAFism. ..you only live once....one rule....ENJOY IT
xjOhNeEx 2 months ago
Cee-Lo can say whatever he wants but the truth is that he changed the lyrics to pander to his christian fans. Cee-Lo has rapped and sang about god over the course of his whole career so it would be rather strange for him to sing Imagine the way it was written by John Lennon. I was shocked that he didn't change "no hell below us" to "there is a hell below us"......it's sad because I actually like Cee-Lo but this was a huge mistake and he definitely needs to apologize for his egotistical blunder.
ProtestNowTV 2 months ago
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Hey he did great! im not a believer but he did great its hard to fill the shoes of a over played song and signer... "And I'm like fuck you"
dleetcsa 2 months ago
@fireball74 - What Cee-Lo did wasn't brave. He stood up on the international stage, before a swarming mass of religious folks, and fudged the lyrics of a classic song to pander to their tastes and avoid a religious backlash. It would take REAL balls to stand alone before a religious world and tell them to imagine a world with "no religion", like Lennon did in his original song.
RedZeshinX 2 months ago
@LordAkaneon - Famous atheist musicians include - Billy Joel, Frank Zappa, David Gilmour and Roger Waters (Pink Floyd), Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Dave Matthews, Bob Geldof, Björk, John Lennon of course, Tim Minchin, etc.
RedZeshinX 2 months ago
@RedZeshinX John Lennon isn't, he's a Buddhist. Gilmour and Waters are. Dave Matthews is an agnostic like me, so is Zappa.
LordAkaneon 1 month ago
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Who cares. John lemon was a real LEMON> the guy had no talent and the original song sucks.
I actually like this version better.
I hope all religions are true. I'm going with JESUS CHRIST MY SAVIOR AND LORD
JonDemo 2 months ago
@JonDemo John lemon? Thats the best you come up with? Your pathetic!
justinness 2 months ago
so you must DESPISE wierd al yankovic
coconutbreath123 2 months ago
@coconutbreath123 wierd al is a satirist, cee lo is a 7up, corporate whore...not the same.
Hernameisrenee 2 months ago
@coconutbreath123
So you believe this was a parody?
I didn't see anyone laughing.
fr0nage 2 months ago
I agree, completely arrogant, BUT to assume the "whole world is watching" 0:51, isn't at all, right?
Sabi, from one of the other contries
SuperEiroa 2 months ago
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Thumbs up this if you read it. Yoko Ono personally picked Cee-Lo Green to sing "Imagine" and sponsored him for this event, and also personally approved his lyric change before he sang it. I'm pretty sure Yoko knows John better than you do
LordAkaneon 2 months ago 2
seriously... Cee Lo Green is an asshole. Fuck him...
cowsinorbit 2 months ago
This will probably be my only comment on this subject anywhere and I'm done. For argument sake, you can call me agnostic.
Taking artistic license is very common. I do it with songs I sing to my self all the time to mold a song I like/love for my own comfort and point of view. He did the exact same thing, but did it in public. So?
He has the Right to express himself how he sees fit, and I commend him (no matter how crappy the key was) on the balls he grew to make such changes to an iconic song.
fireball74 2 months ago
@fireball74 He sounded great on my HDTV version with pure inputs and 7.1 digital home theater. The fact that he sounds shitty on these YouTube recordings from someone's basic signal with a cellphone recording in 240p... well, anything does.
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
@LordAkaneon I've found decent recordings of it, but it just sounds off to me. I don't have a 7.1 surround, and I'm fine with that. Even on my iPod touch with my Bose speakers, it doesn't sound quite right. /shrug
fireball74 2 months ago
@fireball74 His floating head voice into the key change is what throws most people off. The transition between his deep baritone chest voice and his crazy tenor voice is what makes him a really talented singer
LordAkaneon 1 month ago
Without using Google. Here's a hint... you don't support any of those musicians who ARE atheists, because you're too busy attempting to attack people who AREN'T.
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
The only reason these atheists are mad is because they're jealous that a black man who still believes in Jesus is making millions off of a song written by a practicing free-range Buddhist who promoted free will and religious tolerance and that their militant attempt to censor theism, but lash out when they in turn are censored, is a laughable premise at best.
Can you name any atheist musicians? Any big time, multi-millionaire atheist rock stars?
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
Non-musicians don't get fucking opinions, you don't buy our records, you don't know what it's like to blow your voice out, what it's like to have shit thrown at you, even when you are talented, what it's like to see a bunch of talentless critics bash you because they're members of an anti-religious cult like atheism, it's about time we told it like it is, if you don't play an instrument you shouldn't be talking about music at all, go fuck yourselves, send more money
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
Fuck y'all all crying about? So he changes a couple words to suit his own beliefs, so what? He's not Lennon! He's not beholden to his interpretation... plant a seed and grow a life somewhere.
challiray 2 months ago
@challiray They're jealous non-musicians who have never sang or picked up a guitar in their lives.
Simply by covering a song, you're automatically changing the meaning.
Musicians can change songs however they want.
Non-musicians, shut the fuck up, especially if you don't buy records or go to live performances, you get no opinion, put your money where your mouth is.
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
Jerk off
SuperJerkyBoys 2 months ago
You really have nothing better to do 23 min into the new year than blog about an arrogant man like John lennon(RIP) who bought us not only yoko Ono but the song Woman Is The Nigger Of The World?
rnsone 2 months ago
OMG, HE CHANGED JOHN LENNON'S WORDS!!??!! THAT'S PRACTICALLY SACRILEGIOUS LIKE CHANGING THE BIBLE OR SOMETHING!!!
meditationasmovement 2 months ago
It is what it is the world is changing and we all most do the same or you will stay behind...
WICKEDMAN9MM 2 months ago
I like Cee Lo Green's version, finally I could listen to the song with better meaning than the original which desecrates God!
fiore56aol 2 months ago
@fiore56aol You sir, need a reality check.
landerfrederickx 2 months ago
FOOL TO MESS WITH THE WORDS OF THIS GREAT SONG. WHAT NERVE. TIME TO SLAM IT ALL OVER AMERICA THE WAY JOHN SANG HIS SONG. THERE'S SOME WISOM TO ALL RELIGIONS YET FOR THE MOST PART PEACE IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF HIGHER CONSCIENCE. I'M A VEGAN. LOVE OF JOHN & GEORGE ALWAYS IN MY HEART.
GOLDENFLYWARRIOR 2 months ago
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(Part 3 of 3) Cee-Lo changed the words, but not the meaning. The song is still about a peaceful world. And I think we are pissing on Lennon's memory more by arguing about it, since that's what the song is trying to avoid in the first place, and this ironic reaction would probably hurt him more. Think about it.
Mozilla2012 2 months ago
(Part 2 of 3) Say the lyric Lennon wrote was the one Cee-Lo sang. "All religions are true." If that were the case, there would be no fighting over who is right, since everyone is. Hence, the line has the same effect on the song, and the meaning is unchanged. It's just 3 words that changed, not the meaning. But one might argue "well, all religions being true is impossible!" But keep in mind, the song is about an impossible world to begin with, so that argument is redundant.
Mozilla2012 2 months ago
(Part 1 of 3) You can't really argue with this: Imagine is a song about an impossible world, one where people are no longer divided by trivial things like politics, race, nationality, creed, or gender differences. It is a dream of a time when all people can coexist in peace without conflict. Lennon is not condemning religion, but dreaming of a time when it, along with all barriers to peace, are gone.
Mozilla2012 2 months ago
@SpykoXX...Spot on bro!!! I have to steal this though.lmao
FPR321 2 months ago
Copyright infringement.
wiredpup 2 months ago
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All the religions are exactly the same too dumbass just saying!!!! Do your homework. It wasn't a political scam.lmao HE WAS SPREADING LOVE ACROSS THE WORLD IN EVERY RELIGION! Is there no LOVE left in this world? That's what JOHN stands for!!!! NOT THIS!!!!!!
FPR321 2 months ago
Stupid singer this guy, who the hell think is him to change the lyrics of this anthem of peace? All this is about ignorance and superstition. Religion is a mental disorder....
Pacoy69 2 months ago
First of all, dude you look like a dildo in the video before I even start it. YOU WANT TO DEBATE WITH A LENNON FAN OK HERE WE GO...John would've been proud!!! He would've honored it!!! All Cee Lo was doing was spreading love throughout the whole world in the coming of a Golden Age where this stuff doesn't matter.lol If you can't see the light in all the songs that were played last night you need to remove the DARKNESS AND FEAR IN YOUR HEART JUST SAYING!!!! Be Blessed! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
FPR321 2 months ago
If the song is supposedly about peace, then why are you turds getting so heated over the lyrics change? It's not a big deal at all. Relax.
volunteernation16 2 months ago
How is he any more arrogant than Lennon to think that he (Lennon) has the freakin monopoly on ideas! Lennon's no more important or has more right than any other person to say how we should believe or not. SO IMAGINE if it were all true as opposed to not existing at all! Well, religion does exist and that makes Lennon, despite his good music, no better or worse! Lennon said nothing WORLD SHATTERING! Lennon would have respected the sentiment. Now you respect the new GENERATION!
Freespeeeeeech 2 months ago
@Freespeeeeeech Agreed.
volunteernation16 2 months ago
This is a song about unitarianism and uniting people regardless of their race, country, religion, etc., "the world will live as one".
Atheists don't want the world to live as one, they say things like 'take God out of schools'. Well, doesn't that mean censorship? A revolving door where we cover up things we don't agree with, like the Holy Roman Empire censored atheists during their era?
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
@BloodRedChorizo The song was never about that. This was never an atheist song. John Lennon was a practicing Buddhist.
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
I'm especially tired of you fucking atheist trash. You don't own the copyright on God. You don't own the copyright on anything, the world would be a better place if you all fucking died.
Imagine there's no atheists... It's not hard to do... No more fucking no-lifers... In their parents basement bedroom...
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
@LordAkaneon Clearly your death wishes that you spew upon those who do not believe in the same gods as you is a FANTASTIC example of why John Lennon felt it would ideally be a better world WITHOUT religion.
Clearly your religion has taught you hatred, intolerance, bigotry, and fantasies about killing off others just because they don't believe in your imaginary friend in the sky.
THANK YOU for giving the PERFECT examples of why John Lennon wanted us to imagine NO religions.
GodVlogger 2 months ago
@GodVlogger No, I'm agnostic and don't practice organized religion. I hate you because you're fucking stupid.
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
@GodVlogger You weren't alive when John Lennon was. You weren't even born. And yet somehow you claim to know John Lennon and what he thought.
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
@LordAkaneon Actually, moron, I did meet John Lennon. So you are clueless.
Get back in your parent's basement before they come home and find out that you are on the computer without their permission.
GodVlogger 2 months ago
@GodVlogger Anyone who doesn't like Cee-Lo's voice, try and watch one of this guy's videos and listen to his annoying ass gay faggot lisp (you wanna know why people hate faggots and atheists? It's this fucking queer.) and then come back and listen to Cee-Lo, he will sound like an angel.
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
@GodVlogger You fucking gay piece of shit. People like you are the reason there is discrimination against decent homosexuals, because of fairy, genderqueer, atheist, militant agenda queers like you who should just be fucking executed for causing persecution to ordinary respectable homosexual people.
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
@LordAkaneon I sense that you have a lot of aggression. Why don't you just come back to me and give me another hug. You'll feel much better.
GodVlogger 2 months ago
@GodVlogger You live in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania and you probably go to all the Town Hall meetings there. How difficult do you think it would be for me to find the only basement dwelling atheist Occu-queer D&D fat kid with the gay lisp and the pink halter top at the city council meeting and beat the living shit out of him?
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
@LordAkaneon Yes, you are correct that I live in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania and indeed I do go to some (not all) of our borough meetings. Are you personally threatening to come and beat me up?
GodVlogger 2 months ago
@GodVlogger Of course not. That's 2000 miles away.
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
@LordAkaneon I've got to call it a night and log out soon so I'll end our dialogue here, wishing you well. You can have the last word if you like. Peace.
GodVlogger 2 months ago
@GodVlogger I'm just keeping you honest.
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
So when Lennon says 'No religion, too', he means 'accepting people of all religions, as if those religions didn't even exist'. And when Cee-Lo says 'and all religion is true', he means the same thing, accepting all people regardless of their backgrounds.
I'm tired of non-musicians critiquing the incredible work of musicians like Cee-Lo and talking about talent and trying to give a message to shit they know nothing about.
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
Imagine is not AGAINST anything. It was never an 'anti-religion' or 'anti-country' song. It's a song about unitarianism 'the world will live as one'. Revisionist history by non-musician kids who want to politicize one of the greatest songs ever tells you that it's 'against something' when if you really listened to it, you'd realize it's about accepting people from any background, it's not about trying to destroy religion, trying to destroy a country, etc.
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
You guys are all atheistic no life fucktard non-musician parents basement trash who are so uncultured that you don't understand that Cee-Lo's change IS the same meaning as Lennon's original lyrics. John Lennon was a practicing Buddhist who accepted people for who they were. You want to hear horrible, buy a fucking Yoko Ono record. Cee Lo was alive when Lennon released Imagine - you weren't, kid. You've never met John Lennon.
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
Ooooh, the feigned moral indignation of it all.
Skrunkcat 2 months ago
Wow people why the anger?? I really don't think John Lennon wouldn't have minded the lyric change at all. Don't even take the original lyric to heart. Lennon was a free thinker who dabbled in all kinds of religious thought. At best, towards the end of his life he was agnostic, but surely not an atheist.
sunflowernoo 2 months ago
I don't think it's a big deal and really doubt it John Lennon would care.
Bayhuntr 2 months ago
The problem is that you want to believe he disrespected John Lennon and the people of New York. When the man is in fact humble with his words" trying to bring all religions together. For a greater cause.
hippysandtrees 2 months ago
That is some funny shit! He kicked all of the militant atheists right in the pussy and they can't take it! I love it! (I myself am more agnostic than anything before you try to label me).
Atheists shovel shit on those that have religion all of the time and then they bitch even more if those people show offense. Now the tables are turned and you are all crying like babies. Too damned funny!
Lennon was a douche and the song still sucks no matter the damn lyrics.
Grow up!
Scottcf561 2 months ago
@Scottcf561 I want to give you every thumbs up I can muster.
immaNig69 2 months ago
@Scottcf561
Atheism refers to belief in a deity if you want to get technical, specifically a lack thereof. Many sects of buddhism, lacking a major deity, are thus considered nontheistic.
Are you thinking of people who are irreligious? I’m wondering what you think “atheist” and “agnostic” mean?
Ebrainiac1 2 months ago
Get over it cry baby. QQ
crimsonrellik 2 months ago
Cee lo sung the song they way he felt , not john lennon. Why are you pissed, he did not disresct lennon nor change the meaning to lennons song. He simply changed lennons song to his feelings, so lennons version still mean what it mean...and now cee los version mean what it mean. So jad he made a song with the same content but not of lennons catelog you would feel differrnt? Thats ludacris
thetrismegistusone 2 months ago
@thetrismegistusone corection- so if he made a song with the same content but not of lennons catelog, you would feel different? Thats ludacris
thetrismegistusone 2 months ago
Look, you covered a song and you should feel privileged to do that. But you really ruin the memory of John Lennon and what message he was giving in that song.
You took a great song and literally in 2 seconds you changed the whole meaning of it and what the original artist wanted that song to mean.
PizzaBlade17 2 months ago
FUCK ceelo brown dame i hate that T>Rex looking motherfucknut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lissagarcia26 2 months ago
I'm outraged I had to ring in the new year listening Mr. Green bastardize an iconic song by John Lennon. Not only did he change the lyrics, he screamed them and got louder as the song thankfully came to a close. This song was not meant to be a raucous, try to bring down the house, type song. It's about peace and love. It was written to elicit thought. It's about hope for mankind. Mr. Green totally changed the meaning of the song. I'm trying hard to forget I ever heard his disgusting rendition.
franellen100 2 months ago
Imagine there is no heaven....but all religions are true. Cee Lo is drunk.
jetflock 2 months ago
The true meaning of the song is that we are better off without religion. Add that Cee Lo sounds like shit without autotune, and you have one gigantic failure.
jetflock 2 months ago
LOL WHO TRULY GIVES A CRAP ?!? DON'T YOU HAVE BETTER THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT ?!? JOHN LENNON IS NOT IMPORTANT TO ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 30....
christynrachandbri 2 months ago
@christynrachandbri
Lol, thats stupid. So Cee Lo has some kind of relevance?
jetflock 2 months ago
@jetflock John Lennon is immortal, who in the fuck will remember Cee Lo.
jetflock 2 months ago
@jetflock nobody! cee lo green is just a nigger that cannot sing
bunyonb 2 months ago
@bunyonb thats the whole problem, hes a nigger who sung a cracker hippies song over that you dumb fucks worship
thetrismegistusone 2 months ago
@christynrachandbri Yet here you are.
Babaziba 2 months ago
@christynrachandbri Yet here you are.
Babaziba 2 months ago
Just remember the original name off Cee Lo's first hit "Fuck You" to know the type of person you are dealing with.
benravensfan02 2 months ago
Why does it matter if he changed one tiny verse? are religious & non religious fanatic that concerned about a song lyric.
gunsnhalen 2 months ago
@gunsnhalen Because the song says we would be better off without religion.
jetflock 2 months ago
It wasn't his to change. It's not your song. If you don't like it, sing something else. I hear he's at the Louvre in Paris paining over the smile of the Mona Lisa because he thinks he can do it better ... douche bag.
hassleoffa 2 months ago 3
@hassleoffa no this is absolute bollocks its his god damn song to sing and if you don't like it don't listen to it
if I decide to draw the mona lisa with a moustache and you don't like it you have no right to tell me to change it just don't buy my painting
honestly if this is the message cee lo green wants to put out he has every right to
SpykoXX 2 months ago
@SpykoXX
Its not his song, and he didn't even understand the song. Cee Lo sounded like shit without autotune, and has no respect for the whole idea of the song.
jetflock 2 months ago
@jetflock what he sounded like is irrelevant
a cover is not an exact replication of a song its a song from the eyes of the artist if Cee Lo wants to communicate his message in the song then not only should he be allowed to it should be actively encouraged
and the idea of the song is not about religion being bad that is just one line the overall song is about unity and it seems to me you also have missed that
SpykoXX 2 months ago
@SpykoXX ....Then let him write his own damn song and leave Lennon's alone!
Enquiringkitty 2 months ago
@hassleoffa You're not a musician either so fuck your opinion
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
@hassleoffa Why are you getting so offended? He wasn't trying to insult anybody.
volunteernation16 2 months ago
Me personally, I don't know which disappointed me more:
1) Cee Low changing the perfect lyrics to one of the most important songs of the 20th Century (written by an artist who was assassinated, no less) in a way totally disrespectful of Lennion's words/message, or
2) Justin Beaver assassinating "Let It Be" and having Carlos Santana there to back him up.
Rumpull4skin 2 months ago
@Rumpull4skin LOL FOR SOMEONE WHOSE SOO IMPORTANT CAN YOU SPELL HIS LAST NAME RIGHT ?!? MY GOD YOU SPELLED IT WRONG !! THATS SOOO ARROGANT OF YOU !
christynrachandbri 2 months ago
The song is against religion, nationalism, and capitalism. What the hell was Cee Lo Green thinking when he sung the song in the first place? It's a great song and all but what annoys me more is that people blindly use the song to promote peace without actually knowing what Lennon thought would bring peace. When they actually read the lyrics and see it goes against their precious religion and such, they have to alter it for their purpose and thus, shit all over Lennon's imagination.
alienisuntverus 2 months ago 8
@alienisuntverus Lennon wanted people to accept people of all backgrounds and origins. He never intended to destroy religion or dismantle a country.
LordAkaneon 2 months ago
@alienisuntverus He wasn't insulting anybody. It is probably the most minor news I have ever heard. The fact that people like you are getting their panties in a wad over this is the funny part. Relax.
volunteernation16 2 months ago
Remove god from our coinage, pledge, and christmas, no problem. Change some douchy song to include him and liberal atheists heads start exploding all over the place. Get over it, you people are so lame you have nothing better to piss and moan about.
zabelsword 2 months ago
@zabelsword God was added to our cash in the 1950's, added to the Pledge of Allegiance also in the 1950's and our national motto was changed from what the founders wanted it to be, E Pluribus Unum, to In God We Trust, again in the 1950's. Last time I checked, at least on this planet, they are all still law and there are no plans to change it. I think people should stop putting more importance on the idols of their religion and pay more attention to following them. Talk about lame.
Bayhuntr 2 months ago
He's one disgusting bomboclart idiot. Selling out as if he doesn't realise WORD SOUND POWER run things - he leave good things alone and stick to the shit him love. RASCLATT ediot
TheTrueforeigner 2 months ago
@TheTrueforeigner Get over it loser.
zabelsword 2 months ago
@TheTrueforeigner GET A LIFE, AND GET OVER IT.
zabelsword 2 months ago
It truly was the worst rendition of that song I had ever heard, even without the lyric change. That just cemented it.
My message to C-Lo
Fuck You.
tommy605 2 months ago
For those of you who think John Lennon would roll over in his grave because of Cee Lo Green 's rendition of his "Imagine," I have one Abbie Hoffman quote for you:
Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
I'll bet Lennon is laughing at/with all of us.
The lyric change is at about 5:01 mins
Hear for yourself, and as a professional folksinger myself, I simply say if you can't handle parody, that says more about you than Cee Lo or John Frazier.
K thx bye.
Unpromoted 2 months ago
@reagar1 Get off the bandwagon. The Beatles are highly overrated. They were hypocrites who abandoned the reality of life through drugs and oversimplified lyrics about "peace" and "love". A typical hippie thing to do. I am not religious. I don't believe in any sort of religion. If you went to a high school talent show and listened to a student sing "Imagine", would you judge so harshly and tell her that she butchered it? No, you wouldn't! Just leave the man alone...
justintylercarey 2 months ago
oh my god. get a job or a girlfriend or a life or something..who cares? he can sing a song anyway he wants to. fucking john lennon would love cee lo green, and im sure he loved his version. you people truly are pathetic
dooper2020 2 months ago
@dooper2020 Anyone who does not feel that this was an insult to Lennon is likely very young and did not grow up in a world where a large scale war was killing tens of thousands and where the likely hood of nuclear annihilation was a very real threat. Many artists, Lennon being just one took a stance against war and in the case of John were punished by the US government. Imagine was almost an anthem for the peace movement and altering it to reflect an opposing point IS an insult to Lennon.
reagar1 2 months ago 3
@dooper2020 What food do you take in you mind B?
TheTrueforeigner 2 months ago
i love john lennons music... but honestly every one has really blown this out of proportion... he was honour lennons music with his own spin on it, and it didn't work out for him, that all that needs to be said the rest is just takeing to far.
roogney 2 months ago
@roogney Eh, back off with the insipid speech; do you let your friends take the stitching out of your clothes while you are wearing them? Fool, back off. You hear that?
TheTrueforeigner 2 months ago
Shame on Cee Lo. I lost any respect I ever had for him (not that I had much to begin with)
justjulie37 2 months ago
Again, another pretentious and haughty remark against a mainstream artist because they sang a John Lennon song. No, I don't agree with the change in the lyrics, but it doesn't offend me because I don't blindly hail John Lennon as godly. If any of you actually understood the meaning of the lyrics, then you wouldn't be degrading Cee Lo Green as you are. We need to respect others; "imagine peace" within humanity. You're simply causing an uproar because a man sang a song and changed a word or two.
justintylercarey 2 months ago
Many of us that came of age in the 60s and 70s feel strongly about the message and meaning of Imagine. One driving point is that religion has been and is patently bad for humanity, in that one minor change cee-lo argues that point about religion. An artists work should not be changed to argue an opposing point. If you disagree with Lennons beliefs write your own song.....but then no one would ever hear it if your level of talent is at cee-lo's
reagar1 2 months ago
@reagar1 RIGHT ON. YET LOW LIFES JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SHAME OF CHANGING THE LYRICS. CEE LO SURELY MISSED THE WHOLE POINT OF THE SONG AND MADE IT UGLY. I DON'T NEED TO CURSE AND ACT LIKE A CHILD TO EXPRESS MY DISPLEASURE OF RUINING THIS GREAT SONG. IT'S A DISGRACE. WHAT IF ALL GREAT SONGS WERE TREATED LIKE THIS? SHAMEFUL. PEACE BROTHERS/SISTERS.
GOLDENFLYWARRIOR 2 months ago
Well said. Fuck cee lo
FishermansDick 2 months ago
Oh and by the way, if you want to make sure he is properly punished for his obvious lack of respect for John, don't listen to him, don't watch him and don't buy any of his media. The worst thing that can happen now is for him to make a financial gain from this.
reagar1 2 months ago
Oh well, when were all dust, John Lennons name and music will live on but this lowlife will be forgotten
reagar1 2 months ago
The whole world doesn't watch New York on new years eve !
blackheartlewis 2 months ago
BIEBER AND C-LO MASSACRED 2 BEATLES LEGENDARY SONGS. WHY WOULD PAUL GIVE THESE HACKS PERMISSION TO SING THEM?
kidlou 2 months ago
John is disgraced by ignorant Cee Lo.
bossingkokey 2 months ago
I completely agree.
FUCK YOU Cee Lo!
MrKooiman 2 months ago
Well, it helps that he butchered the lyrics and then couldn't sing the damn thing anyway what a loser
OriginalELQ 2 months ago
Why??? Why??? Why??? I would like to know who the person was who actually booked this act...Cee Lo Green should have never even been considered to sing this song. Didn't anyone planning this "NBC/Nivea" event consider that a rapper may not be able to pull off John Lennon's Imagine??? Seems like that should have been a no-brainer.
catherinemarie66 2 months ago 2
Why would you pick a song, a classic, and change it's lyrics to suit your needs when you don't agree with it's original intent.
Larkinization 2 months ago
I couldn't agree with you more! I was so furious about that! Thanks for posting that because there should be an outcry about it. What he did negates the entire message of the song. If he couldn't sing the song the way it was written for whatever stupid - and I do mean stupid, as in ignorant - reason he came up with - he should have let someone else do it. I'm disgusted.
melizmatea 2 months ago 2
Go to his Twitter account: @CeeLoGreen He's spouting off all kinds of f words.
drummerkid1993 2 months ago
@drummerkid1993 he must have deleted it all because there is nothing there about it..what did he say???
sysphus13 2 months ago
@sysphus13 Nothing much really, just replying to people criticising him by saying "Fuck you too" and similar.
drummerkid1993 2 months ago