Imagination - Just An Illusion

[von1231000able]

heard this song tonight on f/x. brought memories. love it.

[h4cXor]

he's very 80'S dance classic good work...congratulations ...

[TheAnita74]

Love this song, great music and lyrics!!!

[k92155]

bad *** song!

[slalomjunkie]

Although Leee is certainly no dragqueen, he keeps reminding me of the great Sylvester. Both from the disco era, beautiful live performances and a very recognizable voice. Deserves al lot more credit!

[nono59d01]

souvenir d ado j aime

[wonkerww]

i saw this clip and it blew my mind ! I never saw such a performance .

[winston678]

ca fesse encore apres tant d annees

[62bluerose]

...avevo moltoooo meno di 18 anni! mitika!

[akashnai90]

what's with the gay talk ? shut up and enjoy the music...he's got a BEAUTIFUL voice...and this song is awesome ♥_♥

[beavsbill]

The Best song Ever !!!

[TTYumYum]

Oh hell yeah! I would have loved to see this back in the day

[bottazzo77]

playing this live is almost impossible, pretty hard, here they sound pretty great

[euniceluis]

Very sensual his music. ..... Every music from IMAGINATION is very very sensual....Tanks 80's!

[johnpopes]

I don't care if it's gay or not, this is so awesome that the guy could be killing puppies and it would still be awesome

[fun2010K]

this music good the is gay OMG

[TheBargar]

he looks like he was loving that

[jonsilence]

Saw them in Coventry in 1984.....great fun.

[miyel19]

I loved this at the time and listened to it thousands of time, but horrible live version, these singers are only good in studio?!

[20masX]

....teresitaparamocom....mujer­10...., teresita paramount....., madrid....,....electrodance-se­nsuallll............., just an ilusion...

[innit27]

he needs to get a proper cape from bobby of boney m

[planetrockford]

@innit27 Bobby probably took his to the grave.

[Fawazawar]

People should not judge music talent by the artist's sexual orientation. Take Elton john's music for example, he is world wide respected. Can you imagine if he starts dancing in circles. Lol

[rick4676]

I always thought they were singing "could have been a bat!"

apparently I'm wrong

[josesousa44]

super classic hit)

[marcelotchelo2008]

this macho men ? omG

[GayPrideNoLie]

oh hes hot is he related to Samuel by any chance?

[GayPrideNoLie]

My opinion that is one macho man <3 YEAH BABY!!

[joebstarsurfer]

if only the world was bland bring on the gayness please .

[themert123456]

@TonyTubbz

they are gay?

[londonathens]

WE IN THE WEST,CIVILISED AND FREE SOCIETIES LIKE EVERYONE IRRESPECTIVE RELIGION,COLOR,RACE,GENDER OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT YET EVOLVED BUT REMAINED IN THE 'CAVE MAN'S'STAGE WE HAVE AN OFFER TO MAKE:MAKE US ALL A FAVOR AND IMMIGRATE TO IRAN.

ALL DIFFERENT ALL EQUAL.

VIVA LOS GAYS.

[planetrockford]

Raw benergy and talent. **** the X-fag-tor.

[updrafttower]

long searched for this song and finally found:

Love the base tune, the backround vocals, the whole tune!

Of course from the golden 80ies!

[SuperBEDROCKER]

damn first time i seen this group since hearing them wen i was younger never knew these dudes was gay like that...still like they song since a kid tho....this nigga spinning in circles and shit at the begining..lol...ohhhhhh shit..lol....he love hisself..lol

[sebus6621]

zajebisty utworek,pamietam srednia szkole.

[pablitodelsolar]

I love this song as well !! It was very popular in Lima, PERU!!! Great memories !!

[sandro322]

i don't care if they are gay or not, England have good bands.

[1Mellodee]

I like the track but I hated this guys voice...what a soft-ass wimp...but this was some cool synth funk!

[kaminahuseynova]

the best band of all

[gregsons2010]

Gay or whatever these guys ruled the discos in the late 70's and we danced to their tune.....and loved it!

[mazingerz7474]

the best love this song

[locandaitaliana]

@TonyTubbz etero tb like this group,W Kullmerns Immaginations

[tea1236]

omg... i love the song but never knew this man was a fairy!

[oromo99]

@tea1236

That definitely fucked up my Illusion. Some musics are way better without a video:(

[Mhavre56]

There was this GREAT club in down town Pittsburgh, Heaven. The best CLUB EVER we were all so broke NO ONE could afford Coke so we all did Masculine or X, back then they called it a “Designer Drug” I SWEAR they had a 20 min mix of this song and we would DANCE with ear to ear grins, smiling so big our faces would hurt the next day. And back then there was not too much to be happy about being young in the Burgh, 24 % unemployment, no future for YOU. Thanks for the GOOD TIMES guys! .

[odysseus325]

@Mhavre56 Crap.... X back in those days with that type of music?.... I was in my early teens... I didnt do X untill I was 24 or 25 in the raves.... But I just could imagine rolling to this song.... I would have had a smile from ear to ear 2... I love this song... I wasnt on anything back then and I would drift away just alone on the song....

[tietziwitch]

Great! Remember it very well and love this song till now.

[tietziwitch]

Great! Remember it very well and love this song till now.

[enynyc]

i always thought it was a CHICK singing this song....

[cicalone70]

He's very very very GAY ... BUT HE'S FANTASTIC... 

[record67able]

What a fantastic performance! Never thought of them as a live band before, but this is really good!

[galafate69]

Good stuff , who cares their gender I like their talent ,prejudice boils down to plain ignorance which the world sad but true has plenty of it..........

[SuperMel1988]

DAMN! when i was young and when music was all abt bieng positive not homo shit we lsn to today!

[nish1271]

disco heaven.. i love it..

[MrMuks123]

seen this today and memories floodin back .jus brilliant



[cuquein1]

im not saying that this music.. its gay music.. but

come on! no one biker of harley davidson its gonna listen this song

COME ONNNNN

[BigBlackRod]

@cuquein1 You know that the Village People, the gayest group of all time, has a character called the Biker...PEACE.

[GUIZZMO74]

vive la FUNKY MUSIC !!!!

La vraie musique pour danser et S'éclater !!

Very Very nice music !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Uwielbiamgo]

I like his voice Leee John and love music from 80' like this band Imagination.

[krishell1000]

I love Imagination and they are the best.

[palomassong]

OOOOO I miss music like this!!!

[Karole1954]

I just love this band - are they still performing? if so I would love to see them in person live

[peruse1234]

they were the lick. then that mariah bird went and bit it! DAMN!

[bagley232]

Can anyone post the instrumental to this I remember it had a tight piano part they used to play it on sportscenter back in the day when they showed the scores

[Luuimagination]

Seems like an illusion, i saw them here in Portugal

[tedoolpunk]

hard to believe theyre british! very good!

[Luuimagination]

Luu, hi, I'm portuguese. i still love this group, today i remember when i was 14 years old. What happened to them?

[tedoolpunk]

@Luuimagination hello! :) not sure what happened to them as i only just recently discovered their music :) maybe wikipedia might have some information on them? :D

[Luuimagination]

@tedoolpunk :hello, thank you for your attencion.

[SixJane]

I remember the first time that I went at the disco, I was 14, it on a sunday afternoon and the first song that I danced was this one!

[mrkoolmarky]

Absolute classic!!!! :)))))

[SuperBetty54]

sa me rappelle mes 15 ans quelle belle epoque que j aimer ca me fait plaisir de l ecouter je rappelle ma jeunesse

[ssbbw00]

classic

[urbyne]

if u love imagination as much as me u have to take a listen to Moonlight Ora check out there vdeos, it will take u back to a time when music was real.

[MomoTheBellyDancer]

Wow, this is almost twice as fast as the original.

[goyatutu]

super clasico

[MARDIUNO]

mammagamma FROM ALAN PARSONS AND ILLUSION , PERFECT CROSSFADE MIX.....TRY IT

[marani1970]

i was 12 when this came out....and never forgot it...classic.

[chebek1]

Deamm.........

[88peelee]

In those day`s this was pure entertainment...

[ikilicoglu]

it still is

[roidesanon]

good

[maandeeq7]

Are these blokes Gays or just dress like that. I love this song.

[winonahb]

what happened to this group,they were great...some body hit me up if u can

[Bangthatass]

Errol Kennedy left the group in 1987, the singer left in 1991 or something to be a producer... errol kennedy was at first replaced by another guy i dont know the name

[RainPoetry]

Damn, I still love this song, after all these years.

[dmfaqp]

bacan, pero debian dejr que termine de cantar, esta muy bueno, no importa que el cantante sea gay, su canciones excelente...

[TINHET]

Why dont blokes dress like that any more ?....so damned sexy!..

[shiki5876]

lol, blokes don't dress that way because most aren't gay!

[TINHET]

well that's just a damned shame then!

[1980Triumph]

YOU SAID IT

[TheBocciomafia]

illllllusssioooonnnn

[Christalline67]

loved them since early age, I could never stop posting here, greaaaattttttt!!!!!!

[mariohazon]

why there no more such crazy people like immagination dancing and singing??now only stereotipathic persons!!!

[gillybabes98]

I went to heart fm picnic by the lake it was battering down wi rain £30 quid a ticket thunder n lightening and alot of fekkin coffin dodgers hmmm waste of fuckin cash to be honest but imagination wer good like not that 70`s are my scene far from it lol

[potrezaml]

... ironically;a few years later, Imagination even became a new kind of Earth,Wind & Fire in their own country, even being contemporaries of Earth,Wind & Fire and I would even say rivals, on the funk scene...

[potrezaml]

Yep... !!... :-D One of the best funk bands on the other side of the Atlantic;... along with Delegation and Central Line, too... by the way, do you know how Leee John was sure that he wanted to become a musician? : in his youth -probably in the 1970s,when he was living in New York- he was invited to come on stage by Maurice White,from Earth,Wind&Fire ,during a concert of the group; I guess it made a deep impression on him and from that day,he decided that he would have HIS band

[okkith64]

They're British, so on your side of the Atlantic.

[potrezaml]

I know they are (British...); I said "on the other side of the Atlantic" by opposition to the U.S. ...

[Luuimagination]

@potrezaml; hello, Lee John still have a band?

[potrezaml]

@Luuimagination

Well...I would say: nope ! In fact he still tours from time to time,singing Imagination songs, but he often does so as the only singer,or accompanied by 2 other singers...the original singers (-who were also regular members of the band AND its musicians-) have moved to something else long ago... (Otherwise: Leee John leads a new career as a solo artist since the early 1990s, as "Leee John" ...simple !)

[soulbrother08]

i saw these at Nottingham royal concert hall they were great live

[ivyjada]

Michael Jackson is the greatest entertainer in the UNIVERSE!

[christo930]

You do know that that is not Michael Jackson, right? It's Imagination performing the 82 hit Illusion.

[delsolc]

too funny...

[mikeJ334]

No way. That would be Jenna Jameson.

[BABYMUFFiiN]

mariah carey sampled this song with jermaine dupri right?

"get your number"...

[wearthefoxhat]

sounds like the bassline of gino soccio "try it out"

[butadion]

:))))))))))))))))))))))))

[pennypants9]

out standing bass player

[zsoliman12]

birom a zenéjüket de tényleg ratyinak néznek ki

[JustRHYMETiME]

woman u were so true and with showing me this song u were so right...this world is just an illusion

[JustRHYMETiME]

this song goes out to my girl Gabby Martinez...RiP Baby Girl...I love U

[grubeci]

I've never tried coke but I'm sure this song would be better on it (The real thing...cola : ))

[grubeci]

no offense but this guy dances like a wet noodle.

[okkith64]

Says fatty

[jon3m2007]

This band were a great funk band - that t puffs anticks finished em!

[solotuyamiocho]

Tema para bailarcelo a tu pareja

[grubeci]

anytime I hear a song like this I think put it at the end of the Commando movie

[grubeci]

wow I didn't know that was 70's ..sounds 80's

[GVike]

1982... not the 70s.

[mystique180]

I heard this song on the radio for the first time, and kept wondering were I heard the instrumental from, and then remembered that Mariah Carey sampled it in one of her songs, it's call "Get Your Number".

[Porgot138]

Soundtracks for

F/X (1986) "JUST AN ILLUSION"

Performed by Imagination

[racefaceec90]

this song always takes me back to good times.going on holiday listening to this in car,as my mum had their album on cassette.great track!!!

[isitadream1985]

I love this song!

[SICKESTGAMER1]

@isitadream1985 Youtube -

They Sold Their Souls For Rock And Roll

/watch?v=2OyP4ETNygo

[fc108221]

J'adore!

Quel punch!!

[QuieroGuerra]

This was a very enjoyable song in 1982, in the clubs and with strippers :-))

[odulev]

gostei da roupa!!!

[rockaha]

one of th hit songs 0f 80s

great tune

i wish that they could play now

[Taubenscheisse]

one of the best!

[mdavison928]

I would only hope that they are still around making song for movies at least. It is sad that the industry throws away great artist like imagination when they think they have served their purpose.

[Uberlaser]

He has a great voice - Particularly impressive when he sounds so good in a live performance. Great 80s dance band!

[webstersafc]

rofl, great when he goes up to them and goes

na na na

rofl, legand

[luisamarte2000]

I'm surprised those musicians could keep the beat with that terrible tempo clapping by the audience at the beginning

[userx24a]

Great live performance!

[Lodewijkie]

Imagination kept dance music alive during the first half of the eighties, were dance music was 'not done'. Their brand was special soft soul dance songs and ballads. Very recognizable! This is their prime hit!

[muddell]

lee john superstar

[pecsbloke]

I was actually at this gig and went to their back stage party afterwards. God you had to be there!

[girly068]

i wish i was!!!!!! :D

[launwatch]

Can he sing!!!!!!!!!

RESPECT to a full on performer!!!

Dance voice costumes giving it his all GREAT!!!

[webstersafc]

heard it on tv and the movie F/X... great song even though i was born in 1991.

[aGwEENapple]

I like their costumes, real performers wear one.

[potrezaml]

Members:

Leee John:keyboards_lead vocals

Ashley Ingram:bass,background vocals

Errol Kennedy:drums,percussion

[ddesign63]

Go Girl! Doin' his or her thang. LOL

Love this song. PEACE

[stevesoxx]

it's a man u freak

[ddesign63]

stevesoxx,

I know it's a man! So who's the FREAK now. haha Obviously you missed the OVERT sarcasm. OOOOOOKAYYYYYYYYYY

PEACE DUDE

[roxychild]

great song. wish he ditched the flimsy cape a tad sooner, though...

[aball2007]

saw them in the 80s still sounds good great bassline very popular in lap dancing clubs

[webstersafc]

w00t first time ive seen them live and they own! w00t

[Krang100]

that was great, i like the 80s

[bigbenhillman07]

wow, I've never seen a live clip of Imagination before... very impressive! I guess I always assumed that they were just disco-era producer-driven studio band. They really turned it out live! :)

[Trinidesire]

What a great voice! It crosses borders and is timeless. I wish that self-expression was present in our current day. Bring back the DANCING until the sun comes up!!! GARAGE DAYS!!! Close to being dupilcated...but never successful done.

[eastvillagepeeps]

82-83 were the bomb years that ushered in the music they know. i remember the 1st time i heard this song - walking into one of those "Garage"-style warehouse clubs in Baltimore call Odells in 1982. Man talk about some serious clubbing back in those days. a continuous stream of this, sylvester, culture club, bowie, tina, rick james, curtis blow, early luther, madonna & prince, evelyn champagne king, kashif, the kinks, glam rock, punk rock, funkintelligy, new wave. man those were the days...

[laurensdaughter]

i thought smoking was banned now in public places??? lol

[reesipnutbutrcup]

Pixie dust, a half shirtless band and metal gladiator shoulder pads. I love the 80s, nothing compares to the brass balls we had.

[Wildcock23]

I first heard this song in the 1986 movie F/X.

Perfect song for the theme of that movie.....

[shannonD68]

I learned about this song from the movie F/X also. I've loved it ever since. It fit the premise of the movie perfectly!

[ShortcircuitzTV]

Lee john dancin around, spreadin pixie dust on the stage. I always called him "an unknown Jackson".

[andycapMusik]

j'écris en français (sorrrryyyyy) G travaillé en 94 avc imagination (john lee) sur spectacle mi live/mi playbackkk... Mais je vous assure ke c une voix!!!!! si aiguuuue parfois kil m'a fait un J.Sommervilll en coulisse, c T au top....

[prepay]

he is a grest singer; thats for sure; i realy like his new songs in a differnt style as well....

[fruitpop900]

Nice wardrobe,

[romeropablo]

The singer is named Lee John. The others 2 are inside the band. For this live performace they added another musicians. The gay thing was allways in front, even if they danced horrible. They look better inside an studio. I love the powerful bass they had. I sampled inside my keyboard.

[fulvioterralavoro]

LEEE with 3 EEE!

The other are ASHLEY INGRAM and ERROL KENNEDY

[warminator]

One of the best soul sounds that existed from the european side of the pond.:)

[stav7169]

This is a great song. Brings back some memories

[frizbuz]

This is one song that always take you to a great place...Love it... always

[trehati]

...feel like dancing

[Dynomite101]

Oh no, He D'int.. Awesome bass line.

[Big10]

Wow, when I was seeing stuff like this as a kid, it never dawned on me that the singer might not be straight. LOL. Excellent classic song, of course.

[flemwad]

great track great voice great attitude.its really great. did I say it was GREAT? well it is :)

[ZildjianMarcounet]

magnifique ^^

[ermthewerm]

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