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76. A nice cover.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #58)

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 11:43 PM

Jan 2012

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Johm Lennon wrote 'no religion' in Imagine [View all] malaise Jan 2012 OP

Cee Lo Green Outrages John Lennon Fans By Changing Lyrics to 'Imagine' spanone Jan 2012 #1

Thanks for explaining this mysterious OP. undeterred Jan 2012 #10

ignoramus getdown Jan 2012 #15

thank you. barbtries Jan 2012 #22

Thanks for posting the link malaise Jan 2012 #29

hehehe spanone Jan 2012 #41

Not everyone pays attention to New Year's shenanigans. HuckleB Jan 2012 #128

Cool malaise Jan 2012 #167

Hey "Cee-Lo" Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #33

Just dropped him from my FB like list. Uggggh* glinda Jan 2012 #96

Why did you "like" him in the first place?!?!? bigwillq Jan 2012 #156

Work he did with Mighty Mouse. Soulful. Bluesy voice. Liked it. Did glinda Jan 2012 #162

Rememeber when that asshat from Limp Bizkit shat all over "Wish You Were Here"? Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #36

I don't think he is a moron Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #2

he showed no judgement. that's a moron. you don't just change lyrics like that. moron getdown Jan 2012 #17

He showed judgment alright malaise Jan 2012 #24

well put getdown Jan 2012 #54

Exactly right. AngryOldDem Jan 2012 #106

I heard it on NYE Politicalboi Jan 2012 #3

Changing the words changes the meaning...and that ruins the song. That said... Solly Mack Jan 2012 #4

That's why I'm surprised at the reaction... jberryhill Jan 2012 #6

So to you whatchamacallit Jan 2012 #11

They are all mutually contradictory jberryhill Jan 2012 #12

Well you can, but it would be nonsensical, as Ce Lo's version is whatchamacallit Jan 2012 #18

I try to be an omnitheist. boppers Jan 2012 #56

I respect your belief(s) whatchamacallit Jan 2012 #60

atheism is the complete lack of a belief in the supernatural. not a belief system. piratefish08 Jan 2012 #77

Atheists tend to believe in gravity, mass, logic, reason, etc. boppers Jan 2012 #84

I think you may be confusing Atheism with Objectivism Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #151

I said "tend to believe". boppers Jan 2012 #171

Agree. If I "imagine" that all religion's true, the world becomes a freaky place. McCamy Taylor Jan 2012 #66

That's kind of the beauty of it. boppers Jan 2012 #85

Uh, no. Only a very few "exclude" other religions. johnaries Jan 2012 #73

And.... jberryhill Jan 2012 #75

My head wouldn't be exploding either way. (all or no) Solly Mack Jan 2012 #13

You kind of editorialized. boppers Jan 2012 #86

I'll stick with mine and I'm sure you'll stick with yours. Solly Mack Jan 2012 #87

Well, he was already asked, fortunately: boppers Jan 2012 #92

There is also an interview from the 80's where he says something along the lines of.... Solly Mack Jan 2012 #95

Actually there's a huge difference Scootaloo Jan 2012 #23

Tell me more about that dancing naked part jberryhill Jan 2012 #27

Than all "religions true" is a Hieronymous Bosch painting then? glinda Jan 2012 #97

Yeah, that sounds about right Scootaloo Jan 2012 #102

I propose we stop the DUzies deucemagnet Jan 2012 #166

Big difference. Not the same at all. yardwork Jan 2012 #52

There's a difference between "interpreting a song" and changing the lyrics justiceischeap Jan 2012 #104

Well said loyalsister Jan 2012 #122

Ha, yeah I thought that too whatchamacallit Jan 2012 #8

LOL Could very well be Solly Mack Jan 2012 #14

For real - LOL malaise Jan 2012 #25

he should have skipped the "no possessions" line Enrique Jan 2012 #5

Lennon made it clear that was the toughest one. JackRiddler Jan 2012 #81

If you're gonna do that pick another fucking song! whatchamacallit Jan 2012 #7

That's how I feel about Wang Dang Sweet Poontang nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #143

John Fugelsang changed up some CeeLo lyrics: PeaceNikki Jan 2012 #9

I figured DU would get around to this. Union Scribe Jan 2012 #16

Your issue is what. Spit it out. Logical Jan 2012 #72

response from the guy Charlemagne Jan 2012 #19

or write your own malaise Jan 2012 #46

So a second rate singer changes the words to a song that he will sing once and noone will remember Synicus Maximus Jan 2012 #20

I remember the Clear Channel memorandum whatchamacallit Jan 2012 #45

Never seen that list, the entry for RAtM made me laugh: boppers Jan 2012 #59

Lol, I know! whatchamacallit Jan 2012 #61

Hadn't seen that list before but it made me remember the Oct 2001 Groundworks concert suffragette Jan 2012 #101

I'll bet the Christians said that when the Romans decided to rewrite the words of Jesus to prop up McCamy Taylor Jan 2012 #67

what did they do? barbtries Jan 2012 #21

Oh my go... eh, sorry, don't give a shit. hughee99 Jan 2012 #26

Sure and that ReTHUG ahole Cain malaise Jan 2012 #28

Some people are grntuscarora Jan 2012 #38

When your children grow up, they will either recognize Lennon's version as a classic, hughee99 Jan 2012 #43

I submit: grntuscarora Jan 2012 #51

I doubt that a one-off New Year's Eve performance will become the classic for many, even youngsters fishwax Jan 2012 #90

Though it's like the Demi Moore film version of Scarlet Letter Goblinmonger Jan 2012 #79

I don't think he changed the whole *song* 180 degrees.... boppers Jan 2012 #88

That was simply outrageous. AngryOldDem Jan 2012 #30

I find it ironic to the nth degree that people who decry fundamentalism Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #99

Sorry that I have an opinion on this. AngryOldDem Jan 2012 #103

Imagine no kids...on my lawn...nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #108

360 degrees opposite? Dr. Strange Jan 2012 #137

Like all non-believers, Lennon was supposed to keep his trap good and shut Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #31

Lol, why are you so mad? nt Union Scribe Jan 2012 #117

I don't like to see no-talent assclowns crap all over great songs. Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #120

meh fishwax Jan 2012 #32

Oh the irony. boppers Jan 2012 #34

There is some music that is sacred to me. MilesColtrane Jan 2012 #49

Imagine is pure? What horseshit. AngryAmish Jan 2012 #109

Yeah, that's the thing about art, your mileage may vary. MilesColtrane Jan 2012 #112

There are huge multinational corporations pushing this shit AngryAmish Jan 2012 #113

"Realize that you are being manipulated" MilesColtrane Jan 2012 #115

So if I like John Lennon's "Imagine" song, then I'm a corporate mark? Hugabear Jan 2012 #116

That idiot with the fur coat, what a tool that creep is. The first I heard of him was his Bluenorthwest Jan 2012 #35

i find this VERY disturbing. Greybnk48 Jan 2012 #37

Ding ding we have a winner malaise Jan 2012 #48

Oh fuck that shit. The song was used in a Cisco commercial. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #142

He's clearly not a fan of it, so why was he singing it it the first place? limpyhobbler Jan 2012 #39

What it was about. Burgman Jan 2012 #40

My that is a nice photo. glinda Jan 2012 #98

As a fan of his since his Goodie Mob days, Cee-Lo was dumb for doing this boxman15 Jan 2012 #42

If you don't like the song's lyrics, write your own damn song. Trekologer Jan 2012 #44

Not a big fan of folk music, then? boppers Jan 2012 #89

Least he didn't change John's name.... A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2012 #47

Heh, no shit. whatchamacallit Jan 2012 #50

haha! getdown Jan 2012 #55

Next he'll change Hyphen Jan 2012 #53

Thanks for this I added my own comments. Lint Head Jan 2012 #57

*** Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #58

A nice cover. Burgman Jan 2012 #76

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This message was self-deleted by its author A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2012 #63

But didn't Lennon also write "the goddess really smiled thucythucy Jan 2012 #64

god is not religion spanone Jan 2012 #70

I agree. thucythucy Jan 2012 #74

A response from John: boppers Jan 2012 #93

Well that's going to ruin the song Union Scribe Jan 2012 #119

One can have faith without organized religion. McCamy Taylor Jan 2012 #65

Remember the movie "Breaking Glass"? They made the singer change "Kick Big Brother in the Ass" to McCamy Taylor Jan 2012 #68

Yep. whatchamacallit Jan 2012 #71

Cee Lo Green is another religious fundamentalist who will twist and lie to Dawson Leery Jan 2012 #69

well, not sure he is a fundie, just anti atheist maybe, he said all religions are true, not JI7 Jan 2012 #80

hahaha nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #82

Considering John's TOLERANT nature, johnaries Jan 2012 #78

I tend to think John would have adopted it for his own version. boppers Jan 2012 #91

Oh brother. Get over it, Lennon fundies. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #83

Heh. Union Scribe Jan 2012 #118

Don't give a fuck really. More bothered by Slayer's cover of Minor Threat's "Guilty of Being White" ButterflyBlood Jan 2012 #94

I thought I misheard Cee Lo when he sang that. It is ridiculous to change Liquorice Jan 2012 #100

Yoko's been doing some odd things with John's work. T S Justly Jan 2012 #105

Artists don't have to seek permission to perform a published song. MilesColtrane Jan 2012 #114

WKRP in Cincinnatti would agree. sofa king Jan 2012 #107

This is simple for me. 99Forever Jan 2012 #110

Oh geez, You are all being "war on christmas" O'Reilly crazy over this. phleshdef Jan 2012 #111

Thankfully that's your opinion malaise Jan 2012 #121

You must be CeLo Green's agent... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #124

It's just a song. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2012 #127

Then take a knife to the Mona Lisa and cut out part of it... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #129

Theres only one Mona Lisa. John Lennon's recording of the song still exists, undamaged and you can.. phleshdef Jan 2012 #132

So Mona Lisa = Imagine? Hahahahhhhhha Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #133

If the idea of shedding dogmatic assertions in the name of peace is so important Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2012 #135

It's an irony sandwich: in defending no religion whatsoever, people deify Lennon. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #138

It's irony when one can claim the innocence of not being aware Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2012 #144

I can't even name one song by him. I'm a rock music only kind of person. phleshdef Jan 2012 #130

Some things cross the line and are unacceptable. 99Forever Jan 2012 #126

Grow up. phleshdef Jan 2012 #131

Can you add me, too? Because it's just a fucking song. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #134

No problem. 99Forever Jan 2012 #136

"and a terrible one at that" Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #145

Not shitty music, for openers. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #146

yeah, right. Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #149

My ipod could be a carbon copy of yours Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #150

I doubt it. But it's nice to know I have a 160GB dick. Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #152

Anything I say will be seized upon, even if it's your favorite, too. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #153

try me. Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #154

Said the scorpion to the frog. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #155

I'm a Deadhead, so I'm used to hearing hipsters make fun of my music. Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #157

New Mastersounds. The Perceptions. Johnny Hammond. Boogaloo Joe Jones. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #158

Never heard of 'em, but that means nothing, being that I am out of touch Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #160

Less electric than P-Funk. Even old P-Funk. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #161

fair 'nuff. I'll check em out Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #164

How could ALL religion be true, anyway? AzDar Jan 2012 #123

It's the sort of new-agey gibberish that many believers like to float, but that Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #147

It could all be a different cultural expression for the same thing treestar Jan 2012 #170

It's just a song. A pretty song with nice thoughts, but just a song. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2012 #125

My opinion doesn't spring from dogma. MilesColtrane Jan 2012 #140

In college Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2012 #141

Bad Cee Lo Green AtomicKitten Jan 2012 #139

How DARE you change those lyrics??!!?? hfojvt Jan 2012 #165

"Imagine there's no outrage, over trivial things..." Throd Jan 2012 #148

that's pretty hard to do hfojvt Jan 2012 #163

it staggers the imagination hfojvt Jan 2012 #159

You ever create an original work? whatchamacallit Jan 2012 #168

I love John Lennon but this is just silly easttexaslefty Jan 2012 #169