John Lennon - Imagine (Original Soundtrack)

Imagine

I do not really like John Lennon singing. I only bought the CD for the only song I like, which is Imagine. May 4, 2008

excellent ! amazing !

one of the best albums of this earth ! classical and it must be in your archive.. great melodies, wonderful lyrics, super voice and a great soul ! i listen this again and again without getting bored.. one word: gorgeous! January 27, 2008

As Good As Expected

When you buy the soundtrack to the DVD chronicling Lennon's life, you can expect to get the best when it comes to Lennon's music. This includes about an equal mix of John's Beatles and solo tunes, which really allows for Lennon's best to come forward. Notably, it starts out with "Real Love," which began as a solo John track but later (in the 90's during anthology taping) got the full band treatment and became a Beatles tune. I prefer this to "Free As A Bird," and although I like both tunes, I'm glad they chose to include "Real Love" instead of "Free As A Bird." The sountrack continues starting with a cover song from his Beatle days, "Twist and Shout," although one for which he was well known for his raucous singing.

Many of Lennon's hit original tunes from his Beatle days are predictably included here, with "Help!", "In My Life," "Strawberry Fields Forever," "A Day In The Life," "Revolution," "The Ballad of John and Yoko," "Julia," and "Don't Let Me Down" all included. These songs show off the many angles of John Lennon.

Then, several Plastic Ono Band and solo Lennon songs are included on the second half of the soundtrack. "Give Peace A Chance," "How?", "Imagine," "God," "Mother," "Stand By Me," "Jealous Guy," "Woman," "Beautiful Boy," and "(Just Like) Starting Over," are the tracks chosen from Lennon's solo years. All of them are strong tracks. "Imagine" is a rehearsal version, which gives a fresh look at the song by not including the version released on other Lennon CD's. "Stand By Me" is, of course, a cover from his 'Rock 'n' Roll' album, a 1975 release that consisted of all cover songs from the good old days of Rock 'n' Roll. Again, this selection of songs shows off the many sides of John Lennon.

Most importantly, 'Imagine' the soundtrack shows Lennon's superior songwriting ability and shows why he has attained such high status in rock music and music in general. He had a knack for it, and he did it throughout his life. If only his career had been allowed to continue, we would have even more material and more ingenious pop songs and pop records from Lennon. Unfortunately, we must hold onto what we have and take from it what we may. We must not wish for the impossible, and we must accept what we cannot change. January 8, 2007

what the world could be !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If anyone ever bothered to ask me who my favorite Beatle was (I'd probably have to reincarnate in a time-warp as a 14 year old girl back in 1963 for it to happen), I'd say unquestionably, John. John Lennon was the most important poet in English in the second half of the twentieth century (including Bob Dylan, Mick Jaggar, Dylan Thomas, Bukowski, Seamus Heany, whoever), hands down. His "greatest hits" collections read like synopses of every issue central to the age. No poet is more topical, deeper feeling, more essential on the things that count most. His musical genius still resonates within us - indisputably - but many of the lyrics are immortal. I've felt at times that should humanity still be around a couple of centuries hence, much of rock & roll, as a phenomenon, will be regarded as a footnote to the work of Lennon. I make this claim based of the fact that for humanity to survive, the world is, necessarily, going to have to look like what John envisages in his crowning masterpiece "Imagine". The soundtrack to the film made about him bearing the title of that wonderful song is my favorite collection in short format and belongs in every home, if not for you, then for your descendents, as a reminder of what the best of this age was, and what we could have been, had everyone been able to listen. March 10, 2006

Give John a chance.

Since this collection came out when I was in high school, it served as my introduction to John Lennon. I knew alot of Beatles before, and I've collected alot of his solo work since, but this gave me my first listens to "The Balled Of John And Yoko", "Jealous Guy", and my favorite track "Julia". The great things about this soundtrack is that it's 21 tracks long, and 20 of them are wonderful. It also gives you some of his Beatles AND solo material. However, that's also where it lacks. In trying to cover both eras, it misses a huge amount of each. It reminds me of that "Best Of Sting And The Police" collection. I do love this album, and it is nice for just one discs worth, but I would first recommend "Lennon Legend" for his solo years, and of course "Beatles 1" if you want just the tip of that iceberg. December 11, 2005

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