This Guy Blasted John Lennon’s “Imagine” To The Paris Crowd And The Response Gave Me Chills

[okaawhatever]

It is just the last few seconds of the song, but I think it will put a smile on your face

http://spiritbath.com/2015/01/12/guy-played-john-lennons-imagine-window-paris-crowd-response-gave-chills/

[lame54]

1. I thought you meant he insulted it

[Peregrine Took]

3. Me, too - then I couldn't imagine what their "chilling" response was?

[AtheistCrusader]

39. 'chills' is not always a bad or menacing thing.

"a sensation of coldness resulting from a cold or damp environment, or from a sudden emotional reaction"

Sometimes accompanied by gooseflesh. (Goosebumps)


It can be a fear response, but it can also be hopeful or optimistic.

[riderinthestorm]

2. Love this!!! Thanks for sharing! Big K&R nt

[deutsey]

4. Marking for later

[Pooka Fey]

5. Wow what a sight! nt

[AtomicKitten]

6. Wow. That was definitely chills-inducing.

Thanks for posting it.

[WillyT]

7. K & R !!!

[nolabear]

8. Remember last year when they changed the lyrics for New Year's Eve?

It's a tradition to have someone sing it as part of the cadre of midnight songs in Times Square. Cee-Lo (don't get me started) Green did it and the "and no religion too" part was changed. I was SO relieved this year when it went back to what it intended to say.

[Warren DeMontague]

30. Yeah, like the time that D----- from Limp Bizkit changed the words to "wish you were here"

Sign the mona lisa with a spray can, call it art... jack.

[samsingh]

9. nice

[H2O Man]

10. Beautiful.

Recommended.

[1bigdude]

11. Coolness! N/T

[NightWatcher]

12. and no religion too

just Imagine.

[Surya Gayatri]

13. Thanks so much for finding this...I live here in Paris

but didn't see this!

I'm a dual national (French/American) and I can't tell you how proud I am of my fellow French citizens--men, women, and children, old and young, all races, all religions, all political persuasions. THEY CAME OUT TO DEFEND THEIR BELOVED "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE". VIVE LA FRANCE ! VIVE LA REPUBLIQUE !

Think about it. Can you "IMAGINE" an comparable American demonstration applauding and singing along to the Marseillaise, for example?

[LittleGirl]

14. One of my all time favorites songs ever eom

[mountain grammy]

15. Lennon is smiling, I am too. Beautiful.

[George II]

16. Very nice.......and chill inspiring! That eerily brings me back to 1980....

....when John Lennon was murdered. At the time I lived 9 blocks north of the Dakota on CPW. There were vigils outside his building (I didn't go to any) and they announced there would be a "memorial gathering" at the band shell in Central Park.

When I got down there, I saw thousands of people standing there unbelievably quiet. On the stage of the band shell was a single chair with a boombox and a photograph of John Lennon. After a few minutes someone started the tape, it was "Imagine". It was something I'll never forget.

[okaawhatever]

25. Great story. Thanks for posting it. nt

[Omaha Steve]

17. I was a huge Beatle fan already when this came out

Glad to K&R for PEACE!

[Enthusiast]

37. Me too. Gots it on vinyl.

[Scuba]

18. You may count me as another dreamer.

[Hari Seldon]

19. chills

[progressoid]

20. Wow. Would have loved to have been there.

[oberliner]

21. Here's a great quote from John about the song

"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—then it can be true..."

[okaawhatever]

26. +100 nt

[Dont call me Shirley]

22. I can imagine...

A world with no fighting, no insane secret societies who undermine community and human spirit
A world led by compassion, wisdom, individual and social balance
A world organized by people of sanity and generosity
A world of encouragement of positive creativity
A world of kindness, gentleness, respect for all
A world of goodness, calm and happiness
A world of free spirit tempered by a healthy sense of responsibility
A world of love, care and joy

[okaawhatever]

27. Excellent +100 Thanks nt

[arikara]

44. ...

[vlyons]

23. Has everyone forgotten "We Are the World?"

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[bravenak]

28. One of my favorites.nt

[tblue]

29. I never get tired of that one.

Or "Imagine" either.

[yuiyoshida]

38. just love that

[Hekate]

53. Bring it on home, singers. That's a magnificent performance.

Moments of hope and unity abide.

[ybbor]

24. Wow!

In Paris they used it to come together after their heinous attack.

In the U.S., Clear Channel banned it from being played on their stations after 9-11.

Once again the French show they are just a bunch of surrendering pansies.

[bobGandolf]

31. Thanks for sharing...

... it is not the people, it is the leaders who are the problem.

[napkinz]

32. K&R

[LWolf]

33. Brought tears to my eyes,

which is not an unusual response on my part.

[madokie]

34. Best song written

best song sung.

[Fumesucker]

36. Funny, I saw Imagine get on a "worst songs" list just a few days ago..

I don't agree but then I liked quite a few of the songs that got on that worst songs list.

A six hundred plus post thread doesn't happen very often there, people have strong opinions about music and they are all over the place.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2015/01/08/till-the-stars-fall-from-the-sky-for-you-and-i/

[Diclotican]

35. okaawhatever

okaawhatever

It is wierd - this is one of the few songes I allmoust get to cry when I listen to it - and it happend all the time - Im not sure why - but I have allways been shocked up by this song...

Diclotican

[Hekate]

55. Some songs go straight to your core; this one is yours

[Thespian2]

40. K & R

Beatles fan, all the way. John Lennon, great human being lost too soon.

[greiner3]

41. I'd love to go to demonstrations such as these;

However, with a prostrate the size of a small city, I'd have to pull a port a potty around with me;

[okaawhatever]

42. Lolz. nt

[Brigid]

49. TMI!

[Tsiyu]

43. K & R

Last edited Wed Jan 14, 2015, 12:18 AM - Edit history (1)

This one's been giving me chills lately:

A hit for weeks in 1970 in Europe, Canada, Australia and the US , inspired by Woodstock, the event that propelled the artist from being an unknown to becoming a star.


Edit to add: I had a Senior Moment. Also: The Edwin Hawkins Singers gave the cut its own urgency and depth.

We were so close, there was no room
We bled inside each others wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace

So accurately describes the feeling of being in a crowd, full of the wounds from war, knowing all the people pressing around you share the pain...but also the hope.

It was such a sad, angry time, but this song was a comfort.

[oberliner]

47. Hard to believe she is almost 70

Where did the time go?

[Tsiyu]

48. IDK, oberliner

but I turned weeks into years up above

so I'm doing my part to slow things down...make 'em last

Time does fly. Now must edit...

[ThingsGottaChange]

45. Dammit

You made me cry. I still miss him so much. This song is so appropriate for so many reasons. I love you, John.

[WillyT]

46. :( ::::::::::::::::

:::::::::::::::

[oldandhappy]

50. a 'were you there' moment

Grand

[Warpy]

51. Looks like we have a lot of fellow dreamers in the world.

Knowing the words to the song makes it pretty obvious.

I think Lennon would be pleased to have that song be his legacy.

[Hekate]

52. Wonderful; thanks so much for posting.

[Zorra]

54. You were right, thanks for the smile. nt

[kelliekat44]

56. "Music is the soul's uniter, the heart's healer, the spirit's motivator." anonymous. nt