Who Knew?! Songs With Surprising Meanings Part 2

John Lennon – “Imagine”

After the success of The Beatles, the band ventured off to pursue solo projects, and this was Lennon’s most successful single.

“Imagine” encouraged the audience to imagine a world of peace and unity.  These are great things, things that have also been encouraged through the teaching of Communism.

John Lennon was a Communist sympathizer, and if you’ve read Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto then you can tell that it’s almost (according to Lennon’s own words):  “virtually the Communist Manifesto.”

Lennon had other songs (“Mother,” “Working Class Hero,” and “God”) that also dealt with communism, but once people ran with “Imagine” he chalked it all up to:  “Because it’s sugarcoated it’s accepted. Now I understand what you have to do—put your message across with a little honey.”

Telltale lyrics:  “Imagine no possessions / I wonder if you can / No need for greed or hunger / A brotherhood of man. / Imagine all the people / Sharing all of the world.”

It really is the lyrical Reader’s Digest of Marx’s manifesto.