Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
《Imagine》名列最伟大的100首英文歌第12名。半个世纪以来被无数人翻唱。它描绘的几乎是人类最美好的梦想,美好得让人心醉也让人心碎,一个爱与和平的乌托邦,等待你的加入。You may say I'm a dreamer,But I'm not the only one,I hope someday you'll join us,And the world will be as one。乌托邦是否能存在其实并不重要,重要的是人们为了梦想而行动起来,在行动中产生自由意志,而摇滚乐的存在,就是要唤醒人们的梦想。
另外,读朋友可以自行搜索一个视频,全世界的街头艺人同唱《Stand by me》,从美国加州圣莫妮卡,到路易斯安那新奥尔良,再到荷兰阿姆斯特丹,法国图卢兹,墨西哥,俄罗斯,南非,全世界的人用各种嗓音,各种乐器,演唱同一首歌,这个视频每次看到都让我非常感动,Ben E. King在1961年创作的这首《stand by me》,有超过400个翻唱版本,包括齐柏林飞艇、Jimi Hendrix、约翰•列侬。它本身是摇滚乐那种融化一切的大爱,和打破一切地域、种族、文化的隔阂的力量的具体呈现。(http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTYyOTUwNDAw.html)