Could John Lennon Have IMAGINEd This?

By Leisa Park, The Epoch Times
Apr 28, 2005

   John Lennon’s legacy continues to live through a new musical portraying his life. Lennon recently opened in San Francisco and will tour the United States, with a possible international tour in the future.
   Lennon’s director Don Scardino has long been an admirer of John Lennon. “He led the way for millions of us to look into our hearts; he was a major peace activist,” he told ABC news.
    Lennon includes unpublished works released to Mr. Scardino by Yoko Ono Lennon and also features hits such as “Give peace a chance,“ “Whatever gets you through the night” and, of course, “Imagine.”
    John Lennon’s most famous composition continues to bring a global message of peace to a troubled world. Two years ago, Yoko Ono Lennon released the rights to her husband’s hit “Imagine” to Amnesty International for a campaign of the same name.
   A spokesperson for Amnesty International said, “‘Imagine’ expresses the hope and idealism that inspires Amnesty Inter-national’s vision: that of a world in which every person enjoys all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
   In its appeal to the power of the imagination, the song ‘Imagine’ echoes Amnesty International’s faith in the power of the ordinary individual to make a difference.”
Yoko Ono Lennon explained, “Those who know the song ‘Imagine’ understand that it was written with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for the future."

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