notnat
I listened last year when Scotty posted a link, and announced a mystery artist that some of us regulars might know..? I remember catching some heat for saying I liked it better than the original version by that other guy... anyway I agree with Leadfoot...   do we know each other..?
 
edit; I just wanted to say that I really loved that other guy, and adored most of his music...

Yeah, that thread got ugly...
 
Hard to know what to make of this still..I have no particular regard for the original, and I'm an atheist, so the message/concept of this remake is lost on me. It seems a bit like Lynyrd Skynyrd -'reimagining' 'Southern Man' instead of writing 'Sweet Home Alabama'..
 
Production and performances are great though.

FREEBIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Leadfoot
I just checked it out Martin. Loved it! I could never stand Lennon's message of "Let's deny the Lord's existence, and the validity of the Bible, so we can have our Utopian world where nobody ever disagrees about anything." So consequently, I couldn't stand the song. Love your version. Thank you for sharing it!

Just a friendly warning that post probably comes close to violating the board TOS. Does not bother me but posts like this have been flagged before.

Well, I'm with Leadfoot. This take though sounded good to my ears and the instrumentation, vocals, lyrics and mix were all good. Thanks for sharing and the message is right on. Merry Christmas!!
 
Peace and Blessings, John

Whether I or anyone else agree or disagrees was not my point.    In a nation that has 85%of it's population with some Christian background, most will agree with his message. There's a good reason the TOS tries to keep the board free of political and religions opinions. I think the production and vocals are good. 

Hey all!  Thanks for all the gracious compliments or critiques. Nice to be heard and nice to get feedback.
What (other than the tenets of our faith) inspired the piece, was the work of the group known as 'THE FAB FOUR' who released a set of Christmas songs all done to the exact instrumentation, tone and vocal chops of the Beatles.  This collection of songs has proven to be our favourite Christmas album, but also the inspiration for Reimagine. 
 
youtube.com/watch?v=pJXMKt2UYA4

Check out their stuff on Youtube and iTunes. You will definitely (if you're of a Christian background, esp.) get a kick out of this and want to throw this stuff on the sound-system around Christmastime. 
 
Keep the feedback coming, if you wish.  :-)
 
As Always,
FR

You actually sound like another forum member called Groovendroad or something like that, I may have pooched his handle. As well as like Mr. Lennon. It's actually a pretty cool tune, I see that you've taken liberties with the lyrics to Imagine :-) And the melody, but it's creative, and a nice song.  
 
Merry Christmas.

Yeah... great job on the video and the song... I too remember the "mystery" surrounding the post of this some time back by Scotty.

Flagrant Regard

speedtom
 
 
this deserves to get an easy access!

Hooya!  Thanks for the 'link-bump'!  I'm working hard to review lots of other great music here to save on the trouble you just went to.  Thanks for that!  Your a mensch!  :-)


As Always,
FR

you're welcome! thanks for posting - I am always in for some clever, creative stuff. well done!

SOLVED:
Er, hopin' ya don't mind ... kinda curious about when I'll be able to make the links live. I'm well into the 3 day mark with over 25 posts/comments, so I'm a wonderin' if it's just a waiting game or a contact-somebody thing?
 
Thanks again for all the interest/comments.
 
Best to all,
M&N