First off, let me say I loved Cee Lo Green’s song from last year, called Fuck You.
Killer song. And I was unhappy when he changed it to Forget You, but that’s okay, it’s his song.
I am also a huge John Lennon fan. I remember Lennon was unhappy that no one covered his songs. He felt slighted.
I also remember, about 30 years ago Judy Collins recorded a song about hunting whales.
It was a beautiful song, and ended up on her greatest hits, but a lot of people were unhappy about her singing a song about killing whales. She just said “Then write a song about saving them.”
Imagine is an existencial masterpiece, and the lyric changes make no sense, since he still sings the part about “above us only sky”.
I am glad Cee Lo is checking out the Lennon songbook, but if he isn’t happy about the words, he should find another song.