IMAGINE
Throughout history, musicians and singers have been inspired by real situations in their lives, in love or heartbreak, in sadness or in hope.
Finding Music Inspiration through
Music in History
Some artists have dreamed of the union of countries and world peace.
As a musician and songwriter, you can find inspiration in those situations that you can identify with or motivate you to create, write or sing a song. To help you find that inspiration, we prepared a story of a famous song in history and on this occasion, we chose one that sought hope and peace.
In 1971, when The Beatles had officially dissolved, and John Lennon performed as a soloist with a strong influence on youth around the world, due to his political opinions and his pacifist and anti-war commitment, his album called “Imagine” was published.
The Album includes a song that without a doubt his most famous song as a soloist and in turn became a pacifist anthem “Imagine”.
John recounted that one morning, in his room in Ascot, England, Yoko watched him carefully as he created this infamous piece while playing her piano he ended the song with a serene melody. To write this song John Lenon took a reference from a book by his wife titled Grapefruit, especially the poem entitled “Cloud Piece”. He felt that he had written something special and even said in interviews that it was the best song he had written.
“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
Livin’ life in peace”
