First Time Hearing John Lennon - Imagine (Reaction!) 

So sad, he sings of peace for all, yet killed by a gunman. I always shed a tear on this one.

My mom begged me to make sure this was played her funeral and I kept my word. Love this song!

Young man, I am so sorry. We had that, all of it, peace, acceptance, love, borders, religion, skin color, accent, ... It all meant nothing to us, we were hippies. Peace love and acceptance was our motto. I raised all my boys that way and they are with Wonderful women of all shades, whom I love like daughters. I'm sorry you missed it son. You would have fit in my family so easily. And yes I am a Caucasian sister.... Like I said before.... It didn't matter. Keep going on your journey and I will be proud to watch you explore some of the best music and nicest people you'll ever know.

Perhaps one of the most important songs ever written ~ 🎶✌

One of the most beautiful songs ever written.

This needs to be played all around the world now to still powerful today

My favorite Beatle. This song was so inportant when it came out. I still remember sitting in my room listening to the radio and they announced that John had been killed by gun shots. I immedialtly started to cry. I was 10 and I will never forget that moment😢 RIP Mr. Lennon you are truly missed❤

"I still haven't heard a Beatles song". Oh man, you still have such a wonderful journey ahead of you. Have fun with it.

Congratulations! You've officially listened to the greatest piece of music ever made!

John Lennon October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980. The Beatles broke up in late 1969. Their last performance was on the roof on the recording studio. On 30 January 1969, the Beatles performed an impromptu concert from the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Savile Row, in central London's office and fashion district. Joined by guest keyboardist Billy Preston, the band played a 42-minute set before the Metropolitan Police arrived and ordered them to reduce the volume. It was the final public performance of their career. They performed nine takes of five new songs as crowds of onlookers, many on lunch breaks, congregated in the streets and on the rooftops of nearby buildings to listen. The concert ended with "Get Back", and John Lennon joking, "I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we've passed the audition."

All the things he's asking us to imagine living without are all the things that cause war. The older i get the harder it becomes to imagine.

Without wanting to overstate the facts, you will never understand the history and development of popular music until you get to grips with The Beatles. Look at how basic things were in 1962 when they picked up the baton and soon established themselves as trailblazers, how they rapidly developed the genre throughout the mid-1960s, and how in 1969 they disbanded, leaving popular music almost unrecognisable from what it had been a mere 7 years earlier.

Very very interesting to see someone react to John Lennon’s Imagine when they don’t know anything about him or The Beatles. Come back to this song in your life and you will see that John was right. The song is simple, but it speaks to the most profound themes of humanity. This is a message of love, and it is strong, brave, and true.

My favorite song of all time. I was crushed when he was assassinated. The Beatles were my 1st favorite band. My Grandma gave me my 1st Beatles album when i was 3.

Such a simple, beautiful song. For more John Lennon, I suggest "Instant Karma".

Loved the Beatles & John Lennon's songs when he went solo in 1970. "Imagine" is one of his most beautiful hits. But he recorded a lot of other great songs such as "Give Peace A Chance", "Instant Karma!", "Mother", "Working Class Hero", "Power To The People", "Woman", "Jealous Guy", "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night", "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)", "Watching The Wheels" etc.

I love John Lennon. He is the reason I learned to play the piano back in the 60s. A gifted artist gone too soon. Chapman got his autograph one afternoon and went back and shot him dead that night. Sick, demented person.

Everyone here who was born before the mid-70s will be able to describe in perfect detail where they were when John Lennon was shot on 8 December 1980. What a tragic loss. Elton John write a song after John Lennon’s death called Empty Garden, and it’s a masterpiece. You should check it out!

No one would have listened to his opinion if he didn't wrap it up in a beautiful song and a beautiful performance! I also have to say that I have many reactors that I check out and recently joined your channel and I really like your approach and choice of music etc.! Thanks - from a 68 year old that enjoys seeing my oldies enjoyed by a younger generation!

Shon you gotta open up that rabbit hole on the Beatles man these guys were amazing ! I mean I wouldn’t even know where to start. I’ll put it to u this way every one of the four Beatles were a huge success on their own. When do you ever see that when a group breaks up ! They’re mark on music will last many lifetimes to come u need to check it out

"Peaceful, man" is a perfect way to start this particular song. It's a very simple, yet powerful message. I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying.

Be Prepared,once you start down the Beatles rabbit hole there's no stopping. IMO the Greatest Rock band EVER. ❤

Imagine if everybody GOT this message. Maaan

I can’t “Imagine” the world without this beautiful song, or without people discovering it for themselves just like you✌️❤️😊👏

Lennon was a legend among legends. Taken way too soon. What would the 80s be like with him?

Wow this song changed my life 3:12 simlpiatic and elegant 6:02 he was 7:12 I'm proud to live as a dreamer I think he finally saw truth in the divine nature in all people.

I was 9-years-old when The Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan show, February 9, 1964 -- their first national exposure in the US, exactly 60 years ago tomorrow. On that date, Ringo Starr & John Lennon were 23, Paul McCartney, 21, & George Harrison, 20 (2 weeks shy of 21) - that's how VERY young they really were!!! I LOVED them immediately, feelings that never waned, & they have been the most prominent & beloved band on the soundtrack of my life ever since. Facts everyone should know -- John was murdered in NYC on Dec 8, 1980, 10 years after The Beatles broke up. He was 40 years old. George Harrison died of cancer on Nov 29, 2001, age 58. Ringo (now 83) & Paul (81) are alive & well & still delighting audiences with their wonderful music!!!!! The history of The Beatles, & how their empire was built, & why they are still so very popular, is a story every music fan should know!! Everyone in every generation should listen to their extensive & incredibly entertaining catalogue & learn their stories, & find out how 4 young lads from Liverpool, England changed the world!!! There are innumerable reasons & recordings (from 1962-1970) that show why The Beatles are the GOATs among all the other GOATS in the world, & you should do yourself a favor and listen to it all. I know you'll enjoy the ride!! Each band member also had a very successful post-Beatles career, & there is SO MUCH great music in that assortment as well!!!

Also, Lennon’s “Woman” is a beauty too.

I’m a dreamer , enjoy your dive into the Beatles!

We all want this. But, sadly, it’s never going to happen. A beautiful song. Heartfelt by a legendary man.

John Lennon to his fans was a like the Dali Lama. Humanly flawed but exquisitely good, man of peace and happiness. This song was the longing of a better world. It was 1971 and I was eleven. I saved up to buy my first record album. I still have it. Nine years later he was dead. I was twenty and working as store manager at Toys R Us in NY. I heard it and wept openly. But I know now why God took him home so young. He would never survive the world of hate we live in today. It would have destroyed his beautiful spirit. ❤️ In October 2001, in the aftermath of 9/11, Ozzy Osbourne wrote and recorded a song called Dreamer. He said it was “his” Imagine. I hope you react to it. It’s like volume 2 to this song. Ozzy writes that history repeats itself and we as humans just never learn that hate never wins.

Just like starting over is a really great song❤

John and Paul were the main Beatles member--they wrote the great majority of the songs and sang most of the leads.

This is probably my favorite song of all time! Thanks for playing!💖🙏🏻 the message came from his fight against the war in Vietnam, but as you saw, it works for nearly any situation. Lol, when you don’t know who yoko is, we know your history of the Beatles is extremely lacking 😂she got blamed for the breakup! But if you look at the documentary on Disney of them recording their last album, they all outgrew each other.

As always Shon I love your reaction to one of the most iconic songs in American music history

Jump in Shon...the water is so FINE. You don't know what you're missing :) PS you are my ABSOLUTE favourite reaction-ist

A great artist and person gone way to soon! Thank you for reviewing this beautiful song. It was a very sad day when he was murdered.

You da BEST, seriously. Lot of good reactions out here and I've seen many but yours blows the others away. Great job again!

John Lennon was the origin of the Beatles. He had a group by a different name. Paul McCartney and George Harrison joined the group. Ringo Starr joined later. The name of the group was changed to Beatles. John and Paul wrote most of the Beatles songs. George wrote fewer songs though he wrote some great ones. Ringo participated a little in song writing. The Lennon/McCartney songwriting team is legendary, one of the best in music history.

Watching you brightens my day!

You are going to love the Beatles😊! The Beatles/I Saw Her Standing There. This is one on their 20 #1 hit singles in the USA!😮😊+an additional 13 top 10 hits between 1964 and 1970😮😮😮😮😊!!!! That's 33 top 10 hits in 7 years😮😮😮😮😊!!!!Enjoy Loud!

A beautiful song...PERIOD!

My favorite song , ever.

A profound and simple plea that unfortunately so many can't imagine.

John Lennon was a peace loving man, very special and talented. Too me he was the Beatles. George Harrison when he went solo was the same, they both gave us some real messages about Love and peace.

Check out George Harrison’s while my guitar gently weeps, he was a Beatle and a great guitar player and songwriter.

You might say The Beatles were music visionaries. More so, John Lennon after they broke up. His lyrics really make you think about life and what could be.

It is that simple. Humans have a way of making it hard.

❤Love this song ❤❤...John Lennon ❤❤❤Very Deep song relevant for today ❤❤❤❤Good reaction ❤❤❤

A masterpiece, for sure.

The fundamental truth of this aspirational song is in direct proportion to its simplicity. Absolute masterpiece 🎶🎶

Shon, my guy when I saw your thumbnail. I got chills up-and-down my spine. This is my favorite John Lennon song, and as usual, you interpret it with your genius. ❤

John. So many songs for you to hear. Ballad of John and Yoko (Beatles), Instant Karma (John), Give Peace a Chance (an early type of Rap?) by the Plastic Ono Band. Listen to them all.

Listen to the wheels go round and round. It’s about his departure of the Beatles and living his own life and being a family man. And getting scrutinized for leaving it all beyond and that’s he is crazy for doing it.

A very articulate and delightful first reaction to the legendary John Lennon! “Imagine” has almost become a anthem. Anywhere they play it, everyone knows the words!

1971, Cleveland, Ohio, 20 years old. Me in my Air Force dress blues, he in his Army dress greens. My first romantic slow dance. I will never forget the moment.

If we got rid of all the religion, politics, and material things maybe then we could all get along. Love this song. Great reaction!! 🙂

Yes! One of the most important songs ever written. But please baby please...you gots ta get this straight: John Lennon was the Captain of the Beatles. Beatle 001. All of the cool people know this. Keep on rocking. We really get a lot out of your reactions. --when Shon becomes more, he has more to give. I was like #1000!

John Lennon and Elton John together doing "I Saw Her Standing There" is great.

JOHN !!! One of a kind... this world needs you....RIP !

🇬🇧 John was very anti war, and was very outspoken about the atrocities of the Vietnam war. As a protest He and his wife Yoko Ono laid in bed for a week. He said "Make love not War". It was a sad sad day when he was killed. 😢💔🙏

The inspiration for this song came from a poem his wife, Yoko Ono, wrote. Her name was finally added to the songwriting credits.

Wow, You are going to go on a journey. PEACE MAN

For The Beatles newbies I always recommend you watch their first film 1964s A Hard Days Night. It was and still is critically acclaimed. It's a fun way to learn who was who, their voices and instruments. Paul is always easy to spot because he's left handed so his bass points opposite from John and George's guitars. Ringo is on drums. All four of them sing. George was 19 at the time and as time progressed so did his songwriting. John and Paul wrote most of their songs, but did some killer covers as well. The movie is a great showcase for their earlier songs, and a great portrayal of what their lives were like from 1963 through 1966, when they stopped touring and went into the studio, where they made so many innovations I couldn't begin to list here. Remember, there's no such thing as Beatles music as a category but only Beatles songs. Have fun.

John and Paul wrote countless songs together. They were incredible together. John broke the group up when he decided to put his efforts into advocating for peace full time. His wife, Yoko, was a "helicopter" wife. Always going to recording sessions, always butting in, and she even screeched on recordings she made with John. She was not well liked and took a lot of blame for breaking up The Beatles. Please listen to more of their music. There's an incredible amount of great songs.

I feel old… man it’s been fifty yrs. Glad you are enjoying our generations music. Peace Out.

The symbology of Yoko opening up the light in the room as John sings of opening up the minds of his listeners is wonderfully over the top.

What took you so long!!! Welcome to the rabbithole. I watch you every day 😊

Great reaction and understanding of the message.

MOTHER, Plastic Ono Band is a perfect album.

Beautiful song my favorite by John. You might want to try Give Peace a Chance. Great reaction.

A masterpiece in simplicity, both the song and video. Simple, yet so powerful and heartbreaking. I highly suggest Working Class Hero, Mother, Woman...he had so much PASSION, for everything. RIP John...

Worth going down the rabbithole but start at the beginning so you can see how they progressed. The Beatles are the biggest selling artists if all time. They even put out the 1st heavy metal song with Helter Skelte. They accomplished all this in 7(too short) years

Go back to 1964 listening to the Beatles to appreciate how they continuity grow as artists.

Man you get it. You're so smart, and that's why I love hearing you speak that wisdom.

I can't Imagine you never heard this. Sad that he's gone. It makes me so happy that many people from your generation are discovering music from my generation.

Hi young fella...keep going with John Lennon and the Beatles. its a journey you will not forget. No other band like them and John had such a presence combined with story telling and a rasp in his voice that gave it an edge. Thanks again

This song was about peace and harmony between all humans. No large corporations, institutions, or governments. Simple happiness between all races. flower power 🌼❤❤

John promoted peace in a time of war. He was a man of peace and equality. RIP 😢❤

The Beatles was John's band, he was the leader until he lost interest and left the band, although it was not publicly announced at the time. Without him there was no point in continuing and they broke up.

The Greatest Lyrics Ever Written..... PERIOD.

This song always takes me back to my childhood I loved that house and walking through that door, I used to go there with my dad when I was little as he used to fix his monkey bikes for him. ❤

Shon, time for some of The Beatles' stuff! Start with "Here Comes The Sun", a 2019 mix video is available that is really cool, similar to the style of the text-based videos you've reacted to from The Rolling Stones. They have a massive collection of amazing songs - their impact on the music we listen to today is immeasurable!

Shon it was so emotional watching you listen to this for the first time, getting where John was going with it, & see you being touched by it. Beautiful! 🌲 🌳 🌴

Love ❤ John Lennon (RIP)and Love❤ George Harrison(RIP) I would like you to jam My Sweet Lord by George Harrison he also is one of great Beatle 💯Thank you 🥰Love your show,and you❤Rock on and Rock hard 🤘🎧💯🎙️🙏🦾✌️💎📀🎉

THANK YOU SHON FOR REACTING TO THIS ONE I THINK THAT EVERYONE SHOULD EXPERIENCE THIS SONG AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIVES!! I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT IF EVERY WORLD LEADER OF ANY KIND, WHETHER IT BE LEADER OF A COUNTRY OR LEADER OF A GANG, SHOULD BE MADE TO SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO THIS SONG ENDLESSLY, UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY COMPREHEND THE MEANING OF THE WORDS!!!😮 ONCE THAT IS ACCOMPLISHED, I BELIEVE THERE IS A GREAT CHANCE FOR WORLD PEACE!!!❤❤❤

Hey Shon, I thought I'd suggest a song by "The Beatles", if interested. "The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever" (by the channel: The Beatles) --This song was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon-McCartney. The song was released on their 1967 and was originally intended to be released on their groundbreaking album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," however, it was instead released as a "Double-A side single" along with Paul McCartney's equally famous song "Penny Lane." The song "Strawberry Fields Forever" was a departure from the bands previous work, it crossed over into the lighter side of psychedelic rock and provided a novel listening experience for the contemporary pop music enthusiast. The song "Penny Lane" would also be a great listen in future. As always, I enjoyed rocking with you. Thanks for sharing. peace out~

Such a classic! Thank you for another great reaction. I'd love to see your reaction to the Broken Bells "Holding on for Life". Such a fantastic & original song and different too. 😊

Great reaction to a great song, when you look at all the great songs about peace and no one in power takes notice

Thats Yoko Ono next to him. His babe and many say is the reason the Beatles broke up. Whats wild about artists like this from the 60 n 70s, they didnt have anything to emulate, they were winging it and it was awesome. When you learn about artists like Lennon, tge Beatles, etc., you will want to know and hear more. Turbulent times made great songwriting!

Instant Karma is my favorite Lennon song ✌💖☮

Dude, I really appreciate your reaction style- your are keeping it real and your comments are thoughtful- bravo! John and Paul were an amazing team as writers👍🔥

Imagine if you can. Beautiful piece of musical history. It seems so simple, but it’s a wonderful piece of musical history. I feel like John Lennon wrote this from his heart. I absolutely love it.❤️✌️🌼

Born in Liverpool, UK, and changed the world of music with Paul, killed in america for spreading love and peace, says it all.

I became an Outspoken Atheist after hearing these brilliant words when the song was released. Thank You John Lennon. Best thing that could have happened for me.

Well, well, well. I'm TRUELLY loving your reactions young man! You seem to be on the ball just about every time. You're very intelligent and savy, and I LOVE IT! Keep up the great work my man, and I'll be sure to keep watching! Peace, love and stay safe!

Great reaction Shon! The Beatles are a deeper rabbit hole than Led Zeppelin! So many different phases, styles sounds. Paul and John were the front , I recommend the compilation album One. It is 25 of their top songs. They are much more than that but it’s a good place to start before you go deeper. Mucho Enjoy the Beatles - they are the Pantheon of classic Rock!

There's such a huge catalogue of good songs. Twist & Shout up to Hey Jude. You won't be disappointed 😀

Please review the BEATLES live version of HEY JUDE on the David Frost show UK tv show. This encapsulates all that is great with the BEATLES.

There’s an anthology documentary I saw on tv many years ago about the Beatles music. If you can find it (& it may have been a 2hr doc if that helps you find it) it will blow you away, trust me. It examined the group, the political msgs in their songs, & how the songs and issues were in tandem with the disruptive & volatile times of the ‘60’s. John was the activist in the group, as his songs, and later work with Yoco after the Beatles split. You’ll wish you had the music we did!