London church to pay tribute to John Lenon
By IANSTuesday, May 12, 2009
LONDON - Late Beatle legend John Lenon will be honoured in his native Liverpool by bell ringers who will perform his peace anthem ‘Imagine’ in the city’s cathedral.
Contactmusic.com reprots that church officials have given the go ahead for the performance despite the track featuring the controversial line, ‘Imagine there’s no heaven’.
‘Allowing ‘Imagine…’ to be pealed on our bells does not mean we agree with the song’s lyrics. We recognise its power to make us think. As a cathedral, we do not shrink from debate. We recognise the existence of other world views,’ said a church spokesperson.
The performance has also won the approval of Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono, who told the BBC that the idea was ’so beautiful, it made me choke up’.
Lennon was murdered outside his New York apartment he shared with Ono in 1980.
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May 16, 2009: 3:24 pm
You should be careful man! Liverpool has only been a run down suburb of London since 1979, so referring to Liverpool as part of London can make some people very angry. Spread the peace and not the pain, dude! |
God!