Yoko Ono yanks Youtube video of Stephen Harper singing Imagine! :D

[Lucille]

http://njnnetwork.com/2011/04/yoko-o...inging-lennon/

Yoko Ono can’t Imagine Stephen Harper singing Lennon

Yoko refuses to let war-loving Canadian Prime Minister sing Imagine on YouTube

Poor Stephen Harper can’t get no respect. His attempt to play off the popularity of Maria Aragon has backfired.

Yoko Ono, a peace loving woman and keeper of John Lennon’s flame, had the Harper video of Imagine yanked off YouTube.

Nothing could be more false than Stephen Harper singing the famous Lennon hope for peace in the world.

Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

I wasn’t a big Yoko fan before but I’ll give her two thumbs up for recognizing a phony politician trying to worm into a great song.

She’s not mean. She’s not a copyright fanatic. She let Bill Clinton, Neil Young, Lady Gaga and your humble writer sing Imagine without complaint.

She does stand her ground and refuse to let Stephen Harper sing Imagine.

“Harper would like to put all the gay, lesbian, activist female, abortionist, and left thinking Canadians back in a box. Then Harper and his right wing cronies can buy more fighter jets. They will have cleaned up Canada with missionary zeal.

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

Sharing, brotherhood, greed and hunger – wow that will be great. Harper Singing Imagine Is the Hypocritical Photo of the Election

Imagine is the torch song for love, brotherhood and the dream of a paradise on earth.

Canada’s Prime Minister is all Jets and Jails with no love for people and peace.

Hell yes! Thank you so much Yoko, I love you.

[MixMastahTee]

How is this legal? Does copyright law in the UK deny the right to record a cover song?

[ThreeEyedGod]

Fuck yoko

[Lucille]

How is this legal? Does copyright law in the UK deny the right to record a cover song?

You mean Canada, and I don't think so. I'm not sure how it's legal but regardless I'm glad it happened. Stephen Harper is the Canadian George W. Bush and he needs to get his moronic conservative ass away from our government.

Fuck yoko

Why?

[ImNotJesus]

Agreed. Good move on her behalf.

[ThreeEyedGod]

Why?

Because of her self-righteousness and censorship.

[ImNotJesus]

^ I'm sorry...but WHAT?

If she owns the rights to a song then she has every (moral and legal) right to remove anything she feels necessary.

In this case it happened to be a homophobic, racist and bigoted man putting his name on John Lennon's song of peace, love and respect. Seeing as she A: Legally owns the song and B: Is probably the person closest to understanding what John Lennon would want, I see NOTHING wrong here.

[ThreeEyedGod]

whatever.

[MixMastahTee]

You mean Canada, and I don't think so. I'm not sure how it's legal but regardless I'm glad it happened. Stephen Harper is the Canadian George W. Bush and he needs to get his moronic conservative ass away from our government.

I don't know how I managed to miss 'Canada' in there. Derp.

[Emma]

As she owns the copyright she is quite within her rights to as for something to be removed if she feels she wants to and given the fact that the man who "covered" her song is from a political spectrum she does not agree with, and imo is completely at odds with the song, then it's fine.