'Imagine' on Liverpool Cathedral Bells

Subject: 'Imagine' on Liverpool Cathedral Bells
From: Peter the Squeezer
Date: 18 May 09 - 04:17 PM

Found this from another site. Its John Lennon's "Imagine", played on the bells at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp-ZGDDrn68

Lennon himself learnt to ring church bells, at St Peter's chuch at Woolton (where Eleanor Rigby's grave is), so the performance seems somehow appropriate.

Subject: RE: 'Imagine' on Liverpool Cathedral Bells
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 18 May 09 - 05:18 PM

Gosh.

I'm having trouble hearing the tune though. It doesn't sound like anything to me. Pretty bells, but that's all. Can you hear 'Imagine' in that, Peter?

Must be my ears..

Subject: RE: 'Imagine' on Liverpool Cathedral Bells
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 18 May 09 - 05:51 PM

Does anyone else find playing this song, containing the line 'imagine no religion', on church bells somewhat ironic?

DeG

Subject: RE: 'Imagine' on Liverpool Cathedral Bells
From: bubblyrat
Date: 18 May 09 - 05:58 PM

I bet it's nowhere near as good as Bill Bailey and percussionists from a famous orchestra performing a Saint-Saens piece on Swiss cow-bells on TV recently !!It was mind-boggling !

Subject: RE: 'Imagine' on Liverpool Cathedral Bells
From: Doug Chadwick
Date: 19 May 09 - 01:27 AM

Does anyone else find playing this song, containing the line 'imagine no religion', on church bells somewhat ironic?

Only as ironic as the line "Imagine no possessions" written by the millionaire John Lennon.

DC

Subject: RE: 'Imagine' on Liverpool Cathedral Bells
From: Bernard
Date: 19 May 09 - 06:36 AM

There's a better version here...

Subject: RE: 'Imagine' on Liverpool Cathedral Bells
From: Smedley
Date: 19 May 09 - 09:06 AM

Does anyone else find playing this song, containing the line 'imagine no religion', on church bells somewhat ironic?

Only as ironic as the line "Imagine no possessions" written by the millionaire John Lennon.

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It was also sung by Errol Brown at a Conservative Party rally in the 1980s. Which is kind of *beyond* irony......

Subject: RE: 'Imagine' on Liverpool Cathedral Bells
From: GUEST,Mo
Date: 19 May 09 - 09:34 AM

As a bell ringer I thought it was wonderful, well done everyone involved. As far as the choice of song, the last line being "and the world could live as one" says it all.

Subject: RE: 'Imagine' on Liverpool Cathedral Bells
From: Bernard
Date: 19 May 09 - 08:22 PM

It's 'officially' a folk song, 'cos the Spinners recorded it!

Subject: RE: 'Imagine' on Liverpool Cathedral Bells
From: GUEST,PeterC
Date: 20 May 09 - 04:43 PM

I'm having trouble hearing the tune though. It doesn't sound like anything to me.

As the Anglican cathedral bells are hung for change ringing I wouldn't expect a tune to be recognisable.

Subject: RE: 'Imagine' on Liverpool Cathedral Bells
From: Bernard
Date: 24 May 09 - 03:31 PM

Check my link, PeterC - you'll find they seem to have found a way around that!!