Post by calebrochester on Apr 14, 2008 23:55:14 GMT 1
I saw this post on news/politics site "The Huffington Post", where the author claims that Yoko Ono is whoring out "Imagine" for whatever price is offered, since it apparently is in Ben Stein's new creationist movie "Expelled", which argues that creationism should be taught in science class. See here: www.huffingtonpost.com/james-boyce/yoko-ono-sells-out-john-l_b_96527.html
Now, here's the background - Ben Stein and some big money guys made this documentary stating that creationism should be taught alongside evolution in science class. It goes to theatres this Friday, and in all the screenings (which were used to sell the film to theater owners, so they were indirectly a source of revenue) there is a ton of music that they most likely don't have permission to use (it's very expensive to use "Imagine", and "These Things I Have Done" by The Killers (the "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier" song), and it's more likely that they are exploiting this music in this grey area and will remove it for the final version.
Anyways, maybe the author of this blog post is right and Yoko Ono did sell the song cheap to someone who cropped out the line "imagine no religion" and synced it up to a cause that John Lennon would've never supported (teaching religion in science class) - I think it's more likely that they are stealing this music - I think we all agree that we should find out, no?
Now, here's the background - Ben Stein and some big money guys made this documentary stating that creationism should be taught alongside evolution in science class. It goes to theatres this Friday, and in all the screenings (which were used to sell the film to theater owners, so they were indirectly a source of revenue) there is a ton of music that they most likely don't have permission to use (it's very expensive to use "Imagine", and "These Things I Have Done" by The Killers (the "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier" song), and it's more likely that they are exploiting this music in this grey area and will remove it for the final version.
Anyways, maybe the author of this blog post is right and Yoko Ono did sell the song cheap to someone who cropped out the line "imagine no religion" and synced it up to a cause that John Lennon would've never supported (teaching religion in science class) - I think it's more likely that they are stealing this music - I think we all agree that we should find out, no?
