Imagine
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Imagine, the one song that immortalized John Lennon was sang by this man. And man, did it fit, and poignantly so! You can’t watch it without choking. He lives in Australia, in his twenties now, born at a time Desert Storm made landfall in his native country Iraq. He has a handsome face, twisted limbs, deformed body and walks askew. He has no birth certificate and no identity, only a haunting image! The singing wasn’t great though, but the message soared across the performance hall then on to the world wide web! He instantly became a poster boy - of humanity torn by war, a poignant reminder of what we have become as citizens of the world. And what have we really become? Imagine….
Easily my kind of homie! This slang got mainstream all over X- Factor. Just got out of rehab, hauls trash for a living and got to raise a 2-year old kid, so the interview goes before the audition. On stage, he told it again – through the lyrics of a catchy song he wrote himself! It was so current as if he just picked up the song out of thin air seconds before the actual audition! After swaying and nodding to the beat, the judges can’t help but get a little melodramatic for him to go clean and sober all the way. “What are you trippin now?” my homie Chris Rene!
It doesn’t get any better than this. An absolute stunner! A rugby coach? Yes she is! And the singing? Like the smell of flowers on a breezy summer day, and strawberry fields, and walks in the park. A classy act! “Think about it baby….”
