The late former President Jimmy Carter reportedly held the 1971 John Lennon hit "Imagine" as his favorite tune. But its use as a song at his state funeral ceremony has set a firestorm on social media from critics saying it wasn't fit for use in what in a memorial service in a Christian church.



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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood slammed for song choice at President Jimmy Carter's funeral

Garth Brooks and wife Trisha Yearwood were slammed for performing John Lennon's "Imagine" during President Jimmy Carter's funeral in Washington D.C. on Jan. 9.

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Garth Brooks Catches Major Heat For Singing ‘Imagine’ At Jimmy Carter’s Funeral In National Cathedral

The John Lennon classic was Jimmy Carter’s favorite song. David Osborne learned it some 35 years ago specifically to play it for the president.

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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood lent their voices to honor their late friend Jimmy Carter. On Thursday, the country star couple sang a touching rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine” at the former president’s funeral, less than two years after singing the track at Rosalynn Carter’s memorial service. 
	“Imagine there’s no countries/It isn’t hard to do,” sang Brooks, backed by a soft piano. “Nothing to kill or die for/And no religion, too.” 
	Presi…

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Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood Honor Jimmy Carter With ‘Imagine’ Cover at Funeral

Watching Jimmy Carter’s state funeral at the Episcopal Church’s National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., felt like viewing a portal to the past....

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Brandon McGinley: 'Imagine' at a funeral, and the decline of Jimmy Carter-style Christianity

The funeral for one of the United States’ worst presidents was serenaded with John Lennon’s worst song. Jimmy Carter, the 39th president, was honored Thursday with a service at the […] The post 'Dark Indeed': Horribly Anti-Christian Song Performed at Jimmy Carter's Funeral appeared first on The Western Journal.

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'Dark Indeed': Horribly Anti-Christian Song Performed at Jimmy Carter's Funeral

On Thursday, Garth Brooks and his wife Trisha Yearwood performed at Jimmy Carter's funeral in Washington D.C. However social media users criticised the couple for choosing John lennon's 1971 track 'Imagine' as the song.
Although, this was a reprise from their tribute to Carter's wife Rosalynn at her funeral, the couple drew immense backlash from netizens who took offense at the performance of a song whose lyrics reject religion at a memorial ser…

Many Christians on social media took issue with Trisha Yearwood and her husband Garth Brooks' performance of John Lennon's 1971 song "Imagine" during the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. #JimmyCarter #JohnLennon #Beatles #WashingtonNationalCathedral #JimmyCartersfuneral

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Christians torch 'dark' performance of Lennon's 'Imagine' at Jimmy Carter's funeral

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The late president celebrated the impact and influence of the song, which decries war, nationalism, and the excesses of capitalism. The post How John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Imagine” Became the Refrain of Jimmy Carter’s Funeral appeared first on The Nation.

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How John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Imagine” Became the Refrain of Jimmy Carter’s Funeral

Southern Baptist Jimmy Carter’s funeral was marred by the singing of John Lennon’s “Imagine” at the National Cathedral. Garth Brooks and his wife Trisha Yearwood performed the song at a Christian funeral in a Christian church.

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Jimmy Carter’s Favorite Song ‘Imagine’ Sung at His Funeral - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

I was surprised, if not shocked, when two A-list celebrities, country singers Garth Brooks and his wife Trisha Yearwood, took the microphones at the State Funeral for Jimmy Carter yesterday and began performing “Imagine,” written by forme...

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Social media erupts over funeral rendition of Jimmy Carter’s reported favorite song, ‘Imagine’

Social media erupts over funeral rendition of Jimmy Carter’s reported favorite song, ‘Imagine’

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