“The Global Insurrection Against Banker Occupation (GIABO) needs a protest song. I nominate the music from John Lenon’s Imagine.”

Posted on February 6, 2012 by maxkeiser| 40 Comments

Contest To Rewrite John Lenon’s Lyrics From Imagine As An Anti-Banker Protest Song

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40 Responses to “The Global Insurrection Against Banker Occupation (GIABO) needs a protest song. I nominate the music from John Lenon’s Imagine.”

luke | February 6, 2012 at 8:05 pm |

Imagine no goldman sachs,jp morgan too.
Dementia 5 | February 6, 2012 at 8:11 pm |

Song for the Lincoln Memorial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9Q0jPyrja0
Flopot | February 6, 2012 at 8:23 pm |

Imagine there’s no haven
For banksters who will cry
“We need a bailout,
the rest of you can die!”
Imagine all the banksters dying now, today

Lol.
Flopot | February 6, 2012 at 8:31 pm |

Hmmm. That last line could be changed to…

“Imagine all banksters dying in agony”
gold bullet | February 6, 2012 at 8:37 pm |

Imagine all of the people / Beheading the fucking banksters

Imagine no Jayme / And no Lloyd too
Alastair Carnegie | February 6, 2012 at 8:46 pm |

Ask Nigel Freda, Jonh Freda’s brother. Matrix Studios can record a special. But they don’t have any room left of their walls for Platinum Discs, so if the song Nigel suggests is a hit, we will just have to ask the Governor of The Bank of England if his office has any spare wall space!
gonzomarx | February 6, 2012 at 8:49 pm |

how about this
Strawbs – Part of the union (on Top of the Pops ’73)
http://tinyurl.com/dbgc6h
Waiting to die | February 6, 2012 at 8:55 pm |

Imagine no repossessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the wealth
williambanzai7 | February 6, 2012 at 8:56 pm |

IMAGINE
WilliamBanzai7

Imagine Banksta bailout heaven,

it’s easy if you try,

A gazillion debts below us,

above only pie in the sky.

Imagine all the swindling Wall Street people,

living like it’s Ponzi judgement day.

Imagine there’s no countries,

just a brotherhood of debt drunk fools,

something to kill and lie for,

and moral hazard too.

Imagine all the people,

living life in hock yu-huh.

You may say I’m a Ponzi dreamer

Â but I’m not the only one

I hope some day they won’t enjoin us,

and the world will be one big gang bang bun.

Imagine paperless repossessions,

I wonder if you can,

no need for mortgage deeds to encumber,

a brotherhood of Ponzi man!

Imagine all the swindling Wall Street people,

sharing in the Ponzi world yu-huh.

You may say I’m a dreamer …
gold bullet | February 6, 2012 at 9:00 pm |

@williambanzai7

Fantastic lyrics! My vote (if it counts) goes to your song!
Dr. Richard Head | February 6, 2012 at 9:06 pm |

Imagine there’s no banksters
All those criminals died
No robo-signing fraudsters
No debt piled to the sky
Imagine all the people tearing down the banks

Imagine true accounting
No ponzi debt for you
Mortgage cleared with title
No foreclosures too
Imagine all the people living life for free

You, you may say
I love freedom, but I’m not the only one
I hope some day Blankfein blows up
And the banksters will be gone.

Imagine no fraud ledgers
JP Morgan can’t
No fees or interest
Fuck Brian Moynihan
Imagine all the people living with home deeds

You, you may say
I want freedom, but Jamie Dimon’s scum
I hope Vikram Pandit chokes up
And Ben Bernanke will be gone.
JonnyJames | February 6, 2012 at 9:08 pm |

Heavy sarcasm and irony:
OMG!
Some of these lyrics, gulp, sound like “socialism” (whatever that means anymore)
Got Silver? | February 6, 2012 at 9:15 pm |

Travesty!! Don’t Go There!! I recommend new lyrics to Dead Mans Curve!!
gold bullet | February 6, 2012 at 9:16 pm |

@JonnyJames

We’ll from what I’ve learned everyone who doesn’t agree with the Milton Friedman-esque neoliberal model of kleptocratic economy is labeled either a ”socialist”, ”communist”, ”anarchist” or a ”nut-job”.
Got Silver? | February 6, 2012 at 9:17 pm |

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukunx21UHCA
(sorry dude that’s not a stingray)
donnydave | February 6, 2012 at 9:19 pm |

I think we should mix n match up the best from everyone efforts – no copyright’s here people
C’mon people!
JonnyJames | February 6, 2012 at 9:23 pm |

@gold bullet
Good one!
Anyone who does not conform to the Official Ideology will be punished and labeled a terrorist, subject to NDAA indefinite detention, torture and death.
A Gardener | February 6, 2012 at 9:40 pm |

What about “The Who” Baba O’Riley.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hKUBTX9kKEo
or “Wont Get Fooled Again”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Rp6-wG5LLqE
Keehotee | February 6, 2012 at 9:41 pm |

I imagine that John would tell you to fuck off
Nate | February 6, 2012 at 10:00 pm |

I nominate ‘Renegades of Funk’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z4NKVHX8yI
SilverPorno | February 6, 2012 at 10:05 pm |

I know the guys in this band and the singer is a big banker, corporation, and globalisation-hater.

Some snippets from the lyrics (the good bits):

“They want to take it all, give us nothing back
Seduce us with the ‘facts’ – wrap it up and sign the contracts
Co-operation equals condemnation
Eating from the hand in the suit of corporations

They’re trying to buy
Our basic rights
With a campaign of lies.

They conquer and divide – get inside like parasites
Globalisation leads to eradication
Systematic swallowing of entire nations

NO!

The hand that steals could be the hand that frees

NO!

NO! A campaign of lies!”

http://tinyurl.com/c4pzfm8

The band doesn’t exist any longer, but they did some great stuff.

The sound is a bit ropey on the version I have but you should get the gist.
Danny Cunnington | February 6, 2012 at 10:06 pm |

Imagine no top down control of energy & food…. Starting to get it now ?
Ptah | February 6, 2012 at 10:14 pm |

Search and destroy: the stooges

Look out honey, ’cause I’m using technology !
Ain’t got time to make no apology

Ah, poetry……
neweveryday | February 6, 2012 at 10:20 pm |

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohRbJJohv6Y
gold bullet | February 6, 2012 at 10:26 pm |

Or we could just use any Refused lyrics, if they give permission.

Something like these:

They told me that the classics never go out of style but, they do, they do.
Somehow baby, I never thought that we do too.

I got a bone to pick with capitalism and a few to break
Grab us by the throat and shake the life away
Human life is not commodity, figures, statistics or make believe

And yeah, I like eating excrement, not getting paid for it
Play the guilt, play the fear & play the anxiety
And yeah, I like eating excrement, not getting paid for it
Play the guilt, play the fear & play the anxiety

Seduced by the opportunity and robbed of hope
Alien nation is not commodity, figures, statistics or make believe

Yeah!
One more time. Oh!

Marginalize away the joy and sell us boredom

And yeah, I like working doing nothing, not making anything
Blame the poor, blame the uneducated & blame the sick
And yeah, I like working doing nothing, not making anything
Blame the poor, blame the uneducated & blame the sick

I got a bone to pick and a few to break

I took the first bus out of Coca-Cola city
It made me feel all nauseous & shitty
I took the first bus out of Shell town
Cos they didn’t want me all hanging around

Yeah! Yeah! I took the first bus
Yeah, baby! I took the first bus

I took the first bus out of Coca-Cola city
It made me feel all nauseous & shitty
I took the first bus out of Shell town
Cos they didn’t want me all hanging around

Yeah! Yeah! I took the first bus

Let’s take the first bus out of here
Let’s take the first bus out of here
Let’s take the first bus out of here

Let’s take the first bus out of here
Let’s take the first bus out of here
Let’s take the first bus out of here
Let’s go!
Yeah!
Waiting to die | February 6, 2012 at 10:27 pm |

You, may say I’m a Lenon
but it’s not only one
I hope some day another “n” will join us
and my name will be as one
gold bullet | February 6, 2012 at 10:28 pm |

Here is the link to the Refused song whose lyrics I’ve copy-pasted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enkwaH-CrUQ
Vonda Bra | February 6, 2012 at 10:43 pm |

I´ve been thinking of a GIABO song for quite some time now …
and I think it should be something EVERYBODY/the world!! knows and has it off pat … which is very easy to sing along for the masses and has a hook, everybody will recognize easily!

all I came up with so far is: LOL

1) Chicago = GIABO … (that old Frank -Sinatra tune)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8BjEcRXq_k

“GIABO, GIABO .. that keiserish town
GIABO, GIABO .. he will show you around. He loves it!
Bet your bottom dollar you’ll lose the blues in GIABO, GIABO
the town that non of these crooks could ever shut down.”

On Wall Street, that scums street, I just wanna tweet -
They did things to ya, they never did on Broadway
well, We´ll have the time, the time of our lives.
I saw a man, protest with his wife.
In GIABO, GIABO – Max Keiser town …

2) That´s Amore = Thats GIABO (Dean Martin ..)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHtdGJfVd2w

When the moon hits your eye When the shit hits the fan
Like a big-a pizza pie and we all join the plan
That’s amore that´s GIABO.
When the world seems to shine when the crook-banksters fall
Like you’ve had too much wine in a last Margin call
That’s amore that´s GIABO.

work in progress ….
help !!!! you know, my english !

both songs, great to sing a along and even keep a smile on your face and having some fun too ! LOL !!! hahahahaha!

VonLove
thom love | February 6, 2012 at 10:44 pm |

Imagine we’re all even
It’s easy if you try
No debt owed to us
and none owed the guy
Imagine all the people giving for no pay

Imagine there’s no contraries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing a shill will lie for
And no one separate to sue
Imagine we’re all equal, living as we please

they, they may say
we are debtors, and that they’re the chosen one’s
we may pay where there’s joinder
where we war with unison

Imagine no repossession
a lender of just a hand
No need for usury
to the brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world

they, they may say
I’m a debtor, but I’m one the sons
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
Vonda Bra | February 6, 2012 at 11:02 pm |

I like this one too!!!

Doobie Brothers – Takin’ It To The Streets (High Quality) – YouTube
http://youtu.be/G54lfxiid_w

Doobie Brothers Takin’ It To The Streets Lyrics
Michael McDonald

You don’t know me but I’m your brother
I was raised here in this living hell
You don’t know my kind in your world
Fairly soon the time will tell
You…telling me the things you’re gonna do for me
I ain’t blind and I don’t like what I think I see

Takin’ it to the streets (takin’ it to the streets)
Takin’ it to the streets (no more need for runnin’)
Takin’ it to the streets (Oh, oh-oh, nah, nah)

Take this message to my brother
You will find him…everywhere
Wherever people live together
Tied in poverty’s despair
Are you…telling me the things you’re gonna do for me
I ain’t blind and I don’t like what I think I see

Takin’ it to the streets (takin’ it to the streets)
Takin’ it to the streets (no more need for runnin’)
Takin’ it to the streets (takin it to the streets)
Takin’ it to the (BREAK)

Are you…telling me the things you’re gonna do for me (yeah, hah)
I ain’t blind and I don’t like what I think I see

Takin’ it to the streets (takin’ it to the streets) ——- (GIABO!!!)
Takin’ it to the streets (no more need for runnin’)
Takin’ it to the streets (Ah, yeah)
Takin’ it to the streets (takin’ it to the streets)
Takin it to the streets (we’ll discuss it further)
Takin’ it to the streets (Ah, nah)
Takin’ it to the streets (takin’ it, takin’ it)
Takin’ it to the streets (hey, yeah, now)
Takin’ it to the streets (Takin’…it to the streets)
Takin’ it to the streets (no more need for runnin’)
Takin’ it to the streets (no more need for hidin’)
Takin’ it to the streets (ah, yeah, yeah)
Takin’ it to the streets (no…more)
Takin’ it to the streets (yeah, yeah)
Takin’ it to the streets (takin’ it, takin’ it)
Takin’ it to the streets (aaaaahhh)
Takin’ it to the streets (takin’ it, takin’)
Takin’ it to the streets (no more need)
Takin’ it to the streets (takin’ it, takin’ it)

VonLove
henrik yde | February 6, 2012 at 11:19 pm |

My re-comp below takes us not just beyond banker occupation –
but beyond the very root causes of human misery –
a.k.a greed, sloth and domination –
why not go all the way – as John Lennon’s vision and lyric does –
FREE YOUR MIND – BE A SAINT !!!

Imagine there’s no money
It’s easy if you try
No one below us
Above us all just sky
Imagine all the people giving all today

Imagine there’s no classes
It isn’t hard to do
No one to kill or die for
And no advantage too
Imagine all the people dropping leverage

You, you may say I’m out to lunch
but I’m not the only one
I hope some day you’ll get a hunch
And the world will feast as one

Imagine no false icons
I wonder if you can
No need for competition
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world

You, you may say I’m out to lunch
but I’m not the only one
I hope some day you’ll join us
And the world will eat as one
Waiting to die | February 6, 2012 at 11:29 pm |

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blXtm5_WiWk
Waiting to die | February 7, 2012 at 12:21 am |

“I’m glad they sang it and when I get there I’ll sing it with them and that was a message from me to America or to anywhere…that I’ll use my songwriting ability to write a song that we can all sing together”….- John Lennon..0.00- 1.00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=g7_Wz1NY5AU&NR=1
Bev | February 7, 2012 at 12:37 am |

Another great protest song:

We are the Many – Makana

http://www.monetary.org/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3BYw4xjxE&feature=player_embedded

Uploaded by MakanaVideos on Nov 10, 2011

http://www.makanamusic.com
Makana on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/MAKANA-Music/103976730862
OlympiaLogger | February 7, 2012 at 1:57 am |

Denial has been reduced to a fart in a hurricane.
Just Cut To The Chase:

http://youtu.be/RmXF_ddfkXA

–SRV–
Alf | February 7, 2012 at 2:08 am |

Sorry Max, but I thought it sinful to butcher the lyrics of Imagine.

Give Peace a Chance
- John Lennon

Ev’rybody’s talkin’ ’bout
Shyesters, heisters, capitalism, socialism, fascism,
This-ism, that-ism, ism ism ism
All we are saying is give our money back
All we are saying is give us a chance

(C’mon)
Ev’rybody’s talkin’ ’bout
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citibank, have-a-wank
fraudsters, banksters, gangsters, pranksters, cranksters
All we are saying is give our money back
All we are saying is give us a chance

(Let me tell you now)
Ev’rybody’s talkin’ ’bout
Evolution, execution, contribution, constitution, persecution, prosecution, prostitution, resolution, retribution, revolution revo revo revolution.
All we are saying is give our money back
All we are saying is give us a chance

Ev’rybody’s talkin’ ’bout
Max and Stacy gettin plenty, Gerald Celente balance empty,
Ben bernanke dodgy yankee, Jamie Dimon green with slime on,
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Repeat ’til the tape runs out)

P.S….I apologise John for this butchery.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKSqDP9B6D4&feature=related
SAO | February 7, 2012 at 5:56 am |

JOHN LENNON – “GIMME SOME TRUTH”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlzrNKN3rZI
donnydave | February 7, 2012 at 8:02 am |

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPhPbTbjYM0

There I was completely wasting, out of work and down
all inside it’s so frustrating as I drift from town to town
feel as though nobody cares if I live or die
so I might as well begin to put some action in my life

Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law

So much for the golden future, I can’t even start
I’ve had every promise broken, there’s anger in my heart
you don’t know what it’s like, you don’t have a clue
if you did you’d find yourselves doing the same thing too

Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law

You don’t know what it’s like

Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law

Breaking the law

I will playing this on ‘D-day’ haha
ricin3000 | February 8, 2012 at 2:55 am |

Imagine there was GIABO
in any meaningful way
Imagine buying silver
at 90 bucks today

Imagine all the children
lives that could be saved

You may say I’m a truther
and I’m not the only one
I hope some day you will join us
before they have won

Imagine there’s no CRIMEX
and no manipulation too
Imagine honest markets
and a government for you

Imagine all the wonders
we could make them real

You may say I’m a dreamer
and I’m not the only one
They will never destroy us
cos our hearts all beat as one

———

I know I’m late at the party but anyway,

best regards,

R3K
Claire | February 9, 2012 at 12:12 am |

Imagine there’s no taxes
On everything you earn.
A currency without debt
Real money does not burn.
Imagine all the people keeping all their pay

Imagine there’s no countries
at war, funded by you.
No oil to kill or die for
And no petrodollars too
Imagine all the people living life in peace

You, you may say
I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one
I hope you all will join GIABO
And send banksters on the run.

Imagine you have no possessions
I know Lloyd Blankfein can.
His greed is like a gnawing hunger
He feasts on flesh of man
Imagine all the people slaves in One New World

You, you may say
I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one
I hope you all will join GIABO
And send banksters on the run.