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Cee-Lo Green incites wrath of John Lennon fans

Cee-Lo is criticised for singing more religion-friendly lyrics to 'Imagine'

Filed in Cee-Lo, News at 12.58pm on 03 January 12

Cee-LoCee-Lo Green has incurred criticism from both John Lennon fans and atheists, after changing the lyrics to 'Imagine' during a televised New Year's Eve show in the US.

Green changed the lyrics to the line; "Imagine there's no countries/ It isn't hard to do /Nothing to kill or die for / and no religion too"

He amended the final lyric to: "and all religion is true."

After being criticised by the song's fans, Cee-Lo Green took to Twitter, where he responded: "Yo I meant no disrespect by changing the lyric guys!"

He added: "I was trying to say a world were u could believe what u wanted that's all."

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