Don't know if this topic is already old and if anyone will see this but here it goes: (this is my opinion and anyone has the right to either agree or disagree, but you know that)
John Lennon was my favorite Beatle and Imagine was actually my favorite song from him, I can play most of it on piano (not bragging, it's probably the only song I can play) but anyways, I'm also a HUGE A Perfect Circle fan (gotta say the "A") and when i heard they were already coming out with a new album I was so poopin' the pants.
The new version of Imagine is great! Why do I think that? To put it simply, because it sets a different tone. With the "great one's" original version it had a sense of hope. But with this version, with the new tone and the same lyrics, made me feel that there our alot of wrong things going on in the world these days and that we need some kind of change.
Definitley darker, but I never thought I could hear those lyrics in a dark way like that. And I thought it fit well with our current events.
That's my take on it, sorry if it was too long. In days like these we need John Lennon more than ever to show that the people do have a voice, especially through music. At least there are some bands today that are trying.
"Imagine there was no Mortal Kombat." AHHHHHHHHHH!