The song and video is full of irony and fantasies, while Lennon's was full of optimism this version is more pessimistic and sarcastic sounding. It's a song about world peace but the music is full of darkness and despair, the video is full of images that counter each other, the headlines are full of irony.
People who don't like this version because it fucks up the original version don't understand that was the point of the song. You have to look a little deeper and not think cover song= automatically bad. Same lyrics different message.
The song and video is full of irony and fantasies, while Lennon's was full of optimism this version is more pessimistic and sarcastic sounding. It's a song about world peace but the music is full of darkness and despair, the video is full of images that counter each other, the headlines are full of irony.
People who don't like this version because it fucks up the original version don't understand that was the point of the song. You have to look a little deeper and not think cover song= automatically bad. Same lyrics different message.