US Doctors Share Touching Cover Of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’
Words by Riley Fitzgerald
Graphic by Michael Ochs
US Doctors Elvis L. Francois and William Robinson have delivered a heartfelt rendition of John Lennon‘s ‘Imagine’.
Following the release of all-star celebrity cover earlier this week, the two Mayo Clinic doctors have offered their own take on Lennon classic.
Orthopedic health specialists based at the Minnesota branch of the Mayo Health Clinic, the pair shared their cover to Instagram on Monday.
“We decided to post it as the quarantine had kinda hit its stride and people were inside and … scared and, if nothing else, stir crazy,” Robinson informed ABC News, “[they were] looking for some hope and comfort.”
“The song [is about] hope and having the world coming together as one,” he continued. “In order to beat this thing and self-isolate and quarantine … it’s going to take everybody. And so, the message of that song kind of hit home.”
“There are so many things in the world that divide us,” Francois added. “[This] particular song is a song that is meant to bring people together.”
“Music goes places that medicine can’t go,” he reflected. “You can perform the perfect surgery but that next day, when a patient’s going through rehabilitation or they’re faced with a difficult diagnosis, music is something that speaks to the spirit… In many way[s], music heals people in ways that medicine can’t heal them.”
The video has received an overwhelming response.
“It’s such a small thing,” Robinson confided. “If something this small can provide people comfort or hope in any capacity … it’s such a humbling experience for both of us.”
Released almost 50 years ago, John Lennon’s song has become a global anthem of peace, unity and the hope of a better tomorrow.
“I am not in the group of people who think that because all of our dreams didn’t come true in the Sixties everything we said or did was invalid,” John Lennon shared during the 1970s, “No, there isn’t any peace in the world despite our efforts, but I still believe the hippie peace-and-love thing was worthwhile.”
‘All Things Must Pass‘, the 1970 solo single of John Lennon’s Beatles bandmate George Harrison, is also receiving an upswing in popularity in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
