2008年8月30日星期六

《天下一家》(We Are The World)


2008年8月28日,北京2008年残疾人奥运会圣火采集仪式在北京天坛举行。在盛大仪式结束前,中国残疾人艺术团一起表演了迈克尔·杰克逊(Michael Jackson)著名的慈善歌曲《天下一家》(We Are The World)。

《天下一家》这首歌是1985年的时候,迈克尔·杰克逊和莱昂耐尔·里奇为声援非洲饥荒的灾民,而共同创作的一首歌曲。这首歌曲后来经过45名美国超级明 星的演绎,成为一代经典,也成为了音乐改变世界、呼吁和平和团结的圣歌和先例。歌中唱到,我们就是世界,我们就是世界的孩子,我们是可以创造更光明未来的 人,让我们伸出救援之手,我们在拯救生命。这首歌曾经影响了全球数以亿万计的人,鼓舞那些去拯救那些因饥饿而忍受死亡的危险,今天这首歌被今天的残疾人共同演唱,再次表现出生命的自强不息,生命的顽强。

迈克尔·杰克逊前后为慈善事业捐赠了超过三亿美元的善款。除《天下一家》外,他还演唱或创作过《镜中人》(Man In The Mirror)、《拯救世界》(Heal The World)、《地球之歌》(Earth Song)等经典慈善歌曲,并在世界上被广泛传唱。在2008年8月28日,杰克逊五十岁生日的前一天,在残奥会的点火仪式再次听到这首著名歌曲的响起, 没有什么比这更有意义的了。

We're The World 天下一家

1985年,Michael Jackson完成了一件国际性慈善创举,为救援非洲饥民,

Michael Jackson作为发起人呼吁美国歌手一起录制了歌曲We Are The World。

当然这成为全球大热的单曲,为非洲儿童酬得四千万美元。

80年代中期是Michael Jackson的黃金时期,他的名气召集了45位美国人气歌星如Lindsey Buckingham,Kim Carnes,Ray Charles,Bob Dylan,Daryl Hall,Billy Joel,Willie Nelson,Jeffery Osborne,Steve Perry,The Pointer Sisters,Lionel Richie,Smokey Robinson,Kenny Rogers,Diana Ross,Paul Simon,Tina Turner,Stevie Wonder,Quincy Jones等参加。

这首We're the World 《天下一家》是Michael与Lionel Richie合作仅用了两小时的时间就完成了的作品。这首单曲在四天内就卖出了五十万张,电台播放率超过90%,震撼了亿万人的心,风靡全球。

1986年We are the World获得了葛莱美“年度最佳歌曲奖....

There comes a time when we heed a certain call(Lionel Richie)
When the world must come together as one(Lionel Richie/Stevie Wonder)
There are people dying(Stevie Wonder)
Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life(Paul Simon)
The greatest gift of all(Paul Simon/Kenny Rogers)

We can't go on pretending day by day(Kenny Rogers)
That someone, somehow will soon make a change(James Ingram)
We're all a part of God's great big family(Tina Turner)
And the truth(Billy Joel)
You know love is all we need(Tina Turner/Billy Joel)

( 合唱 )
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving(Michael Jackson)
There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives(Diana Ross)
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me(Michael Jackson/Diana Ross)

Well, send them your heart so they know that someone cares(Dionne Warwick)
And their lives will be stronger and free(Dionne Warwick/Willie Nelson)
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread(Willie Nelson)
And so we all must lend a helping hand(Al Jurreau)

( 合唱重复 )
We are the world, we are the children(Bruce Springsteen)
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving(Kenny Rogers)
There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives(Steve Perry)
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me(Daryl Hall)

When you're down and out there seems no hope at all(Michael Jackson)
But if you just believe there's no way we can fall(Huey Lewis)
Well, well, well, let's realize that a change can only come(Cyndi Lauper)
When we(Kim Carnes)
stand together as one(Kim Carnes/Cyndi Lauper/Huey Lewis)

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