Continuamos con el doble segmento musical de 1985 en este mes de Abril, iniciado el día de ayer. Para el día de hoy, tenemos un tema benéfico que hizo historia hace 30 años y que alcanzó un mega éxito en todo el mundo.
1.- WE ARE THE WORLD (USA For Africa).- Tras la exitosa iniciativa de Bob Geldof con el proyecto Band Aid y el single "Do They Know It?s Christmas" en 1984, que fue un mega hit en UK y en toda Europa, al año siguiente le tocaría el turno a los artistas de USA. Bajo el nombre de USA For Africa, lanzaron un single benéfico para generar fondos para combatir la hambruna en Africa: "We Are The World". Recuerdo mucho la primera vez que ví el video de esta canción, y no tenía la más mínima idea de la existencia de este tema. Y fue una sorpresa total ya que iban apareciendo uno tras otro, artistas norteamericanos interpretando sus líneas. Gente como Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Tina Turner y Billy Joel en la primera estrofa, Michael Jackson y Diana Ross en el coro; Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson y Al Jarreau en la segunda estrofa, y luego Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Loggins, Steve Perry y Daryl Hall en el segundo coro; y en el puente, Michael Jackson, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper y Kim Carnes. Parecía mentira ver tantos artistas juntos en un disco y el video caló hondo en el público y fue realmente un momento único e irrepetible en la música.
There comes a time when we hear a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying and it"s time to lend a hand
To life the greatest gift of all.
We can"t go on pretending day by day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We are all part of God"s great big family
And the truth, you know, love is all we need
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let"s start giving
There"s a choice we"re making, we"re saving our own lives
It"s true we"ll make a better day just you and me
Well, send them your heart so they"ll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread
And so we all must lend a helping hand
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let"s start giving
There"s a choice we"re making, we"re saving our own lives
It"s true we"ll make a better day just you and me
When you"re down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if you just believe, there"s no way we can fall
Well, well, well, well let us realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let"s start giving
There"s a choice we"re making, we"re saving our own lives
It"s true we"ll make a better day just you and me
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let"s start giving
There"s a choice we"re making, we"re saving our own lives
It"s true we"ll make a better day just you and me
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let"s start giving
There"s a choice we"re making, we"re saving our own lives
It"s true we"ll make a better day just you and me
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There comes a time when we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying and it"s time to lend a hand
To life the greatest gift of all
We can"t go on pretending day by day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We are all part of God"s great big family
And the truth, you know, love is all we need
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let"s start giving
There"s a choice we"re making, we"re saving our own lives
It"s true we"ll make a better day just you and me
Well, send them your heart so they"ll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread
And so we all must lend a helping hand
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let"s start giving
There"s a choice we"re making, we"re saving our own lives
It"s true we"ll make a better day just you and me
When you"re down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if you just believe, there"s no way we can fall
Well, well, well, well let us realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let"s start giving
There"s a choice we"re making, we"re saving our own lives
It"s true we"ll make a better day just you and me
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let"s start giving
There"s a choice we"re making, we"re saving our own lives
It"s true we"ll make a better day just you and me
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let"s start giving
There"s a choice we"re making, we"re saving our own lives
It"s true we"ll make a better day just you and me
As every day goes by
How can we close our eyes
Until we open up our hearts
We can learn to share
And show how much we care
Right from the moment that we start
Seems like overnight
We see the world in a different light
Somehow our innocence is lost
How can we look away
"Cause every single day
We"ve got to help at any cost
We can bridge the distance
Only we can make the difference
Don"t ya know that tears are not enough
If we can pull together
We could change the world forever
Heaven knows that tears are not enough
It"s up to me and you
To make the dream come true
It"s time to take our message everywhere
C"est l"amour qui nous rassemble
D"ici ?l"autre bout du monde
Let"s show them Canada still cares
You know that we"ll be there
If we should try together you and I
Maybe we could understand the reasons why
If we take a stand every woman, child and man
We can make it work for God"s sake lend a hand
Este ha sido el quinto segmento musical de 1985. Espero que este par de buenos recuerdos hayan sido de su agrado y como siempre, espero sus comentarios. Hasta el próximo mes de Mayo, mes de aniversario del blog, en donde nuevamente tendremos este segmento por partida doble, con temas del álbum "NO JACKET REQUIRED" de Phil Collins y también del álbum "CENTERFIELD" de John Fogerty. Será hasta el miércoles 13 y jueves 14 de Mayo. Hasta entonces.
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