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Title: Playing for change
Post by: tangerine dream on December 13, 2008, 09:21:51 AM

Playing For Change

Ever since he heard some street musicians outside a Subway station move some 200-odd passerbys to tears, Mark Johnson has been thinking up a way to shine more light on the transformative power of music. After ten years, this Grammy winning filmmaker has got something. Something remarkable, actually: bringing together musicians from around the world -- blues singers in a waterlogged New Orleans, chamber groups in Moscow, a South African choir -- to collaborate on songs familiar and new, in the effort to foster a new, greater understanding of our commonality. As part of 'Playing for Change', this is moving remix of the popular 'Stand By Me' performed by more than 100 musicians from Tibet to Zimbabwe!

http://www.youtube.com/v/Us-TVg40ExM&hl=en&fs=1

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: nichi on December 13, 2008, 11:46:24 AM

This is so excellent, Lori -- I've played it several times today. Very very cool!   :-* :-*

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: tangerine dream on December 13, 2008, 02:30:22 PM

....

a tear and a smile...

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: tangerine dream on December 13, 2008, 02:41:51 PM

I found more!

http://www.playingforchange.com/pop.html

Peace All Over the World is amazing, song and video!

I highly recommend it!

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: nichi on January 27, 2009, 11:38:20 AM

Don't Worry
http://www.youtube.com/v/tAjFnJuk1Aw&hl=en&fs=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAjFnJuk1Aw&sdig=1

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: tangerine dream on January 27, 2009, 11:46:19 AM

Yay!

That was awesome!

Thanks V! :-* :-*

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Jahn on January 28, 2009, 04:58:24 AM

"Stand by me" has always been one of my favorites and this street version across the world was really good! Thanks!

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on February 22, 2009, 08:30:03 AM

One Love

http://www.youtube.com/v/4xjPODksI08&hl=en&fs=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xjPODksI08&sdig=1

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: tangerine dream on February 22, 2009, 09:32:48 AM

Yay!  More!

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Jahn on February 23, 2009, 07:31:02 AM

I am completely sold on the four ladies in the choir from South africa.  ;D

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on April 29, 2009, 12:05:00 PM

http://www.youtube.com/v/fgWFxFg7-GU&hl=en&fs=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgWFxFg7-GU&feature=featured

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: tangerine dream on April 29, 2009, 07:58:45 PM

Hey I missed this last night.   How do you keep finding new ones?! Good stuff V, thanks!

 :-* :-*

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on April 30, 2009, 12:09:13 AM

Quote from: Celesta on April 29, 2009, 07:58:45 PM

Hey I missed this last night.   How do you keep finding new ones?! Good stuff V, thanks!

 :-* :-*

I subscribed to their channel.

I like this one a lot -- and hey, a celebrity in the mix!

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on May 03, 2009, 01:12:59 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/I23Bkk92124&hl=en&fs=1

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on May 22, 2009, 03:05:34 PM

http://www.youtube.com/v/u6S3RTmXGRw&hl=en&fs=1

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: tangerine dream on May 22, 2009, 07:34:47 PM

Thank you V!

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on September 14, 2009, 10:00:17 AM

Quote from: Nichi on April 29, 2009, 12:05:00 PM

http://www.youtube.com/v/fgWFxFg7-GU&hl=en&fs=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgWFxFg7-GU&feature=featured

Was unaware on the first listen that the opening guitarist, David Broza, is very famous in Israel, and that Larry has 2 cd's by him, the sneaky devil. (World music is not L's beat.) I suspect that a couple of the other African singers on this video are also not neophytes to being recorded.

And should you watch it again, notice that there is a guest ghost...

I just watched the PBS documentary, "Playing for Change," which I just might try to procure.

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Jahn on September 15, 2009, 06:26:59 AM

Thank you for this video. (Saw Bob Marley there). Well, I have just added the link to my Jukebox at the The Toltec School!

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on September 15, 2009, 07:49:54 AM

Quote from: Jamir on September 15, 2009, 06:26:59 AM

(Saw Bob Marley there).

What a lit-up character he was! It was nice, the splicing of him in there.

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on September 15, 2009, 07:59:37 AM

Quote from: tangerine dream on December 13, 2008, 09:21:51 AM

Playing For Change

Ever since he heard some street musicians outside a Subway station move some 200-odd passerbys to tears, Mark Johnson has been thinking up a way to shine more light on the transformative power of music. After ten years, this Grammy winning filmmaker has got something. Something remarkable, actually: bringing together musicians from around the world -- blues singers in a waterlogged New Orleans, chamber groups in Moscow, a South African choir -- to collaborate on songs familiar and new, in the effort to foster a new, greater understanding of our commonality. As part of 'Playing for Change', this is moving remix of the popular 'Stand By Me' performed by more than 100 musicians from Tibet to Zimbabwe!

http://www.youtube.com/v/Us-TVg40ExM&hl=en&fs=1

On the documentary I watched yesterday, the local PBS channel had Mark Johnson there live, with many segments of an interview. Mark Johnson had a little story about the opening singer in "Stand By Me," Roger Ridley, who has since passed.  Johnson said he was in Santa Monica, about 2 blocks away from where Roger was singing, and heard his robust projection from 2 blocks away.  One of the first things he asked Roger was how in the world he hadn't been snagged by some recording company, so awesome he was.

Roger replied, "Well, I'm not in any 'business', Mark, except the Joy Business!"  I loved that.

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Michael on September 24, 2009, 04:17:08 PM

Just got around to these - they are very good. Thanks for finding them.

Kind of lifts your spirit.

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on September 24, 2009, 05:36:58 PM

Quote from: Michael on September 24, 2009, 04:17:08 PM

Kind of lifts your spirit.

Si!!

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Ke-ke wan on September 24, 2009, 08:09:44 PM

Quote from: Michael on September 24, 2009, 04:17:08 PM

Just got around to these - they are very good. Thanks for finding them.

I think they found us!
 ;)

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on October 15, 2009, 01:44:26 PM

http://www.youtube.com/v/a6cX61oNsRQ&hl=en&fs=1&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6cX61oNsRQ&feature=sub

Latest addition.

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on October 15, 2009, 01:52:21 PM

http://www.youtube.com/v/GoakbidbTg0&hl=en&fs=1&

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Ke-ke wan on October 16, 2009, 01:15:14 AM

Quote from: Nichi on October 15, 2009, 01:44:26 PM

http://www.youtube.com/v/a6cX61oNsRQ&hl=en&fs=1&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6cX61oNsRQ&feature=sub

Latest addition.

This one's Awesome!  So catchy and uplifting!

Love it!

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on December 05, 2009, 05:08:39 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/sV6LyjTfpDQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV6LyjTfpDQ&feature=sub

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on December 05, 2009, 05:14:47 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/T5t0WASvkS4&hl=en_US&fs=1&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5t0WASvkS4&feature=channel

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on December 14, 2009, 09:00:17 AM

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8155729&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on December 19, 2009, 04:17:40 PM

The Playing for Change Band
Felingaye
http://www.youtube.com/v/3bBkEc0RJvo&hl=en_US&fs=1&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bBkEc0RJvo

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on January 16, 2010, 04:47:56 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/oxFBIldqWgA&hl=en_US&fs=1&

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on March 05, 2010, 06:59:03 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/_FpLlY4m1nc&hl=en_US&fs=1&

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on March 05, 2010, 07:20:21 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/I3VfzcUQFd8&hl=en_US&fs=1&

Kirina is a village of musicians in Mali, the elders of whom can trace their ancestry back 75 generations.

The Playing for Change Foundation is building a music school there.

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on August 19, 2010, 12:37:13 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/VGE7-n9Pbng?fs=1

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on November 11, 2010, 03:56:29 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/PFqpRPMjsZs?fs=1

Title: Imagine
Post by: Nichi on December 17, 2010, 02:32:59 PM

http://www.youtube.com/v/DS6gNxp-RI0?fs=1

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on February 09, 2011, 03:10:38 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/55s3T7VRQSc?fs=1

This one isn't a favorite of what they have done - but it does have cut-in footage of Bob Marley singing.  He was a true believer and a force, I now see in retrospect, and I wish I had paid him more attention while he was living.

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Jahn on February 09, 2011, 06:47:24 AM

Quote from: Nichi on February 09, 2011, 03:10:38 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/55s3T7VRQSc?fs=1

This one isn't a favorite of what they have done - but it does have cut-in footage of Bob Marley singing.  He was a true believer and a force, I now see in retrospect, and I wish I had paid him more attention while he was living.

Thank you for bringing this one up.
I have been ignoring the e-mails from playing for change quite a long time but this is really good.

I agree, it is a new try in the series to incorporate old videos.

However, in this case, it was old Bob Marley that after alll created the song/lyrics of the Redemption
Song.

First release in 1980 on the album Uprising.
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redemption_Song (http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redemption_Song) 

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on April 22, 2011, 06:46:14 AM

Groove in G
http://www.youtube.com/v/6LQhamwJcVY?fs=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LQhamwJcVY

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on April 22, 2011, 07:14:55 AM

There are a couple of instruments I don't recognize in the above - like the one at 1:39.
There's also a Japanese stringed instrument being played by an interesting implement:  maybe the implement is standard fare - I've just never seen it before.

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Michael on April 24, 2011, 09:01:44 PM

That's nicely done, but I feel they added too many instruments into it, some of which you can't hear but can see. I would have preferred they had more of less musicians.

I've seen the Japanese stringed instrument played extremely well once - he was a stunning player, who really created the wild atmosphere of a storm. Haven't seen those swinging things the woman played, nor could hear their sound.

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on April 25, 2011, 12:54:23 PM

Quote from: Michael on April 24, 2011, 09:01:44 PM

That's nicely done, but I feel they added too many instruments into it, some of which you can't hear but can see. I would have preferred they had more of less musicians.

Yes, either that or a longer track, where more of them could be featured!

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on May 31, 2011, 01:07:50 PM

http://www.youtube.com/v/GJtq6OmD-_Y?fs=1

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on June 01, 2011, 07:07:26 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/eqqWfsIxbPo?fs=1

I like this one (and the one above.)

Title: Gimme Shelter - Live
Post by: Jahn on June 05, 2011, 05:23:16 AM

Quote from: Nichi on May 31, 2011, 01:07:50 PM

http://www.youtube.com/v/GJtq6OmD-_Y?fs=1

Great! Just Great! I love it to my bones.

 

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on June 10, 2011, 05:35:33 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/Es3Vsfzdr14?version=3

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on July 09, 2011, 12:29:54 PM

A great one for tapping the toes and swaying the hips! :)

http://www.youtube.com/v/Jfn8wsjh9WU?version=3
http://youtu.be/Jfn8wsjh9WU

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on September 09, 2011, 04:50:37 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/3hGSqqhhokE?version=3

This is their latest ... not really one of my favorites by them. They need more feminine energy.

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on October 14, 2011, 08:21:45 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/6exx0sB_iOA?version=3
http://youtu.be/6exx0sB_iOA



La Tiera Del Olvido

Translation

Land of the Lost/Forgotten/Confused

As the moon shines
at night the roads,
like leaves in the wind
as the sun repels the cold.
As the earth to rain,
as the sea awaits the river,
well I hope your return
to the land of forgetfulness

As wrecked my fears
If you are navigating your eyes.
As my senses alert
love your voice.
With your child's smile
as I move the soul
as I lose sleep,
calm as I steal

You have the key to my heart,
I love you
more than my life because without your love
I die. ca / repeat

Carlos Vives. 1995

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on May 08, 2013, 12:25:52 PM

Daylight
http://www.youtube.com/v/AqR-ElB5kXY

Title: Byron Bay Blues Festival
Post by: Nichi on April 07, 2014, 03:12:12 PM

Playing for Change Band
http://www.youtube.com/v/M5HfGrTUvz4

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on June 27, 2014, 09:35:17 PM

http://www.youtube.com/v/JEp7QrOBxyQ

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on April 14, 2018, 01:01:25 PM

This song was played to death - at nightclubs and on the radio - back in the 70's and 80's. I thought I'd never want to hear it again! But this version by PFC is quite exuberant, so I thought I'd share.

Listen to the Music (originally by the Doobie Brothers)
https://www.youtube.com/v/t4sK8d48Exs

Title: Re: Playing for change
Post by: Nichi on May 12, 2018, 08:13:46 AM

One of their better performances!

All Along the Watchtower - Playing for Change
https://www.youtube.com/v/-UHHc7POovg