经典歌曲回味<We Are the World>
大家都辨认一下，有哪些认识的？1985年的夏天，我还在呼伦贝尔大草原上小学一年级，生活的自由自在，无忧无虑，丝毫不知道非洲的人类正因为战乱、贫穷、疾病、饥荒而在死亡边缘挣扎，我甚至对非洲在哪里都没有什么概念。而在地球的另一边，一场名为“Live Aid”史上最伟大的援助非洲的慈善音乐会在费城和伦敦体育场开演，并向全世界转播。我家那时候还没有电视机，即使有，由于种种原因，我也不会看到，当然，即使看到，我对参加演出的Queen、U2、Madonna也是毫无感觉，当时流行的是张明敏《我的中国心》，周润发吕良伟的《上海滩》，还有黄日华翁美玲的《射雕英雄传》。
后来，对欧美音乐的了解越来越多，而关于那场演唱会，我只是陆陆续续看或者听了一些片断，支离破碎。今天，我下载了这首主题曲的DVDRip，，重温它20年前带给整个世界的感动。
这场演唱会最引人注目的就是演出名单了，几乎汇集了所有当时最红的欧美歌手和乐队，MJ、Queen、U2、Madonna、Bob Dylan、Neil Young、Paul Young、David Bowie、Sting,、Phil Collins、Sade、Dire Straits、Joan Baez、the Who、Elton John,、George Michael、Paul McCartney、Eric Clapton、B.B. King、Bryan Adams。。。。。。光看这些名字你就可以想象当时的盛况了。这很容易让人想到1969年的woodstock音乐节。同样是星光灿烂盛况空前，两者的区别在于，Live Aid有着明确的目的，即为非洲人募捐，呼唤爱心，而woodstock则是宣传“和平、反战、博爱、平等”的理念。
Live Aid之中，最著名的就是那首群星组合“USA for Africa”演唱的脍炙人口的“We Are the World”，动听的旋律，动人的歌词，强大的演唱阵容，巧妙的编排，使它成为一首前无古人后无来者的完美的群星合唱歌曲。行家一出手，就知有没有。“USA for Africa”请到的都是重量级人物，虽然每人只有一句歌词，却都显示出雄厚的唱功，余音绕梁，耐人回味。演唱顺序和和声安排的尤为巧妙，错落有致，使得每个人都能展示自己的特色，又保持了整首歌的风格的统一。这不是第一首群星义唱的歌曲，却是影响力最大最完美的。“We Are the World”被翻唱多次，无论是配器，还是唱功、和声，都不能令人满意，包括帕瓦罗蒂的版本。同年，罗大佑写了《明天会更好》、郭峰写了《让世界充满爱》，后来，每逢特殊时期，如洪水、非典等，都有义唱歌曲，显然都是受了“We Are the World”的影响。
84年年底，埃塞俄比亚发生饥荒，全世界的艺人团结起来，在献出爱心的同时，这场音乐会也成为永恒的经典。
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附：“We Are the World”的歌词及原班人马：
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There comes a time when we heed a certain call (Lionel Richie)
也是这首歌的作者
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When the world must come together as one (Lionel Richie & Stevie Wonder)
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There are people dying (Stevie Wonder)
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Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life (Paul Simon)
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The greatest gift of all (Paul Simon/Kenny Rogers)
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We can't go on pretending day by day (Kenny Rogers)
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That someone, somehow will soon make a change (James Ingram)
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We're all a part of God's great big family (Tina Turner)
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And the truth (Billy Joel)
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You know love is all we need (Tina Turner/Billy Joel)
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( 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)
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There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives (Diana Ross)
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It's true we'll make a better day just you and me (Michael Jackson/Diana Ross)
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Well, send'em you your heart so they know that someone cares (Dionne Warwick)
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And their lives will be stronger and free (Dionne Warwick/Willie Nelson)
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As God has shown us by turning stone to bread (Willie Nelson)
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And so we all must lend a helping hand (Al Jurreau)
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(合唱重复 )
We are the world, we are the children (Bruce Springsteen)
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We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving (Kenny Logins)
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There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives (Steve Perry)
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It's true we'll make a better day just you and me (Daryl Hall)
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When you're down and out there seems no hope at all (Michael Jackson)
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But if you just believe there's no way we can fall (Huey Lewis)
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Well, well, well, let's realize that a change can only come (Cyndi Lauper)
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When we (Kim Carnes)
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stand together as one (Kim Carnes/Cyndi Lauper/Huey Lewis)
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(合唱重复，渐弱 )
复歌部分还有 Ray Charles。
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指挥：不知道叫什么哦
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[wma]http://www.daeyu.cn/upload/music/wertheworld.mp3[/wma] 词曲:Michael Jackson & Lionel Rich 歌词及演唱者如下：
There comes a time when we heed a certain call (Lionel Richie 莱昂纳尔.里奇)
When the world must come together as one (Lionel Richie 莱昂纳尔.里奇& Stevie Wonder史蒂夫.汪德)
There are people dying (Stevie Wonder史蒂夫.汪德)
Oh, and it”s time to lend a hand to life (Paul Simon保罗西蒙)
The greatest gift of all (Paul Simon保罗西蒙/Kenny Rogers肯尼.洛杰斯)
We can”t go on pretending day by day (Kenny Rogers肯尼.洛杰斯)
That someone, somehow will soon make a change (James Ingram詹姆斯殷格朗)
We”re all a part of God”s great big family (Tina Turner蒂娜.特纳)
And the truth (Billy Joel比利.乔)
You know love is all we need (Tina Turner蒂娜.特纳/Billy Joel比利.乔) ( 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迈克·杰克逊)
There”s a choice we”re making we”re saving our own lives (Diana Ross黛安娜·罗斯)
It”s true we”ll make a better day just you and me (Michael Jackson迈克·杰克逊/Diana Ross黛安娜·罗斯)
Well, send””em you your heart so they know that someone cares (Dionne Warwick狄昂华薇克)
And their lives will be stronger and free (Dionne Warwick狄昂华薇克/Willie Nelson威利.纳尔逊)
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread (Willie Nelson威利.纳尔逊)
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布鲁斯.斯普林斯汀)
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let”s start giving (Kenny Logins肯尼.罗杰斯)
There”s a choice we”re making we”re saving our own lives (Steve Perry史蒂夫.佩里)
It”s true we”ll make a better day just you and me (Daryl Hall达瑞.霍尔)
When you”re down and out there seems no hope at all (Michael Jackson迈克·杰克逊)
But if you just believe there”s no way we can fall (Huey Lewis休路易斯)
Well, well, well, let”s realize that a change can only come (Cyndi Lauper)
When we (Kim Carnes金康恩丝)
stand together as one (Kim Carnes/Cyndi Lauper/Huey Lewis)
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