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1985年,迈克尔·杰克逊和莱昂纳尔·里奇共同谱写,由美国45位歌星联合演唱,昆西·琼斯负责制作的,为求援非洲饥民而义卖的唱片《天下一家》(We Are The World),震撼了亿万人的心,风靡全球。
这首歌是由莱纳李奇和迈克尔杰克逊合写,两人费了四天的时间写曲,莱纳先完成一部分,迈克尔看到后灵感大发,一夜之间就把全曲写好。之后他们又花了两个半小时作词,为了普遍推广此曲,歌词也力求简单易学。单曲完成后推出问世,受到的欢迎难以想象,短短数周便卖出八百万张单曲,更胜英国艺人的“他们知道现在是圣诞节吗?”。 英美歌坛有了这两次成功的经验,认为可以为非洲灾民做的更多,于是由英国的鲍伯盖朵夫继续担任召集人,筹划英美两地歌星马拉松式的援非慈善演唱会,演唱会定名为“Live Aid”,于7月13日分别在英国伦敦的温布利体育馆和美国费城的肯尼迪体育馆举行,两边接力进行长达十小时的义演。这场演唱会除了吸引爆满的现场观众,还经由七个人造卫星,传送到全球一百六十几个国家。负责穿针引线的鲍伯盖朵夫还因此获得诺贝尔和平奖的提名。 平心而论,“四海一家”确实是首出色的制作,数十位大牌歌手每人分唱几句歌词,要能充分发挥个人特色,又要兼顾歌曲的流畅性,确实不容易,制作人昆西琼斯功不可没。 有了前例可循,后来流行音乐界主动出击义唱的例子也越来越多。包括由威利尼尔森(Willie Nelson)召集美国乡村歌手援助农民的「Farm Aid」;布鲁斯史宾斯汀(Bruce Springsteen)领军、抗议南非白人政府种族歧视的「Sun City」演唱计划。国内也有由罗大佑词曲的「明天会更好」群星义唱,也获得很好的回响。
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歌词及演唱者:
There comes a time when we hear 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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