Bono Stars in New Remake of Bob Marley's Songs for "Playing for Change"

[bonocomet]

I think it's also a dvd, you get the videos too. Is that right?

Edit: Yes, here it is at Amazon for 11.99 http://www.amazon.com/Songs-Around-...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1241055352&sr=8-1

and it's at Starbucks for 12.99

 

[Jamila]

The "Playing for Change" video showed up in the first issue of (RED)WIRE & it was the rendition of "Stand by Me".

So bonocomet was correct about "Playing for Change" being in a (RED)WIRE edition, it was just another song off the CD.



Thanks to everybody for their interest in this CD & for their positive comments.
This version of Marley's songs gets better every time that I listen to it.

 

[bonocomet]

^Right. I'm still trying to figure out though who posted this new video a month ago when I first saw it. Maybe the Playing For Change site? It was on You Tube, but now the only version I see is the newly reposted one. Oh well!

 

[Jamila]

I think that the Marley remake video probably was posted on the "Playing for Change" YouTube page or @ their website which is where you might have seen this video, bonocomet.

But I'm not sure either.



The other thing that I wanted to mention is that the lyrics from Bob Marley's "War" are not his own words.

The words are part of a speech that His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I gave in 1966.



Marley was so entranced by Selassie's words that he wrote them into a song.



Have a good night.

 

[bonocomet]

Thanks

 

[U2BROTHR]

That totally lifted my spirit on a day when it needed lifting. Thanks.

 

[gvox]

It is a great cover, well put together. And what could be better than my two favorite artists of all time in a split screen?

Am I the only one that thinks that B's singing to a completely different timing, though? All the same, good job B

 

[Jeannieco]

That totally lifted my spirit on a day when it needed lifting. Thanks.

Me too. These are hard times we are in.... we need all the uplift we can get.

 

[Jamila]

I love your avatar, solacevip

That totally lifted my spirit on a day when it needed lifting. Thanks.

Thanks for all of the rest of these very positive comments on this remake & video - it deserves all the props that it gets.


I did want to correct myself & say that it wasn't the Playing for Change version of "Lean on Me" that appea(red) in the first edition of (RED)WIRE but "Stand By Me".

Sometimes, I confuse myself.





www.myspace.com/mulago:hug:

 

[corianderstem]

and it's at Starbucks for 12.99

The video is also now playing on starbucks.com.

 

[bonocomet]

The video is also now playing on starbucks.com.

Cool. I buy a lot of music at Starbucks, but then I guess that's because I'm there a lot more than I'm at music stores.... which is every day.

 

[corianderstem]

You say that like it's a bad thing.

 

[bonocomet]

No it's not, at least on the days I have the will power to just say no the drinks I love like the hazelnut mochas and chocolate espresso truffles and just get plain coffee. Problem is I don't have a lot of will power.

 

[last unicorn]

I bought the CD/DVD last week and must say I really love it. I love the concept and I love all of the songs with different musicians from various countries. Besides War/No More Trouble, where Bono is singing with Bob Marley and others, there's also a really beautiful cover version of U2/Bob Dylan's Love Rescue Me. Bono & Edge also get mentions in the booklet. And there is also a DVD with the videos, trailers and behind the scenes stuff about the project coming with the CD.

 

[adypole]

whoa, check that out right there.