The first individual in the video is Bob Geldolf, a musician, who travelled to Africa in the 1980's and witnessed a continent being devastated by a lack of food and water from years of sustained drought. He along with Midge Ure (another 80's musician) realized that something had to be done and together they planned an ambitious event, Live Aid. Its goal was simple, to raise funds for the famine relief effort in Ethopia. On July 13th, 1985 , I along with 1.5 billion people world wide, gathered in front of their television sets (no internet feeds yet, sorry), to watch some of the biggest musical acts of the day perform (U2, Duran Duran, Mick Jagger, The Who, Dire Straits and Queen just to name a few). It was a significant event as it was one of the first times musicians came together with a unified social conscience, to help feed the world. More than $240 million was raised in just one day. The second clip I have included is one of the headline acts of the event , U2 playing their song "Bad". This song brings me back to my high school years, but more importantly when Bono (the lead singer) pulls someone up from the audience to dance with, it symbolized for many, artists connecting to the world they lived in and their outward expression of compassion. I am curious what songs have meaning or inspire you? Are there groups in your generation that have continued this legacy of bands with a conscience? Let me know what you think...
My goal for starting this blog was to have my students engage in meaningful communication about issues relevant to them. The fact that five students had left posts, before I arrived home on a Friday night, is encouraging and seems to indicate that I am on the right track. My inspiration for this entry comes from a link sent to me by a student , so my thanks to Liam. The YouTube clip included below is for the Nickelback video "If Everyone Cared". What impacted me about this video is how it documents significant individuals who have witnessed injustice(s) and have set out to change the world they live in. The first individual in the video is Bob Geldolf, a musician, who travelled to Africa in the 1980's and witnessed a continent being devastated by a lack of food and water from years of sustained drought. He along with Midge Ure (another 80's musician) realized that something had to be done and together they planned an ambitious event, Live Aid. Its goal was simple, to raise funds for the famine relief effort in Ethopia. On July 13th, 1985 , I along with 1.5 billion people world wide, gathered in front of their television sets (no internet feeds yet, sorry), to watch some of the biggest musical acts of the day perform (U2, Duran Duran, Mick Jagger, The Who, Dire Straits and Queen just to name a few). It was a significant event as it was one of the first times musicians came together with a unified social conscience, to help feed the world. More than $240 million was raised in just one day. The second clip I have included is one of the headline acts of the event , U2 playing their song "Bad". This song brings me back to my high school years, but more importantly when Bono (the lead singer) pulls someone up from the audience to dance with, it symbolized for many, artists connecting to the world they lived in and their outward expression of compassion. I am curious what songs have meaning or inspire you? Are there groups in your generation that have continued this legacy of bands with a conscience? Let me know what you think...
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toran
3/6/2011 06:45:22 pm
i watched the videos and what i saw that was kinda stupid was how the two students made a toast for world freedom and they were sent to jail and that made me feel that if a goverment did that when students made a toast what would they do if they had a protest like the one in libya. but that just proofs that if you say the wrong thing in front of the wrong person you can get in troble.
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Toran,
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Kyle
3/6/2011 10:52:36 pm
Those videos are very toughing. They really have a lot of feeling in them. Bono has made quite a few songs like that, including, "Where the Streets have no name".
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Kyle
3/7/2011 12:08:05 am
touching*
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jordon
3/7/2011 12:11:43 am
hey mr chartrand how r u thanks for u for helping me at lunch today i realy appercaite it well have to go bye
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jordon
3/7/2011 12:32:36 am
got a linc go go to www. mathplayground.com
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Liam
3/7/2011 06:51:02 am
So I take it my video link is getting some comments hahaha but it's true what Mr.C said people don't have as many rights and freedom as us and we should really take time to think about abusing those rights for fun and think that if someone were to do this they could be arrested or worse. So we are very lucky.
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Alpha Assassin
3/7/2011 08:15:16 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz6MManqikg
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Daryka
3/7/2011 08:20:59 am
i really like these videos... they make me think about how lucky i am just to have food, shelter and the freedom that i do. the mullet was awesome!
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Mr. C
3/7/2011 09:15:21 am
Justice,
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Mr. C
3/7/2011 09:24:58 am
Daryka,
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??????
3/8/2011 05:13:15 am
sooo, as we can all tell we have it pretty darn good. we are aloud to practice our religion freely and we have freedom of speech. if we want to organize a peace walk, people celebrate us and do not disturb us. we are all lucky to be where we are and the fact that we have this freedom should be a wake up call because with this freedom we can do a lot of great things.
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carlos
3/8/2011 05:33:46 am
Here is an educational video about meat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDX0fjcF70I
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daryka
3/8/2011 05:59:06 am
who ever watched the full fifteen minutes of that meat video deserves a prize.....
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Justice
3/8/2011 07:22:25 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI this can teach us alot about rainbows
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Justice
3/8/2011 07:24:22 am
┌─┐ ─┐☮Peace
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Kyle
3/8/2011 08:23:34 am
Take a look at this, the video was filmed backwards, then reversed, it's amazing! You can view the forward version too!
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Liam or ???
3/8/2011 09:01:23 am
ok person who did the ?????? thing, you copied me...why?!
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Liam or ???
3/8/2011 09:03:39 am
Mr.C when is our poetry folder exactly due like EXACTLY what day? cause I have a few things to do over the break and I just want to know so I can be ready?
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Mr. C
3/8/2011 10:04:36 am
Liam,
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Kyle
3/8/2011 10:24:52 am
What if I'm not caught up?
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Mr. C
3/8/2011 07:37:59 pm
Kyle,
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ashes
3/9/2011 05:30:45 am
this is really touching. watch the full thing ok... i got this email and id thought id share it. i really like this vidoe
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ashes.. again
3/9/2011 05:33:48 am
ooops i forgot the link... my blondness here it is :
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Mr. C
3/9/2011 08:28:58 am
Ashlee,
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ashes
3/9/2011 08:20:00 pm
i will do that.. I found one more about god, I thought it would be appropriate being catholic so I'll email it to u
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