Be prepared for it to get real dusty wherever you are. I logged into my facebook account earlier and saw a shared video link from Mona. Since she usually shares awesome links I clicked through and was blown away. The link was to a Gizmodo post titled Best Video I've Seen Today Will Make You Smile, which featured a video from street musician Roger Ridley. He basically travelled the world recording street musicians covering a song and then adding other musicians to the base track. The first video I saw from this movement/documentary, called Playing for Change: Peace Through Music, was a global collaborative cover of the Ben. E King song Stand By Me. It was so amazingly well done I immediately started looking for more songs from Playing for Change.
Standy By Me
As Jesus from Gizmodo said, if that video doesn't make you shed a tear or smile then there's something wrong with you. Check to see if your heart is still beating because this song is simply beautiful but deeply powerful. Wow.
One Love
Don't Worry
War/No More Trouble
Did it get dusty wherever you are? Or are you smiling big and bright?
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Post written on 2009-04-29.
10 comments
Woah this was amazing! Those street bands are great – not only are they working for a little to no money, they’re also working in pretty annoying conditions.
What a great video! It really did make me smile on this rainy Chicago morning.
Great videos, I especially enjoy the ‘One Love’ one. Such a wonderful and peaceful song. I like the idea of peace through music, I have to check out that documentary.
Cindy
nice find!!!
wow, really great videos. thanks a lot
Glad you all enjoyed the videos as much as I did. Powerful stuff. Make sure you check out the documentary revolving around these videos.
Wow, these are some great vids. This reminds me of the nearly limitless amount of great music in the world, oh so little time, so much music.
These are very cool vids. I like watching and listening to these street musicians because what they give is genuine. No lipsynching, no mixing or whatever. Their music is pure and crystal-clear. Really very talented. Thank you for sharing them with us.
I agree with Roselyn. I play electric guitar and it is very exciting when I play with a band and each of the musical instruments has only a simple speakers. No huge sound out speaker and mixer. It is so original, like those vids.
Thanks for all the awesome videos…really like the one love and stand by me videos but the war,no more trouble has to be my favorite.
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