Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Thursday, May 1, 2014
An Important Mesage (and great song)
Friday, March 21, 2014
Monday, February 3, 2014
America the Beautiful
I am impressed with Coca-Cola. They will have to move up a notch on my boycott list. They aired this ad during the 2014 Superbowl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Here is the "Behind the Scenes" I AM AMERICAN clip (almost better than the one above!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Below are the individual stories of each young lady. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
English - Carolyn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TASniuDNKZw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TASniuDNKZw
Spanish - Naomi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjDvvd0GHCk
Tagolog - Leilani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFkKtCank1w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFkKtCank1w
Hindi - Shushmitha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89y3lOVNVOk
Senagalese-French - Kennedy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee1qBIaEZp4
Hebrew - Natalie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHVYp3lt378
Mandarin - Ming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gwEh4rMqs4
Keres - Christy (Pueblo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhcl0pfznoc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhcl0pfznoc
Arabic - Naya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn8fK6r9ayc
And for good measure - one they missed - ASL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmowBPhrho4
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Hero in the Hallway
Do you ever want to just get away? Do you want to It gets better.
Welcome To My Life lyrics
Songwriters: Bouvier, Pierre; Comeau, Charles-Andre;
Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on, turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels alright
You don't know what it's like, to be like me
To be hurt, to feel lost, to be left out in the dark
To be kicked, when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
When no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Do you wanna be somebody else?
Are you sick of feeling so left out?
Are you desperate to find something more
Before your life is over?
Are you stuck inside a world you hate?
Are you sick of everyone around?
With the big fake smiles and stupid lies
Well deep inside you're bleeding
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels alright
You don't know what it's like to be like me
To be hurt, to feel lost, to be left out in the dark
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/s/simple-plan-lyrics/welcome-to-my-life-lyrics.html ]
To be kicked, when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
When no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
No one ever lies straight to your face
And no one ever stabbed you in the back
You might think I'm happy but I'm not gonna be okay
Everybody always gave you what you wanted
You never had to work it was always there
You don't know what it's like, what it's like
To be hurt, to feel lost, to be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
When no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
To be hurt, to feel lost, to be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
When no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Songwriters: Bouvier, Pierre; Comeau, Charles-Andre;
Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on, turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels alright
You don't know what it's like, to be like me
To be hurt, to feel lost, to be left out in the dark
To be kicked, when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
When no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Do you wanna be somebody else?
Are you sick of feeling so left out?
Are you desperate to find something more
Before your life is over?
Are you stuck inside a world you hate?
Are you sick of everyone around?
With the big fake smiles and stupid lies
Well deep inside you're bleeding
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels alright
You don't know what it's like to be like me
To be hurt, to feel lost, to be left out in the dark
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/s/simple-plan-lyrics/welcome-to-my-life-lyrics.html ]
To be kicked, when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
When no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
No one ever lies straight to your face
And no one ever stabbed you in the back
You might think I'm happy but I'm not gonna be okay
Everybody always gave you what you wanted
You never had to work it was always there
You don't know what it's like, what it's like
To be hurt, to feel lost, to be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
When no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
To be hurt, to feel lost, to be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
When no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Peter, Paul, & Mary Bring Contemporary News to the Music
Emphasis on an "individual's right to live with a sense of integrity." Discrimination against GBLT.
Cabaret - Tomorrow Belongs to Me
Remember this scene? Intensely scary example of how easy it is to "follow the leader."
The version at this link (not posted here) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJaCvR__uP4&feature=related is particularly difficult to watch and has subtitles (not appropriate for most schools) explaining what really happened to the "Hitler youth."
And, listen to this version - context, context, context…
And, listen to this version - context, context, context…
One Tin Solder - 1970's Cartoon Version
This song seems very simple, but has great meaning, if you listen to the words deeply you will learn its meaning, I think? Hate your neighbor and take all he has is what this Nation has done to other Countries in war and in peace be hide closed doors and to its own people. It has gone in the Countries taking all they had, raping the land and the peoples. All the while forcing them to change in all their ways.
What Could a Boy Do?
Robert Goulet performs "Soliloquy" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel in this 1967 TV production.
You've Got to Be Taught to Hate & Fear
Mandy Patinkin singing the song Carefully Taught from South Pacific.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Muslim Culture & Beliefs
Life for women in Iran - Not where the women want to be, but not where they were!
From the perspective of some humorous artists who created these videos about the men and women of Islam.
From the perspective of some humorous artists who created these videos about the men and women of Islam.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
The Loving Decision
Loving v. Virginia was an important Supreme Court case http://lovingday.org/the-loving-story, but it was also the story of a real couple. Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving grew up in Caroline County, Virginia. They fell in love and decided to get married. Unfortunately, getting married was not as simple in 1958 as it was today. Mildred was black and Richard was white. There were laws that forbade people of different races to marry each other. This was true in many states, including Mildred and Richard's home state of Virginia. However, interracial marriage was legal in Washington, DC at that time. Therefore, they decided to drive to DC, get married, and return to Virginia to begin their life together.
<snip> This proved to be a short term solution. The law in Virginia not only forbade interracial marriage ceremonies, but it also forbade interracial couples from getting married elsewhere and returning to Virginia. One night, while they were asleep, the newly-married Lovings were awakened by the police in their bedroom. The Lovings were taken to jail for the crime of being married.
<snip> At the time of the Loving decision, sixteen states from Delaware to Texas had laws banning interracial couples. Loving v. Virginia (1967) made it illegal for these states to enforce those laws.
Here is a great Interactive Map where you can see which U.S. States had law against interracial marriage and when those laws changed http://lovingday.org/legal-map
Here is a history of U.S. Civil Rights cases http://lovingday.org/civil-rights
Here is a video clip of Obama thanking Civil Rights leaders before a performance of "Music from the Civil Rights Movement is" at the White House http://video.pbs.org/video/1410865290/ The entire 60 minute concert can be viewed here.
Here is a Teaching Tolerance lesson about language of the Civil Rights movement http://www.tolerance.org/activity/whos-voting-now.
<snip> This proved to be a short term solution. The law in Virginia not only forbade interracial marriage ceremonies, but it also forbade interracial couples from getting married elsewhere and returning to Virginia. One night, while they were asleep, the newly-married Lovings were awakened by the police in their bedroom. The Lovings were taken to jail for the crime of being married.
<snip> At the time of the Loving decision, sixteen states from Delaware to Texas had laws banning interracial couples. Loving v. Virginia (1967) made it illegal for these states to enforce those laws.
Here is a great Interactive Map where you can see which U.S. States had law against interracial marriage and when those laws changed http://lovingday.org/legal-map
Here is a history of U.S. Civil Rights cases http://lovingday.org/civil-rights
Here is a video clip of Obama thanking Civil Rights leaders before a performance of "Music from the Civil Rights Movement is" at the White House http://video.pbs.org/video/1410865290/ The entire 60 minute concert can be viewed here.
Here is a Teaching Tolerance lesson about language of the Civil Rights movement http://www.tolerance.org/activity/whos-voting-now.
The Climb by Kalolin Johnson
10 year old, Kalolin Johnson sings The Climb by Miley Cyrus in TWO LANGUAGES - Mi'kmaq and English.
Singing about ADHD
A young boy sings (and dances with classmates) about his experience of having ADHD. It is sung in Dutch (with English subtitles). While not everyone's experience, it is HIS and a reasonable way to explain to peers through a kid level song.
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