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Thread #36354   Message #2720386
Posted By: VirginiaTam
10-Sep-09 - 02:56 AM
Thread Name: songs about Respect
Subject: RE: songs about Respect
Self respect or respect for others?

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing - New Seekers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jr9hPbYmBo

Black and White - 3 Dog Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOr4O66WZW0

Ebony and Ivory - Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtiJN6yiik&feature=PlayList&p=76306E32260DDE89&i


Krishna by Colonial Cousins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG9Sbg_gkxA&feature=related

Bombay-based producer and musician Leslie Lewis and classically trained Ghazal singer Hariharan in 1996 teamed up on a fusion album, where Hariharan's Eastern vocals met Leslie's love of the West. It was a very decent album and afterward the two men split and are now threatening a comeback later this year.
Off their debut album, one song that really struck a chord on the music scene was 'Krishna' – a song that honestly paints the repercussions of racial divide and lack of tolerance and respect for religions.

Sung essentially in English with classical raags fused, the lyrics ring true to our times more than ever before.
"Come back as Jesus/Come back and save the world/Bless all the future of every body and girl/Come back as Rama/Forgive us for what we've done/Come back as Allah/Come Back as anyone/Religion is the reason the world is breaking up into pieces/Colour of the people keeps us locked in hate/Please release us/So come down and help us/Save all the little ones/They need a teacher/And you are the only one/We can rely on to build a better world/Whether its for children or for anyone."

Leslie and Hariharan wrote a fantastic song and it is a must-hear for everyone.