Young Artists for Haiti - Itunes

[jj]

a nice tune and video put together as fund raiser by young Canuck artists

can download the video or song for $2 from Itunes which goes to the cause

i see Jim Cuddy and Tom Cochrane contributing...it sure would have been nice to see GL (on tour or EMP probably unaware) in there inspiring those youngsters

i really dont know anything about Knaan but its his tune....Wavin Flag

wee Beaver, err, Beiber closed out the video...he also started off the We are the World remake...that was a let down, imo but nice of the artists to give their time

btw, also contributing to the Wavin Flag effort was the young guy (Jacob) singing lead for one of the Olympic closing ceremony performance rock bands (Hedley) and was also the dude who sang the alt version of Sundown during that Canadian Idol Lightfoot tribute night a few years back...not sure of NBC showed this or Alanis, Avril, etc

...So many wars, settling scores,
Bringing us promises, leaving us poor,
I heard them say, love is the way,
Love is the answer, that's what they say,
But look how they treat us, Make us believers,
We fight their battles, then they deceive us...

here is the video..such a nice Bob Ezrin production, good segue of voices, so consistent...that Nikki Yanofsky sure has a great tone, she and Beiber make me feel real old..wait, they ALL make me feel old, lol

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=367574841002

[jj]

here are the artists: (i couldn't place the faces to names for many when i first saw it)

(All)
when I get older I will be
stronger they’ll call me freedom just
like a wavin’ flag

(K’naan)
Born to a throne
Older than rome
But violent prone
Poor people zone

(Nelly Furtado)
But it’s my home,
all I have known

(Sam Roberts)
where i got grown
but now its gone

(Avril Lavigne)
Out of the darkness
in came the carnage
threatening my very survival

(Pierre Bouvier of Simple)
fractured my streets
and broke all my dreams

(Tyler Connolly of Theory of a Deadman)
now feels like defeat
to wretched retreat

(All & Kardinal Offishall)
(so we struggling)
fighting to eat
(and we wondering)
if we’ll be free

Jully Black:
we cannot wait
for some faithful day
it’s too far away
so right now I say

(All)
when I get older I will be
stronger they’ll call me freedom just
like a waving flag
and then it goes back (3x)
Wahhhoooh

(Lights)
so many wars
settling scores

(Deryck Whibley of Sum 41)
all that we’ve been through
and now there is more

(Serena Ryder)
I hear them say
love is the way

(Jacob Hoggard of Hedley)
love is the answer
that’s what they say

(Emily Haines of Metric)
but were not just dreamers
of broken down breathers

(Hawksley Workman — known as Hawksley Workman)
a hand will reach us
**don’t understand**

(Drake)
they can’t control us
no it can’t hold us down

(Chin Injeti)
we gonna pick it up even though we still

(Pierre Lapointe)
strugglin
- french translation
and we wondering
- french translation


(Esthero & Corb Lund)
who patiently wait
for some other day

(Esthero & Fefe Dobson)
that’s too far away
so right now I say

(All)
when I get older I will be
stronger they’ll call me freedom just
like a waving flag
and then it goes back (3x)
Wahhhoooh

when I get older I will be
stronger they’ll call me freedom just
like a waving flag
and then it goes back (3x)
Wahhhoooh

(Drake)
how come when the media stops covering
and it’s a little help from the government
and we forget about the people still struggling
and soon then it’s really all love again
nah see we don’t have to wait for things to break apart
if you weren’t involved before
it’s never too late to start
you probably think that it’s too far to even have to care
well take a look at where you live
what if it happened there
you have to know the earths to make a change lies within
and we can be the reason they see their flag rise again

(Nikki Yanofski & Drake)
when I get older I will be
stronger they’ll call me freedom just
like a waving flag
and then it goes back (3x)
Wahhhoooh

when I get older I will be
stronger they’ll call me freedom just
like a waving flag
and then it goes back (3x)
Wahhhoooh

(Justin Bieber)
when I get older
when I get older
I will be stronger
just like a wavin flag…
___________________________

btw, Yanofsky performed a stellar version of The Rankins 'Rise Again' at the Paralympic Opening Ceremonies...that and the Terry Fox tributes were real authentic moments...Aimee and Chantal were nice to see and hear...plus, the flame lighting and hydaulics went off without a hitch:)

CTV tape delayed coverage to seems discriminatory...then again I suppose this is how NBC delivers the 'able-bodied' Olympics to its nation...but i do find it stressful going about town trying to avoid the wheelchair curling results;)

not to derail, but Happy Pi Day to all

[charlene]

Lovely to see Terry's parents..very fitting they participate in the Paralympics.
Jacob (of Hedley) is all over the place!

Lisa explained to me who K'Na'an is (and all the other artists too).. It's a lovely song.
front page of Saturday STAR -
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/779483--soft-spoken-somali-canadian-k-naan-about-to-go-global

[jj]

Lisa explained to me who K'Na'an is (and all the other artists too).. It's a lovely song.


a lot of heart and soul...actually, that's the chord progression (Heart & Soul...C F Am G but in 1/2 time)


K'naan - any relation to that M'nique?
Nelly Furtado - yes, we know her since a wee thing
Avril Lavigne - same as above
Sam Roberts - he got a haircut, talented
Pierre Bouvier (Simple Plan) - ok, have seen them live
Tyler Connolly (Theory Of A Deadman) - award nominees lately, no cds here
Kardinal Offishall - no clue
Jully Black - dig her and "7 day fool", that's my wife, lol
Josh Ramsay (Marianas Trench) - no clue
Jay Malinowski (Bedouin Soundclash) - no clue
Chin Injeti - no clue
Jacob Hoggard (Hedley) - yeah, he's everywhere!
Red 1 (Rascalz) - no clue
LIGHTS - won big Juno...Giam manages her
Deryck Whibley (Sum 41) - avril used to do him
Serena Ryder - talent...i would do her, lol
Emily Haines (Metric) - no clue
James Shaw (Metric) -no clue
Hawksley Workman - no clue, who thought of that name
Drake - umm, no clue
Ima - as above
Elisapie Isaac - as above and above Esthero - nope
Corb Lund - oh yes, a Tyson pal
Fefe Dobson - huh?
Jim Creeggan (Barenaked Ladies) - yes, bassist
Tom Cochrane - i'd put GL beside him in the video
Kevin Parent - very talented. great vocals
Lamar Ashe - no clue
Colin James - yes but didnt see him in the vid
Nikki Yanofsky - fine voice, she needs a burger
Suzie McNeil - talented, a large mouth
Stephan Moccio - no clue
Aoin Clarke - nope
Kathleen Edwards - she does colin cripps
Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo) - who?
Shiloh - no clue, but shalom anyhow
Stacey McKitrick - no
Jessie Farrell - yes, is that real red hair
Colin MacDonald - odd, a WASPy guy i dont know?
Justin Nozuka - no
Hayley Sales - any relation to Soupy?
Matt Mays - no
City & Colour - no
Arkells -kinda
Pat Kordyback (Stereos) - no
Dave Faber (Faber Drive) - no
Brandon Lehti (The Latency) - no, Leahy, yes
The Canadian Tenors - yeah, saw em on Oprah
Justin Bieber - yeah, saw him on Treehouse
Torquil Campbell (Stars) - no clue
Broken Social Scene - no, but if it aint broke...

GL should have taken Mer to Vancouver...he probably would have got great comp seats for lotsa stuff...she wouldve loved to be in the studio with Bob Ezrin watching it all happen I'll bet...there was a 30 minute special on eTalk that showed behind the scenes and all that...hope it pulls in a few bucks

lastly, i only learned of the tune when i read that Star article also (but in online Friday edition somehow) and a minute later I found the iTunes link tot he hi res video and downloaded it real cheap and quick and was amazed watching the quality or video and sound coming over the wireless net, meanwhile i hadnt even heard about it all 5 minutes earlier...this web thing is pretty impressive

[charlene]

a lot of heart and soul...actually, that's the chord progression (Heart & Soul...C F Am G but in 1/2 time)


.this web thing is pretty impressive

it might just catch on....
;0

[steve7680768]

These tunes are really great..
And nice work buddy..
Keep smiling...