Voici un petit medley des Beatles de la part de James Taylor et Mavis Staples lors des Kennedy Center Honors 2010, qui consacrait alors l’oeuvre et la carrière de Paul McCartney :
Avec Steven Tyler, frontman d’Aerosmith, qui vient chanter pour son vieil ami – ainsi que Dave Grohl, Norah Jones et No Doubt (trouvez l’intrus!).
Superbe hommage.
Led Zeppelin a été à l’honneur des 35ème Kennedy Center Honors en cette fin d’année 2012!
Après une introduction de Jack Black (Tenacious D), les Foo Fighters ont joué “Rock and Roll”, Kid Rock “Ramble On”, Lenny Kravitz “Whole Lotta Love”.
Et le final : Ann et Nancy Wilson (Heart), avec Jason Bonham (fils de feu John Bonham) et tout une chorale pour entamer “Stairway To Heaven” :
Les réactions de Plant, Page et Jones sont vraiment excellentes.
J’aime bien le moment quand Jimmy et John bougent leur tête en rythme, ou encore lorsque Robert a la larme à l’oeil. So much win.
Comme promis la semaine dernière, voici un petit sujet de discussion politique. Il y a quelques mois, je vous avez proposé une chanson de soutien à Obama, Yes We Can, écrite par Will.I.Am.
Et bien voici une nouvelle chanson, It’s a New Day, célébrant la victoire et qui annonce des jours meilleurs.
Pas de politique ici mais par contre je trouve cette chanson, Yes We Can par Will.I.Am, plutôt pas mal :
It was a creed written into the founding documents
that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they
blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can. Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores
And pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can. Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized;
Women who reached for the ballots;
A President who chose the moon as our new frontier;
And a King who took us to the mountain-top and pointed
the way to the Promised Land.
Yes we can to justice and equality.
(yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can…)
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can heal this nation.
Yes we can repair this world.
Yes we can. Si Se Puede
(yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can…)
We know the battle ahead will be long,
But always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way,
Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions
of voices calling for change.
We want change!
(We want change! We want change! We want change…)
We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of
cynics who will only grow louder and more dissonant.
We’ve been asked to pause for a reality check.
We’ve been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.
But in the unlikely story that is America,
there has never been anything false about hope. We want change!
(We want change! I want change! We want change! I want change…)
The hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling
school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the
boy who learns on the streets of LA;
We will remember that there is something happening in America;
That we are not as divided as our politics suggests;
That we are one people;
We are one nation;
And together, we will begin the next great chapter
in America’s story with three words that will ring from coast to coast;
From sea to shining sea – Yes. We. Can.
(yes we can, yes we can, yes we can,
yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can…)
Jeu : identifiez toutes celles et ceux qui apparaissent dans la vidéo :)