An enormous artist and person left us today... He struggled till the end, he never gave up and he was still full of dreams and projects. He had a dream - he wanted to find out why God allowed him to keep on living. And I think the answer is - to give us a message, to show us it is possible, to show us we can. He was great, he was unique, he was the reason why many of us (me included) love The Beatles today. He taught us so much about them and their music... We'll miss you, Juan!!! I'm sure John and Gearge will welcome you in Heaven... Send them our regards. Bye...
Is it our motherland's birthday? Is it the anniversary of the May Revolution? Is it the beginning of our history (and all the previous events do not count)? Or is it the first shout of freedom that led to our independence from Spain? Whatever May 25th 1810 is, we must feel proud of living in this country and, no matter our religious beliefs or our political party, or our province of origin, WE ARE ALL ARGENTOS and we should shout it proudly!!
(This video is two years old, from the Bicentennial time, but it represents us)
I am convinced there's going to be a huge concert iup there in Heaven since God is calling all the greatest artist to perform in it. We'll miss you, Donna!!
Many people -my friends, my partners, my family, my students, etc- know of my Michael Jackson fanatism and how much I love his music to the point that I always try to introduce at least one topic at school using any of his songs or videos. This year I've been working with 6th formers at school on Earth Day and I have decided to introduce the topic through the watching of Michael Jackson's video "Earth Song". It's a fantastic song about the damage we, humans, are doing not only to our planet but also to ourselves. Children loved it and some proposed to watch some other videos like "Man in the mirror", "They don't care about us" and "Heal the world". These ones deal more with social problems rather than with environmental ones, but anyway we could adapt the topic to what we were doing. This led me to the idea of dealing with the theme of Human Rights, Wars, Racism, among others. So I decided to create a video for an unreleased song called WE'VE HAD ENOUGH and it is my idea to use it in class at the right moment. Although it shows some strong images I hope you enjoy it.
"We've Had Enough"
Love was taken from a young life
And no one told her why
Her direction has a dimlight
From one more violent crime
She innocently questioned why
Why her father had to die
She asked the men in blue
How is it that you get to choose
Who will live and who will die
Did God say that you could decide?
You saw he didn't run
And that my daddy had no gun
In the middle of a village
Way in a distant land
Lies a poor boy with his broken toy
Too young to understand
He's awaken, ground is shakin`
His father grabs his hand
Screaming, crying, his wife's dying
Now he's left to explain
He innocently questioned why
Why his mother had to die
What did these soldiers come here for?
If they're for peace, why is there war?
Did God say that they could decide
Who will live and who will die?
All my mama ever did
Was try to take care of her kids
We're innocently standing by
Watching people lose their lives
It seems as if we have no voice
It's time for us to make a choice
Only God could decide
Who will live and who will die
There's nothing that can't be done
If we raise our voice as one
They've gotta hear it from me
They've gotta hear it from you
They've gotta hear it from us
We can't take it
We've already had enough
They've gotta hear it from me
They've gotta hear it from you
They've gotta hear it from us
We can't take it
We've already had enough
They've gotta hear it from me
They've gotta hear it from you
They've gotta hear it from you baby
We can't take it
We've already had enough
Deep in my soul baby
Deep in your soul and let God decide
Deep in my soul
It's up to me and I'm still alive
They've gotta hear it from us
We can't take it
We've already had enough
It's going down baby
Just let God decide,
What's going on baby
Just let God decide
Deep in my soul baby
We've already had enough
They've gotta hear it from me
They've gotta hear it from you
They've gotta hear it from us
