"He aprendido que todo el mundo quiere vivir en la cima de la montaña, sin saber que la verdadera felicidad está en la forma de subir la escarpada. He aprendido que cuando un recién nacido aprieta con su pequeño puño, por vez primera, el dedo de su padre, lo tiene atrapado para siempre. He aprendido que un hombre sólo tiene derecho a mirar a otro hacia abajo, cuando ha de ayudarle a levantarse..."
Since Christmas time is coming, it'll be nice to revisit this song once again...
Do They Know It's Christmas Time - original version for Band Aid (1984)
Apparently this was THE song that had inspired other charity records such as the more famous We Are The World by USA for Africa. Go British!
We Are The World - USA for Africa (1985) - America's own version of Band Aid.
Why, they even inspired the emergence of charity records in other countries such as in Latin America, France, Germay and Canada!
Here's the Latin American version during the 80s - Cantaré Cantarás by Hermanos (translation: I will Sing, You Will Sing).
Someone also posted a video of the same song with English translation as well, if you would like to know what Hermanos are singing about. The images are not of the original music video though, and admittedly... not a good translation either. But you'll get the idea.
'Hermanos' refers to brothers and sisters in Spanish. I can only recognize Julio Iglesias in that video below, by the way.
And lastly, the updated version of Do They Know It's Christmas Time, recorded in 2004 which includes singers such as Chris Martin, Robin Williams, Bono, Will Young and Dido.
It may be cliche but... This Christmas, do start giving. In this unpredictable world of ours, there will always be fellow humans who need a helping hand.
Fat, love to eat, love to sleep, love movies and TV serials especially TVB, love animals especially my cats, love dancing though got poor coordination between my hands and legs, love theatre but no motvation to pursue it seriously, love to ramble yet have a very poor grasp of the English language - like what is happening now.
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