More charity songs. War Child actually has a whole album--this is the first video I've seen. It's a remake of Patti Smith's "People Have the Power." Now... if I was going to produce a remake of this song, I'd go in the direction of making it musically even rock-ier, rather than poppier. This is tinny sounding. But the video is cute... the kids are just too darn tootin' cute-in'. And at least at the end they say what they're doing with the money.
Lyrically the song is simple, but I think it's nice to be optimistic once in awhile. Very much in the "Imagine" vein, and appropriate to the subject matter.
I believe everything we dream
can come to pass through our union
we can turn the world around
we can turn the earth's revolution
Here's the original song.
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Patti Smith songs should not be revamped as tinny. Ugh...
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