Well, obviously I lurv K'naan so I don't have much to say about this charity tribute. I do think it's the most appropriate of all the songs recorded so far -- in part because of the original lyrics/intent of the song, and in part because K'naan altered the lyrics specifically for this new subject matter.
If you haven't yet listened to the original song, you must--out of his many beautiful songs, it's one of the most beautiful. A lot of his songs are about celebrating his home (Somalia) and trying to show a different side to it, to counter-balance the media image (pirates! warlords! Black Hawk Down!)
In 2009, he released his second album, the critically hailed Troubadour which featured Wavin' Flag. The artist is optimistic that music does have the power to reach people and creative positive change in the world.
"I think there's a difference between media coverage of an incident and a song. I think a song does something a little more lasting, I hope. I hope we register into people's feelings," K'NAAN said. "Since Haiti is going to be struggling for a long time now to fix this thing, I think we need a song that stays with people a little bit more than the newspapers are willing to commit to the subject." (Vancouver Sun)
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