Playing for a change. Connecting the world trough music.

Buenos días!
Para esta mañana de viernes proponemos Stand by me, temazo donde los haya, especialmente en esta versión, acompañado de un reading sobre el maravilloso proyecto que es Playing for a change. 
Nada más, que tengáis un fantástico fin de semana. 



A decade ago a small group of documentary filmmakers set out (proponerse llevar a cabo) with a dream to create a film rooted (arraigado) in the music of the streets. Not only has that dream has been realized, it has blossomed (florecer) into a global sensation called Playing For Change, a project including musicians of every level of renown (fama, renombre), that has touched the lives of millions of people around the world.


While travelling the world filming and recording musicians, the crew (equipo/personal en cine) became intimately involved with the music and people of each community they visited. Although many of these coMMunities had limited resources and a modest standard of living, the people in them were full of generosity, warmth (calidez), and above all they were coNNected to each other by a common thread (hilo): music.


Out of these discoveries, the Playing For Change Foundation was born and made its mission to ensure that anyone with the desire to receive a music education would have the opportunity to do so.


The Playing For Change Foundation is dedicated to creating positive social change through music education. We are driven by (lo que nos mueve) the belief that peace and change are possible through the universal language of music. By providing children a safe place to learn, flourish and express themselves, PFCF helps provide a creative alternative to the struggles many of these children face daily.


STAND BY ME:
When the night has come
and the land is dark
and the moon is the only light we'll see
no I won't be afraid, no I won't be afraid
just as long as you stand, stand by me
and darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh now now stand by me
stand by me, stand by me


If the sky that we look upon
should tumble (caerse, venirse abajo) and fall
and the mountains should crumble (desmoronarse) to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear
just as long as you stand, stand by me
and darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me
stand by me, stand by me, stand by me


Whenever you're in trouble won't you stand by me,
oh now now stand by me.

The lazy song, by Bruno Mars.

Or what Sundays are for.


Os dejamos esta perfecta canción de domingo, pero en su versión alternativa oficial. No cojáis ideas! Don´t try this at home!


#FelizDomingo!





Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed 
(solo quiero estar tirado en la cama)
don't feel like picking up my phone
So leave a message at the tone
(deja un mensaje cuando suene la señal).
Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything


Uh, I'm gonna kick my feet up and stare at the fan
(Voy a poner mis pies en alto y mirar fijamente al ventilador)
Turn the TV on
Throw my hand in my pants
Nobody's gon’ tell me I can't, nah


I'll be lying on the couch just chillin in my snuggie
(Estaré tumbado en el sofá, relajándome en mi bata-manta)
Click to MTV so they can teach me how to dougie
(pondré la MTV, para que puedan enseñarme como hacer dougie (hip hop dance movement)
Cause in my castle I'm the freakin man
(soy un fenómeno)


Oh Oh, yes I said it
I said it
I said it cause I can
Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
don't feel like picking up my phone
So leave a message at the tone
Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything


Chorus (estribillo).


Tomorrow I wake up, do some P90X
(haré algo de ejercicio. P90X is a workout revolutionary system).
With a really nice girl have some really nice sex
And she's gonna scream out, "this is great" (Oh my god this is great)
I might mess around and get my college degre
(mess around: entretenerse, pasar el rato, hacer el tonto)
I bet my old man will be so proud of me
(apuesto a que mi padre estará muy orgulloso de mí)
I'm sorry pops you just have to wait


[Chorus]


No I ain't gonna comb my hair
Cause I ain't going anywhere
No no no no no no no no nooo
I'll just strut in my birthday suit
(Tan solo me pavoneará en mi traje de los cumpleaños)
And let everything hang loose
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahhh

Not everyone loves classical music...

This is Rob Paravonian, a comedian, best known for his "Pachelbel Rant" which parodies the use of the chord progression from Pachelbel's Canon in many popular songs.


Feliz domingo!





- I´m a geek: freak de la informática.


- There´s no way to be cool when (No hay forma de ser guay cuando...) your instrument is bigger than you.


- The bullies just smell you coming from a mille away: los bullies (acosadores escolares) te huelen a millas.


- But I put up with (aguantar, soportar) all the abuse, because...


- I hate Pachelbel´s canon indeed, with a passion: Odio el Canon de Pachelbel de verdad, con pasión.


- it´s 8 quarter notes that we repeated over and over: son 8 notas que repetíamos una y otra vez.


-And the chelo, we got stuck with 8 loudly crappy sticky notes: y el chelo, nos quedabamos atascados en 8 ruidosas, horribles y pegadizas notas.


- ...so I got home and I thought: I´ll clear my mind (despejaré mi mente) with some folk music.


- If you´d stay away (mantenerse alejado) from the music that I love it will be better, but he won´t, he is shameless (descarado, desvergonzado).


- When I found myself in trouble: Cuando me meto en líos.

The greatest love of all...

...it´s the one you can find inside you.
Teach the children well and they´ll lead the way.


Tristemente es hoy noticia esta gran voz.
Os dejo una de sus mejores canciones en mi opinión.
Un gran mensaje.
Feliz Domingo.







Greatest love of all.


I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
(enseñadle bien y dejadles guiar el camino)


Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be
(Dejad que sus sonrisas os recuerden como solíais ser)


Everybody´s searching for a hero
People need someone to look up to
(la gente necesita a alguien a quien admirar)


I never found anyone to fulfill my needs
(Nunca encontré a nadie que cubriera mis necesidades)


A lonely place to be
So I learned to depend on me


I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I live as I believe
(Hace un tiempo decidí, no caminar bajo en las sombras de nadie nunca más.
si fallo, si tengo éxito, 
al menos estaré viviendo como creo que he de hacerlo)


No matter what they take from me
They can't take away my dignity
(no pueden quitarme mi dignidad)


Because the greatest love of all
Is happening to me
I found the greatest love of all
Inside of me
The greatest love of all
Is easy to achieve
(es fácil de conseguir)


Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all


I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be


And if by chance, that special place
That you've been dreaming of
Leads you to a lonely place
Find your strength in love

Music and passion.

Os dejo este vídeo sobre música clásica.
Diréis: "¿Música clásica?, ¡qué impopular!, ¿y que poco divertido!".

Este vídeo no es sobre música clásica es sobre la música en sí y la pasión que uno pone en hacer lo que le gusta. Y sobre la importancia de saber comunicar sobre un tema consiguiendo, no solo atraer la atención de le gente, sino emocionarla y hacerla partícipe.

En la vida hay que dedicarse a lo que uno le gusta, porque la dedicación y la pasión que se pone en ello, no es ni por asomo comparable a la rutina de dedicar nuestros días al "trabajo".
Esa pasión será la que te haga marcar la diferencia. Y puede que hasta te lleve al éxito (o no) pero te hará sin duda acostarte cada noche satisfecho, contento y con ganas del siguiente día.

Un saludo.



- Hopeless: sin esperanza.

- And rather than (en lugar de) going to stadistics and trends telling you that all the orchestras are closing and
record companies are folding (hablando de un negocio/tienda: quebrar, cerrar sus puertas).

- It´s not actually an experiment, because I already know the outcome (resultado).

- And at that point (y llegados a ese punto) they usually give up (lo dejan).

- Every other note: una nota sí, una no.

-...suDDenly the music took oFF (take oFF: despegar: literal y figurado).

- There was a gasp (suspiro) in the audience when they heard the diFFerence.

- I was so moved (emotionally aFFected, conmovido).

- ...you come home from a long day, you put your feet up, a little Vivaldi in the background doesn´t do any harm (un poco de Vivaldi de fondo no hace daño a nadie).

- If you were tone-deaf, you couldn´t tell the diFFerence between (percibir la diferencia entre) somebody from Texas and somebody from Rome.

(To be tone-deaf: no tener oído musical).

- I´m not going to go on until every single person in this room (...) will come to love and understand claSSical music No voy a continuar hasta que todas y cada una de las personas de esta sala terminen por/ lleguen a amar y entender la música clásica).

- There is not the slightest doubt in my mind that this is going to work. (No hay la más mínima duda en mi cabeza de que esto va a funcionar).

- I have a dream! Although I´m not sure I´ll be up to it (Aunque no estoy seguro de si lo conseguiré.

- And of course if the piece is long and you,ve had a long day, you may actually drift off.

(Drift off: caer rendido, quedarse dormido.
i.e: The kids drifted off as soon as we got them into the car).

- And then your companion will dig you in the ribs (entonces tu acompañante te dará un codazo en las costillas): Wake up! It´s culture!

- ...that´s in order to delay... (eso se hace con el objetivo de retrasarlo...)

- Deceptive: engañoso/a. Deceit: engaño.

- one last request before I play this piece all the way through (una última petición antes de que toque esta pieza entera, seguida).

- I had a realization: tuve una revelación.

- I have a definition of success: It´s about how many shiny eyes I have around me.



Let´s be like the bird who flies over the field and doesn´t care about the fences underneath.