Guide: It is another good time to apply for school and choose a major for studying abroad in one year. Some parents and students worry that "the liberal arts are useless", and it is unrealistic to rely on the interest of art to eat. Today, AAE (American Academy of English, AAE for short) is here to share some inspirational music stories, hoping to break your prejudice against professionalism:
1, Charity songs (charity songs)
"Do they know it's Christmas?" "("Do they know it is Christmas?"), "We are the world" ("One Family in the Four Seas/We Are the World"), "Tomorrow will be better" (Tomorrow will be better), these well-known The song, behind the birth of the song, is actually the charitable act of the superstar who helped the African famine:
30 years ago, Africa experienced the biggest drought and famine in this century (the United Nations called this famine the “largest human disaster in modern African history”. ), hundreds of millions of people in more than 20 countries are threatened by starvation. Ethiopia has been synonymous with world hunger for a period of time, and the whole world is crying "Save Africa".
(1) "Do they know it's Christmas?" ("Do they know it's Christmas?")
Seeing illegal people can’t eat enough, British singer Bob Geldof can’t sit still. , But he couldn’t spend much, so he acted as the convener and joined dozens of popular artists to sing together in the name of Band Aid to aid the African hungry with the proceeds from the charity sale, "Do they know it's Christmas?" Is it Christmas?"), the best-selling song in the history of British music was born.
due to the nature of the song and its first pioneering work, the charity sale raised a considerable amount of money (according to a report of 8 million pounds), all donated to the African victims. The international community has begun to pay attention to the severe famine in Africa, which has also inspired musicians all over the world, and the atmosphere of various charity singing continues to this day.
(2) "We are the world" ("One Family in Four Seas")
"We are the world" ("One Family in Four Seas/One Family in the World/We Are the World"), this charity song is written by "Do they know it's Christmas?" "The creative inspiration brought by ", if you carefully taste it, you can easily find that the two songs are similar to each other.
At that time, after being inspired by the British to produce and sing charity songs to support the disaster-stricken areas, American musicians also started to do things:
won more than 70 Grammy Awards (Grammy Awards, and Oscars for movies) in his lifetime. , Emmy Awards in the TV category, and Tony Awards in the drama category are collectively called the four major entertainment awards of the year in the United States) nominated gold medal musicians Quincy Delight Jones, Michael Jackson and Leonard ·Rich (Lionel Richie), etc., there are more than 40 popular singers who participated in a very meaningful activity in the history of popular music-"For Africa" (USA for Africa), and jointly completed "We are the world ".
"We are the world", regardless of skin color, race, or genre, has no one to surpass the number of singles released. This time, tens of millions of dollars have been raised for Africa.
In addition, what is interesting is that "Tomorrow will be better" (Tomorrow will be better), which is widely sung in China, is also created by imitating the "We are the world" stars singing for public welfare.
2, Benefit performance (benefit performance)
Following the charity song, Bob Geldof (Bob Geldof) and Midge Ure (Midge Ure) also launched Live Aid—— "Save lives" charity performance, this large-scale rock concert aimed at continuing to raise funds for the famine in Ethiopia.
At that time, the world’s most popular rock stars appeared almost one by one. Big stars and bands with different styles took the stage one after another. This is a rare spectacle in the history of world music. It can be called the greatest and most luxurious lineup in the history of world music. , A performance that can never be copied. The
performance has lasted 16 hours and was broadcast live to more than 100 countries through the global communications satellite network, and it is estimated that it has attracted a total of 1.5 billion TV viewers.
comes from the far Middle East-Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-nahayan, President of the UAE. The chieftain watched the live broadcast of Live Aid and was so excited. Self, announced out of pocket, donated 1 million pounds.
The British royal family also sent members to participate in the London concert that day. This large-scale rock and roll charity event was a huge success, and finally raised amazing donations for African countries (reported to be about 100 million US dollars).
Bob Geldof (Bob Geldof) was also knighted by the Queen of England. The Norwegian, British and Irish parliaments jointly nominated him as a candidate for the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.
Regarding how popular the performance scene was at that time, the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody" ("Bohemian Rhapsody") will also partly describe: Among them, the climax of the whole film is the end, the Queen's wonderful performance in Live Aid.
3, Magnificent feat (feat)
In the face of the Great African Famine, musicians have made substantial contributions through the income of charity songs and benefit performances, which is a feat in the history of music.
In fact, choosing music as a professional study is not unreliable. Do you still remember the classic plot of the movie "Music of the Heart"? When the violin class was facing cancellation, the female teacher organized a loving performance with parents, students and other related parties, and finally the students could learn again Violin lesson.
Concluding remarks
"Hot majors" and "unpopular majors" should not be the deciding factor in your choice, or to judge whether a major is worthwhile, the most important thing should not be just short-term employment prospects. Because society is changing, "hot majors" will also become "unpopular majors." As the movie "Wuwenxidong" calls for it, it is more important to follow your inner learning interest.
