Stand By Me, Around the World November 10, 2009
This song has echoed across attics, bounced through boulevards, and danced around dining rooms for more than 50 years now. Maybe it’s because I’m reading Dante’s Divine Comedy for the umpteenth time back at UCLA (and actually starting to enjoy it now!) that I am no longer surprised by old works bringing forth very real, contemporary emotions. As “they”–whoever they are–say, some things never change.
But what’s really interesting about this video is the manner in which it was edited together. A camera crew recorded street performers and traditional artists from all over the Earth doing their individual renditions of the song “Stand By Me.” They were instructed to play the song in a certain key so that once combined, all the different parts would shine together. It’s truly a work of art…moving quickly from shot to shot to these intimate scenes in these completely separated places almost makes you feel like you’ve been teleported there.
If you have any heart at all the symbolism of all these different cultures coming together to make music is touching. It’s the same feeling I get when I play music with my band mates. Enjoy!
“Stand by Me” performed by musicians around the world from SKAT on Vimeo.
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