I don't know if I should laugh or cry...
Stephan
Tammy schrieb:
The complete article can be found at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/26/cannes-lions-bob-geldof-climate-change
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/26/cannes-lions-bob-geldof-climate-change>
Bob Geldof, who collaborated with Michael Jackson
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/michaeljackson> on the 1985 Live Aid
song We Are The World, paid tribute to the deceased pop star today as
he unveiled a musical coalition that will *record a new version of
Midnight Oil's Beds are Burning as part of a global campaign to
tackle **climate change*
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/climate-change>*.*
Geldof will work with artists including Duran Duran on the initiative,
unveiled at the Cannes Lions International Advertising
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/advertising> Festival. *The plan to
record a new version of Beds are Burning **marks the launch of former
UN secretary general Kofi Annan's Campaign for Climate Justice
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/29/hava-handle-kofi-annan-ads> **to
raise awareness of the disproportionate affect of global warming on
the world's poorest communities.*
The campaign's aim is to galvanise the global public to put pressure
on world leaders to take stringent climate change measures at the
critical United Nations summit in Copenhagen in December
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/23/hopenhagen-climate-change-campaign> to
secure a new treaty to replace the Kyoto protocol.
One feature of the campaign will be a We Are The World-style
collaborative single, featuring artists including Geldof, Duran Duran
and actress Milla Jovovich, recording a reworded version of Midnight
Oil's 1987 protest song Beds are Burning. *The Australian band has
reworked some of the lyrics to make it directly relevant to the
climate change issue.*
The single will be released as a free music download from September
both to raise awareness and act as a "giant digital petition" by those
who download it.