Sono tornata con la musica, oggi parleremo di..?
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis e della sua canzone: Same Love.
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| Agli Mtv video music awards 2013 |
Il brano parla della questione dei diritti gay ed è stato registrato durante la campagna per Washington Referendum 74, il quale, dopo l'approvazione nel 2012, ha legalizzato i matrimoni omosessuali nello stato di Washington. La copertina del singolo è una fotografia dello zio di Macklemore, John Haggerty, e del suo compagno, Sean.
Il singolo si è posizionato alla numero 11 della Billboard Hot 100 negli Stati Uniti e si è posizionato alla numero 1 in Australia e Nuova Zelanda, venendo certificato 4 volte disco di platino in Australia.
Macklemore ha spiegato che la canzone è nata dalla sua frustrazione sulle posizioni omofobe del mondo hip hop riguardo l'omosessualità. Il rapper ha dichiarato: "Penso che come società ci stiamo evolvendo e l'hip-hop deve essere una rappresentazione di ciò che sta succedendo nel mondo in questo momento". Il brano contiene un campionamento del classico del 1965 People Get Ready del gruppo musicale The Impressions.
Il video musicale di Same Love, diretto da Ryan Lewis e Jon Jon Augustavo e prodotto da Tricia Davis, ha debuttato su canale YouTube di Lewis il 2 ottobre 2012, ottenendo 350.000 visualizzazioni 24 ore dopo il suo debutto. A partire dall'ottobre 2013, il video ha avuto più di 93 milioni di visualizzazioni.[12] Il video racconta la storia di un uomo dalla sua nascita fino alla sua morte, raccontando decennio per decennio la sua storia d'amore con il compagno, i conflitti sociali che li colpiscono in relazione al loro orientamento sessuale, il loro matrimonio e la loro separazione definitiva in punto di morte. Macklemore appare brevemente nel video.
Vi lascio al video:
Un bacione a tutte <3
Ecco il testo:
When I was in the third grade
I thought that I was gay
'Cause I could draw, my uncle was,
And I kept my room straight
I told my mom, tears rushing down my face
She's like, "Ben, you've loved girls since before pre-k."
Trippin', yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she?
A bunch of stereotypes all in my head
I remember doing the math like
"Yeah, I'm good at little league."
A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant
For those who liked the same sex had the characteristics
The right-wing conservatives think it's a decision
And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
Man-made, rewiring of a pre-disposition
Playing God
Ahh nah, here we go
America the brave
Still fears what we don't know
And God loves all His children is somehow forgotten
But we paraphrase a book written
Thirty five hundred years ago
I don't know
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
If I was gay
I would think hip-hop hates me
Have you read the YouTube comments lately
"Man, that's gay"
Gets dropped on the daily
We've become so numb to what we're sayin'
Our culture founded from oppression
Yeah, we don't have acceptance for 'em
Call each other faggots
Behind the keys of a message board
A word rooted in hate
Yet our genre still ignores it
Gay is synonymous with the lesser
It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion
Gender to skin color
Complexion of your pigment
The same fight that led people to walk-outs and sit-ins
Human rights for everybody
There is no difference
Live on! And be yourself!
When I was in church
They taught me something else
If you preach hate at the service
Those words aren't anointed
And that holy water
That you soak in
Is then poisoned
When everyone else
Is more comfortable
Remaining voiceless
Rather than fighting for humans
That have had their rights stolen
I might not be the same
But that's not important
No freedom 'til we're equal
Damn right I support it
I don't know
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
We press play
Don't press pause
Progress, march on!
With a veil over our eyes
We turn our back on the cause
'Til the day
That my uncles can united by law
Kids are walkin' around the hallway
Plagued by pain in their heart
A world so hateful
Someone would rather die
Than be who they are
And a certificate on paper
Isn't gonna solve it all
But it's a damn good place to start
No law's gonna change us
We have to change us
Whatever god you believe in
We come from the same one
Strip away the fear
Underneath it's all the same love
About time that we raised up
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
Love is patient, love is kind
Love is patient (not cryin' on Sundays)
Love is kind (not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind (not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind (not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind (not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind (not crying on Sundays)
Un bacione a tutte <3
-Giulia :3
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