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SOTD #8
By Wolfie | July 23, 2008
Today’s song is Why? by Tracy Chapman
Why do the babies starve
When there’s enough food to feed the world
Why when there’re so many of us
Are there people still alone
Why are the missiles called peace keepers
When they’re aimed to kill
Why is a woman still not safe
When she’s in her home
Love is hate
War is peace
No is yes
And we’re all free
In 1988, there was a concert at Wembley Stadium - The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute. I’d gone along because Dire Straits, my favourite band, were headlining, but it was a day of names. Everyone that was anyone was there. Tracy Chapman had not yet had her big hit with Fast Car, but she was getting some radio play and was scheduled to be on that day. She duly came on and was well received.
Then, a little later that afternoon, Stevie Wonder lost a computer disc so couldn’t come on when he was supposed to; Tracy Chapman stepped into the breach and in front of 70,000 people stood there with just her acoustic guitar and blew the place away. One person, a complete unknown before that day, standing there singing these amazingly beautiful songs. At one point, she sang without even her guitar - you’ve never heard such a thing; Wembley Stadium absolutely hanging on every word. When she finished, the place erupted.
Stevie Wonder couldn’t live up to that performance.
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