Comments on: Stand By Me

Stand By Me

Sailormom — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:09:05 -0800

Playing for Change - Peace Through Music (flash) is a documentary film by Mark Johnson. He traveled the world and recorded various musicians playing the song Stand By Me. Each musician was charged with layering a single song over the previous artist thus building upon it. Over thirty musicians globally participated in this project and not one artist knew the other or came in contact initially.

Bill Moyers talks with Mark Johnson, the producer of a remarkable documentary about the simple but transformative power of music.

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:39:14 -0800

very nice! thanks for the link!

By: Saxon Kane

Saxon Kane — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:40:02 -0800

Pretty cool. I was doubtful about the quality of a song with tons of people overdubbed, but it sounded quite good. He did a really good job mixing it.

By: fuzzypantalones

fuzzypantalones — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:48:16 -0800

that brought a tear to my eye. beautiful!

By: juliplease

juliplease — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:20:11 -0800

Aw, neat. Thanks for this. It made me happy in the same kind of way that wherethehellismatt.com does.

By: rageagainsttherobots

rageagainsttherobots — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:41:32 -0800

Very cool. I hope this is the first song in a series. The song would have a totally different tone if a jazz musician started the song.

By: etaoin

etaoin — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:19:53 -0800

Fantastic, thanks for the link.

By: Flex1970

Flex1970 — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:34:25 -0800

That really calmed my soul. Thanks.

By: gauchodaspampas

gauchodaspampas — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:55:49 -0800

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By: PareidoliaticBoy

PareidoliaticBoy — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:46:58 -0800

Flagged as fantastic. Thanks Sailormom.

By: polexa

polexa — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:17:23 -0800

Stand By Me is one of my favorite songs in the world. It was really amazing to see it played this way.

By: kamikazegopher

kamikazegopher — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:02:48 -0800

I was just coming here to post this. Gave me goosebumps.

By: Zaximus

Zaximus — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:16:14 -0800

After I get all pissed off that I still can't manage to play a D chord without muting the 1st string, this is exactly the kind of thing that makes me pick the guitar back up and keep trying. Thanks for posting it!

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:10:31 -0800

Hey, I was just going to post this; a friend just sent me a link to it and it blew me away. Thanks, Sailormom!