きになるRINGO

木に生るのは林檎
気になるのはRINGO
ミュージックメモリアル。
音楽を中心に気になる徒然。

気になるコンサート「スティービー・ワンダー」

2016年07月12日 | コンサート
キャロル・キングに引き続いて、ロンドンで開催されたフェスBritish Summer Time Hyde Parkの最終日に「スティービー・ワンダー」(Stevie Wonder)が出演しました。




スティービー・ワンダーは2005年にリリースした”A Time 2 Love ”
A Time 2 Love
Motow
Motow

以降の新しいアルバムのリリースはありませんが、
ライヴ活動は積極的に行っています。

つい最近では「プリンス」(Prince)のトリビュートに登場しました。



今回はコンサートの演奏も感動的でしたが
最後のMCで


アメリカの人種差別と暴力問題に触れ
“Before I start the concert I'd like to say to all of you a few simple things. In this troubled time I want to say to all of you that I love you all. And I love you because I was blessed to be blind, it was a gift so that I could show those of you who have everything you have the blessing you have to use them all."

“In one sense I'm very happy that Songs In The Key Of Life are still significant almost 40 years later. In another sense I'm not happy about that. The reason is that the songs and the words that we talk about, those conditions still exist in the world and that hurts my heart.

"What I'm hopeful about is that we can make a difference. And if you too feel that we can make a difference, I encourage you to choose love over hate. It's just that simple. Choose love over hate, right over wrong, kind over meanness. Hope over no hope at all. Which brings me to another point, yes, all life does matter, but the reason that I say black lives matter is because we are the original people of this world."

“So in essence, everyone here has some black in you! You've all got some soul in you so stop denying your culture. So love yourselves and all your family. That's what I say."

と述べて更なる感動を与えました。