A friend is organising an event about protecting children from child abuse.
Most cases where a child dies from abuse or is significantly harmed show a lack of professionals actually listening to the child - this event is to encourage agencies working with these children to listen more and listen better.
She needs music (for background, as people are arriving and in between speakers) with a message of listening and hearing. There's lots of promising song titles out there but most are obviously about lost loves.
Can anybody recommend some great songs which may fit the bill? Bonus points for songs likely to be familiar in the UK!
posted by razzman
on May 18, 2013 -
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There's a set of lyrics which appears in several different Roma folk settings, sometimes reversed, and usually with similar but not identical tunes; AFAICT, the urtext is called "Keren Chave" or perhaps "Keren šavořale". I'm curious about its history and how it derived multiple variations, and whether there's a canonical order for the verses.
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posted by infinitewindow
on Mar 8, 2013 -
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posted by KChasm
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posted by davebug
on Dec 22, 2012 -
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posted by KChasm
on Dec 4, 2012 -
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on Nov 15, 2012 -
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Listen to the song
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posted by thatgirl1985
on Nov 2, 2012 -
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on Oct 30, 2012 -
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on Oct 1, 2012 -
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on Sep 28, 2012 -
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I'm trying to revive my rather rusty Spanish. One of the green's favourite tips for language learning seems to be to immerse yourself in TV programmes/films/music in the target language. So I want to start listening to Spanish-language music, and I need some recommendations.
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In the song "
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on Jul 29, 2012 -
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For the past few days I have been trying to recollect the title of the song that has the line "You are like Gibraltar in a raging storm" or something similar, in it. And I believe this is followed by the line "Are you for real? " But this could also possibly be at the end of the verses of the song.
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posted by GaelFC
on May 10, 2012 -
55 answers
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36 answers
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on Apr 14, 2012 -
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posted by ch3cooh
on Mar 20, 2012 -
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I'm trying to figure out the lyrics to
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on Mar 20, 2012 -
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