As you surf the net on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, you'll see many video tributes to King. I posted some of them myself. Something you probably won't see anywhere else is this 1985 collaboration by dozens of musical artists to protest apartheid in South Africa. You can read the story of Steven Van Zandt's project Sun City at Wikipedia. The song never got much airplay due to the mixing of genres and the criticism of President Reagan's policies, but it was a favorite of mine. I haven't heard the song since my turntable disappeared, and I had never seen the video til today. And its a much better song than We Are The World.
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This is a great song and video. It got tons of airtime in Canada and I was surprised I remembered it so well. Thanks for posting this.
I remember it pretty well because I owned the full length tape ( that's right, I said tape ) and also videotaped a short documentary from MTV ( that's right, I said MTV ) about this project. As far as this song criticizing Reagan's policies, well that's just one more thing that makes it great ! As I recall, among the acts that DID play Sun City were Rod Stewart, Cher and Queen.