Jon Bon Jovi sings in Farsi for the independence of all people.
Jon Bon Jovi went into the recording studio with exiled Iranian singer Andy Madadian to record a new version of Ben E. King's "Stand By Me." The video is intended to support the independence of the Iranian people at this time when the United States is about to celebrate Independence Day.
On the video Bon Jovi sings in Farsi for the first time ever. The recording was not designed to be sold. Rather, it is meant to be distributed online as a show of solidarity with the protesters. Check it out for yourself below.
Produced by the legendary Don Was in one afternoon, the video represents a new international call to freedom and unity. Was said,
"It wasn't intended to be on the Billboard charts, wasn't meant to be a hit record or even pressed on a CD. It's intended to be downloaded and shared by the Iranian people. The whole idea was to get it into Iran and tell them...to carry on, that the world is watching and we're with you."
May we all realize that we have entered into an age of freedom and abundance as the USA moves toward celebrating our own Independence Day. And may all people of the world be free to speak and sing their true songs.
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good for bon jovi. we need more people to stand up for independence
'farsi' (or Parsi) is native name of this language; its English name is Persian. Please use the proper term in the article. Thanks.
dear John Bon Jovi, your "stand by me" and persian words influenced me last nigth. we love you for your classy act. please read my words.
Stand by Democracy in Iran
I have been asking myself what happened?.
Was it a nightmare?
Are we going to put this aside and rise above?
What happened??
All that killing and biting and brutal acts of government.
Are we forgetting them all?
Are we watching these clips and slides and photos closely?
Are we seeing the knives and stabbings of the mercenaries and militias in the back and faces of these young, brave and innocent students?
Are we hearing the sound of the shootings and the scream of that mother right after her child being shot??
I feel the taste of blood in my throat every time I see Neda’s eyes wide open.
It hits me in the heart every time I see the picture of the fetus pulled out of that woman’s womb, shot right in her stomach with the black whole in the spine of the fetus. She created that beautiful life inside
She created that beautiful life inside of her for nearly nine months and dreamed about seeing her child million a times – and talked to that baby in her every day and protected that life in her, more than she ever protected herself. Then in one second a vicious and fatal shooting, shattered all those plans and dreams and love and caring and future...
This is the plan of this brutal government who is shattering our culture, our country, our children’s' futures and our dreams. They have been doing this for the last 30 years and will continue shooting and destroying the backbone of our culture if we look at their acts as a past nightmare and try to forget it.
These inhumane acts of brutality are not to be forgotten – we have to watch Neda’s beautiful face at least once a day, we have to review the videos of killing of students again and again. We have to remind ourselves the pain and sorrow over the last 30 years that we have faced in our lives because of this regime.
. We have to stand by the students in Iran. We have to be active and continuously ask the world to stand by us. I‘ve heard one day on the radio from a non Iranian person who said: “On September 11 the world was with America now the world should be with the Iranians.”
We have to close our eyes and put ourselves right in the streets of Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz, and other cities in Iran, every time we go in front of federal buildings with our modern and nice clothing and high heel shoes and with a safe feeling that no one would ever attack us in our protests. We have to open our eyes and ears to hear and feel the tear gas and shooting in the squares of Iran. With our being active we have to show to the world that we need them to stand by us and think like a human and support human rights. It has been 30 years and we all have lost a member of a family, or relative, or a friend, and our country’s pride.
Let’s stand by each other and show the world we do not stand by this bloodthirsty and illegal government and his cabinet. We do not stand by this regime’s barbarism act and we do not stand for ferocity. Lets not forget our Persia, Arya, Avestan, Zoroaster, Ahura Mazda, Darioush, Razi, Rudaki, Rumi, Sadi, Hafez, Omar Khayyam and several thousand years of background and cultures – let’s stand by our Persia and it’s people.
Peace,
Nargess
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