You know Little Steven deserves a Nobel Peace Award for this. He was instrumental in letting the world know just what was going on in South Africa and In Nelson Mandela being released from jail to go on and be President.🎼❤️🇦🇺❤️🇺🇸🕺🏻💃🎸☘️

@City2x

Ай бұрын

💯💯💯💯

I agree with billsurf - this song helped me to better understand what was going on a world away from me - where are songs like this now?!

In terms of musical quality and artists featured surely this is the finest ensemble protest song EVER. An absolute lost gem of the eighties.

Little Steven will always have HERO status in our lifetime.

@ivyhurley8100

2 жыл бұрын

Oh how I love Little Steven.

@auntiecarol

2 жыл бұрын

This was the anthem to my "cause" as a white-arsed Brit undergraduate back in the day. I'm not entirely sure that our efforts amounted to much. We are still all slaves to capital.

@MargevonMarge

2 жыл бұрын

@@auntiecarol But people tried as best they could to make things better and were heard. Now activists seem to be pilloried as being overly concerned and are mocked by those who simply don't care or enjoy spreading discord and hate. Look for example at how Greta Thunberg is constantly vilified for her brave actions and desperate words about the world she has inherited. :(

@tritonogletree2806

6 ай бұрын

Damn right! ✊🏿✊🏻✊🏿✊🏻

I'm proud of this generation of artists who stood up when they were needed.

@footballagainstapartheid4087

8 жыл бұрын

+Jay George they are needed now. South Africa NEVER committed the massacres of Apartheid Israel. Soweto 176 Student youths protest attacks on Education, July/ August Gaza 565 innocent sleeping children. Zionist racism compares only with that "democratically elected" government of central Europe 1930s.

@abelashes2676

7 жыл бұрын

Some facts to consider about the Israel/Palestine issue: 1. The fighting between Jews and Arabs began long before the creation of the modern state of Israel and there were culprits on both sides; Lehi/Stern Gang (Jewish Palestinian Zionist terrorists) and Black Hand (Arab Muslim Jihadist anti-Zionist terrorists)..."both sides" of that pre-Israel conflict in British Mandatory Palestine were guilty of racist ethnic cleansing, religious extremism, theocracy, and the mass murder of innocent civilians)...before the modern state Israel existed. 2. The original borders dividing Jewish and Arab areas were largely decided upon by the British to keep these minorities of Jews and Arabs from killing each other, but were drawn in such a way as to force Arabs and Jews to cross each other's territory to enter into other parts of their own territory. Most Arabs and Jews were trying to live in peace with each other. It was a minority on both sides doing most of the violence, including the violence against the British. 3. "Palestinian" does not mean "Arab". Palestine is the Roman name for the region that was later adopted by the British. Jews who lived Palestine were also considered to be "Palestinian" before the modern state of Israel was created. 4. Almost a third of Israel citizens are Palestinian Arabs whose families chose Israel citizenship when it was offered in the early days of Israel. Most of these Arab Israelis are Sunni Muslims. However a sizable minority are Christians and those Israeli citizen Arab Palestinian Christians make up about 80% of all Christians in Israel, so when "Christian Zionists" blindly support one side or the other out of their Christian faith they should consider the fact that most Israel Christians are Palestinian Arabs. 5. Besides that fact that Jews and Arabs are closely related ancient Middle Eastern tribes whose languages and religions are also closely related, there is the fact that genetic studies have repeatedly confirmed that many, if not most, "Arab" Palestinians are partial descendants of the same Jews that most Jewish Israelis are descended from. In other words: Jews, Arabs, Turks, Copts, Amazigh, Kurds, Romans, Greeks and many others left their genetic mark on the people of Palestine and many of the "Arab" Palestinians come from Jewish families who chose to convert to Islam or Christianity and intermarried with Arabs, adopting their culture and language. 6. The early Zionists were largely secular and many were atheists, whose concerns stemmed more from the mistreatment of ethnic Jews globally, than from anything to do with religion or ethnic supremacy. Unfortunately, in order to gain the support of the majority of Jews these secular Zionists made the decision to allow Jewish religious fanatics into the leadership of the movement. Similarly, the Palestinian liberation movement has always had conflicts between different factions, some who just want a fair deal for the Palestinians, others who are secular Arab nationalists, and the Islamists and jihadists. 7. If it were not for the fact that Jerusalem is the holiest city on earth for religious Jews while simultaneously being one of the holiest cities on Earth for Christians and the site of the third holiest Mosque on Earth for Muslims, the conflict would have been resolved long, long ago. 8. The often mentioned "Occupation" refers to the disputed areas of Palestine seized and largely controlled by Israel (while still officially consider to be parts of Palestine) after the 6 Day War and not to the entirety of Palestine or Israel. This is an important point that many around the world who take one side or the other seem to not understand. These are the areas in which Israeli "settlers" keep encroaching in an attempt to eventually officially annex these regions in Israel. 9. In Israel many family laws issues are handled by religious courts. Israel has Jewish, Sunni Muslim, Christian, Druze, and Baha'i courts. There are many Arab Israeli politicians and Arab Israeli led political parties and including anti-Zionist parties. There are also anti-Zionist Jewish political movements in Israel. 10. The first Palestinian suicide bombings were the work of the PFLP, a Communist secular Palestinian organization founded and led by George Habash who was a Christian Communist Arab Nationalist Palestinian. Later the anti-Zionist Lebanese Shia Muslim Islamists of Hezbollah took up the practice under the influence of both the PFLP and the Islamic Republic of Iran. At a much later date the practice was taken up by Sunni Muslims in Hamas and other smaller factions. 11. Hamas began as a Sunni Islamist movement providing charitable services to Palestinians including hospitals. Some in Israel erroneously thought that if an ultra-conservative fascistic Islamist group dominated Palestine rather than a Leftist, semi-secular one like the PLO, it would lead to a reduction in the global support for Palestinian causes whether peaceful, political, humanitarian, military or terrorist in nature. This is why Israel donated to Hamas charities in Hamas's early days. It was a huge miscalculation. 12. Palestinians in Israel and in the West Bank have far more freedom and human rights than those in Gaza and this is because of Hamas. 13. Both Israelis and Palestinians as well as their respective "supporters" around the world often lie and mislead intentionally about events in the region, including by deceptive editing of video and audio and cherry picking of information. When we talk about the conflict we must realize that it is not just Palestinians and Israelis of various ethnic, religious and political persuasions (including those on "both sides" who want justice and peace for "both sides") but also those who staunchly take one side or the other not out of concern for Palestinians or Israelis but in support of religious and political agendas in which Palestinians and Israelis are mere pawns: End Times prophecy obsessed "Christian Zionists", Islamists of various Muslim sects globally, Jewish supremacists, neo-Nazis, anti-Arab bigots, anti- Jewish bigots, various types of conspiracy theorists most especially those who blame all of the world's problems on "Zionists", the far-left, the far-right, those who think Jews can do no wrong, those who think all Jews are evil, those who think all Arabs are Muslims, those who think all Muslims are terrorists, those who think no Muslims are terrorists, those who think Israel has no right to exist, those who think Palestinians don't exist, those who lie about history on "both sides", those Arab countries who treated Palestinian refugees as badly as Israel while using the issue for their own propaganda, those who make excuses for deliberate killing of innocent people (on either side), those who think either side has no right to self-defense, those who want to conflict to continue because it is not their blood being spilled but it somehow serves their religious, political or business interests (selling arms for instance)... 14. It would be better to be an Arab living in Israel than to be a Jew living in the West Bank or Gaza. 15. It would be better to be an Arab living in the West Bank or Israel than to be an Arab living in Gaza where Hamas will oppress you and if Hamas doesn't shoot rockets at Israel another jihadist faction will and then Israel will retaliate against the civilian homes, hospitals, schools and playgrounds where Hamas and others launch these rockets from. Hamas wants Israel to create more "martyrs" which is why this is done. Israel is often stupid and callous enough to give Hamas exactly what they want: dead civilians. 16. It would be better to be an atheist in Israel than in the West Bank and in the West Bank than in Gaza where it would likely get you killed. 17. It would be better to be LGBT in Israel than in the West Bank and better in the West Bank than in Gaza where it would get you killed. 18. It would be better to be a woman in Israel or the West Bank than to be a woman in Gaza where women are second class citizens. 18. Hamas has always been trying to walk a line between being a Palestinian liberation movement, an Arab Nationalist movement, a Sunni Islamist movement, a Sunni jihadist movement, and a bunch of greedy thieving gangsters. 19. Supporting Hamas is supporting the death, maiming, brainwashing, and oppression of moderate, liberal, libertarian, leftist, secular, democratic, pluralist, pro-peace, Christian, Druze, atheist, agnostic, LGBT, and women/girls Palestinians. Women are about half the population so...

@eden19966

4 жыл бұрын

Football Against Apartheid Such fucking bullshit. And what about SA now?? They got their land and positions and now commit atrocious genocide against whites who had nothing to do with the apartheid back then. With the governments support and approval. Well done blacks of SA! Just shows you can’t rule without white interference. You just don’t want peace - you want war.

@markhoward8301

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe they can do one for the poor FARMERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND BEING BUTCHERED

@markhoward8301

4 жыл бұрын

Do a record for the FARMERS being murdered by MARXIST BUTCHERS

This was a LOT more powerful than "We Are The World" which came out around the same time.

@StopBeingLiedTo

9 ай бұрын

Indeed. We Are The World was a trite knock-off wanting in on the zeitgeist and failed miserably

@sk8city476

8 ай бұрын

This was a true rebel song, while "We Are The World" was just a joke

What a great song.

I remember as a 10 year old kid watching this video on MTV as my first introduction to apartheid. I, being girl in CA having no idea what this was.it hit me hard. This video was educational for my generation.

I had a Yugoslavian girlfriend in Germany whose father managed a resort in Sun City, circa 1989 and refused to visit him there because of (her words) "the absolute moral evil of apartheid." Kudos to Little Steven for his...wokeness?... and to Suzanna, a white Croatian girl who was also the most hardcore antiracist human being I have ever met😘

@generationxer8153

4 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍

@thegreatergood8081

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately post-apartheid South Africa is a worse place. Insane levels of violence and rampant corruption now reign.

@coneyislandboo9048

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing

@jazzmanchgo

11 ай бұрын

@@thegreatergood8081Not the first time that the vision of a revolutionary genius was betrayed by some of his opportunistic followers. And sadly, it won't be the last.

Love truly is the most powerful force, it conquers everything. Hate can only last so long, love will eventually crush any barrier between human beings.

Dear Little Steven... just saw you in LilyHammer... always the same... simply great

So relevant right now. Who is watching?

Always nice to see the rockers and rappers getting together for a common cause (and not just for the buck) - and I can't help it, I still like the beat. A nice time travel to those "cheesy" 80's that I still miss at times!

@ferdschmuckel1500

8 жыл бұрын

Bono's haircut is worth the price of admission alone...

@treatmentbound

7 жыл бұрын

What about his beard?

Little Steven - so relevant today! Thank you! And just an incredible piece of work by all involved. Stunning

Everybody in this video is a legend

Fantastic protest song of its time. I can't believe that when they review charity and protest songs they always skip this one, it's a travesty. I really wish they would do something as great for the times now but some of the great ones that were in this song and video are now gone. So much better than that sickening sweet "We are the World".

@reneastle8447

3 жыл бұрын

What if they didn't skip this one? That could've been amazing.

Gotta love BRUCE W/THE TEMPTATIONS,,,

Fabulous protest song. I haven't listened to it in years Still relevent in 2019

@mediasix

4 жыл бұрын

You are so right.

@mikehendersondc

15 күн бұрын

Even now

Love hearing the singing at the end.

One of my favourite songs - used to rock to this tune on the dance floor back inna the day!

Big up & amazing casting !! on this sad day, I just remember this vinyl I bought in 1985.

Thank you for sharing ❤😊

OMG ! have not seen the video but I did hear the song back in the early 80"s my good all of the artist on this wow. Some are no longer with us but I do appreciate there work. Thank You for helping to make a change in society.

The power of and idea and music.

Everybody in this video is a legend!!!

I say Little Stevie on morning joe this morning with brought me here. This is the best copy of the video I've seen yet.

Steven Van Zandt is National Treasure 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Thank you Little Stevie for taking on this cause and to anyone else who contributed to ending this crime. Apartheid was a travesty and the fact that it didn't end until 1994 is hard to believe. Thank you Nelson Mandella for changing not only South Africa but the world. R.I.P.

@gregkosinski2303

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s a paradise now

💙💙💙this 🎸🎹🎵🎶 Back when protest was for good and stopping oppression and actual apartheid 💙💙💙💙💙you are all beloved

@fignon

Ай бұрын

He retired from this, couldn't care less about Palestine ,

One of the better "group" protest/cause efforts. Not only a noble cause, but incredibly well done considering the wide variety of musicians involved.

I knew Bono was gonna be in this shit somewhere.

@eden19966

4 жыл бұрын

nonplayerzealot4 Yeah, he pops up in every protest song available. Notice how ”dangerous” he looks here? Bat shit serious 😂

@ivyhurley8100

2 жыл бұрын

He usually is. Good on him!

The Artists hit #38 in Billboard, 12-14-85. God bless you, Vyan, for postin' it. Thanx! Have a blessed week!

this is by far the best copy of this I have found. thank you!

Loved this song the minute I heard it. This was needed to educate the public and throw light on the evil apartheid.

david ruffin and eddy kendicks

Man! There were a lot of legends in this video! Sadly many of them have passed on...Thanks Little Steven for bringing awareness to me of the situation about SA when I was a teen.. RIP Mr. Mandela

Still relevant in 2020!

Keep playing THIS❣️

Love this song and video

Stevie has always been that guy🙏🏾

The 80's were awesome because of people like this. Everyone getting together behind a cause and killing it. So awesome. And to think, Mandela was released. Great movie that shows this is The Power of One. One of my all time favorite movies. Would be nice to see artists do this again for a good cause.

@torineg.847

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, then I look around today, common sense, integrity, love, has left the stage for many in the US. It it brainwasheed, indoctrination, MSM, poly's. People like B/gates, Soros, klause that want control and destruction of humanity. Breaking news ! old tyrants&adrenochrome gives no one an extended life.

This is a great protest song about Apartheid in South Africa. Kudos to little Steven in putting this together with great collection of artists. 2:15. How hot does Bruce Springsteen looks in his leather jacket and tight Jean's? Damn.

@MargevonMarge

2 жыл бұрын

I had no idea he wasn't taller! :D

@tritonogletree2806

6 ай бұрын

He's 5'10" guys lol... The Temptations he's standing next to are 6'3" (Ruffin) and 6'1" (Kendricks)...

Lou Reed, Reuben Blades, Clarence Clemons.....

@Fakename70

10 жыл бұрын

Joey Ramone! Miles Davis!

When this came out I was living in Asbury Park, and as a huge fan, concerned about Steven's departure from the E Street Band. I was very happy to see Bruce and The Big Man in this video. Watched it on Friday Night Videos on NBC. Legendary.

My God look at all the artists that are no longer here with us in this video 🙏🙏

this song still sounds great to this date...awesome project

Oh my god, it's like "We Are The World" for cool people. No, seriously. That's gotta be the answer to a trivia question. "What song features the vocal talents of Bonnie Raitt *and* Joey Ramone?"

@ivyhurley8100

2 жыл бұрын

OMG -- that's exactly what I thought in 1985. Still think it. This work has heart, soul, and whenever else have Hall, Oates, Lou Reed, Pat Benitar, Ruben Blades and dozens of other artists ever appeared together.

@Bacopa68

2 жыл бұрын

The lyrics of the original version included a dis verse listing names of artists who played Sun City. That part of the song had to be dropped to get everyone in this video released from their contracts to appear in this project. And in four years Botha would be out and De Klerk would start changing things.

Still powerful as ever.

Wow! Great song!

Bono rocks a beard pretty good on this, almost makes up for the mullet.

@NorthBeachTVOS

10 жыл бұрын

almost...

man. i forgot about this. its like the super hip version of we are the world.

Here we are in June 2020 and sad it still true today. Even more so. But it's the state's 😔. I havent heard this saw this since I was 10

Great to see this after so many years, and so fun to pick out the musicians. Rare footage of very young Zak Starkey there with Ringo I believe at 5:25... Great cameos from so many people like Peter Garrett. Totally forgot how prominent certain people were like Daryl Hall, the Temps, and Lou Reed.

Adoro essa música!

Shame Queen weren't available to be a part of this..... Oh hang on, they were playing Sun City weren't they...?

@grizzlynad

2 жыл бұрын

as did Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, Elaine Page, Frank Sinatra, Queen, Elton John, Linda Ronstadt, Julio Iglesias, The O'Jays, Ray Charles, Boney M, Black Sabbath, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick, & Laura Branigan, etc... - SMH!

Belo visual hein Joey Ramone?!!!! (2'37) O Johnny deve ter espumado de raiva ao ver este video!!!! #ramonestácomtudo

When I taught history I used to show students this video and we analyzed the lyrics

L'avevo dimenticato, è un video bello e significativo: grandi !!!!!!!!!!!

Eddie, David and Bruce -- made my morning

It's scary that this song has mostly been forgotten, and I'm not talking about the piece of music which is, btw, terrific. Things changed, but is the world a better place now?... Was it a dream to believe thing s could really, really improve?

@colleen4ever

5 жыл бұрын

I think in a way it is. It'll never be perfect but a lot of things are better,

@KremIsis

5 жыл бұрын

I don't know. Of course things changed, but the world is not so optimistic as it was back then, I mean... I don't know. Maybe I'm just getting older. May I ask where you're from?

*BETTER AND DOPEST THAN 'WE ARE THE WORLD'* , this aid artist assembly had a bunch of the Coolest no extreme 80s Pop artist: Afrika Bambaataa, Kurtis Blow, Melle Mel, Duke Bootee, Run DMC, Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne , Nona Hendrix, George Clinton, Eddie Kendricks, Bobby Womack, Joey Ramone, Bono, Lou Reed, Ruben Blades etc

@Redlinesixtynine

10 ай бұрын

Help me out here, who is to the right of little Steven around 4:30, thanks.

"It ain't that far away, Sun City!" Daryl Hall brings it! 6:05

I’ve still never played Sun City✊🏻

Little Stevie wrote the song and fronted the performers and Bruce was quick to support his friend in this. And now Bruce's attention has turned from Sun City to North Carolina. He'g getting some flack for canceling his concert there but he didn't stand for racial inequality then and won't stand for sexual inequality now. I'm supporting him now and won't forget this great song/video.

We're standing our brothers, all systems in the back.

3:28, what a odd combo of artists all coming together, John Oates, Lou Reed & Ruben BlaDES

Steven Van Zandt is a remarkable guy!

@NorthBeachTVOS

10 жыл бұрын

lol, The Sopranos ruined his entire musical career for me. I can't look at him now without seeing "Silvio"

@fredbarnard1314

10 жыл бұрын

First saw him on Lilyhammer. Bloody hilarious - then found out all the other stuff he does.

@fredbarnard1314

8 жыл бұрын

One of these days I suppose I shall have to watch The Sopranos.

Never gets old

Simple and powerful message! The good old days.

To share my opinion of this song, with real facts to it: In intent, effect and collective talent Artists United Against Apartheid are the greatest band ever. A lot of charity singles are really good and important, but these are all my favorites right here! Lou Reed, Joey Ramone, Darlene Love, Bruce and pals just to name a few. To me, the moment of realization where Little Steven decided to record this song is truly the most important "DIY" moment in all of rock and roll, envisioned by one who had literally seen it all, and then seen beyond that. Good work SVZ! In terms of human decency and proven results this really is the "coolest song in the world", even cooler than "Moulty", Doris Troy, Eddie Hodges or Kelly Osbourne.

@MrGiorgioud

3 жыл бұрын

Agree with everything. And I add that I was thrilled, at the time, to see alongside the names you mentioned (also faves of mine) also Stiv Bators (ex- Dead Boy and then singer of The Lords of the New Church) and Mike Monroe (singer with Hanoi Rocks)

That was a powerfull tune that should resinate in the hearts of man...Constructive ingagement is Ronald Regan's plan...Contructive engagement is still the norm esp.. in The U.S. and other countries..For you Star Trek Fans...That's the Prime Directive at work..

3:24 Bonnie Raitt ;) :) She's lookin' good in this video :)

What a great idea!

THIS SONG IS GREAT I LOVE IT FOR MANDELA I PRAY THAT HE STAY ALIVE

Great song

Thanks for sharing! Added to the music website mentioned below. 8O)

Fair enough. I'd still argue that the benefits of this action (the increased visibility of the issue in the US and elsewhere) outweigh the costs (the economic costs born by the people of South Africa due to the boycott or whatever it was).

Hell of a lot better than that "We Are The World" hallmark card of a song.

This song poured gasoline on the whole South Africa bull shit! Jersey Strong! Little Stevie!!

Stupenda poi con Bono raggiunge il top, Bruce e Little inarrivabili bellissima

Outstanding

Anyone who says there was no uprising in the 80s and everyone was complacent watch THIS

Forget Bono..RUN-DMC, KURTIS BLOW, MELLE MELL, GEORGE 'DR. FUNKENSTEIN' CLINTON ( 2:36 and 6:01), JOEY RAMONE, BRUCE SPREENSTEEN, DARRYL HANNAH...

that song is an anthem and I support advocacy for peace for our world.

Bruce Springsteen, Hall and Oates, and Bob Dylan are the only ones to have also done “We Are the World” earlier that year.

@MargevonMarge

2 жыл бұрын

Bono did the original Band Aid song though..

Na na n-na na naaa na na na YEAH

Excellence

Funny to read the anti-Bono comments..Come back here when you've done more than he has for all the people suffering around the world..A lot of people in music, film etc have egos, that's part of their personality for making it to the top..Many of the people in the video are probably like that, to some extent. Good song though and Little Stevie went on to play a great role in The Sopranos!

@ivyhurley8100

2 жыл бұрын

Bono has done more for humanity than most people realize. They just see his swaggering public persona. If I were to meet him, I'd shake his hand and thank him for all the good he's done in the world.

@warrenreid6109

2 жыл бұрын

Bono is one of the greatest HUMAN BEINGS on this planet.

@cable7152

2 жыл бұрын

@@warrenreid6109 fun fact he hated the name U2

@thomasdonohue1833

2 жыл бұрын

Bono has never done a thing for anyone. He has certainly enriched himself at the pain and suffering though

Lou Reed's Turn ! so cool.... (at 6:46)

Favorite part: the look on Bono's face...

小さいころ見て衝撃受けました

Would somebody tell me Why are we always on the wrong side? HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOBBY WOMACK!!

Wow! #MusicTherapy!

Goodness, they´re all dead? wow... I´m still here! They´re rock n rolling somewhere else.

Rest in Peace Nelson Mandela

RIP Mandela xxx

Bruce Springsteen looked like he had some type of manic hycup attack at the end.

RIP Nelson!

I AIN'T GONNA PLAY NEW YORK CITY!

Is run dmc the first 3 people in the video

@truckerkevthepaidtourist

2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. I can't remember but I think the other rapper that comes right after him is Curtis blow but I'm not 100% sure. You got to remember right around this time the movie breaking and Beat Street was all over the place too. You also see the fat boys in there