not everyday I find songs that are worthwhile, of making something move inside me, from which you can hear many times without tiring. In fact, I do not remember when was the last time I went ... probably, long ago. Some time ago I met one of those songs, when I least expected, and above all, who would I least expect: Baz Luhrmann. Writer, producer and director of Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge.
But the song is not him, but has a little history: the first of June 1997, columnist "Brenda Starr" or his real name Mary Schmich writes an article for the Chicago Tribune, where he gives a recipe for how to be happy at future, and Baz what he did was basically creating music that reflection.
The song is called Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen), and left on the hard Something For Everybody (1998). It is a remix made by Baz Luhrmann's own Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) by Rozalla (1992). The voice is not Baz Luhrmann, but an actor hired to read the text.
found excellent video, and of course content, this page you can see:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2214943461952502081&q =% 22Wear + Sunscreen% 22 + playable% 3Atrue
So much so that it deserves in my blog esppacio . I especially liked the part about friends: "Understand that friends come and go, but there are a select few you should hold on."
was dedicated to all the people who achieve what I feel, a feeling hard to explain, a mixture of nostalgia, personal development and motivation, which today makes me much needed.
I leave the translated lyrics ...
Everybody's Free (to wear protective solar)
Baz Luhrmann - Mary lyrics Wear Sunscreen Schmichdel book and the CD Something for Everyone
free translation from English original
Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '99: Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, would you use the Sunscreen.
long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.
We will supply this advice now:
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You do not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll be seeing old pictures of you and remembering in a way that can not grasp now, how much difference there is between you and how fabulous you really looked.
You're not as fat as you imagine.
Do not worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.
The real troubles in your life will be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that you reap at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday.
Make every day something that scares you.
Sing.
not be reckless with other people's hearts, do not put people who are reckless with yours.
floss.
not waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.
The race is long and, ultimately, it is only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults.
If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters. Boot your old bank statements.
E - S - T - R - R - A - T - E
not feel guilty if you do not know what you do with your life.
The most interesting people I know do not know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives.
Some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still do not know.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be nice to your knees. Miss them when they have them.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe not. Perhaps you have children, or maybe not. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the dance of awesome chick in the 75 th anniversary of your wedding.
Whatever you do do not congratulate yourself or berate yourself either too yourself.
have half the chance. And other people too.
Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can.
not be afraid of it or of what other people think that is the best instrument you'll ever come to possess.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do apart from your living room.
Read the directions, but not follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines. They only make you feel horrible.
know your parents. You never know when you gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings. They are the best connection to your past and the people most likely to remain you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but a few you should hold on to prices.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need people who knew you when you were young.
lives in New York once, but leave before it makes you hard.
ever live in Northern California, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians flirt. You too will get old. And when you do, fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
not expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust. Maybe you have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when some of the two runs.
not play much with your hair, but when you're 40 you look 85.
be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia. Grant them a way to fish in the past for debris, cleaning, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than worth.
But trust me ... on the sunscreen.
