Video Fridays: Playing for Change, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”

I’ve loved this group/organization/cause for years. I posted three of their videos in 2013, “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay, Gimme Shelter, & Imagine,” when it was more than a little novel to have musicians scattered all over the globe playing a song “together.” Here we are almost ten-years later and the novelty has worn off, but the need to connect through music related to social causes persists. In this case the cause is a call for support over persons who go “missing” because of natural causes, violence and armed conflicts around the world. Here’s the description they posted with the video on YouTube:

“We are proud to share our new Song Around The World, “I Still Haven’t Found What I´m Looking For,” by U2, to send a message to the relatives of missing people in the world: you are not alone in the search of your loved ones. This is a joint project by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Playing For Change in honor of the International Day of the Disappeared. This video features over 40 extraordinary musicians from 13 countries who played several instruments and combined their magnificent voices.

“In the world, each day, dozens of people disappear for diverse causes related to armed conflicts, violence, natural disasters and on the migration route, among others. Some of their families have had no news of their missing loved ones for more than 20 years. Together, and through music, we would like to express our solidarity to those who are facing the profound and universal feeling of losing a loved one. The families of missing people will not stop searching, nor will we stop helping them.

“We would like to thank all of the amazing musicians for their contribution and sharing their enormous talent with this project.

#TheSearchDoesntStop

#InternationalDayOfTheDisappeared

www.icrc.org/missing2022

“Written By Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, David Howell Evans, Bono

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