Small Island Big Song - Mercy Mercy Me (Official Video)

Mercy Mercy Me (the ecology)
by - Small Island Big Song
'What will we tell our children if we fail to protect the planet? - Vaiteani
Song available on our bandcamp site
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Thanks for watching our video, we are artists of the Pacific & Indian oceans drawing on our islands cultural voice and our love and fears for nature, the heart of our communities to create music which speaks for our island homes and ocean.
Marvin Gayes powerful eco-anthem, connected with us during the recording of our album 'Our Island', with each of the verses speaking directly to us and our islands environmental issues, sadly still relevant 50 years later. Once the groove got going we wanted to keep it going so we added more verses singing out for current eco issues, in the language of our islands, (of course).
We feel apart of a movement across our small island Earth, reshaping our relationship to nature, more like waking up to the fact that we are nature, we are all (everything) is a dynamic part of an incredible living eco system. There are better minds than ours expressing this, we are artists so we hope our music uplifts, consoles inspiring hope in action. - Tim, the producer.
Our version of Mercy Mercy Me (the ecology) features,
Emlyn from Mauritius singing in Mauritian Kreole.
Putad of the Amis peoples of Taiwan singing in Amis.
Sauljaljui of the Paiwan peoples of Taiwan singing in Paiwan.
Vaiteani of Tahiti singing in Tahitian.
& Selina Leem with an excerpt of her spoken word piece, 'Just a Blue Planet'.
Selina was the youngest delegate at COP 21 Paris speaking just after the hopeful 1.5 threshold was committed to, her speech touched the world and moment. We have placed her 'Just a Blue Passport' excerpt over these images as a reminder to the commitment the world made at that time to protecting our planet and large ocean nations.
'1.5 is all we've got' - Selina Leem
Mercy Mercy Me (the ecology)
by - Small Island Big Song
Song Credits
Composer - Marvin Gaye
Produced, arranged & mixed by Tim Cole.
Music Video by - Tim Cole
Project Producer - BaoBao Chen
Music
Sammy of Madagascar played the Kabosy
Putad played Bass
Sauljaljui played a few layers of Moon Lute.
Luc Totterwitz played Ukulele
Kokol of Mauritius played the Calabash
Airileke of Papua New Guinea played Kundu Drums & Conga
Tim Cole from Australia added a shaker.
Nature Sounds - Dawn on Mount Gulaga, Tilba Tilba, Australia
Opening & closing statements by an 11 year old after the devastating 2019/20 Black Summer forest fires.
Both her and and the wildlife of Mount Gulaga (Dromedary) narrowly escaped the fires.
Video.
Concept by Sammy
Directed & Post Production by Tim Cole
Filmed & Recorded on location by Kan Chan Kin, Tafita, Kui Taruzaljum, Luc Totterwitz, Airileke & Tim Cole
Fridays for Future Rallies - courtesy Guardian News, ‘Students around the world go on climate strike’ - Creative Commons
Selina’s COP 21 Footage - courtesy 350.org, ‘Selina Leem, 18 year old from Marshall Islands, speaks at final COP21 plenary’- Creative Commons
Earth from Jupiter - Courtesy
NASA - ‘Earth and Moon Seen by Passing Juno Spacecraft with Music by Vangelis’
Marshall Islands drone footage - Stock Footage, Shutterstock.
Dedicated to all the artists standing up for nature.
a SMALL ISLAND BIG SONG production 2023
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