F.ragile by Sting e People Have the Power by Patti Smith. These are the two songs that Mika And Laura Pausini they chose to sing in a special medley during the second semifinal of Eurovision 2022. And that was the moment really exciting.
The performance of Mika and Laura Pausini
Go up on stage in the guise of singers and accompanied by students of the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory of Turinthe presenters of this Turin edition have launched a message of peace in the way closest to their sensitivities: through music.
The first cover was that of Fragile from Sting (1987). It is about a song about the violence of man, and precisely of the fragility of life in the face, even in the face of war.
A precise and benevolent choice, followed by another equally troubled passagebut all uphill.
People have the power
From Sting’s fragility to the consciousness of responsibility and courage. It is thechoral hymn by Patti Smith People have the power – launched in 1988 after almost ten years of silence. An invitation to always engaging brotherhood, that today sounds urgent and full of strength as only in the most desperate hour.
A song that frees and becomes faith in the power to change things. Of choose which side to take. To unite in a single chorus, to shout against the war and celebrate – always and in any case – life.
Mika and Laura Pausini. (Photo by Filippo Alfero / Getty Images)
With this medley Laura Pausini and Mika didn’t just give us a moment of rare beauty. They reminded us that each of us has a missionwhich is that of cultivate peace. At all costs.
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