Ebony and Ivory - Song

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This song is posted to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Enjoy the song!

"Ebony and Ivory" is a 1982 number-one single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. It was released on March 29 of that year. The song is featured on McCartney's album Tug of War. The song reached number one on both the UK and the U.S. charts. It reappears on McCartney's All the Best! in 1987.

At the simplest level, the song is about the ebony (black) and ivory (white) keys on a piano, but also deals with integration and racial harmony on a deeper level. The title was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say "black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony, folks!" The figure is much older. It was popularised by James Aggrey in the 1920s, inspiring the title of the pan-African journal The Keys, but was in use from at least the 1840s. (From Wikipedia)

 

 

Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder

Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect harmony

Side by side on my piano keyboard oh lord why don't we?

We all know that people are the same where ever you go

There is good and bad in everyone

We learn to live we learn to give each other what we need to survive together alive

Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect harmony

Side by side on my piano keyboard oh lord why don't we?

Ebony, Ivory living in perfect harmony

Ebony, Ivory oh..

We all know that people are the same where ever you go

There is good and bad in everyone

We learn to live we learn to give each other what we need to survive

Together alive

Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect harmony

Side by side on my piano keyboard oh lord why don't we?

Side by side on my piano keyboard oh lord why don't we?

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• 天呀,NewVoice,真是久违了,想你。同怀念马丁·路德·金。 -斓婷- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/21/2013 postreply 07:43:58

• 斓婷，你好！ -NewVoice- ♀ (160 bytes) () 01/21/2013 postreply 07:50:51

• wow, nice song, Sis! very fitting for today! -非文学青年- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/21/2013 postreply 11:04:29

• Thanks! Sis. I like the song. -NewVoice- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/21/2013 postreply 13:21:13

• Thank for your comments! But -NewVoice- ♀ (866 bytes) () 01/22/2013 postreply 04:42:40

• 热烈欢迎新声姐回归！Paul McCarney是Bealtles里“Yesterday”的原唱。。 -beautifulwind- ♀ (11769 bytes) () 01/21/2013 postreply 19:28:41

• 问好！美风。 -NewVoice- ♀ (118 bytes) () 01/22/2013 postreply 04:54:04

• 声姐，在美坛这么久，我的水平你还不知道。：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (65 bytes) () 01/22/2013 postreply 22:37:11

• 声姐好，好久不见了！ -千与.千寻- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/21/2013 postreply 20:15:14

• 问好！小千。 -NewVoice- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2013 postreply 04:39:23

• 喜欢这首歌! -2msmom- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2013 postreply 07:16:18