Monday, 30 July 2007

Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

Sage advice.

Posted by HOBAC at 15:01

8 comments:

Patricia Gray said...

This is a brilliant video. It made me cry...with the truth of beauty of what he had to say. I have shared with others, my daughter, my two nieces and nephew. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!!! Patricia

31 July 2007 at 16:26
HOBAC said...

Beautiful and so simple - glad you liked it!

31 July 2007 at 17:15
Layer Cake said...

Hey, don't know if you know, but this was actually an essay written by Mary Schmich, published in the Chicago Tribune in 1997. She wrote it saying it was what she would give as a commencement speech if ever asked to give one. Baz Luhrmann read the article a few years later and loved it so much he made it into a song...a very popular one. It made the Billboard top ten for weeks. It came out right before I graduated college in 1999, while living in SF, so it resonated a lot with me! It was good to listen to it again! It's been years since I heard it.

31 July 2007 at 23:12
HOBAC said...

Didn't know that - it is even better now. How I wish that had been the speech at my commencement - it could have saved me a lot of wasted time.

31 July 2007 at 23:43
katiedid said...

I loved this when I heard it the first time too! I wasn't sure of the source, so lost track of it. Thank you for the reminder and source info! I am going to show to my daughters...who always wear sunscreen!

1 August 2007 at 03:37
Patricia Gray said...

If you or anyone has the written version of these wonderful words could you please forward it to me. I would like to print it out for the office bulletin board for inspiration. Thanks Patricia

6 August 2007 at 04:37
franki durbin said...

I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed this song.

8 August 2007 at 14:54
Things That Inspire said...

Wow - powerful words! (And the sunscreen part is spot on)

8 August 2007 at 21:56

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