2005/10/18
Stand by Me: The Song and the Motion Picture
I'm writing about this song, though "stand" is not a Basic word, because the first three lines of the song are all made of Basic words. I don't make a copy and paste of the words, because of the copyrights. You may see the words on the page from this bookmark:
When the night and the dark comes to the land and even if the only light they see is the light of the moon, the writer of the song says that she, or he, will have no fear as long as her friend, or boyfriend, stands by her.
This song was based on a part of a very old verse in The Bible: "Psalm of David" or "Psalm 23." In Basic English the part of the Bible verse goes like this:
The most noted words in this old verse are "the valley of deep shade." This word group, in the King James Bible, are put like: "the valley of the shadow of death."
In the 1970's, "Stand by Me" was played frequently on the radio and music stores, because a new recording of the song was made by John Lennon.
In the 80's, the song was played again at the end of a new motion picture, Stand by Me. This moving picture was based on the story, "The Body." It's about four boys making a journey through dark woods, looking for the dead body of a young man. The boys in the story are having hard times at school, in the town and at their houses, with the violent and hard-drinking father, or feeling no love from his family. The unhappy boys have a hope that looking for the dead might make them happy. They are, in a way, walking through the valley of the shadow of death. ¶ 00:02
| If you keep yourself upright, on your feet, you are standing. When you stand by me, you keep yourself upright, on your feet, by me, as my friend. "Stand by Me" is an old song from the 1960's, made by an New Orleans man of music Ben E. King.
I'm writing about this song, though "stand" is not a Basic word, because the first three lines of the song are all made of Basic words. I don't make a copy and paste of the words, because of the copyrights. You may see the words on the page from this bookmark:
When the night and the dark comes to the land and even if the only light they see is the light of the moon, the writer of the song says that she, or he, will have no fear as long as her friend, or boyfriend, stands by her.
This song was based on a part of a very old verse in The Bible: "Psalm of David" or "Psalm 23." In Basic English the part of the Bible verse goes like this:
Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade,
I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me,
your rod and your support are my comfort.
I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me,
your rod and your support are my comfort.
From "Psalm 23," The Bible in Basic English.
The most noted words in this old verse are "the valley of deep shade." This word group, in the King James Bible, are put like: "the valley of the shadow of death."
In the 1970's, "Stand by Me" was played frequently on the radio and music stores, because a new recording of the song was made by John Lennon.
In the 80's, the song was played again at the end of a new motion picture, Stand by Me. This moving picture was based on the story, "The Body." It's about four boys making a journey through dark woods, looking for the dead body of a young man. The boys in the story are having hard times at school, in the town and at their houses, with the violent and hard-drinking father, or feeling no love from his family. The unhappy boys have a hope that looking for the dead might make them happy. They are, in a way, walking through the valley of the shadow of death. ¶ 00:02
