"All You Need is Love" by 156 countries - Video

This is one of those rare songs I've heard a thousand times but will never tire of. The message, the melody...sublime.

Anyway, I came across this cool and creative video recently that covers the song nicely. Here are the details:

On December 7th, 2009 at 1:30 pm GMT Starbucks invited musicians from all over the world to sing together at the same time to raise awareness for AIDS in Africa. In that one breathtaking moment, musicians from 156 countries played "All You Need is Love" together. Watch now, as musicians from all around the world come together and share a song.

Enjoy:



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"I Met the Walrus" - Video

As a Beatles fan (and John Lennon fan too), this video is really cool to watch and listen to. Enjoy.

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview. 38 years later, Levitan, director Josh Raskin and illustrators James Braithwaite and Alex Kurina have collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack. A spellbinding vessel for Lennon's boundless wit and timeless message, I Met the Walrus was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short and won the 2009 Emmy for 'New Approaches' (making it the first film to win an Emmy on behalf of the internet).

"Across the Universe" by the Beatles

This Sunday's sublime song is one of my most favorite songs of all time. For a long while, I wanted this played at my funeral. Also, both of my little daughters request this song to be sung as a lullaby - there is something about it that is so...universal. It takes me to another place when I hear it.

The version here is not the overproduced one from "Let it Be," this is the alternate take from the Beatles Anthology - a truer, stripped down version closer to how John Lennon meant it to sound and be heard.

Close your eyes and listen:



Jai Guru Deva, Om....Nothing's gonna change my world...

As a bonus, here are two of my favorite cover versions:

• Rufus Wainwright
• Fiona Apple

Have you downloaded the Sublime Goodness Mixtape yet?