Bringing Down The Sun - Paranoid Earthling (For World Peace Day 2008)

Music is a bridge between people that can transcend differences and prejudice and unite people, especially in countries that are torn apart by war and experiencing conflict transformation. It is a medium that especially appeals to young people. In the case of Sri Lanka, it reaches out to a generation that has been born into and grown up with the war and conflict.

Young Asia Television (YATV), in collaboration with the Global Partnership for the Prevention for Armed Conflict (GPPAC), has produced a music video to commemorate International Peace Day on the 21st of September 2008. Until we inhabit a different world the International Day of Peace must be embraced as an opportunity to reflect on what's happening around us, how far we have come and how much further we have to go.

Bringing Down the Sun an original song written and preformed by the rock band Paranoid Earthling, highlights the impact of conflict on youth in Sri Lanka. Paranoid Earthling is made up by Mirshad, Dhanushka, Asela and Shanka, four young musicians from Kandy, with 7 years of experience and a loyal fan base among urban Sri Lankan youth.

Recognizing that few opportunities exist in Sri Lanka for musicians to explore their talent and create new songs, YATV and GCPAC embarked on this initiative to promote peace, through the power of youth and music. The music video especially targets urban youth in Sri Lanka and among the Sri Lankan diaspora in other countries.

YATV is committed to supporting peace and conflict resolution through the media, while GPPAC believes in creating a perception shift to the response to conflict from reaction to prevention. This music video is one of several produced by the organizations and will be featured on YATVs weekly peace programmes, No War Zone, Sathi and Vilippu. The music video can also be accessed on-line on the YATV and GPPAC websites and on YouTube. The soundtrack will also be featured on popular local English radio stations.

The song will hopefully inspire young people to take an active stand on peaceful conflict resolution, so that their generation will finally know what it means to live in a country where guns are silent.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• INTERNATIONAL
• PEACE
• DAY
• youth
• conflict
• transformation
• war
• song
• paranoid
• earthling
• bringing
• down
• the
• sun
• yatv

[nikitatissera1979]

Hey Brothers, you've outdone yourselves again!

Now, its time for the album!

[poetlost]

Play live, you buggers. Miss seeing you fuckers live. :(

[MissDuckRabbit]

Awsm!!!!!!!!!!

[rockermaniac88]

Good stuff, very proud to see something like this coming out of Sri Lanka, this song shows that u guys have a good range, that's one of the main aspects of a good band, don't pay too much attention to comments about people being disapointed about this not being 'heavy' and such, there's much more than that. Great video as well... All the best guys!

[kasun1962]

nice stuff man..

paranoid earthling can do something more heavier buuut this one is awesome..

and song with a meaning..

cheers to mirshad and the guys from P.E.

[kalmah6666]

dammed country?? :S dnt curse the country who fed u becoz of its ignominious rulers man!! this country the most blessed one in the world thats the reason we were always threatened by invaders. thought u guyz were patriots man wtf are u thinking by cursing the country??

[kalmah6666]

dammed country?? :S dnt curse the country who fed u becoz of its ignominious rulers man!! this country the most blessed one in the world thats the reason we were always threatened by invaders. thought u guyz were patriots man wtf are u thinking by cursing the country??

[666satyricon]

ela kiri guyz...katin bathalahitawana ponna metal bands wage nemei...Pranoid guyz have done this very nicely...awesome work guyz.best Rock band in Sri Lanka and best Rock video so far...ohoma yamu kollane thaniyama palayalla..eka eka hora bands ekka ekata indala wadak naha issara wage...hails

[mashmash]

niiiiice.. all the best guys..

[hutas832]

god damn it mirshad... put a album out punk.. heheh!! its himantha man.. hehe i wnt a good copy of highway hehe