Abrazos Gratis [Free Hugs] - Gijón. ( Running up that hill )

Abrazos gratis la navidad del 2008 en Gijón.
Música: Placebo - Running up that hill.
Gracias a todos (y perdón por la espera).
Espero que os guste.
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History:

The Free Hugs campaign in its present form was started by Juan Mann on June 30, 2004, when he commenced giving out hugs in the Pitt St Mall in central Sydney. In the months prior to this Mann had been feeling depressed and lonely as a result of numerous personal difficulties. However a random hug from a stranger made an enormous difference, with Mann stating that "...I went out to a party one night and a completely random person came up to me and gave me a hug. I felt like a king! It was greatest thing that ever happened." [2]

Mann carried the now iconic "FREE HUGS" sign from the outset. However on his first attempt in his hometown, where he returned to find that he was the only person he knew, as his friends and family had moved away, so he had to wait fifteen minutes before an elderly lady came up to him and gave him a hug [3].

Initial distrust of Juan Mann's motives eventually gave way to a gradual increase of people willing to be hugged, with other huggers (male and female) helping distribute them. In October 2004 police told them they must stop, as Mann had not obtained public liability insurance worth $25 million for his actions. Mann and his companions used a petition to attempt to convince authorities that his campaign should be allowed to continue without the insurance. His petition reached 10,000 signatures. He submitted it and was allowed to continue giving free hugs.[4]

Mann befriended Shimon Moore, lead singer for the Sick Puppies, shortly after commencing his campaign, and over a two-month period in late 2004 Moore recorded video footage of Mann and his fellow huggers. Moore and his band moved to Los Angeles in March 2005 and nothing was immediately done with the footage. Meanwhile Mann continued his campaign throughout 2005 and 2006 by appearing in Pitt St Mall in Sydney most Thursday afternoons.

In mid 2006 Mann's grandmother died, and in consolation Moore made the music video using the footage he had shot in 2004 to send to Mann as a gift, stating in an interview that, "I sent it to him on a disc as a present and I wrote down 'This is who you are'." [5] The video was later uploaded onto YouTube where it became a popular video on the site.

On October 30, 2006, Mann was invited by Oprah Winfrey to appear on her show Oprah after her producer's doctor saw the Free Hugs video on YouTube. Juan Mann made an appearance outside her studio that morning, offering free hugs to the crowd waiting to see the taping of that day's episode. Oprah's camera crews caught several people in the audience hugging Mann as the morning progressed.[6]

On October 23, 2007, Juan Mann announced his residential address online and offered an open invitation to anyone to come over and chat on-camera as part of his 'open-house project'. Mann hosted 80 guests over 36 days. On November 25, 2007, Mann's landlord threatened him with eviction, so he launched an online appeal.[7]

On December 25, 2007, Juan Mann made his e-book "The Illustrated Guide to Free Hugs" available as a free download.

On November 22, 2008, at YouTube Live Sick Puppies did a performance of "All the Same" while Juan Mann gave hugs to crowd members.

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• España. Paseo de Begoña
• Calle corrida
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• miguel.running
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• gratis
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• gijón
• 2008
• navidad

[77monogolpeador]

joder q video mas molon!

[aldictado7]

@77monogolpeador Jajaja, gracias!

[noopklu]

wtf is this shit?

[hawck90]

muy muy wapo pero lo mejor es la manera descarada que tenemos de chupar camara lulu y o jajaja

Pues fue una tarde muy bonita que pude estar contigo aunque sea parriba y pabajo pero almenos hicimos algo wapo no?

te QUiero mucho mi vida y que sepas que el video ta quedao MUAACk xDD na enserio ta quedao mu wapo mi amor.

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[Yunns3]

Diooos, cómo moló xD Aunque nos cortamos un poco al principio... pero se pasó bien :D

Había que repetir haha

Y por cierto, la canción me gusta!! ^O^ (Y el vídeo en sí)