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Sade — Why Can't We Live Together
Album: Diamond Life
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Released: 1984
Length: 5:25
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Tell me why tell me why tell me why
Umm why can't we live together
Tell me why tell me
Umm why can't we live together
Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we be together

No more war no more war no more war
Umm just a little peace
No more war no more war all we want
Is some peace in this world

Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we be together

No matter no matter what color
Umm you are still my brother
I said no matter no matter what color
Umm you are still my brother

Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we be together

Everybody wants to live
Everybodys got to be together
Ooh everybody wants to live
Everybodys got to be together

Ooh Ooh laaa laa laa laa
Everybodys got to be together
Everybody wants to be together

I said no matter no matter what color
Umm you are still my brother
I said no matter no matter what color
You are still my brother

Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we be together

Goitta live together
Together!
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because my God is greater and more powerful and can beat up your God, Nannaaaa!
Posted 8 months ago by neotrogg    [ Reply ]
this is a very nice cover

shes always been able to style any song

go back to her 1st album
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
we need these anthems of unity and brotherly love more than ever these days of endless conflict and war. More Please!
Posted 1 year ago by Mushy    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

This comment got two thumbs down?
Is Putin's lapdog Tucker Carlson voting on RP?

More likely some people don't like politics with their musical enjoyment.  FYI I didn't go near any thumbs, just offering a possible explanation.
Posted 1 year ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Sex on silk in a cover song. So good. 
Posted 1 year ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
Something about this reminds me of "Hang 'em High" by Booker T and the MG's.
Posted 1 year ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
OMG!!!!!! Is this a sexy song...or what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 1 year ago by davidgrorie    [ Reply ]
 jmgarcia wrote:

Long live Ukraine!!




What are we doing in the Ukraine? They're not even NATO members> NATO denied their application originally. Now NATO is attempting to retroactively mediate that fact,
Posted 1 year ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

This comment got two thumbs down?
Is Putin's lapdog Tucker Carlson voting on RP?

Could be Russian internet trolls that like good music from RP.
Posted 2 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Hot Line Bling would have been far groovier if Drake had sampled this version of this song...his sweater would still be sweet, mind you...
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
 jmgarcia wrote:

Long live Ukraine!!


This comment got two thumbs down?
Is Putin's lapdog Tucker Carlson voting on RP?
Posted 2 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Long live Ukraine!!
Posted 2 years ago by jmgarcia    [ Reply ]
Love this woman
Posted 2 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
No sure if anyone else does this, but when this song comes on I like to close my eyes and pretend that Sade is talking directly to me, asking me to move in with her.  And then I'm like, "Ok Sade, I'd be more than happy to live with you."
Posted 2 years ago by CowboyJJ    [ Reply ]
A soft rainy day at work... and Bill plays this... oh, thank you Bill. Perfect.
Posted 3 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
I can't believe the h8ers h8in' on this song. 

This album is full of lush love songs, sultry ballads and cool pop tunes. And then this song comes on and it's just the simple, pared-down arrangement and Sade asking,

Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why. Why can't we live to together?

The song is sublime in the context of the album. Go listen to it and stop hatin' on Sade.
Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
dont think she has right voice for this


shes smooth

this song is punchy
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
One of the keenest regrets I have is not yet being able to see her live; the concert she was going to perform in Denver was cancelled in the aftermath of 9-11. I love her. Forever! Her passionate music transcends for me.
Posted 3 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Pure class, and smooth as glass. 
Posted 3 years ago by Duc1098    [ Reply ]
 ppopp wrote:

Lovely voice, but as with most of her songs, hardly any musical accompaniment. Shame.


As always with her songs, the accompaniment is precisely correct - neither too much, nor too little, always with impeccable taste.
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Thank you for this fine Music!
Posted 3 years ago by silberschmucky    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:
blotto wrote: I want to have her babies
SmackDaddy wrote: It's a little late for that.

lizardking replied:  Why's that? A 61 y/o can't get a guy pregnant nowadays? ;-)
Long Live RP and Sade's sultriness!!

 
 
Alternatively you could just live together...
Posted 4 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
Love Sade, but this song hasn't aged well (not speaking of the lyrics but rather the sound). 
Posted 4 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
I love Sade so very, very much, but this is my least favorite version of this song.  It's just so...meh.
Posted 4 years ago by Larrygrrl    [ Reply ]
blotto wrote: I want to have her babies
SmackDaddy wrote: It's a little late for that.

lizardking replied:  Why's that? A 61 y/o can't get a guy pregnant nowadays? ;-)
Long Live RP and Sade's sultriness!!

 
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 Tippster wrote:
Sexiest voice of my era.  Hands down.
 

With important touch of style. 
Posted 4 years ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
Great song from the excellent debut album. I listened to that album so many times in the 80s and never got tired of it. 35 years later and I still love it. Aged well imho.
Posted 4 years ago by oHelvetos    [ Reply ]
true musician listens to the base
Nice bass line playing on this track.
 

Posted 4 years ago by Pilsenaaa    [ Reply ]
as long as I only hear it once every two years I like it
Posted 5 years ago by philinnz    [ Reply ]
 blotto wrote:
I want to have her babies
 
It's a little late for that.
Posted 5 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
I want to have her babies
Posted 5 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
 ecojot wrote:
No more war, no matter what color - what a pipedream
 
If we don't dream, those dreams can never come true.  Hit that pipe!
Posted 5 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
oh I haven't heard this for about 25 years. still great
Posted 5 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
Beautiful version of a great song.
Posted 5 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Sexiest voice of my era.  Hands down.
Posted 5 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
Timmy Thomas's original is great.  It has soul and conviction.  But Sade's cover takes it to the next level.  She owns it.

Also great: check out this live version by Stevie Winwood and Carlos Santana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hNVaVYDxUo
Posted 5 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
More please?
Posted 6 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
so hot
Posted 6 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
  catnip wrote:
Not often you hear a cover version as good as the original. Or better?


Proclivities wrote:

This is a fantastic cover, very sultry and silky but the Timmy Thomas original is intense and soulful, just in a different way.  I've always liked how they kept this production minimal like the original.

 
yes
Posted 6 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
A Timmy Thomas cover... orginal goes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYx2uZRlJCk
Posted 7 years ago by quigui    [ Reply ]
Still so gorgeous and with a fabulous voice, quite cool song : )
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
appropriate for the times!
Posted 7 years ago by nszasz    [ Reply ]
plays in a groove all its own
Posted 7 years ago by robertomiller    [ Reply ]
Bump.
Posted 7 years ago by quigui    [ Reply ]
very, very good song!
Posted 7 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Luv me some Sade
Posted 7 years ago by janac13    [ Reply ]
No more war, no matter what color - what a pipedream
Posted 7 years ago by ecojot    [ Reply ]
 NeuroJoe wrote:

This one should be posted under Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors"

 
Except the rainbow is all black
 
Posted 8 years ago by NeuroJoe    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkZYrrkUkAAZdg4.jpg

 
This one should be posted under Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors"
Posted 8 years ago by NeuroJoe    [ Reply ]
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkZYrrkUkAAZdg4.jpg
Posted 8 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Sade at Live Aid. The moment she turned around mid song and all the jaws dropped. 
Posted 8 years ago by arnimf    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

This is a fantastic cover, very sultry and silky but the Timmy Thomas original is intense and soulful, just in a different way.  I've always liked how they kept this production minimal like the original.

 
I looked up the Thomas original via YouTube and yes both are good
Quite Likeable=7
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
...and lyrically more relevant than ever.
Posted 8 years ago by zedstation    [ Reply ]
nice laid back style. enormously popular at the time. yuppie music, i guess you'd have to say. i can almost picture Patrick Bateman doing lines to this.
Posted 8 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of galactic presidential campaigns loves this smooth song...  we be dancing like groovy hipsters...  we love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...  time flies when we're having fun...
Posted 8 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
This track was a staple on the New Age radio station "The Wave", KTWV (FM 94.7), in Los Angeles during the late 80's.  The only radio station of which I've been a fan, other than RP, of course.

Sadly, New Age had trouble holding its own, commercially.  David Arkenstone, Andreas Vollenweider and a couple of guitarists were able to make a go of it, at least for a while.  Michael Hedges doesn't count — he bristled at the New Age moniker.  Richard Burmer, anyone?  Checkfield?
Posted 8 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
Hey.... I have this LP in my collection, and haven't heard it in probably 20 years!  {#Laughing} Thanks.  Hearing it again has got me smiling.

I guess I'll have to wander over to iTunes and buy it again.

Graham 
Posted 8 years ago by grahamdillabough    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:
This is a fantastic cover, very sultry and silky but the Timmy Thomas original is intense and soulful, just in a different way.  I've always liked how they kept this production minimal like the original.
 
Well said, I agree.
Posted 8 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
Lovely voice, but as with most of her songs, hardly any musical accompaniment. Shame.
Posted 8 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
 catnip wrote:
Not often you hear a cover version as good as the original. Or better?

 
This is a fantastic cover, very sultry and silky but the Timmy Thomas original is intense and soulful, just in a different way.  I've always liked how they kept this production minimal like the original.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 blotto wrote:
So freaking cool.

 
A lovely interpretation of Reverend Al--almost as spot on as Talking Heads' "Take Me to the River."
Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Not often you hear a cover version as good as the original. Or better?
Posted 9 years ago by catnip    [ Reply ]
Nice.....not sure I've EVER heard Sade on RP,{#Stupid} ...but always good with me.
Posted 9 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
This was made before Sade learned how to sing.  It doesn't matter though, there is enough god given talent that it still come out like butter.
Posted 9 years ago by amb599    [ Reply ]
this woman is so gorgeous and with a fabulous voice, quite cool song : )
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Nice bass line playing on this track.
Posted 9 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
And 30 years later the lyrics are as relevant as ever.

The default state for humankind, if left to itself with no conditioning, is to live in peace. It is up to everyone to teach their children that this is not only possible but easy to do. . . as long as they ignore all governments and think and act for themselves.

Peace. 
Posted 9 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
So freaking cool.
Posted 9 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Name one place where one could hear Sade these days other than RadioParadise? Never ceases to amaze me.
Posted 9 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

Did he ever hit it big with anything else? 

 
He had a few minor successes - more hits in the R&B charts.
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Steve Winwood also did it... I had thought his was the original. I love RP, I'm so much wiser now {#Propeller}
Posted 10 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
I like Steve Winwoods version most!
Posted 10 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 jmsmy wrote:
ReMake of the 1972 hit by Timmy Thomas - The FIRST Top 10 TECHNO song ever (actually made it to number 3 - number 1 in many cities) - 

 
Did he ever hit it big with anything else? 
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
This version just doesn't cut it for me. I had to go to yoobtoob to hear the original.
 

Posted 10 years ago by Steve    [ Reply ]
no more war, no more war, no more war. thanks for playing this now.
Posted 10 years ago by pixiep    [ Reply ]
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked all across the holy moly world like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners and B.F. Skinner...  we love this splendiferous song...  we be living together...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
jmsmy wrote:
ReMake of the 1972 hit by Timmy Thomas - The FIRST Top 10 TECHNO song ever (actually made it to number 3 - number 1 in many cities) - 

 
Great tune indeed, personally I prefer this version over the original which is kinda rare for me. Both versions are great however!
Posted 10 years ago by quigui    [ Reply ]
ReMake of the 1972 hit by Timmy Thomas - The FIRST Top 10 TECHNO song ever (actually made it to number 3 - number 1 in many cities) - 
Posted 10 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]


Peace
No more war no more war no more war
just a little peace
No more war no more war all we want
Is some peace in this world 

Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we be together 

No matter no matter what color
you are still my brother
I said no matter no matter what color
you are still my brother 
Posted 10 years ago by quigui    [ Reply ]
I haven't heard this tune in a while.  Nice arrangement - cool bass line.
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]