Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.In 1987 US activist and engineer Ben Linder was shot dead in Nicaragua while working on a dam in the rural north of the war-torn Central American country.\u00a0\u201cWe had loved the song for a long time. But when we began arranging it, the lyrics of the verses resonated on a deeper level,\u201d said series composers Aaron May and David Ridley. \u201cIt felt almost like it was written for the show and was musically a treat to set for choir.\u201dIf \u201cFragile\u201d marks a moment of evolution for Sting, its wider resonance would remain far from fixed too. \u201cWhen I sing it now I think of Bosnia,\u201d he said in 1994, referencing the conflict in the fracturing Yugoslavia and reflecting how the meaning of the song changes regularly.\u00a0\u00a0For Sting, the benefits of what he described as \u201cdressing up\u201d a song in metaphor rather than writing a direct polemic were becoming apparent. Seven years later, on September 11, 2001, Sting was due to hold a private concert at Il Palagio, his Tuscan retreat. News of the terror attacks on the US broke but the band decided they would still play. Opening with \u201cFragile\u201d, they dedicated the song to those who had lost their lives. Distraught fans embraced and comforted each other.Sting has denied that it is an \u201cecological song\u201d despite his growing involvement with environmental causes around the time of its release; the impression is reinforced by a line that \u201ctomorrow\u2019s rain will wash the stains away\u201d and the track\u2019s overall world music flavour. He told The Independent on Sunday in 1994: \u201cI\u2019ve never written a tree-hugging song in all my years of tree-hugging.\u201d Sting\u2019s music was arguably less of a vehicle for his beliefs than peers such as U2\u2019s Bono, who really did believe \u201crock and roll could be a force for social change,\u201d as he once put it.\u201cWe get to hear the voices of a collective group of children. And in hearing them sing together, the message comes across that crimes like these really affect us all,\u201d the soundtrack duo said, echoing how Sting was moved by the senseless act in Nicaragua nearly 40 years ago.Let us know your memories of \u2018Fragile\u2019 in the comments section belowThe paperback edition of \u2018The Life of a Song: The stories behind 100 of the world\u2019s best-loved songs\u2019, edited by David Cheal and Jan Dalley, is published by ChambersMusic credits: A&M; Netflix; Jive; Jal; Arista; Untertainment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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