Who Bodied Their Verse On "We Are The World"??

Bruce really does bomb this, doesn't he? Kenny Loggins sounds great by comparison.

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Wait, what?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_tZUg8onNg

How in the ever loving fuck did Ray Charles not walk this?????

He etc

idk if this is a poll u wanna "win" necessarily

"we are the world" is something that sounds like a generic anthem until you realize how profoundly fucking weird it is

i think i must have heard it a hundred times before the bizarreness of the line "as god has shown us, by turning stones to bread" finally sunk in

also

"when you're down and out, and there seems no hope at all/BUT IF YOU JUST BELIEVE, THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN FALL"

which, in the context of what the song is meant to be about and who it's meant to be addressing, is just incredibly funny and insane

clap your hands if you believe you're not starving!

I like Greil Marcus' response "When you're done and out" ("The Ethiopians are 'down and out'?").

what does it mean to body a verse?

“If you just believe, there’s no way we can fall.” Yep, that’s all it takes to end famine in Ethiopia, just believing.

In one of the "making of" videos IIRC, there's a moment with A. Jarreau recording his part and he's so not ale to follow the rhythm you have to wonder how that's possible for a "professional" singer (especially after such a long career) !

He was a jazz guy, it was him being avant garde

I like Greil Marcus' response "When you're done and out" ("The Ethiopians are 'down and out'?").

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, December 16, 2019 4:52 AM (two days ago)

marcus also pointed out how weird it is that a song written by two guys who'd done pepsi commercials centers on the line "there's a choice we're making," which sounds like an unconscious echo of pepsi's then-current slogan "the choice of a new generation"

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killed their verse in outdated rap slang

It's time: Who Bodied Their Verse On "Tears Are Not Enough"??