defend the indefensible: "we are the world"

We Are The World is disaster relief because it shows Haitians that things can be much worse.

It's everything that's wrong with modern music in 8 minutes. I especially love how they're all sucking their own dicks now thinking they did such a great thing (aside from the fact that proceeds go to a good cause, obviously)..

http://i45.tinypic.com/2uqlm4i.gif

like how The Dude is at the peak of his inhale here

some thoughts:

1. girl from sugarland has that always sparkly eyed bonnie langford thing going on. does she ever look glum?
2. tony christie phoning it in like a motherfucker.
3. barbara streisand saying 'daaay' made me laugh a lot as she puts on a dylan voice.
4. so much obvious autotune on people who shouldn't need it.
5. oh my fucking god will.i.am.please.die
6. oh my fucking god wyclef oh my god
6. where are status quo?
7. santana is now some sort of robot, you push a button on his back and funky solo comes out.
8. jamie, you're not ray charles any more.
9. the rapping is actually worse than john barnes in world in motion.
10. did the divas refuse to be in the same room as all the non-talent?

basically other than maybe usher and celine dion the best person in it is a dead pederast.

This version basically confirms it wasn't the song but the performances that carried the original. Not that it was ever in dispute.

This is like W. to the original's Reagan.

it sure was in dispute, since the original also sucks ass in hell.

4. so much obvious autotune on people who shouldn't need it.

Seconded, it's totally in that mindfuck zone of "did they just not hit the notes or was the mix engineer just using it for the sake of same???" I understand the auto-tuning of Akon/T-Pain/Lil' Wayne because it's part of their whole shtick, but Barbra Streisand and Tony freakin' Bennett?

considering that they recorded 50 people for this thing and rush released it i could see them preferring sloppy AutoTune to taking the time to get better takes

Well the people on the production side of things were probably saying "throw in some more automatic-tunes or whatever cause thats whats all the rage these days" like somebody's disconnected dad, because they're as in tune with todays cultures as most disconnected dads out there.

Wow yall are not kidding, this is one of the worst things I've ever seen. I made it up to the first couple of lines during the rap but had to shut it down out of respect for Haiti.

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Pulp's "Bad Cover Version" video on this thread. It's classic!!

Also, might I suggest that the next time a group of well-meaning celebrity musicians decide to sing together for charity, they begin by WRITING A NEW FUCKING SONG?

some dude OTM btw imo fwiw

i didn't get jamie foxx's joke voice? was he supposed to be imitating r. charles ??

Yes, singing the same lines Charles sang in the original.

Toni Braxton though!

i know, right? the first time i saw her in one of the photos i was like "that looks like Toni but they wouldn't invite her to something like that these days...maybe Ciara got a new haircut? no, Ciara was never that gorgeous."

thought it was K. Hilson until she started singing

Turns out there was already a worse remake:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyEjpl50_XE

This is way less worse than I remembered...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7qBq7cJg_s

Who is Justin Bieber?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Justin_Bieber.jpg/506px-Justin_Bieber.jpg

that vid is worse than the we are the world one. 'we are all the same! like... gays and addicts and asians, right?' Also I'm with you Gwen, STOP GLOBAL AIDS.

Better giving rappers their own verses though. And just having ?uestlove looking around going 'why the fuck am I here with these retards? What are you doing to my ears?'

Yeah I was able to figure out that he was the five year old who started the song but... why is it him starting the song?

he is a popular new artist

With whom -- pedophiles?

Revisiting the original after this awful remake = we really didn't know how good we had it.

Yeah back then artists had to use an older model called "manual-tune."

he is a popular new artist

― nagl wayne (J0rdan S.), Monday, February 15, 2010 10:20 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
With whom -- pedophiles?

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Bahahahaha

Bieber has his moments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6B1upS49NM

For a brief half second I'm all "He covered 'My World' by Guns'n'Roses?"

A solo version of the well known charity song, entitled "I Am My World"

HA

Dude owns Twitter too. Girls and pedos united as Bieliebers.

challop: The Fred Phelps parody version of WATW sounds better than the autotuned one.

massive lols at "Bieliebers"

also Jennifer Hudson is the only person on this who doesn't sound entirely embarrasing

"God hates the woooorld
(he hates you)
and all her children
(that means you!)"

the phelps thing sounds like something me and my friends would make up in 3rd grade

i mean the part about "you're headed straight to hell" to the tune of a pop song not the part of sincerely wanting everyone to perish

This reminds me of the Brian Wilson-in-the-studio parody scene from the Dewey Cox movie.

"You eat your children" "Yes you do!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyEjpl50_XE

I love at 2:58 when the two "lady friends" share a moment

I wonder what John Mayer thinks of all this.

you'll eat your kids? I wish!

Who knew?

Los Angeles-based favorite We Are The World have debuted a new mp3 for Fight Song from their debut record Clay Stones, available April 6 on Manimal Vinyl. Listen at Stereogum:

http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/we_are_the_world__fight_song_stereogum_premiere_113811.html

Formed in the summer of 2008 by film composer Robbie Williamson and choreographer Ryan Heffington, the duo's aim was to create devastating electronic pop music. Joining forces with designer Megan Gold and former CIA agent turned burlesque dancer Nina McNeely, they combined Gold's provocative lyrics and Williamson's heavy minimal tracks with Heffington and McNeely's visceral dancing.

We Are The Worlds pounding bass and thrilling live show soon won them a passionate hometown following who reveled in the group's choreographed concert performances. We Are The World have played with The Gossip, Fuck Buttons, Linda Perhacs, and Tricky.

Praise for We Are The World:

[We Are The World] work the dance beat, taking pop to strange outer space. Paper Magazine
Art-damaged electronica. – LA Weekly
Addictive as f*ck, haunting as hell, Clay Stones beats compel helpless skeletons to shake and hearts to pump faster with lyrical myth-making. Like a gothic En Vogue, singer Megan Gold stretches and bends guttural glissandos and breathy chants across glassy hooks so hot Id follow their directions straight to the sacrificing stone. – LA Record

http://www.myspace.com/WATWLA

The only way this song could have been worse is if Sufjan Stephens inserted a mandolin solo......

Is Sufjan Stevens known for mandolin solos?

is he ever!

We are the not-number-one debut single