defend the indefensible: "we are the world"

I wish we never had to choose,
To either win or lose,
That we could find a way...
But I won't turn my back again,
Your honor I'll defend

???

it's a vietnam allusion

Morrissey on Band Aid, though his logic can be extrapolated to all charity singles

"I'm not afraid to say that I think Band Aid was diabolical. Or to say that I think Bob Geldof is a nauseating character. Many people find that very unsettling, but I'll say it as loud as anyone wants me to. In the first instance the record itself was absolutely tuneless. One can have great concern for the people of Ethiopia, but it's another thing to inflict daily torture on the people of England. It was an awful record considering the mass of talent involved. And it wasn't done shyly it was the most self-righteous platform ever in the history of popular music."

"The whole implication was to save these people in Ethiopia, but who were they asking to save them? Some 13-year-old girl in Wigan! People like Thatcher and the royals could solve the Ethiopian problem within ten seconds. But Band Aid shied away from saying that — for heaven's sake, it was almost directly aimed at unemployed people."

choose to win or lose? weird.

it's like fighting for your right to party.

Morrissey otm

You still will be dismissive when he dies, though.

nah - the world will be a little poorer the day Moz kicks it

man say what you will but

One can have great concern for the people of Ethiopia, but it's another thing to inflict daily torture on the people of England.

when morrissey's got his bitchy game workin' there is no one better

also the end part about thatcher and etc is really otm

yawn @ challops

is "dismissive when he dies" a morrissey lyric?

nah "the world will be a little poorer the day Moz kicks it" is a more accurate song title

In 1991, Yoko Ono collaborated with Amina, Adam Ant, Sebastian Bach, Bros, Felix Cavaliere, Terence Trent D'Arby, Flea, John Frusciante, Peter Gabriel, Kadeem Hardison, Ofra Haza, Joe Higgs, Bruce Hornsby, Lee Jaffe, Al Jarreau, Jazzie B, Davey Johnstone, Lenny Kravitz, Cyndi Lauper, Sean Ono Lennon, Little Richard, LL Cool J, MC Hammer, Michael McDonald, Duff McKagan, Alannah Myles, New Voices of Freedom, Randy Newman, Tom Petty, Iggy Pop, Q-Tip, Bonnie Raitt, Run, Dave Stewart, Teena Marie, Little Steven Van Zandt, Don Was, Wendy & Lisa, Ahmet Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, and Moon Unit Zappa as the Peace Choir to perform a version of the song in response to the imminent Gulf War.

(1) i would swear i saw paula poundstone in there.
(2) props to LL cool j
(3) bonnie raitt is really pretty

we sung Voices that Care in elementary school choir. dear christ, what fucking propaganda they put us through in the first Gulf War.

So anyway:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a846fe9f970b-600wi

Half those people seem Photoshopped in.

lol @ Bieber

is that Harry Connick, Jr way in the back? What happened to his face - did he fall off a skyscraper?

no that's vince vaughn

Horrible, horrible, horrible fucking shit.

is Usher blind?

has this been released ??

Are you guys quoting lyrics?

We are the world
We are the children
Is Usher blind?
Has this been released?
Are you guys quoting lyrics?

We are the world
We are the children
Is Usher blind?
Has this been released?
Are you guys quoting lyrics?
Horrible, horrible, horrible fucking shit

these might be better lyrics than the original ones...

We are the world
We are the children
Is that Harry Connick, Jr way in the back?
What happened to his face?
Did he fall off a skyscraper?

Jeff Bridges?

where's Kanye?

Jeff Bridges made an album you know

He did? Is it on iTunes?

it's on amazon at least: http://www.amazon.com/Be-Here-Soon-Jeff-Bridges/dp/B00004RI61

Bridges really should have been the Dan Ackroyd (who was a Blues Brother you know) rather than Vaughn, who has no musical ambitions whatsoever to the best of my knowledge (though please, please, please correct me if I'm wrong).

"Co-producer Michael McDonald appears on every track (keyboards, vocals)"

can totally see Vaughn doing some shitty Blueshammer harp-blowing a la Bruce Willis

should put out a song called "Song To Bruno"

"Honkin with Favreau" would also be acceptable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjIG-9Zc9ho

jesus. this shit makes 80's pop music look pretty fucking good

i mean who the hell is this beiber kid

Babs could pass for David Lee Roth in that pic.

oh my God this is a trainwreck

they just premiered it on the winter olympics

justin bieber gets the first line

My idea for sealing that studio up would've been fine if we got Bridges outta there

barbra & celine basically the only tolerable moments in the whole deal, carlos santana wheeled in on a segway to provide "guy with guitar who codes as guy with guitar for you guys" at several points

the shoehorned-in rap sections on this are actually worse than the ones on the 9/11 "What's Going On" cover

i honestly can't believe they opened with bieber

^^ I have to say I was genuinely shocked

Usher slipped Quincy a 20 to make it happen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJN3u1wAWIk