It's The Thought That Counts
If you missed the 25th anniversary version of "We Are The World," then just do good by your ear drums and listen to the original instead. "We Are The World" was never my thing, because I always felt like I should be listening to it while sitting in a plastic boat and waving at animatronic children of the world (yes, I still wave at them). But this new version....ugh.
I mean: Justin Beaver Baby, Whiney Cyrus, a singing Lil' Wayne, one of those Jonas things, Nicole Scherwhatever, a poorly edited Michael/Janet moment, and enough auto-tune to keep Brit Brit in business for years to come.
And WYCLEF?!?! For why are you wailing like Scuttle giving birth to an elephant? Okay, I'll put the hate to bed without supper, because it is for a good cause.....
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I hated this so much there aren't enough negative words invented to insult it properly. I hate that they put MJ in with these no-talent fucktards, like he had a choice. Screw you Quincy.
The little kid at the beginning with the squeaky Peter Brady voice? Really? The horrible rapping. The Auto-Tune. Janet Jackson whispering instead of singing (which is normal for her I guess). Terrible. I'm glad I was in HS when the orginal came out and it was such a monumental thing. This is just garbage. I gave my donation to Haiti and that's that. Let these multi-millionare blowhards give again and again instead of asking us for more. Asswipes.
@ Bornready, I totally agree with you. This over the top general condemnation seem to have acquired a life of its own,people competing to see who would make the nastiest comments.Reminds me of "massenpsychologie", or a pandemic situation.I am speechless.
Is this a joke?? I kept waiting for someone to jump out and shout "psyke!!!". This was awful! And the director of that mess was an "Academy Award Winner"???
Scrap this and try again.
They should have just re-released the old version. This was terrible.
They should have just re-released the old version. This was terrible.
Submitted by Plecostomus on Sun, 02/14/2010 - 1:45pm.
They shoulda just written a new song altogether.
Haiti-Aid comes to mind.
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I agree! All of that 'talent' and nobody could come up with another song? They had to butcher the one they already had??
They shoulda just written a new song altogether.
Haiti-Aid comes to mind.
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This song is irrelevant without Steve Perry, Huey Lewis, Kenny Loggins, Kenny Rogers, Dionne Warwick and alive Michael Jackson. The only part I didn't mind was that little kid in the beginning and Josh Groban. Everyone else there was pretty bad and that rap they added was atrocious. I agree they were trying to do something nice for Haiti who desperately needs help but they should have just wrote a new song.
"they didn't have auto-tune back in the day, and STILL this version sucks. back in the day you had to actually be able to sing.
it was a real risk to do a side by side comparison, as it shows ho low the talent level has sunk in the intervening years."
THIS-so much.
I like the original version better.
They meant to call this "We Are The WORST", right?
God, I'm so cynical. This better make some money and it better make it into the right hands. I was a kid when the original came out and I never particularly cared for it. But, it seemed sincere. It's hard to come off as sincere in 2010. We've all seen too damn much...
Ok, enough pontificating, I need some liquor.
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Submitted by bornready on Sat, 02/13/2010 - 11:54pm.
grrrrrr!
Sorry, but I just can't jump on the bandwagon of hate for this.... There are many artists who took part whose music I'm not necessarily keen on but in all honesty- some of these people are extremely talented and ALL of them chose to lend their voices..
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Yeah, dude. That's a lot of free publicity.
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I, too, at the end, just like Lionel, said "wow".....
and then I added, that was sheer fuckery. Autotune? A "rap" moment? Lil Wayne? FOHWTS!!
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umm....didn't we just bomb the shit outta iraq and afghanistan????
We are the WORLD MY ASS!
How can Jamie Foxx be an actor with diction like his??
artisT becomes artiss
asK becomes ass
it just goes on. There are letters at the end of words for a fucking reason.
Sick to death of the celebutards having events and parties "for charity". All they want is publicity and they get paid or rewarded with swag and tax write offs to participate. They give NOTHING. When is the public going to wise up and stop rewarding this bullshit. ________________________________________________
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damn,
they didn't have auto-tune back in the day, and STILL this version sucks. back in the day you had to actually be able to sing.
it was a real risk to do a side by side comparison, as it shows ho low the talent level has sunk in the intervening years.
there are still very talented musicians out there - but they aren't on MTV.
that's a shame.
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This is one time when all the bad comments simply don't do the truth justice. This is horrible on so many levels, one doesn't even know where to start.
How about we start with Jamie Foxx and his plea at the beginning. He's one of the most arrogant stuck up pricks I've ever had the misfortune to meet. I hope to never spend another minute in his company as much as I hope for the people of Haiti.
A bunch of spoiled over-indulgent millionaires asking people during the worst recession in our lifetimes to give money. I'd be interested to know how many of them car pooled to the studio.
Awful. Horrible. I could go on, but I could only watch the first couple minutes of this fuckery. My computer tried to throw itself into the pool to make it stop.
This is one time when all the bad comments simply don't do the truth justice. This is horrible on so many levels, one doesn't even know where to start.
How about we start with Jamie Foxx and his plea at the beginning. He's one of the most arrogant stuck up pricks I've ever had the misfortune to meet. I hope to never spend another minute in his company as much as I hope for the people of Haiti.
A bunch of spoiled over-indulgent millionaires asking people during the worst recession in our lifetimes to give money. I'd be interested to know how many of them car pooled to the studio.
Awful. Horrible. I could go on, but I could only watch the first couple minutes of this fuckery. My computer tried to throw itself into the pool to make it stop.
As a former entertainer I know the lure of a gig but at this show biz level I suspect a good deeds gig comes with plenty of self promotion opportunities. Somehow it manages to trivialize an already trivialized country by misuse of a pop anthem from another decade. No one has the talent to write a contemporary song I see.
Good cause but nonetheless, they've completely slaughtered the original. I retched.
I'll mail big stacks of money to Haiti. Just stop playing this shit.
I could count the number of people I saw on there that I actually like on one hand, and I barely noticed them cuz I was busy grinding my teeth over the presence of Miley Whitetrash, that lesbian chick masquerading as a boy, Fuggie, Janet Jackson, Barbra "My Opinion Matters Cuz I'm Rich!" Streisand, Celine Dion, and all that insane rapping.
Why couldn't they get some people who are actually tolerable and talented?
yeah yeah..the cause is worthy and all that, but what the hell was barbra thinking hooking up with this bunch of losers, b-listers, has-beens, and nobodies ?!? the song was lame the first time around and this time it is just plain embarrassing.
Oh lord, fuck Haiti!
When will there be a benefit song for the rest of us who have to endure the non-stop soul-crushing tyranny of these pop culture whores?
seriously, if making this video helps the people of haiti, then fine, but i cannot watch 8 minutes of this...
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grrrrrr!
Sorry, but I just can't jump on the bandwagon of hate for this.... There are many artists who took part whose music I'm not necessarily keen on but in all honesty- some of these people are extremely talented and ALL of them chose to lend their voices.. Barbra, Celine, Jennifer H., Pink, ALL sang their parts well in my opinion and even Miley Cyrus (whose public persona I CANNOT STAND) sang well. The auto tune crap was just that-crap! But still, I think the excessive amount of negative, bitchy and insulting comments is symptomatic of what's wrong with the world today- namely, CYNICISM of epic proportions. Like it for what it is and hear the message above all else and you might be able to appreciate the effort a little more.. peace.
Stupid song. Fucking auto-tuned within an inch of its life. Sing naturally, or SHUT THE FUCK UP.
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I'm countin' on Jesus at this point.
My dalmatian puppy should have been the lead singer-his howling doesnt need any auto tuning like most of these ho's.
What exactly is the story with the fetus that was the opening act-is this what tweens like nowadays?
Gladys Knight needs to lay off the botox and Streisand needs to lay off the surgery.
Tony Bennet was cool and hes always dressed correctly.
Snoop had obviously smoked a fatty before-good for him and was that a baby Snoop standing behind him?
I thought Lil Wayne had taken his tiny ass off to start serving a jail sentence??
Wyclef and his catwauling-WTF? MK-you are the fucking best with your comment on that one!
If you wanna talk save the world type songs,even the orginal one was NOWHERE near as good a song as Band Aid -Do they know its Christmas? which still gives me chills when I hear it...
Oh dear-I just listened to the original-there was Springsteen and Ray Charles and Bob Dylan and sooo many really talented people and about 90% of them are still performing sold out shows today-there was not a fetus in sight-I wonder how many from the remake will still be around in 25 years?
"NOSOPD -Not our sort of person darling"
Wyclef.
Why.
I would like to say "you're welcome" to my ears because I decided not to subject them to this fuckery.
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Submitted by Albatross on Sat, 02/13/2010 - 8:50pm.
Just listened to the original again and got chills. Ray Charles, Stevie, Tina...so much talent. This new version just cannot compare. At all.
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Same here, Albatross...we just youtubed it and showed it to our 20-year-old son...he had never seen the original. He realized just what a travesty this new mess is.
Just listened to the original again and got chills. Ray Charles, Stevie, Tina...so much talent. This new version just cannot compare. At all.
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Jesus. Titty. Fucking. Christ. What. The. Fuck. Was. That.
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You can't stop the BEAT!
I want to kick everybody's ass that took part in this travesty.
Listening to that vomit-inducing noise was the equivalent of attempted armed robbery.
Oops...
Holy Jesus, I didn't think it could get any worse....and then came the rapping. What the fuck?!
Does Haiti really need this??! I mean, seriously, can't you just send them the money and shut the fuck up about it.
Jennifer Hudson and Mary J Blige, you can stay.
Babs Streisand, I feel your pain being in this shitfest.
"Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped"
- Elbert Hubbard
Pretentious douche bags - that's how it all comes across. Bitches, just give some of YOUR own millions, and stop asking US to hand over money.
Submitted by bambam on Sat, 02/13/2010 - 5:16pm.
More Jamie Foxx doin his Ray Charles impression, please!
Blame it on the ak ak acka assahole...
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AAHAHAHAA!! exactly!
and I actually agree with TexnDoc this time: This is missing some conservative Hollywood talent, come on. Couldn't they have Mel Gibson pull his crazy train up in there and have his Octo mom on meth belt out some love for Haiti? Or perhaps a James Woods and Bruce Willis duet, sweetness ^_^
Couldn't make it through the Jamie Foxx interview, fuck that mess. But yeah, give to the Red Cross, Partners in Health, etc.
A bunch of spoiled liberals who piss the country off for 364 days and then on one day smile and ask the folks to dig into their pockets deep, in their name. F-U.
Auto tune, what a stupid invention. If ya can't sign without it, YA CAN'T SING. Same with the rappers who couldn't sing solo.
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Uuuuuuuuugggghhh at Jamie Fox and his wannabe Stevie Wonder sunglasses. I hate him. The rap part was horrible.....
...My darling can't you see
My heart sounds just for you my dear...
Is it just me or do they all also look kind of sweaty and/or dirty, or like the room stinks? Something just not right about this video.
Another thing...does Jamie Foxx actually believe he is Ray Charles now?
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Christ all fucking mighty, can't anyone do anything original anymore!!
A couple of has-been producers trying to polish a turd-pile of pop-culture wanna-be's with MJ nostalgia, voice-manipulators, and fake sincerity. The Wyclef, LL Cool J, and Kanye rapping forced me to turn off this fuckery. I will take Huey Lewis and Kenny Rogers any day over this dreck.
I really felt bad for Jeff Bridges. He's already won the Oscar this year, no need for him to be associated with this narcissistic circle jerk. His agent should be fired.
Awful remake.
I can't stand Jamie Foxx. I want to slap that stupid pencil line mustache off his buck-toothed upper lip.
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With today's technology that was the best they could do with Michael and Janet? Are we sure these people actually care about Michael's memory.
Bad. :(
More Jamie Foxx doin his Ray Charles impression, please!
Blame it on the ak ak acka assahole...
For all the effort SNL & other comedy shows have put into parodying the original "We Are The World", these clowns top them tenfold.
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