Oh my god, what is this?

[Czech]

Analyzing Lady Gaga and "what she means to the pop idiom" is kind of stupid. She just has a coupl'a good singles.

 

[EL BRUJ0]

I get jiggy with Just Dance! And of course this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2guQYivZ6w#

 

[Byron The Bulb]

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

 

[foleyfanforever88]

http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=2x7f6h6Fhuc&v=Glny4jSciVI

Jesus Christ, has anybody seen this complete bastardization of We Are the World? I almost stopped watching when fucking Justin Bieber started the song. And they added a rap verse.

 

[MFer]

Oh yeah, as soon as Bieber was up, I was like, "it's over". Just a complete clusterfuck. You, me, or anyone else on this board could've got in on this shit and it probably would've sounded better. But hey, it's for a good cause, right?

Right? :-\

 

[Byron The Bulb]

I literally just started laughing out loud when Lil Wayne showed up. Holy shit.

edit: The spliced in MJ stuff is really unsettling.

edit 2: Aahahah the rap part oh my God this is horrible.

edit 3: I can no longer tell the difference between Willi.I.Am and Wyclef.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

Kanye forgot the words and started freestyling.

 

[Byron The Bulb]

I'm seriously spent after watching that thing. I don't know if I can consume anymore culture. That seems like the apotheosis of...something.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Guys, the original "We Are The World" sucked too. And I'm a guy who considers all-star charity songs one of his biggest guilty pleasures.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Holyfuckingshit, this is really fucking terrible. This encapsulates everything terrible about pop music in 2010.

 

[KOAB]

I busted out with fucking laughter when Striesand showed up. The smooth transition of MJ-Usher-Celine-Fergie might of been the most cringeworthy thing of all but then the rap came in.

Oh man lol, Jeff Bridges during T-Pain's part.

Oh man fuck Jamie Foxx. "HEY I WON AN OSCAR PLAYING RAY LEMME DO A QUICK IMPERSONATION."

 

[Byron The Bulb]

Guys, the original "We Are The World" sucked too. And I'm a guy who considers all-star charity songs one of his biggest guilty pleasures.

Best all-star charity song is this one

Pulp - Bad Cover VersionTry our new player

 

[OG]

The smooth transition of MJ-Usher-Celine-Fergie might of been the most cringeworthy thing of all

I thought that was the only half-decent part actually.

Overall though, this is a joke. We go from:

Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Tina Turner and Diana Ross, among others

To:

Celine Dion, Usher, Fergie, Justin Bieber, Enrique Iglesias, Tony Bennett, Lil Wayne etc.

Biggest step-down in talent I have ever seen.

PS: How random was that Santana cameo?

 

[foleyfanforever88]

just keep scrolling down

 

[foleyfanforever88]

To:

Celine Dion, Usher, Fergie, Justin Bieber, Enrique Iglesias, Tony Bennett, Lil Wayne etc.

Don't forget Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers.

 

[Perfxion]

The song isn't bad. It not that different than the original. It is just a sappy pop tune for charity. No different than "Let them know its Christmas time", "Self Destruction", "Wake up Everybody", "Whats Going On", and any other song turned to a charity tune.

 

[Red Baron]

But its not as awesome as this.
[flash=200,200]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aksgS0E_Bx0[/flash]

 

[Ed Wood Caulfield]

Guys, the original "We Are The World" sucked too. And I'm a guy who considers all-star charity songs one of his biggest guilty pleasures.

It's corny, but it has a certain charm to it. This new version is just painful.

I could have done without the over the top wailing and the autotuning.

And Lil' Wayne decides to sing his part. :

The best part is after the song premiered, Lionel Ritchie DEMANDED that you donate. Not asked, not begged, not pleaded. DEMANDED. "Send you donations. Do it. NOW."

 

[Ed Wood Caulfield]

Who were the other rappers just standing behind LL Cool J, Will.i.am, Busta Rhymes and Snoop Dogg doing nothing? That was hilarious. And wasn't Drake supposed to be apart of this?

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Guys, the original "We Are The World" sucked too. And I'm a guy who considers all-star charity songs one of his biggest guilty pleasures.

It's corny, but it has a certain charm to it. This new version is just painful.

I could have done without the over the top wailing and the autotuning.

Yeah, the one positive thing about the original is all of the lead vocalists sing the hell out of the song. This new version is just autotune and caterwauling.

One of the weird things about this version is the number of famous singers just standing in the chorus while Lil Wayne and T-Pain get solos. Then again, on the original, Kim Carnes got a line while Smokey Robinson was just hanging out with Tito Jackson, John Oates, Dan Aykroyd, and The News.

 

[Ed Wood Caulfield]

Guys, the original "We Are The World" sucked too. And I'm a guy who considers all-star charity songs one of his biggest guilty pleasures.

It's corny, but it has a certain charm to it. This new version is just painful.

I could have done without the over the top wailing and the autotuning.

Yeah, the one positive thing about the original is all of the lead vocalists sing the hell out of the song. This new version is just autotune and caterwauling.

One of the weird things about this version is the number of famous singers just standing in the chorus while Lil Wayne and T-Pain get solos. Then again, on the original, Kim Carnes got a line while Smokey Robinson was just hanging out with Tito Jackson, John Oates, Dan Aykroyd, and The News.

Was Scarlett Johannsson this version's "Huh? What is he/she doing here?" like Dan Aykroyd was in the original?

 

[foleyfanforever88]

Guys, the original "We Are The World" sucked too. And I'm a guy who considers all-star charity songs one of his biggest guilty pleasures.

It's corny, but it has a certain charm to it. This new version is just painful.

I could have done without the over the top wailing and the autotuning.

Yeah, the one positive thing about the original is all of the lead vocalists sing the hell out of the song. This new version is just autotune and caterwauling.

One of the weird things about this version is the number of famous singers just standing in the chorus while Lil Wayne and T-Pain get solos. Then again, on the original, Kim Carnes got a line while Smokey Robinson was just hanging out with Tito Jackson, John Oates, Dan Aykroyd, and The News.

Was Scarlett Johannsson this version's "Huh? What is he/she doing here?" like Dan Aykroyd was in the original?

I didn't see Scarlett, but Jeff Bridges and Vince Vaughn are in this one.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Scarlett also has a couple of albums out.

Though I guess you could argue that Dan Aykroyd was sort of a musician too. The Pop Up Video (one of my favorite ever btw) said that he was there to represent Hollywood. Which I guess is why you had Jeff Bridges and Vince Vaughn show up.

 

[Brocklock]

Bridges sings in his latest film Crazy Heart and I think he's been performing some songs from it during some late night shows in the last couple of weeks.

I got nothing for Vaughn.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
Now this is how a charity song is done. The Fresh Prince. Mike Tyson. Brian Bosworth. NBA All Stars. Jon motherfuckin' Lovitz.

Spoiler

Not really. This is really the '91 equivalent of the "We Are The World" cover. Except featuring possibly more people who can't sing!

 

[Ed Wood Caulfield]

The best part is that, by the time the song came out, the Persian Gulf War was over!

 

[bigolsmitty]

I lost it when Kenny G showed up. Man, that makes We Are the World look like Beethoven's 5th.

 

[Kinetic]

Now I really wish the earthquake in Haiti had never happened. Although I guess Fergie and all the other big-time recording industry philanthropists would have just found some other reason to get together and re-record "We Are The World."

 

[foleyfanforever88]

Now I really wish the earthquake in Haiti had never happened. Although I guess Fergie and all the other big-time recording industry philanthropists would have just found some other reason to get together and re-record "We Are The World."

Fergie wasn't even in the studio with everyone else. They recorded her part separately and added it in.

 

[OG]

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
Now this is how a charity song is done. The Fresh Prince. Mike Tyson. Brian Bosworth. NBA All Stars. Jon motherfuckin' Lovitz.

Spoiler

Not really. This is really the '91 equivalent of the "We Are The World" cover. Except featuring possibly more people who can't sing!

From a Hollywood standpoint, that's a pretty star-studded video. I spotted Meryl Streep, Billy Crystal, Kevin Costner, Chevy Chase, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Kurt Russell, James Woods and a ton of other well known actors.

As for Haiti, I find this to be a better all-star charity single (even with an inferior line-up):

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.