We Are The World...Again
Yesterday in Los Angeles, everyone from Celine Dion to Sad Clown Baby to Gay Fish to Vince Vaughn (insert a million question marks here) to Barbara Streisand gathered at Jim Henson Studios to record the 25th anniversary of "We Are The World." As far as I know, the roof of the Jim Henson Studios is still intact. This is kind of surprising since you'd think all those egos in one room would've blown that roof right off.
"We Are The World: The Remake" premiere at the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics on February 12th. Proceeds will go to Haitian relief. Kanye West will also release "I AM THE WORLD" a day later.
When Quincy Jones first announced this mess, he said Lady CaCa, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake and Beyonce would all be a part of it. None of them showed up. But who needs those has-beens when you have the vocal powerhouse that is VINCE VAUGHN! When he sings extra loud, his long nose hairs back him up by whistling. Vince is his own quartet!
Click here to see the full list of performers.
And since Simon Cowell will not be outdone by the likes of Quincy Jones, he has released his own charity single for Haiti. It's a cover of REM's "Everybody Hurts" (and it really does hurt) featuring Susan Boyle, Miley Cyrus, Cheryl Cole, Mimi, Mika, Leona Lewis, James Blunt, Michael Buble, Jon Bon Jovi, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams and a million others.
Here's a few more pictures from the recording of "We Are The World." Where is Heidi Montag and Kim Zolciak?!
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The We Are the World 2010 album will soon be out in the market. The goal of this album is to raise money for the Haitians. I didn't care too much for the first one, but it's doing a bit for Haitian earthquake relief – and it isn't as if buying one CD or DVD is going to send me running for payday loans or anything. You have to give credit to Quincy Jones for getting all those people together to do a track – it doesn't matter how long it takes, that is an impressive effort. Does anyone know if they have Dan Aykroyd in on this one? It isn't We Are the World if there's no Aykroyd.
Just like Ethiopia, the one by the British guy is SO much better!
‘We are the World‘ not to be confused with ‘Heal the World’...
Another barf inducing mess of song, sung by a a prodigiously talented,
iconic mess of a man who suffered from father issues and a prescription induced messiah complex that caused him to morph into a tranny toon version of Peter Pan.
A grown man who liked to wear swarovski crystal embellished g-strings on the outside of his pants. (and lets not forget those gorgeously fetching Burka's)
A devoted 'humanitarian' who mindlessly spent the equivalent of the 3rd world deficit per month on meaningless and useless bling,
a man who self-admittedly preferred to bunk down with pre-pubescent, chronically-ill chico boy’s.
Short and selective memory much planet earth?
I think stars do all this crap to feel like they are doing SOMETHING/not feel guilty. Also to fulfill their HUGE egos. Also so they do not have to part w/ their PRECIOUS money.
Submitted by shandi on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 4:20pm.
How in the hell is rerecording this song with a bunch of no-talent twats going to raise money for Haiti? If these people really cared, they would each write out a check to help with disaster relief. God knows they all get paid enough.
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ITA. But I think that while initially this may be about helping Haiti, it is really a marketing exercise, replete with huge egos, ferocious fights between artists' management teams over the air-time *their* artist gets, their positioning in the line-up, how many lines they get etc. If it actually raises some money, good.
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What a bunch of wankers. Bomb the studio!
When I saw VV in the picture, it reminded me of Dan Ackroyd pulling this stunt. Great career move for both of them. wankers.
"AMEN! God, glad to see voices of reason and this celeb stunt shit is transparent."
Ha, thanks putas.
And Vince Vaughn wtf? I bet they turned his mic off while he tries to sing.
Looking at these pics makes me laugh. Celine Dion reminds me of the kid in school, who tried way too hard to fit in with the cool crowd, but ended up looking even more desperate.
Why do they want to rape the eardrums of the whole entire world? Attention seeking asshats.
How in the hell is rerecording this song with a bunch of no-talent twats going to raise money for Haiti? If these people really cared, they would each write out a check to help with disaster relief. God knows they all get paid enough.
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"Wait until the bitch finds the family of wombats living in her chocha." - MK
what a disaster.
on top of a disaster.
Submitted by Rem Koolhaas on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 4:28am.
WOW. I love this and agree 100%. Orgiastic sing a long and really ridiculously embarassing. PHOTO OP!
DJ Tenn. & RoadDogg rants- AMEN! God, glad to see voices of reason and this celeb stunt shit is transparent.
This is so fucking corny/GAY (in the 80s sense of the word, not homosexual..FUCK) and the song sucked balls the first go 'round. These annoying people all in one room crooning and making 'concerned, soulful faces' while they take their turn. UGH. It's almost too much to bear. Will not watch clip. And Susan Boyle please go away. At least don't give us close ups of her face. Sorry not drinking the Boyle Kool Aid either.
Submitted by EvilShoe on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:59pm.
I don't think M.E. is saying they should hold them but rather that if we in the US needed something and they could do it, they wouldn't. I have to agree with her. We are seen as evil. Yes, I have been there and to a lot of countries like it.
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There's a difference between a government being considered evil and a whole people being considered evil. Most people around the world do not consider Americans to be evil, probably the contrary. It's our government, with its LONG history of sabotaging and destroying other countries, that would be considered evil. And I disagree, if the US were to have a calamity that we couldn't take care of ourselves (which is unlikely), I do believe we would be given assistance if we truly needed it. I think the international response to Katrina shows that regardless of our status in the world, the offers for help will still come. Haiti is special to the United States because it's a country descended of slaves (indirect reparations come to mind)and we also have a fairl large emigre population of them in the United States.
Submitted by Plecostomus on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 8:04am.
I hated that dirge the first time around.
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Me too.
Submitted by Bunny Rabbit on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:56pm.
Submitted by M.E. on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 11:29am.
I don't think M.E. is saying they should hold them but rather that if we in the US needed something and they could do it, they wouldn't. I have to agree with her. We are seen as evil. Yes, I have been there and to a lot of countries like it.
They would give Chavez more respect than us and he only sent one fucking plane.
Funny how the world was never "saved" from the last WATW scam. In fact, most of the money was pissed away and mis-managed. Will they ever learn?
Submitted by M.E. on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 11:29am.
This is pure FUCKERY!! Leave We are the World alone!! GOD DAMIT!
Ok, yes, I donated to Haiti, but seriously...if we had an earthquake that devestated our country, would Haiti, or any other nation for that matter, be working effortlessly to raise money to help us?
No.
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That's a pretty petty thing to say. Here we are, the most fucking richest country in the world and it pains you that third world countries aren't holding telethons when we have disasters. I know there are poor people in the US, but seriously, you need to get out more and see what poverty really is around the world. Our poor are positively rich and well fed compared with the poor of Africa, Thailand, Haiti, India, etc. We are blessed with a lot of wealth (though it gets mismanaged, but that's another story) and it's almost ludicrous to expect "peasants" to help out the "king."
And yeah, when Hurricane Katrina, our most recent disaster, happened, we did get a lot of international response:
from wikipedia:
Over seventy countries pledged monetary donations or other assistance. Notably, Cuba and Venezuela (both hostile to US government themselves) were the first countries to offer assistance, pledging over $1 million, several mobile hospitals, water treatment plants, canned food, bottled water, heating oil, 1,100 doctors and 26.4 metric tons of medicine, though this aid was rejected by the U.S. government.[110][111][112][113] Kuwait made the largest single pledge, $500 million; other large donations were made by Qatar and United Arab Emirates (each $100 million), South Korea ($30 million), Australia ($10 million), India, China (both $5 million), New Zealand ($2 million),[114] Pakistan ($1.5 million),[115] and Bangladesh ($1 million).[116]
India sent tarps, blankets and hygiene kits. An Indian Air Force IL-76 aircraft delivered 25 tonnes of relief supplies for the Hurricane Katrina victims at the Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas on September 13, 2005.
Israel sent an IDF delegation to New Orleans to transport aid equipment including 80 tons of food, disposable diapers, beds, blankets, generators and additional equipment which were donated from different governmental institutions, civilian institutions and the IDF.[117] The Bush Administration announced in mid-September that it did not need Israeli divers and physicians to come to the United States for search and rescue missions, but a small team landed in New Orleans on September 10 to give assistance to operations already under way. The team administered first aid to survivors, rescued abandoned pets and discovered hurricane victims.[118]
Countries like Sri Lanka, which was still recovering from the Indian Ocean Tsunami, also offered to help. Countries including Canada, Mexico, Singapore, and Germany sent supplies, relief personnel, troops, ships and water pumps to aid in the disaster recovery. Belgium sent in a team of relief personnel. Britain's donation of 350,000 emergency meals did not reach victims because of laws regarding mad cow disease.[119] Russia's initial offer of two jets was declined by the U.S. State Department but accepted later. The French offer was also declined and requested later.[120]
Vince Fucking Vaughn?? Really??
*blows brains out*
If all the people who were singing donated 1/3 of their salaries that would help Hati . These star make too much money anyways. A couple million to them is nothing. They would spend it on themselves anyways and their useless cars and houses and bags worth thousands.
Submitted by onthefringe on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 11:38am.
Submitted by Possum on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 10:25am.
I really wonder if Susan Boyle is mildly retarded.
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Oxygen deprivation at birth. Poor SuBo.
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I suffered from that too and b/c of that I have a small speech impediment, so people ASSUME that I'm retarded or deaf when I start speaking and they don't know me. The worst is when I'm at a store and the b!tches behind the counter start talking to me like I'm a child and then end with "Do you understand?" I just smile and say, "Yes I do, and I also get [the title of my dissertation thesis]." Then I walk away all cuntylike :P
Seriously, the brain is delicate and complex organ and you never know what kind of sh!t depriving it of oxygen can cause.
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Well, maybe not heavy metal. But at least they're better than most hacks. C'mon, tell me "Overcome" isn't their greatest work in a while.
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Submitted by Italics on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 11:39pm.
It’s worth noting the U.S. provides the lion’s share of charitable donations globally.
---Does that include New Orleans?
Submitted by Possum on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 10:25am.
I really wonder if Susan Boyle is mildly retarded.
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Oxygen deprivation at birth. Poor Subo. It's too bad they gave her a makeover. It would've been fun for her to go around the world and sing looking like she did the first time. Like a "screw you, I'll look how I want". I guess the insults and pressure would be too much.
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Corporate whores:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cam3hFUENQ
This is pure FUCKERY!! Leave We are the World alone!! GOD DAMIT!
Ok, yes, I donated to Haiti, but seriously...if we had an earthquake that devestated our country, would Haiti, or any other nation for that matter, be working effortlessly to raise money to help us?
No.
"But who needs those has-beens when you have the vocal powerhouse that is VINCE VAUGHN! When he sings extra loud, his long nose hairs back him up by whistling. Vince is his own quartet!"
L.M.A.O. Loud. In the front office. Attracting stares from concerned co-workers.
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Chris Brown needs to like, wow, take that stupid ass bow tie and shove it down his throat. It's like, wow. WOW. --MK 8/31/09
I'm tellin' y'all, Heidi didn't show up (even uninvited), so that must mean something is up with her plastic surgery.
Nicole and Joel's daughter is the most precious little thing - those eyes are enormous.
Submitted by EvilShoe on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 10:28am.
I wonder why Celine never got that chin surgery. She needs to call that Montag chick.
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HATE Celine's muzack, but I do admit that she has talent and I do applaud her for not giving into pressure to conform Hollyweird's 'standard' of beauty. Whorey Montag could only wish that she had Celine's voice, but alas, she can only grab whatever attention she can by fudging up her face.
Surprisingly, I see that Harry Belafonte, who has been fighting for Haitian rights for YEARS even before half of these wh0res were born and who helped produce the original 'We Are the World' is absent. He must know that this is all a sh!tfest as well, and therefore, I can't cosign on it either :(
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go listen to quiet riot or scorpions
that'll get that damn song outta your head
I hated that damn song then and still hate it today.
And now it's stuck in my head.
I may have to go listen to the Ramones or something.
I wonder why Celine never got that chin surgery. She needs to call that Montag chick.
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I really wonder if Susan Boyle is mildly retarded.
POS
piece of shit
been there done that
no originality
fku christ sake
Babs and Tony Bennett signed on to this fuckery?
How sad.
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Corporate whores:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cam3hFUENQ
Submitted by Mopa on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 7:28am.
Barbra is probably worried a pic would be taken from the right side. She is notoriously paranoid about having the right side of her face shown from the side. When she was on Rosie O'Donnell many, many years ago, they had to change the whole set to the opposite side in order to not interview her showing her right side. As if one side of her face is anymore attractive than the other. lol
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i remember that! oprah did the same thing too!
so who's remaking Hands Across America?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZorfXa5pBc
Babs really brings the caricature home. She does. She looks EXACTLY like a caricature of herself in a cartoon making a joke about a possible remake of we are the world.
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I tried listening to the "Everybody Hurts" remake last night - but after two minutes of Mimi, I had to shut it off. HORRIBLE.
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"No escapin' when I start
Once I'm in, I own your heart"
Anyone remember this brilliant Conan parody of it? You HAVE to watch this. It is hilarious.
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDTLqu5Lfx4
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV0rgOEsB2o
Cosign everything that's already been said here.
This crap makes me want to hurl.
On another note -- I friggen hate hate hate
the song Everybody Hurts. I listen to music to uplift my mood; not get dragged down into a morass of self-pity. God I hate that song.
Plecostomus, that's the most gorgeous Georgina yet!
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"If anyone needs me I'll be in the Angry Dome!" — Professor Farnsworth
Submitted by loopygorilla on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:59am.
" [...] these fucktards are not gonna donate any money cuz they need to pay for white powder from colombia."
¡Madre de Dios! What if there's an earthquake in Colombia?!
Now that would be an important celebrity anthem, with Amy Winehouse on leading vocals and Lindsay Lohan coughing through the bridge.
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"If anyone needs me I'll be in the Angry Dome!" — Professor Farnsworth
I hated that dirge the first time around.
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Bottom-feeder.
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Celine looks like she is ready to bitch slap a mother frakker for not putting her front and center! I can just hear her now, "How do you not know that I am the star? I am the only one anyone wants to hear!" Someone please hand her an award for best rap artist then let Kanye West out of his strait jacket.
I am not a lesbian but my girlfriend is.
Where is Bob Geldof and Sting in all of this? Are you slacking off, you fuckers?!
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"If anyone needs me I'll be in the Angry Dome!" — Professor Farnsworth
'Kanye West will also release "I AM THE WORLD" a day later.'
WAHAHAH!!!
BTW Toni Braxton has had too much surgery. Looks awful!