defend the indefensible: "we are the world"

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

justin bieber gets the first line

― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Friday, February 12, 2010 5:54 PM Bookmark

facepalm

haha xps

I can't believe they put an Auto-Tuned dwarf up first. How many times can you vomit in one song.

i think the cold bieber open is a bigger indignation than the actual earthquake itself

who is the woman singing with jenifer hudson? i swear it's kim kardashian

it's really too bad that they didn't wait for wayne to get locked up

i thought maybe it was nicole scherzinger? does she still get invited places?

why is wyclef yodeling

what is going on

someone transcribe the kanye lyrics

despite how obviously horrific it is on a musical level, i feel like will.i.am deserves those big solo moments cuz he's built up such a career by doing the most shamelessly corny things possible

if only they could've had him hold a pepsi

Set on replay, die slowly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glny4jSciVI

why did lil wayne need to be autotuned? he just spoke his lines, anyway.

this is horrible. holy hell, is this a picture of pop's biggest acts today? damn.

bizzare yodeling is best part imo

yeah i mean i'm sure it would've been awkward to tell wyclef specifically that he sounded epically bad & ridiculous but someone needed to say something

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?

― queen frostine (Eric H.), Friday, 12 February 2010 17:05 (Yesterday) Bookmark

i just lost my shit here

WHAT THE FUCK:

actually that video doesn't have the full version of the song. there is a 13:54 version on itunes.

hey indie folks I have it on good authority that if you watch the youtube of this 10x in a row you get an early download code for the new joanna newsom

haha is that swizz beatz i see??

there needs to be an indie version of this written by panda bear and james murphy

Maura just said that the 13:54 version is 'just the seven-minute video with tons of credits' -- which is better I suppose but at the same time I kinda wanted something THAT insane. Like the spoken word bits on the full "Feed the World" but even more gone.

hey indie folks I have it on good authority that if you watch the youtube of this 10x in a row you get an early download code for the new joanna newsom

― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Friday, February 12, 2010 8:32 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

i think pfork is opening up their staff board again for early downloads of this album

hey indie folks I have it on good authority that if you watch the youtube of this 10x in a row you get an early download code for the new joanna newsom

that's like offering me a bag of magic beans and a unicorn if i watch titanic 10x in a row

omg wyclef

someone transcribe the kanye lyrics

― the cold bieber open (some dude), Friday, February 12, 2010 8:23 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark

everyday citizens, everybody pitching in

*interlude*

12 days without water what's your will to live?
*will.i.am line*
feeling like the world's end, we can make the world win

some dude your new username is A+++ hadouken for all time

YouTube commenters weigh in!

candeladangelo (3 seconds ago)
no words this is amazing,i cried SO much! HOPE for HAITI! please people DONATE. please <3

lyrictenore (5 seconds ago)
@lyrictenore
WHAT IS THIS?
A ROOM FULL OF MUSICIANS AND THIS IS THE RESULT
AUTOTUNE FOR ALL THE MALES? REALLY?
THIS IS WHY MUSIC IS IN TROUBLE NOW
TOO MANY EXCEPT ANYTHING... NO STANDARDS
IM APPALLED AND PISSED OFF
YES A GREAT CAUSE BUT TRUTH REMAINS TRUTH
RETURN TO SENDER. REALLY? HUH?
WHY ARE WE IN TIMES WHERE WE PROMOTE EVERYTHING LIKE ITS GREAT AND EARTH SHATTERING AND IT ENDS UP TOTAL CRAP

ferdente17 (6 seconds ago)
Well I think you all should stop talking about YOUR Idols in the song because A lot of singers sang and recorded together the song for Haiti. The Only thing I can say about ALL the singers and people who tried to help with the song is CONGRATS it's absolutely awesome and a comment about Jonas Brother as a fan I Feel PROUD. : ) Thank you Michael Jackson you're in our HEARTS forever and always ♥ MJ with us too :) Congrats to all of you.

danasaurussex (21 seconds ago)
Wow, that was beautiful.

mrgtusa (22 seconds ago)
"he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he" can not sing at all.

secretblueangel (25 seconds ago)
Autotune was horrible.

jmuilkieay (28 seconds ago)
@jumpingjoker14 yes

ashkrk (33 seconds ago)
WHERE IS USHER PART? ???

perfectlybroken82 (44 seconds ago)
What the fuck is wrong with you all. What's with all the damn negativity.

Shay0ne1 (45 seconds ago)
r u serious??

i am pretty surprised that they gave the autotuners their own section -- it's not even a thing anymore

AUTOTUNE FOR ALL THE MALES

REM's worst album

will.i.am & kanye trading Heartfelt lines on a charity single is really what the whole past decade of popular rap music was leading up too -- i truly believe this

That was AMAZING. As in, I totally understand why I don't listen to the fucking radio anymore if these are the clowns that are getting played.

I cried so much for Haiti. Will it survive this?

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1631796/20100212/lil_wayne.jhtml

Ok I stop listening to Ron Carter for this shit. When will I ever learn? I always gave the original a smirk and a roll of the eyes but this new one is well just bad. At first I was angry at for subjecting myself to something I knew was going to suck but at the end of the day I realize this songs just doesn't matter. Oh well.

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

I had a version with all of the mouths moving but something got fucked up and now I'm too friday nighted out to fix it

good lord, I apologize for posting that, it's weird looking

no that's awesome -- especially w/ only some of the mouths moving, makes it extra creepy

Z S = hero

http://i46.tinypic.com/vgtsu1.gif

Dying here.

Academy Award-winning writer-director Paul Haggis (Crash, Million Dollar Baby), whose own personal efforts as well as those of Artists for Peace and Justice have already saved countless lives in Haiti, filmed the private recording session to create the accompanying video and behind-the-scenes production, and serves as Film Director and as an Executive Producer with Jones, Richie, Jean, Phillips and Tortorici.

He's saved so many lives that he can't count them.

They just look like a bunch of hungry birds now.

Haitians?