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― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Cyndi Lauper (miccio), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:45 (eighteen years ago) link
And that's it.
(Prince not participating was in retrospect a truly genius move, especially since it prompted the separate release of "4 the Tears In Your Eyes," an utterly wonderful song.)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Michael Jackson......PRETENTIOUS, PRIMA DONNA ASSHOLE!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Aaron A., Friday, 24 June 2005 13:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:58 (eighteen years ago) link
Most cringe-worthy moment: Cyndi Lauper's unsolicited "aye-yai-yee-yai-yah!" melismatic vocal fart after her slavishly oversung verse.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 24 June 2005 14:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 24 June 2005 14:03 (eighteen years ago) link
OTOH, the lyrics to "Do They Know It's Christmas" always creeped me out:
Where the only water flowingis the bitter sting of tearsAnd the Christmas bells that ring thereare the clanging chimes of doom
... that's some seriously bone-chilling stuff. "Clanging chimes of doom"? On a charity record?
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 24 June 2005 14:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Friday, 24 June 2005 14:29 (eighteen years ago) link
The video is yes, a nice period piece.
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 24 June 2005 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 24 June 2005 15:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 24 June 2005 15:33 (eighteen years ago) link
"These NYCians are crazy!"
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 24 June 2005 15:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 24 June 2005 15:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 24 June 2005 15:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 24 June 2005 15:59 (eighteen years ago) link
A menhir....yesterday.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 24 June 2005 16:48 (eighteen years ago) link
http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~janl/ts/obelix.gif
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 24 June 2005 16:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 24 June 2005 17:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 24 June 2005 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 24 June 2005 17:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 24 June 2005 17:57 (eighteen years ago) link
However, Dylan sucks!
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 24 June 2005 18:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 24 June 2005 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 24 June 2005 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 24 June 2005 18:11 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost
that would take one precise sphincter!
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 24 June 2005 18:13 (eighteen years ago) link
And it shows.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 24 June 2005 18:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 24 June 2005 18:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 24 June 2005 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 24 June 2005 18:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 24 June 2005 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link
YES! David Foster just dropped dead and rolled over in his grave.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 24 June 2005 18:58 (eighteen years ago) link
True, but charity songs are, as a rule, complete shit.
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 24 June 2005 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link
I knew the Canadians would get the reference.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 24 June 2005 19:15 (eighteen years ago) link
i just heard "voices that care" for the first time and jesus christ i don't think i'll ever even joke about "we are the world" being a bad song again.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 31 July 2009 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Haha -- I had an argument with a former Stylus colleague who insists that "Sun City" is better than WATW; he was beguiled by Arthur Baker and Hipster Quotient (nice moniker, that).
― Heric E. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 July 2009 02:43 (fourteen years ago) link
If you have the time to watch this 10 parts thing, I recommend you do : it's solid gold 80s !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GA5NvqGg0s
― AleXTC, Friday, 31 July 2009 11:23 (fourteen years ago) link
haha I remember LOVING "Sun City" at the time
― Four-TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN! (HI DERE), Friday, 31 July 2009 13:28 (fourteen years ago) link
prefer voices that care to w.a.t.w and "stars" to either
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZktrrqT1A0
― Trey Tsongas (J0hn D.), Friday, 31 July 2009 13:50 (fourteen years ago) link
it has a nice (lovely at times) melody.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 31 July 2009 13:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Some non-aging punks in the form of FNM did come up with "We Care a Lot" as a response though!
― doleful lundgren (Matt #2), Saturday, 24 February 2024 20:26 (one month ago) link
And I love them forever for it
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Sunday, 25 February 2024 03:37 (one month ago) link
It could be like Voices That Care, gooey faux-Gospel pro war bullshit
Except better
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 25 February 2024 03:44 (one month ago) link
I love how Mystery Train jokingly refers to "Voices That Care" as "We Are The War."
― birdistheword, Sunday, 25 February 2024 03:51 (one month ago) link
(And surprised that Meryl Streep and Sissy Spacek were in the chorus.)
― birdistheword, Sunday, 25 February 2024 03:53 (one month ago) link
Really liked the doc, but can anyone tell me why Dan Aykroyd was there to begin with? Was Blues Brothers that big to warrant his presence with the rest of these legends? And wtf, how have I been misspelling this dude's name for 30 years
― octobeard, Sunday, 25 February 2024 07:39 (one month ago) link
This was less than a year after Ghostbusters (at the time the-highest-grossing comedy ever) so that would explain it.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 25 February 2024 07:45 (one month ago) link
Here’s what he said in 2009 (it doesn’t make much sense):
Speaking of iconic images, you were in the ensemble for the Live Aid, "We Are the World video." How did you snag that gig?Totally by accident. My father and I were interviewing business managers in LA and we walked into this office of a talent manager, and realized we were in the wrong place. I was looking for a money manager, not a talent manager. I had managed myself at that time and always have. But he said, so long as you are here, would you like to come and join this "We are the World" thing.I thought how do I fit in here? Well, we did sell a few million records with the Blues Brothers and in my other persona I am a musician, so I showed up and was a part of it but it was totally by accident.
― Sony's Sports Walkman Universe (morrisp), Sunday, 25 February 2024 16:03 (one month ago) link
I bet he (and a few others there) fit in more than a few lines.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 February 2024 16:08 (one month ago) link
Snarf.
The person who was there who I was looking for in the doc but didn't immediately see, and was kinda wondering if they would get as a talking head but didn't? Garry Trudeau. Really. Remember seeing news about it at the time (and he coordinated a comics-related effort later in the year), and per this thread, a run of strips resulted some time after the session:
1. Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau was allowed to witness the "We Are the World" recording sessions that produced the 1985 megahit to aid famine relief in Africa. Producer Quincy Jones corralled 45 pop stars into the studio, insisting everyone check their egos at the door.— Mark Stryker (@Mark_Stryker) June 13, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 25 February 2024 16:19 (one month ago) link
And in case you're wondering if this is some weird urban legend, nope -- from a Chicago Tribune story in March 1985.
Although most of the musicians` guests watched the proceedings via a live video feed to A&M`s Chaplin Stage next door, there was one nonmusician in the recording studio. ”Doonesbury” creator Garry Trudeau spent the night in the studio watching and sketching, with the result being two weeks of USA for Africa-related ”Doonesbury” cartoons.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 25 February 2024 16:23 (one month ago) link
we still need a 10-episode expose into this thing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un3TmvzoVYM
― scott seward, Monday, 26 February 2024 13:32 (one month ago) link
The Milli Vanilli guy was clearly lip-syncing.
― henry s, Monday, 26 February 2024 13:41 (one month ago) link
That one had a Chumbawumba parody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDRG2s9GC_E
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 26 February 2024 14:59 (one month ago) link
I realize these clips were available for years, and also were only shown in a truncated form in the latest documentary, but ever since watching it I can't get Bob Dylan's goofy rendition of "it's a choice we're making, we're saving our own lies, it's true we'll make a better day, just you and me".
it just sounds Randy Newman singing it and getting punched while he farted
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 March 2024 18:57 (two weeks ago) link
*lives
lol that was my generation's introduction to Bob Dylan
― President Keyes, Thursday, 14 March 2024 19:01 (two weeks ago) link
woulda been for me if my dad didn't routinely walk around the house singing "Like a Rolling Stone" and overemphasizing the "DIDN'T YEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW".
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 March 2024 19:06 (two weeks ago) link
As bad as it was, Dylan would hit lower lows as the decade wore on. I can't imagine anyone turning into a Dylan fan back then based on his "new" work.
― birdistheword, Friday, 15 March 2024 01:01 (one week ago) link
*raises hand* a friend who heard "Tight Connection to My Heart" was moved to hear the back catalog
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 March 2024 01:02 (one week ago) link
that "Let it Be" upthread is like a cluster bomb of wtf
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 15 March 2024 01:49 (one week ago) link
xp That's not a bad track - had they dropped a couple of the worst songs and reinstated "New Danville Girl," that would've been a pretty good album IMHO. Also forgot the Traveling Wilburys, that's a fun album. But Knocked Out Loaded, the Hearts of Fire movie, nearly all of Down in the Groove and the live stuff with the Grateful Dead are pretty awful.
― birdistheword, Friday, 15 March 2024 01:53 (one week ago) link
(Yes, "Brownsville Girl" is a different version of "New Danville Girl," and "Maybe Someday" is kind of catchy, but I still wouldn't play Knocked Out Loaded again.)
― birdistheword, Friday, 15 March 2024 01:56 (one week ago) link
A new all-star charity single based on Mark Knopfler's theme to Bill Forsyth's great film Local Hero, and naturally, it's all about guitarists, not singing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_KWnAoPckk
Benefits Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.
The full list of contributors is: Joan Armatrading, Jeff Beck, Richard Bennett, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Brown, James Burton, Jonathan Cain, Paul Carrack, Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Jim Cox, Steve Cropper, Sheryl Crow, Danny Cummings, Roger Daltrey, Duane Eddy, Sam Fender, Guy Fletcher, Peter Frampton, Audley Freed, Vince Gill, David Gilmour, Buddy Guy, Keiji Haino, Tony Iommi, Joan Jett, John Jorgenson, Mark Knopfler, Sonny Landreth, Albert Lee, Greg Leisz, Alex Lifeson, Steve Lukather, Phil Manzanera, Dave Mason, Hank Marvin, Brian May, Robbie McIntosh, John McLaughlin, Tom Morello, Rick Nielsen, Orianthi, Brad Paisley, Nile Rodgers, Mike Rutherford, Joe Satriani, John Sebastian, Connor Selby, Slash, Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr and Zak Starkey (both on drums, of course), Sting (on bass), Andy Taylor, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, Ian Thomas, Pete Townshend, Keith Urban, Steve Vai, Waddy Wachtel.
The sleeve has been designed by pop art icon and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band designer Peter Blake, whose collage shows all the contributors in front of Hank’s guitar store in London’s Denmark Street.
― birdistheword, Friday, 15 March 2024 21:49 (one week ago) link
Might be the last thing Jeff Beck ever recorded - he opens the record.
― birdistheword, Friday, 15 March 2024 21:50 (one week ago) link