defend the indefensible: "we are the world"

In 1991, Yoko Ono collaborated with Amina, Adam Ant, Sebastian Bach, Bros, Felix Cavaliere, Terence Trent D'Arby, Flea, John Frusciante, Peter Gabriel, Kadeem Hardison, Ofra Haza, Joe Higgs, Bruce Hornsby, Lee Jaffe, Al Jarreau, Jazzie B, Davey Johnstone, Lenny Kravitz, Cyndi Lauper, Sean Ono Lennon, Little Richard, LL Cool J, MC Hammer, Michael McDonald, Duff McKagan, Alannah Myles, New Voices of Freedom, Randy Newman, Tom Petty, Iggy Pop, Q-Tip, Bonnie Raitt, Run, Dave Stewart, Teena Marie, Little Steven Van Zandt, Don Was, Wendy & Lisa, Ahmet Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, and Moon Unit Zappa as the Peace Choir to perform a version of the song in response to the imminent Gulf War.

(1) i would swear i saw paula poundstone in there.
(2) props to LL cool j
(3) bonnie raitt is really pretty

we sung Voices that Care in elementary school choir. dear christ, what fucking propaganda they put us through in the first Gulf War.

So anyway:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a846fe9f970b-600wi

Half those people seem Photoshopped in.

lol @ Bieber

is that Harry Connick, Jr way in the back? What happened to his face - did he fall off a skyscraper?

no that's vince vaughn

Horrible, horrible, horrible fucking shit.

is Usher blind?

has this been released ??

Are you guys quoting lyrics?

We are the world
We are the children
Is Usher blind?
Has this been released?
Are you guys quoting lyrics?

We are the world
We are the children
Is Usher blind?
Has this been released?
Are you guys quoting lyrics?
Horrible, horrible, horrible fucking shit

these might be better lyrics than the original ones...

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?

Jeff Bridges?

where's Kanye?

Jeff Bridges made an album you know

He did? Is it on iTunes?

it's on amazon at least: http://www.amazon.com/Be-Here-Soon-Jeff-Bridges/dp/B00004RI61

Bridges really should have been the Dan Ackroyd (who was a Blues Brother you know) rather than Vaughn, who has no musical ambitions whatsoever to the best of my knowledge (though please, please, please correct me if I'm wrong).

"Co-producer Michael McDonald appears on every track (keyboards, vocals)"

can totally see Vaughn doing some shitty Blueshammer harp-blowing a la Bruce Willis

should put out a song called "Song To Bruno"

"Honkin with Favreau" would also be acceptable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjIG-9Zc9ho

jesus. this shit makes 80's pop music look pretty fucking good

i mean who the hell is this beiber kid

Babs could pass for David Lee Roth in that pic.

oh my God this is a trainwreck

they just premiered it on the winter olympics

justin bieber gets the first line

My idea for sealing that studio up would've been fine if we got Bridges outta there

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.