We are the World (new version)

• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  So what are everyone's thoughts on the new version of "We are the World" which just made it's debut?
  
  
• september63

  

  Much, Much worse than the original!!
• justincredible

  

  I thought it was good. My only question, why is Vince Vaughn in the background group?
• cmhs_pride

  ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• coyotes22

  

  How come we dont have something like this, for all the people who lose their homes every year, HERE IN OUR OWN country, due to natural disasters?
  
  Im tired of helping other countrys, lets worry about our own people first!!
• baseballstud24

  Then we could make the song..."We are the United States"
• justincredible

  

  baseballstud24 wrote: Then we could make the song..."We are the United States"

  Already have that song.
  
• Upper90

  coyotes22 wrote: How come we dont have something like this, for all the people who lose their homes every year, HERE IN OUR OWN country, due to natural disasters?
  
  Im tired of helping other countrys, lets worry about our own people first!!

  It's a good thing that this hasn't been covered on here before at all.
  
  for me, personally, it'd be a sad day if I became tired of helping others, regardless of where they were from. (Not to mention, if YOU'RE doing something to help people here, then hey...you're doing your part, in what you feel passionate about.)
  
  That said, this song is hilariously bad, IMO. But, that's me as a music purist. The original was so important, and so powerful.
• Upper90

  (Not to mention, and I hate to ramble, but there was a song similar to this after 9/11. It was an original, though, I think?)
• skank

  

  It wasn't too bad....until they started talking....er, I mean Rapping. Relax Laker fans, I said RAPPING.
• se-alum

  

  It was going good until.....Wyclef started doing god knows what and Lil Wayne & T-Pain auto-tuning.
• Blitzkrieg

  This version is awful. On another website I post, this topic was a poll. And about 85% says it sucks worst, 10% says its equal to the original, and a mere 5% like it.
• Upper90

  I think I'd think it was better, maybe, if I had never heard the original.
  
  My niece likes it, but she's far younger than I, and isn't too familiar with the original.
• GoPens

  

  It sucks. Want to ruin a song?? Put rap in it or whatever the hell that noise-making was.
• Gardens35

  IMO, it isn't very good.
• justincredible

  

  I must have weird taste in music because I didn't think it was that bad. I am apparently in the vast minority.
• ts1227

  

  justincredible wrote: I must have weird taste in music because I didn't think it was that bad. I am apparently in the vast minority.

  Well when you ask a population with a lot of Baby Boomers whether something made today was better or worse than something from 25 years ago, they say 25 years ago based on principle, regardless of what it is.
  
  I don't think it was really any better or worse. It was just kind of there. Autotune wasn't exactly necessary.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  I'm not a twitter fan of Bill Simmons (The Sports Guy) on ESPN, but apparently he twitted that he thought it was a SNL short. I laughed.
  
  When I watched, I probably laughed out loud 4 or 5 times. This was unintentional comedy at its best. My favorite part was seeing the Big Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) in the choir. This was a trainwreck, regardless of the noble intentions.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  "Well when you ask a population with a lot of Baby Boomers whether something made today was better or worse than something from 25 years ago, "
  
  If you go to the "We are the World" wikipedia page there is a listing of the members of the groups that respectively sang the original and the new versions. You don't have to be a baby boomer (and I'm not) to recognize that the orginal group is full of hall of fame acts, and that the new group contains a bunch of "who the hell are these people" acts. I still have no idea who the hell the 12 year old singing the beginning of the new song is.
• Upper90

  There were at LEAST 30-35 more people on this one, which made it a bit ridiculous, IMO.
  
  That's just a bit of overkill.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  Original soloists:
  
  Lionel Richie
  Stevie Wonder
  Paul Simon
  Kenny Rogers
  James Ingram
  Tina Turner
  Billy Joel
  Michael Jackson
  Diana Ross
  Dionne Warwick
  Willie Nelson
  Stevie Wonder
  Al Jarreau
  Bruce Springsteen
  Kenny Loggins
  Steve Perry
  Daryl Hall
  Huey Lewis
  Cyndi Lauper
  Kim Carnes
  Bob Dylan
  Ray Charles
  
  Original choir:
  
  Dan Aykroyd
  Harry Belafonte
  Lindsey Buckingham
  Mario Cipollina
  Johnny Colla
  Sheila E.
  Bob Geldof
  Bill Gibson
  Chris Hayes
  Sean Hopper
  Jackie Jackson
  La Toya Jackson
  Bob Geldof ?
  Marlon Jackson
  Randy Jackson
  Tito Jackson
  Waylon Jennings
  Bette Midler
  John Oates
  Jeffrey Osborne
  Anita Pointer
  Ruth Pointer
  Smokey Robinson
  
  New soloists:
  
  Justin Bieber
  Nicole Scherzinger
  Jennifer Hudson
  Jennifer Nettles
  Josh Groban
  Tony Bennett
  Mary J. Blige
  Michael Jackson (stock material only)
  Janet Jackson
  Barbra Streisand
  Miley Cyrus
  Enrique Iglesias
  Jamie Foxx
  Wyclef Jean
  Adam Levine
  P!nk
  BeBe Winans
  Usher
  Janet Jackson duetted with her older brother Michael on the recording
  Celine Dion
  Orianthi (on guitar)
  Fergie
  Nick Jonas
  Toni Braxton
  Mary Mary
  Isaac Slade
  Lil Wayne
  Carlos Santana (solo with a guitar)
  Akon
  T-Pain
  LL Cool J
  Will.i.am
  Snoop Dogg
  Busta Rhymes
  Swizz Beatz
  Iyaz
  Kanye West
  
  New choir:
  
  Patti Austin
  Bizzy Bone
  Ethan Bortnick
  Jeff Bridges
  Zac Brown
  Brandy
  Kristian Bush
  Natalie Cole
  Harry Connick Jr.
  Hayden Panettiere
  Kid Cudi
  Faith Evans
  Melanie Fiona
  Sean Garrett
  Tyrese Gibson
  Anthony Hamilton
  Keri Hilson
  Julianne Hough
  India.Arie
  Randy Jackson
  Taj Jackson
  Taryll Jackson
  TJ Jackson
  Jordin Sparks
  Al Jardine
  Jimmy Jean-Louis
  Joe Jonas
  Kevin Jonas
  Gladys Knight
  Benji Madden
  Joel Madden
  Katharine McPhee
  Jason Mraz
  Mýa
  Freda Payne
  A. R. Rahman
  Raphael Saadiq
  Trey Songz
  Musiq Soulchild
  Jordin Sparks
  Robin Thicke
  Alex Williams
  Rob Thomas
  Vince Vaughn
  Ann Wilson
  Brian Wilson
  Nancy Wilson
• Little Danny

  

  Manhattan Buckeye wrote: "Well when you ask a population with a lot of Baby Boomers whether something made today was better or worse than something from 25 years ago, "
  
  If you go to the "We are the World" wikipedia page there is a listing of the members of the groups that respectively sang the original and the new versions. You don't have to be a baby boomer (and I'm not) to recognize that the orginal group is full of hall of fame acts, and that the new group contains a bunch of "who the hell are these people" acts. I still have no idea who the hell the 12 year old singing the beginning of the new song is.

  Exactly. Also, the first appealed to a much broader audience. On one end of the spectrum you had Kenny Rogers and Willie Nelson and on the other you had Michael Jackson. They had Hall of Famers like Smokey Robinson and Waylon Jennings singing in the chorus.
• Gblock

  started out a little stiff....
  
  no reason there should be auto tuning with all those there who can sing, but i didnt mind a few secs of lil wayne and kanyes verse wasnt bad.
• UANyg

  this was horrendous. auto-tune plus rap? are you kidding me? jamie foxx doing a stupid ray charles impression? absolutely awful. oh and in this new line up, vince vaughan = dan akroyd. super out of place comedian
• baseballstud24

  Yea I didn't mind it until the gangsta rap.