12 People Who Had No Business Recording
“We Are The World 25″ relief for Haiti
Sunday, February 21 2010- I came across a cool post featured on SoulBounce.com this weekend, blasting a few out of place celebs feature don the Remake of “We Are The World- 25 For Haiti”. I think the article is was pretty accurate, hilarious and wish the list went up t to 20, because there were a couple of MISSES on that list. it’s a damn shame that you get a PASS to everything just because you’re a celebrity. smDh. As in:
1. Busta Rhymes. Where’d you come from, When? and WHY are you dancing SO hard?!
2. 3T. Finally came out of Hiding to lend their lack luster vocals and are still rocking Extensions a-la 94′
3. Vince Vaughn. WTF?! — Like his Funny Man Sidekick, Will Ferell, and fellow Actor Jeff Bridges (who was in attendance) Vince Vaughn CAN actually hold a tune, but just like Kat McPhee is presence was NOT needed.
4. Miley Cirus. OUCH! My ears are bleeding
5. Julianne Huff. I prefer the Cha-Cha on Dancing with the Stars, dear
6. Swizz Beats. oh STOPPIT!
7. Randy Jackson. stick to production
8. Fonzworth Bentley. WTF?!
oh…the list GOES ON.
In the mean time let’s see what Soul Bounce has to say. Be sure to read the rest at soulbounce.com
Now that we’ve had a week to marinate on “We Are The World 25,” we here at SoulBounce still have the same reaction now that we had when it premiered last Friday and are in agreement that despite the best of intentions, this was an EPIC FAIL. We happen to agree with Jay-Z that “We Are The World” is something that should have never been touched. Ever. We really don’t know what Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie were thinking when they had this bright idea to remake this classic as opposed to creating a new song just for Haiti, but it was a mess. Yes, there were moments of brilliance (Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, P!nk, Mary Mary), but by and far, the vast majority of featured participants on this remake should have never been allowed in the studio much less on the mic. There was a gross misuse of the talent on hand (Anthony Hamilton, India.Arie, Faith Evans) who were relegated to singing in the chorus, while more mainstream artists were allowed to have their way with this song. To say that we’re displeased with how this turned out, would be an understatement. See our rundown of 12 artists who we could have done without hearing or seeing on “We Are The World 25″ in their order of appearance after the bounce, and please continue to donate to Haitian relief efforts but not buy purchasing this tragedy of a song.
Tags: Haiti Relief, Horrible grouping, WATW 25