We Are The World 25 For Haiti - Official Video

[avaistheone1]

Run time: 08:33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glny4jSciVI   Posted on YouTube: February 13, 2010 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: February 14, 2010 By DU Member: avaistheone1 Views on DU: 1594

 
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[Journeyman]

1. Can anyone identify the woman at 1:50? . . .

[avaistheone1]

2. I did a little research.

I believe she is Jennifer Nettles. Pretty lady. Lovely voice.

[Journeyman]

6. Thank you. I too checked but couldn't find anything. . .

I appreciate your help. She does have a beautiful voice.

[hisownpetard]

12. Yup. She's part of a group called 'Sugarland.' Great voice!

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. Fun seeing Jamie Foxx channelling Ray Charles at 5:40! Donate World 25 or Partners

In Health:

http://wearetheworldfoundation.org/

http://www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti

[PSzymeczek]

4. We are the rich

We are the famous.
Blech

[CLANG]

7. Yeah, what a crime to have talent.

:eyes:

[PSzymeczek]

15. If some of these egotistical fools have talent

why did they have to use Autotune? And I said the same thing 25 years ago. What have most of these people actually DONE for the Haitian people?

[CLANG]

20. The ones that autotune can't sing - especially someone like T-Pain

But most of them are very talented. Autotune should be banned.

[John Kerry VonErich]

21. I agree there

Maybe just one person, Wyclef Jean is an exception. But anyway, yes they do get some sort of pay. Forming a group for a recording like that is extremely hard, especially dealing with their record companies. That's the music biz, like it or not. It's now only a matter of time before we get to see a new version of Hear'n Aid's "Stars".

[hisownpetard]

13. What a ridiculous comment.

[donheld]

17. -157 What's worse is they're using their talent to try to make the world better

So why the need to crap on it?

[Divine Discontent]

5. great cause - horribly put together & Foxx showing his parlor trick towards the end was really

unnecessary. Adding in a long rap also makes it sound so silly. Seems of a much less quality than the original. I'm allowed to my opinion of the song. Well, hopefully many enjoy it and are encouraged to buy it for a donation, instead of donating outright.

[FrenchieCat]

8. I thought that it was excellent!

And the soloists were simply wonderful!

[swilton]

9. Beautiful

Wonderful tradition started by Ritchie and Jackson - I had tears:kick:

[chrisau214]

19. Not Quite Right with the Jackson and Richie Comment

The origins of 'We Are the World' came about due to the efforts of Bob Geldof and Band-Aid with 'Do They Know It's Christmas'. After the success of 'Do They Know It's Christmas' Harry Belafonte and Ken Kragen set out to produce an 'American' version of the song. Eventually Richie and Jackson were selected to write the song that became 'We Are the World'.

Not only was 'Do They Know It's Christmas' the first 'Ethiopian Relief' song but it was a better song than either version of 'We Are the World'.

It was the Band-Aid effort that led not just to 'We Are the World' but also to 'Live Aid', 'Farm-Aid', and a host of other charitable efforts.

I'm sure that Geldof would be the first to point out that the idea of a charity single or charity concert didn't originate with him. George Harrison's 1971 'Concert for Bangladesh' immediately comes to mind.

Of course none of this is meant to disparage either version of 'We Are the World'. Everyone involved should be commended for their efforts.




Chris

[japple]

10. Amen

[Ishoutandscream2]

11. I saw true genius in there - Brian Wilson

[butterfly77]

14. They could have kept..

lil wayne..

[rasputin1952]

16. I guess I'm old...but hearing Streisand just took me away...

It was a good video...:)

[donheld]

18. It was quite fun to see Barbra in on the fun

not to mention Gladys Knight, Tony Bennett, and Natalie Cole. I'm glad the Wilson (Heart) sisters were show too.

[John Kerry VonErich]

22. One other thing.

Why did they change the lyrics in the second verse?