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

Much, Much worse than the original!!

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

ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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!!

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

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

Already have that song.

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.

(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?)

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

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

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.

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.

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

IMO, it isn't very good.

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

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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