# "We Are the World 25". Good God. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802 "2010-02-13T01:52:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/1 "2010-02-13T01:52:31Z")
Terrible. Was that T. Pain _with Autotune_? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/2 "2010-02-13T01:54:08Z")
We need a vomitting smiley. Horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/3 "2010-02-13T01:59:39Z")
I believe that was lil’ Wayne. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/4 "2010-02-13T02:21:18Z")
Can we hear it online? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/5 "2010-02-13T02:21:22Z")
I would rather share a taco salad with a naked zombie Michael Jackson then watch that again. I had to watch it once, had to see if it was better or worse. Far worse. and I hated it 25 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/6 "2010-02-13T03:28:17Z")
So funny. 25 years ago, I knew almost every performer, now I don’t know very many. I have a pleasant nostalgia for the old one (came out when I was in high school!) and loathe and despise auto tune so the old version is still the big winner for me. PS Where are the country artists (unless there was one I didn’t recognize). I still remember Willie Nelson’s beautiful twang in the first version. Replaced by rap I guess? I am not anti rap per se, and I get that the song is a reflection of current musical tastes. > **[Dotdash Meredith - America's Largest Digital & Print Publisher](https://www.dotdashmeredith.com)** > > Dotdash Meredith is America's largest digital and print publisher, with brands including PEOPLE, Better Homes & Gardens, Allrecipes, Investopedia, Verywell, and more! Learn about career opportunities, our leadership team, and how we can help you... ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/7 "2010-02-13T03:28:20Z")
Uh . . . does nobody remember how much the original sucked? It was not an attempt to make great music, it was an attempt to raise money. If it holds a place in musical history, it’s probably for being the first example of a song that was a “hit” despite sucking so bad, purely for fundraising reasons. This is more of the same. No one who buys it is doing anything other than donating money for Haiti; no one will play it after they buy it. It’s like a Veteran’s Day poppy. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/8 "2010-02-13T03:33:16Z")
Sorry, I don’t think the original sucked. I liked it at the time and when I happen to catch it now, I love it for the memories associated with that time in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/9 "2010-02-13T03:46:48Z")
Re: the country stars - Kris Kristofferson was in there, but he was the only one I recognized. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/10 "2010-02-13T04:09:21Z")
Reason 256792 why you don’t rely on my for updates on the pop culture of my peers: I recognized two or three artists, one because they apparently perfected time travel (or stock footage, same thing), and Miley Cyrus because her face is plastered on everything. I’m 20. I can pick out at least 4 from the original. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/11 "2010-02-13T04:16:35Z")
Quincy Jones deserves to be punched in the face for allowing this to happen. I don’t have to even listen to it to know it’s absolute cack. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/12 "2010-02-13T04:20:15Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > Quincy Jones deserves to be punched in the face for allowing this to happen. I don’t have to even listen to it to know it’s absolute cack. It’s not atrocious, a number of the singers are certainly talented, they did make a couple… questionable choices near the end and should have chosen two or three of their soloists better. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/13 "2010-02-13T04:24:49Z")
But…but…we haven’t even seen the full length version! I’m sure Miley Cyrus and one of the Jonas dudes will make it ever so much better! ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/14 "2010-02-13T04:39:50Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Reason 256792 why you don’t rely on my for updates on the pop culture of my peers: I recognized two or three artists, one because they apparently perfected time travel (or stock footage, same thing), and Miley Cyrus because her face is plastered on everything. I’m 20. I can pick out at least 4 from the original. Six, I can name 6 (not including some of the extras/non-soloists), strongly recognize the faces of 3 or 4 more, and the voices of a couple others in the original. The 2010 one I recognize two of the non-stock-footage artists by name (Miley Cyrus, by proxy of “unavoidable” and “Justin Beiber” by “my friend on Facebook just joined four groups making fun of him.”), and sort of vaguely recognize two other soloists and one extra. No voice recognition however, my personal music tastes get more and more obscure the more recent you get. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/15 "2010-02-13T05:12:23Z")
Here’s a list of the singers in the video: > **[We Are the World](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World)** > > "We Are the World" is a charity single originally recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the album We Are the World. With sales in excess of 20 million copies, it is the eighth-best-selling physical single of all time. > Soon after the UK-based group Band Aid released "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984, the musician and activist Harry Belafonte began to think about ... Note that Kris Kristofferson was not there, as claimed by Ogre. I suspect that he’s confusing Jeff Bridges for him. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/16 "2010-02-13T05:28:06Z")
Old moldy douch fell over and spilled. So they sopped it up and put it back on the shelf. Fuckin Drew Barrymore. Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/17 "2010-02-13T05:35:55Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Here’s a list of the singers in the video: > > [We Are the World - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World) > > Note that Kris Kristofferson was not there, as claimed by Ogre. I suspect that he’s confusing Jeff Bridges for him. Ah well. Shit happens. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/18 "2010-02-13T05:36:32Z")
It just came to me that We Are The World demands a remix with [The World is Just Awesome](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0). ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/19 "2010-02-13T05:39:43Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Note that Kris Kristofferson was not there, as claimed by Ogre. I suspect that he’s confusing Jeff Bridges for him. Why the hell was Jeff Bridges there? ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/20 "2010-02-13T05:42:54Z")
> [@Tinkertoy](#): > > Why the hell was Jeff Bridges there? Because he was a singer in his latest [movie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Heart)which has gotten some critical acclaim, and I think because Jeff enjoys singing and playing the guitar. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802.md?page=2)