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  1. You cant like all music, I think they have a pretty good mix.
  2. You got me there. There needs to be enough for everyones taste, that's true.
    After all, this thing needs to raise money, money, money....
  3. Just read an article that Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie are about to release an updated version of We Are The World in order to raise money for Haiti.

    Yippee....


    http://showbiz411.blogs.thr.com/2010/01/20/we-are-the-world-25-sequel-aid-haiti-quincy-jones/

    BTW: there's a very, very interesting post by a woman named Kala at the bottom of that same page. Maybe that's more interesting than the news about the re-release itself.
    But than again, I'm going off topic here I think
  4. Inside the Recording of Bono and Jay-Z’s Haiti Single “Stranded”
    1/21/10, 3:51 pm EST

    Bono wrote the hook for “Stranded” — his new Haiti benefit single with Jay-Z and Rihanna, which is subtitled either “Haiti Mon Amour” or “Haiti Mi Amore” — while on the phone with producer Swizz Beatz. “The idea of the song is ‘We’re not gonna leave you stranded’ and that’s what the chorus is,” Swizz Beatz tells Rolling Stone. “So me and Bono started going back and forth with ideas, and he was like, ‘You know this word stranded keeps standing out to me’ and I asked him to sing it, and he put me on hold ’cause he’s recording the ideas on a Dictaphone — so he did it there and then on the phone.”

    Swizz Beatz got the song started by sending simultaneous texts to Jay-Z and Bono — but when they both called, he accidentally hung up on Jay while trying to conference them. After three hours of phone tag, they all agreed to the project, which came together in geographically scattered sessions, with extra production work by the Edge. “I knew that Jay would be able to tell a story, and that Bono would be able to sing and bring it home. The last component that I added was Rihanna, and she’s kinda like the angel that’s on the track, softening it up and giving it that caring feeling, because this hook is so powerful.”
    The song will debut with a live performance on Friday night’s multi-network telethon for Haiti, and will soon be released as a single on iTunes, according to Swizz Beatz.

    http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/01/21/inside-the-recording-of-bono-and-jay-zs-haiti-single-stranded/


  6. I can agree with you on Taylor Swift. I hate her. But JT rocks! Either way, I'm excited to hear this song!
  7. Originally posted by Rob1965:Just read an article that Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie are about to release an updated version of We Are The World in order to raise money for Haiti.

    Yippee....


    http://showbiz411.blogs.thr.com/2010/01/20/we-are-the-world-25-sequel-aid-haiti-quincy-jones/

    BTW: there's a very, very interesting post by a woman named Kala at the bottom of that same page. Maybe that's more interesting than the news about the re-release itself.
    But than again, I'm going off topic here I think


    Even though it is for charity, why re-record a song for a certain cause 25 years ago?

    If all the original singers aren't on it it won't have the same impact, to me anyway.
  8. yippie ya yeeeh
  9. Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

    Even though it is for charity, why re-record a song for a certain cause 25 years ago?

    If all the original singers aren't on it it won't have the same impact, to me anyway.


    I know of at least one artist who won't be participating, ahhemm.....



  10. I'm not sure either, but I'll have to listen to it first of course. I just hope it isn't like things we've heard before, where egos are trying to be bigger than others at the same time, like "I can sing better than you, so here's my 25-tones-in-3-seconds-aria".

    That usually results in a cacophony of sounds and voices. In my opinion, it should be a humble song, as is appropriate in this situation.

  11. Rhianna as well? I think this was perhaps just a bit too much for my taste
    I understand its all for good cause, but they could have done somethin themselves imo
    They dont have to do songs with everyone they get to know
    To the ppl thats gonna watch, your brave I give you that
    Gotta love the "hook" comment, oh my
    I need a drink or some wine at least, this was bad
  12. Anybody watching?

    EDIT: For the people who partake in Coldplay vs. U2 similarity debates, Chris Martin is playing guitar wearing a hat
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