Good news: Simon Cowell Haiti track set to earn loads for charity. Bad news: it's terrible
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The single, which will be available to download on February 7th and was put together hastily by Simon Cowell, features Take That, Susan Boyle, Kylie Minogue, Leona Lewis, Rod Stewart, Mariah Carey, Cheryl Cole, Mika and Michael Buble and several other artists that seem to sell well around Mother's Day.
While the efforts of all involved and the idea behind the song is obviously commendable, the single itself is as bad as it sounds on paper. I understand that time was of the essence and there probably wasn't time to write an original song but really, Everybody Hurts? It's a cringeworthy song at the best of times these days but there's something extra awkward about hearing a load of very well-off celebrities imploring earthquake victims to hold on and such.
Ultimately though, it'll sell well and raise a good amount of money for the Haiti recovery effort so in the grand scheme of things, the song and musician choices aren't too important. What do you think of the song? Leave a comment below with your views.
Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKpffYrOKqE
To donate money to help Haiti, click here:
http://www.dec.org.uk/donate_now
To listen to the song, click here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8492058.stm
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JosephJinx
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It's disappointing, because it seems to me that each star/celebrity needed to have a 15-second spotlight in the song for either the song to sell, or to appease the celebrity singers. Both of those are awful attitudes to have about this kind of project when you realize if they had done more of the choir-type stuff all around, using all of their amazing voices weaving in and out.. the song could have been so much better! And it could have had actual... build? A full crescendo? Instead of wavering slightly up and down then a huge quick crescendo near the end. Bleh.
- 2 years ago
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JosephJinx
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saverio
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By definition, charity songs suck. It's always been Iike that.
I hate the confuse ensemble of voices (especially Mariah Carey's) and the very uninventive arrangement, but it could have been much, much worse.
And it's certainly better than that mess of a tune put together by Bono, Rihanna and Jay-Z. - 2 years ago
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saverio
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Phoenix234
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its a really bad song. they should of just released the original. it was a 1000 times better
honestly though did we really expect simon cowell to give us a good original song?
he knows we will give money anyway even if its total rubbish like this - 2 years ago
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Phoenix234
