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[Slayven]

Could they get that amount of star power in one place at one time for one cause again?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoDY8ce_3zk&feature=kp


"We are the world"

Lionel Richie
Stevie Wonder
Paul Simon
Kenny Rogers
James Ingram
Tina Turner
Billy Joel
Michael Jackson
Diana Ross
Dionne Warwick
Willie Nelson
Al Jarreau
Bruce Springsteen
Kenny Loggins
Steve Perry
Daryl Hall
Huey Lewis
Cyndi Lauper
Kim Carnes
Bob Dylan
Ray Charles (Also playing Piano and Keyboards)



Chorus (alphabetically)

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
Marlon Jackson
Randy Jackson
Tito Jackson
Waylon Jennings
Bette Midler
John Oates
Jeffrey Osborne
Anita Pointer
June Pointer
Ruth Pointer
Smokey Robinson



Band

David Paich – synthesizers, musician
Michael Boddicker – synthesizers, programming
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Louis Johnson – bass
Michael Omartian – keyboards
Greg Phillinganes – keyboards
John Robi

"Do They Know It's Christmas Time"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_oz1-2mq14

Adam Clayton (U2)
Phil Collins (Genesis, solo)
Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats)
Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet)
Chris Cross (Ultravox)
John Taylor (Duran Duran)
Paul Young
Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet)
Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17)
Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran)
Simon Crowe (The Boomtown Rats)
Marilyn
Keren (Bananarama)
Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
Jody Watley (Shalamar)
Bono (U2)
Paul Weller (The Style Council)
James Taylor (Kool & The Gang)
Peter Blake (credited as 'sleeve artist')
George Michael (Wham!)
Midge Ure (Ultravox)
Martin Ware (Heaven 17)
John Keeble (Spandau Ballet)
Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
Roger Taylor (Duran Duran)
Sara (Bananarama)
Siobhan (Bananarama)
Pete Briquette (The Boomtown Rats)
Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
Robert 'Kool' Bell (Kool & the Gang)
Dennis Thomas (Kool & the Gang)
Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
Jon Moss (Culture Club)
Sting (The Police)
Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)
Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)
Johnny Fingers (The Boomtown Rats)
Boy George (Culture Club)
Holly (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles, Wings)
David Bowie

 

[Deleted member 13876]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py_30jZGUYk


All your favorite

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[Mesousa]

Not on a single song, but wasnt that televised Haiti earthquake relief thing Wyclef put together pretty stacked in terms of getting a group together to perform for Humanitarian reasons?

 

[ignata]

The appeal of those songs is they came from an era where those people were loved by just about everyone. Music today is more diverse than it used to be in terms of genres, fan base, etc. It would be difficult to find a group of musicians that are universally loved in the way those artists were.

 

[echoshifting]

The appeal of those songs is they came from an era where those people were loved by just about everyone. Music today is more diverse than it used to be in terms of genres, fan base, etc. It would be difficult to find a group of musicians that are universally loved in the way those artists were.

Yup, exactly this. Pop culture is too segmented now.

 

[Kurita]

Hard to find universally loved stars like these nowadays.

 

[real_slime]

easily.

 

[Escape Goat]

Nowadays they'd just have 15 auto tunes gong simultaneously.

 

[Slayven]

The appeal of those songs is they came from an era where those people were loved by just about everyone. Music today is more diverse than it used to be in terms of genres, fan base, etc. It would be difficult to find a group of musicians that are universally loved in the way those artists were.

I hadn't really thought of it like that. thats a good point.

 

[SocksAndShoes]

Nah, no way it would happen now. Iggy Azalea and Nikki Minaj would start beefing and shut down the entire operation.

 

[Slayven]

Nah, no way it would happen now. Iggy Azalea and Nikki Minaj would start beefing and shut down the entire operation.

Yeah, Drake and Ice JJ Fish would probably start shooting up the joint.

 

[rudieboy77]

Doesn't this pretty much happen on every pop rap album anymore?

 

[GungHo]

I don't see why they would. Even things like Live Aid or the Freddy Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS awareness are kind of things of a bygone era. We consume entertainment and donate to causes differently these days. I could see where they might all agree to donate proceeds from iTunes for a set period of time to a specific cause.

 

[Jakten]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Wvn-9BXVc

This is pretty close? Right?

 

[Slayven]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Wvn-9BXVc

This is pretty close? Right?

god no

 

[ErnieMcCracken]

No. Republicans would claim it's a Socialist movement.

 

[Escape Goat]

No. Republicans would claim it's a Socialist movement.

Republicans already hate Hollywood. Its full of gays and commies.

 

[Sorcerer]

I think with social media, music stars today are so overexposed. You can listen to their music/watch them on youtube 24/7. You can even chat with them on twitter.

Nowadays a gathering like this, even for a good cause, tends to be kind of meh.

 

[RawkHawk2010]

No. Republicans would claim it's a Socialist movement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdwMWsvlSEI

 

[jediyoshi]

easily.

Nope. The song itself isn't the only factor.

Everything's got too cynical.