Be the first to comment VIDEO: At LiveAID, Michael Stipe and REM offer the zillionth performance of “Everybody Hurts,” this time, with a Lone Ranger mask, for some reason…Is the new 2010 Simon Cowell version better?
Doesn’t Haiti have enough problems?
While we appreciate the fact that musicians recording artists are coming together to raise money for Haiti, we really, really wish it didn’t have to involve re-recording R.E.M.’s beyond-emo tearjerker “Everybody Hurts” with an “all-star” cast including the mostly-British lineup of Leona Lewis, Girls Aloud’s Cheryl Cole, Mika, Gary Barlow, Robbie Williams, Jon Bon Jovi, Michael Buble, JLS, James Morrison, James Blunt and Susan Boyle, among others.
This song was bad enough the first time around; it really does not need to be resurrected-not even for a good cause.
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We’re certainly not happy to have to report this, but it looks as though some of the early rumors surrounding the death of up-and-coming Memphis rock musician Jay Reatard (Jimmy Lee Lindsey, Jr.) were in fact true.
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Last week’s telethon for Haiti which aired on most television networks was a hit thanks to its low-key mix of big name stars using their status (and, in some cases, their ridiculously huge bank accounts) for something good for change.