I’m all for charity, especially for the aid of much needed Haiti.

Although I think the re-recording of “We Are The World” was a good idea on the surface (for Haiti), I feel no version of the song will ever  be able to compare to the original.

Call me sentimental.  “We Are The World” is a song I grew up with.  I still have the 45.  I even have the USA For Africa album featuring “We Are The World”, as well as other songs by many of the artists that performed on that song.  This even includes Canada’s effort “Tears Are Not Enough”.  Shit, I still have the book!

Wow.  It’s weird looking at this album now and seeing all those artists.  All the Jacksons.  Ray Charles.  Smokey Robinson.  As much as I appreciate the music of today’s artists, it will be hard for me to hear their version without actually “hearing” the original.

So I wonder…are they going to do another Live Aid in July?  After all, it’s been 25 years for that too…