J.O.K.E. (Journal of K1ng Eljay) – “I’d Rather Not…” (My Issues With The ‘We Are the World’ Remake)
This is what happens when you have too many ideas coming together at once. I'm good on that...
This one’s a little extended, but before I begin…
Jay-Z has this habit of saying things that people commonly hold as true, and then because he says it, it spawns a whole movement. Throwback jerseys, people began to get tired of it, so Jay jumped to button-ups and that was the push needed for a majority of people to do the same thing. Autotune began to pop up in almost every single song known to man via mainstream radio and TV, so Jay stated the “Death of Autotune” as a music single. Not to mention the whole, racist, alcohol thing that I won’t bother to mention…
I don’t really keep up with Jay’s personal preferences. I pretty much do my own thing. I still rock jerseys at times, I don’t care too much for button-ups, and I still bump T-Pain albums. However, I completely agree with him on what he said recently about the “We Are the World” remake:
“I have a interesting take on that…I know everybody is gonna take this wrong: ‘We Are the World,’ I love it, and I understand the point and think it’s great. But I think ‘We Are the World’ is like [Michael Jackson's] ‘Thriller’ to me. I don’t ever wanna see it touched. I’m a fan of music. I know the plight and everything that’s going on in Haiti. I applaud the efforts: [Millions have been raised] through text [donations] to Haiti. So I appreciate the efforts and everything, but ‘We are the World’ is [musically] untouchable like ‘Thriller’ is untouchable…”
(Jay-Z, to MTVNews.com)
If you follow me on Twitter, you got my up-to-the-minute reaction as I watched the video. If you like the remake, then that’s cool for you, but for me?
…I’d rather not. Read more
