6/10
Bit Hyperbolic But Not Bad
30 January 2024
Not horrible but listening to these people talk you'd think they saved the world-the song was average, I think it was more that all these 'shiny people' were all together at the same time. So many iconic artists that have withstood time but some of the people included had no business being included (Cyndi Lauper, Dan Akyroyd, to name a few) and the song was more a giant promo for Pepsi than it was anything remotely associated with Ethiopia. All these people could have kicked in enough money to really make a difference but they're asking people living paycheck to paycheck to throw money at them so they could take credit for the donation. 'We're saving our own lives'? Seriously? There's so many wonderful artists who weren't even considered for this (John Denver or Dolly Parton anyone?) but people like Dylan who absolutely talk-sings, and DOES NOT sing with a choir, they lost Waylon who was an actual legend, over being completely unorganized, but somehow they were able to pull it all together and make a song. They did raise incredible amounts of money and did so in a way that dispersed it in very intelligent and creative ways that utilized the funds in a wonderful way, all because Harry Belafonte had a vision and wanted to make a difference. And for that, it's pretty cool and I'll give it 6 of 10.
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