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re: The Greatest Night in Pop…. Netflix…
Posted on 2/8/24 at 6:07 am to UncleLester
Posted on 2/8/24 at 6:07 am to UncleLester
I remember when this came out. It was amazing how many current people were in it. I remember thinking, "How did they arrange all these people without them killing each other"
Loved it then, love it now. Will watch the documentary today.
Loved it then, love it now. Will watch the documentary today.
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Posted on 2/8/24 at 8:07 am to Sao
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The back to back of Steve Perry and Daryl Hall was perfect. Nailed it the fist time.
I still think there are a lot of people out there who dont know how talented Daryl Hall is. Dude is amazing
Posted on 2/8/24 at 8:15 am to upgrade
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As much as I dislike music for pretty much the past 20 something years, I don’t think vocal talent is the problem. In my opinion it’s more of a creativity problem.
You can find singers who can replicate some of the greatest ever, but how many people can create the song from scratch?
Would have loved to hear C. Cornell in something like this.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 8:33 am to UncleLester
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Ray Charles looked like the coolest guy in the room. Just a good natured dude.
He was likely the most revered person in the room. Of all the big names there, he was the most legendary and one that most of them likely idolized. For example, Billy Joel is one of Ray's biggest fans. Hell, I'd even say you could probably argue that Ray was directly responsible for several careers in that room ("Ray Charles is the one that got me interested in music" or whatever). Absolute legend.
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“I wanted Madonna, but Ken wanted Cyndi [Lauper],” Sternberg says in the new doc. Why would the organizers not want Madonna? “Because they didn't think she could sing,” said Like a Virgin producer and legendary Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers in a recent interview.
I think Madonna can sing fine, or certainly could back then. But if you wanted someone with a more defined "sound," the Cyndi Lauper was the obvious call. As soon as she opens her mouth there's no second guessing as to who it is. Which is why I think a lot of people are misguided when they say Lauper sounded the worst on the song (I've personally heard people say that). She sounded as Cyndi Lauper as possible, which is exactly what they wanted her to be.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 9:10 am to CocomoLSU
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He was likely the most revered person in the room. Of all the big names there, he was the most legendary and one that most of them likely idolized. For example, Billy Joel is one of Ray's biggest fans. Hell, I'd even say you could probably argue that Ray was directly responsible for several careers in that room ("Ray Charles is the one that got me interested in music" or whatever). Absolute legend.
also responsible for getting Quincy Jones on heroin.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 9:18 am to Nutriaitch
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Ray Charles and Bob Dylan were no longer on the top of the world, you could tell that they were revered even by that huge group of stars.
I don't think you could ever find a person in the history of humanity that looked as uncomfortable as Bob Dylan... Until he sang his part and everyone said he nailed it... His facial expressions while everyone was singing the chorus was frickin priceless!!
Posted on 2/8/24 at 9:42 am to JDPndahizzy
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.. His facial expressions while everyone was singing the chorus was frickin priceless!!
That made me like Dylan even more
Posted on 2/8/24 at 9:51 am to L1C4
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I hate that stupid song.
I know music taste is subjective but this song is objectively bad. Great cause, and probably a great story, but terrible song, period.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 10:54 am to rebelrouser
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I know music taste is subjective but this song is objectively bad. Great cause, and probably a great story, but terrible song, period.
You can call it a bad song. But it's a perfect song for it's purpose. It's catchy and easy for it's audience to remember. The way the lines were written, it was easy for them to learn it and sing each person's part. It's exactly what was needed for what they were doing. Lionel and MJ nailed it.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 11:25 am to rebelrouser
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I know music taste is subjective but this song is objectively bad. Great cause, and probably a great story, but terrible song, period
With sales in excess of 20 million copies, it is the ninth-best-selling physical single of all time.... The world disagrees with you
But I get what you're saying..
ETA- woulda been nice to have Freddy Mercury sing a part too...
This post was edited on 2/8/24 at 11:27 am
Posted on 2/8/24 at 12:40 pm to BHTiger
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Interesting to see Dan Aykroyd there.
I totally didn't understand this either.
My favorite part was when they started singing Day-Oh for Harry Belafonte.
This post was edited on 2/8/24 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 2/8/24 at 12:51 pm to UncleLester
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Why would the organizers not want Madonna? “Because they didn't think she could sing,”
...and they were correct.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 5:52 pm to hogcard1964
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Why would the organizers not want Madonna? “Because they didn't think she could sing,”
...and they were correct.
She’s as good a vocalist as some of the others there. But I suppose her voice isn’t particularly distinct. And in 1985 she was big but maybe no bigger than Cyndi Lauper. Had this been done a few years later I have to think she gets an invitation just bc her popularity.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 5:53 pm to JDPndahizzy
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ETA- woulda been nice to have Freddy Mercury sing a part too...
Was he in it? I didn’t see him but might’ve missed it. He might have vocals to rival Steve Perry.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 5:58 pm to CocomoLSU
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But if you wanted someone with a more defined "sound," the Cyndi Lauper was the obvious call. As soon as she opens her mouth there's no second guessing as to who it is. Which is why I think a lot of people are misguided when they say Lauper sounded the worst on the song
I actually thought Lauper’s voice was impressive. It’s distinct for sure but I got the sense she could smooth it out and hit that high note anytime she wanted. But then she wouldn’t sound like Cyndi Lauper. I mean poor Huey Lewis struggled hard next to her
Wonder if Jimmy Buffet was considered?
Posted on 2/8/24 at 10:53 pm to rebelrouser
The song itself wasn’t supposed to be good, it was a vehicle to showcase a ridiculous amount of vocal talent from many different ranges and genres dummy
Posted on 2/9/24 at 1:10 am to JDPndahizzy
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ETA- woulda been nice to have Freddy Mercury sing a part too…
Same reason as no Elton John, David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Sting, or Bryan Adams:
USA For Africa
Posted on 2/9/24 at 8:23 am to biglego
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She’s as good a vocalist as some of the others there. But I suppose her voice isn’t particularly distinct. And in 1985 she was big but maybe no bigger than Cyndi Lauper. Had this been done a few years later I have to think she gets an invitation just bc her popularity.
Yeah at that time Madonna was just starting to break big time. I think the Like A Virgin had album had just come out a few months earlier. A year or so later and she was just as popular as MJ.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 9:03 am to biglego
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ETA- woulda been nice to have Freddy Mercury sing a part too...
Was he in it? I didn’t see him but might’ve missed it. He might have vocals to rival Steve Perry.
It was all singers from the USA.
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