Well, I
think I’m finally safe to write this article, since I’ve set up my
e-mail software to automatically filter out any messages containing
swear words.
Sincerely, I don’t know if there’s any song that made
me change the TV station faster than this one. If I didn’t, I’d have
been doomed to have a group of adults with hideous and unsync voices
chanting, “ we are the children” over and over in my head for the next
six months. And that certainly isn’t all that’s wrong with the song.
Michael Jackson would probably be spitting and cursing in his grave
right now, like a pregnant woman with whitlow on her ten fingers and
toes. What the heck were they thinking changing his beautifully composed
piece of art to the most insipid crap ever written?
I’m going
to tell you this for free; don’t listen to We Are The World by African
all stars unless you’re trying to get a bone out of your throat. That is
only when the song would be useful.
We know that African music
isn’t made up of the best singers anymore, but honestly, how did they
think that they could fill up a seven-minute song with nothing but
monotonous chanting of the same feeble chorus over and over again?
The humorous highlight of the song is Kcee’s ridiculous line “There’s a
choice we making, we saving our own lives.” Never has the word (saving
our own lives) meant so opposite. And the only choice that could have
been made by the organisers was not to have included Kcee in the song.
He was even off key for Christ sake. Kcee, your hilarious accent is to
be commended.
Luckily I could warn the rest of you who haven’t
listened. Kcee is the first reason this is the most repulsive rendition
of this song ever.
There were other worse vocals like Sean Tizzle’s,
but Tiwa Savage sounded like a two- year- old being dragged out of a
toy store. She should know when to keep the vibrato off her voice. And
For a minute I thought Banky W was going to faint. Whoever chose the key
to this song should have been reminded that most Nigerian singers are
all about auto-tune and can’t hold their notes.
Jesus Christ, what
is happening to music? This is easily the worst combination of voices in
human history. Only the most despicable revisionist historian could
possibly claim that this song is anything close to good. It’s nothing
more than a hideous irritation festival from the individual who sold the
idea to the sponsors. While writing this article, someone suggested
that maybe vocals wasn’t the criterion for selecting the artistes.
REALLY? Are you kidding me? Then they should have gone for the kill.
Artquake should have been in there somewhere, Or perhaps even Daddy
Showkey. A number of you are probably thinking “hey, come on, I kinda
like that song.” Of course, every lover of today’s Nigerian music will
surely like the song. This is the musical equivalent of Agege bread:
it’s meant to be packed with so much artificial crap that it’s bound to
appeal in some way to Nigerians.
No matter how musically credible
you are, no matter how much cutting-edge indigenous songs you listen to,
whether you snore in baritone in your sleep or not, this song is a
shame. It is the kind of rendition that makes today’s Nigerian music
uncool. If you have listened to it, the fact that the singers were
trying too hard to sound like the original version should have made you
turn off your TV in disgust. If you haven’t, download it right now. I
dare you to try to make it through the first 10 seconds. It is the
ultimate endurance test.If you’d care to suggest another song for me to review, you can always feel free to do so by e-mailing me at mail@etceterali
Credit: PUNCH NG.
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2 people like this.
Ommyl Ibukun
lmao
tbh kcee murdered that song....he shouldnt ve bin included in the song!
buh etcetera wahala is too much....hian! d guy is jes a controversial
somebody...
Polycarpz Igboon
I luv this guy muzic,,,,, where have u been niggy?