celeb news Kimmel to Lionel Richie: not having Madonna on "We Are The World" was a huge mistake

[ArtForFreedom]

 

 

 

Madonna won in the end by dethroning all of them with 

 

 

 

[Mitsouko]

Not really. We Are A Mess is a gimmicky publicity stunt in song form, while Crazy For You is one of the premier pop ballads of the decade. Madonna, who clearly didn’t need it, dodged a bullet.

[Melancholy]

10 minutes ago, Mitsouko said:

Not really. We Are A Mess is a gimmicky publicity stunt in song form, while Live to Tell is one of the premier pop ballads of the decade. Madonna, who clearly didn’t need it, dodged a bullet.

Naur it's trew sir

[LittleStarmen]

He was trying to justify the voice thing which is a lie.

She was quite hurt for not being invited. Everyone thought she was just a **** that couldnt sing hut Funny how she surpasssed all these 80s acts quickly 

 

[UnusualBoy]

It was always weird to me how she wasn't invited considering they were inviting all the big acts from that time but w.e.

[Gottasadae]

They really thought she wouldn't last and look at her now - booked and busy 

[BrandNewBrandon]

1 hour ago, Mitsouko said:

Not really. We Are A Mess is a gimmicky publicity stunt in song form, while Crazy For You is one of the premier pop ballads of the decade. Madonna, who clearly didn’t need it, dodged a bullet.

We Are The World is a classic and just received a documentary on Netflix. It's iconic which is why you can use a platform like Kimmel to talk about it like how they do. Madonna is a legend and definitley surpassed the relevancy of everyone involved (except Michael Jackson, of course) but if you played We Are The World and Crazy For You to Average Joe's on the street the former would be the most recognized and remembered one. 

[Raptus]

[Kylizzle]

They didn't invite her but did invite Cyndi Lauper, a mess

 

[Raptus]

5 minutes ago, BrandNewBrandon said:

We Are The World is a classic and just received a documentary on Netflix. It's iconic which is why you can use a platform like Kimmel to talk about it like how they do. Madonna is a legend and definitley surpassed the relevancy of everyone involved (except Michael Jackson, of course) but if you played We Are The World and Crazy For You to Average Joe's on the street the former would be the most recognized and remembered one. 

 Doesn't change the fact that WATW is a f***** bad song

[Josh]

2 minutes ago, Kylizzle said:

They didn't invite her but did invite Cyndi Lauper, a mess

 

Michael's reaction to her singing is hilarious he was not here for that ****

[Raptus]

11 minutes ago, Kylizzle said:

They didn't invite her but did invite Cyndi Lauper, a mess

 

It was a charity single and Cyndis career needed  saving

 

Edited February 17 by Raptus

[Distantconstellation]

6 minutes ago, Kylizzle said:

They didn't invite her but did invite Cyndi Lauper, a mess

 

Cyndi was in the middle or just coming out of the success of Shes So Unusual, why wouldnt they invite her? 

[PrettyHurts]

didnt notice her absence 

 

she had enough hits in the 80s

[BrandNewBrandon]

7 minutes ago, Raptus said:

It was a charity single and Cyndis career needed it

 

She didn't need it as she had just released her biggest album and was still set to release another successful one before she started to flop. So they needed Cindy more since she was super famous when they were recording it. 

[Navyboy20]

Completely unrelated by Lionel Richie looks f*****g INCREDIBLE to be 75 years old 

[Zaynsus]

Yeah, I saw their documentary on Netflix and thought it was weird that they had to "choose" between Madonna and Cindy. They invited dozens of people to sing but they couldn't make space for two of them ? Anyway, it's not like they needed her as the song ended up doing really well and Madge didn't need them either !

[Mtjjproducer]

26 minutes ago, Kylizzle said:

They didn't invite her but did invite Cyndi Lauper, a mess

 

Should’ve kept them both at home cause they both sound a mess vocally 

[shyboi]

were they like the Nicki / Cardi of their time 

[brenda-walsh]

its so interesting to look back and see how Madonna and Cyndi were pitted against each other and everyone thought Cyndi was the "real artist" who would have a longlasting career 

[pisuke]

It was for the best. That song is atrocious. 

[Sugar-Rush]

I was gonna say that the song was too cheesy and preachy for prime Madonna, but then I remembered that she recorded Love Makes the World Go Round and performed it at Live Aid.  She kinda dodged a bullet though. 

[Raiden]

WATW came exactly in 1985 — that was Madge's sophomore year of fame.

 

It was just a bit too early for her since the project was more focused on legends who have been stars for multiple years.

 

Cyndi on the other hand was perfect timing as she has become a legend by the mid 80s, given that she burst into global fame in the early 80s.

[Kodak Energy]

Madonna didn’t have a lot industry respect at the time. She didn’t win any Grammys in the 80s, and people WRONGLY saw her as mainly being about shock value.  
 

She really turned things around though and had one of the best careers ever.
 

The single did well too, it sold 20 million physical singles, one of the ten best selling singles ever and raised 150 million for Africa. 

Edited February 17 by Kodak Energy

[Polgg48]