Jay-Z: Original “We are the World” is Untouchable

Finally, another celebrity who feels as we do about the “We are the World” remake.

It should not have been done.

Jay-Z voiced his opinion on the new song, remade to benefit the Haitian situation, and says simply, it should not have been done.

“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: through text [donations] to Haiti. So I appreciate the efforts and everything, but ‘We are the World’ is untouchable like ‘Thriller’ is untouchable. Some things are just untouchable. It was a valiant effort, but for me, it’s gonna be untouchable.”

Jay-Z added that instead of remaking the original, a new song should have been written ad produced for the cause.

“I would have loved that idea better. As everyone knows, I have tremendous respect for Quincy Jones. Of course, I think he’s genius, as everyone else does. I think it’s time for us to make a new one. I tried to do that with ‘Stranded,’ the song Jay, Rihanna and U2′s Bono and the Edge premiered at the ‘Hope for Haiti Now’. I didn’t try to make ‘We Are the World,’ but I tried to make our take on how we felt.”

I have to agree with Jay-Z 100%. Everything is a freaking remake these days. It’s quite sad really. Are there no more creative juices flowing in Hollywood anymore? Are we really that cocky and narcissistic that we think we can remake everything, bigger and better every time just because we have better technology? I think not, but a lot of people in Hollywood disagree with me.

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