The Greatest Night in Pop - Netflix

[FAUlty Gator]

Up until last night I always viewed "We are the World" by USA for Africa as a hokey, self serving thing (which much of it was). But watching the making of that and you see all of the star power and egos in that one room together, you realize how incredible that thing was to make happen. Quincy Jones was amazing at making every one of those people feel like the biggest star in the room. He is like the Phil Jackson of music. And it was cool seeing how they arranged it. How the singers were paired based on their voice pitch.

Also cool to see how well respected Huey Lewis was as a singer at that time. Michael Jackson went to Kenny Loggins and asked who should follow him on his fill and Loggins essentially said, "Lewis has the best pipes in this room".

The Bob Dylan part/ dynamic was incredible. He spends most of the doc looking like a zombie, mumbling and you realize that he's just nervous about being relied on to sing well in front of all those people...who absolutely worship him. Also, Al Jarreau was hammered drunk and annoying. Cindi Lauper almost didn't go because her boyfriend told her he didn't think it was going to be a hit. Lionel Ritchie told her he was a fvcking idiot and it would be the biggest mistake of her life. Although it worked out OK for Prince. But Prince just didn't like being around a lot of people like that.

Also, Stevie Wonder was both annoying and awesome throughout. And Waylon Jennings was funny as shit in his one part.

Two thumbs up.

 

[Tenacious E]

Up until last night I always viewed "We are the World" by USA for Africa as a hokey, self serving thing (which much of it was). But watching the making of that and you see all of the star power and egos in that one room together, you realize how incredible that thing was to make happen. Quincy Jones was amazing at making every one of those people feel like the biggest star in the room. He is like the Phil Jackson of music. And it was cool seeing how they arranged it. How the singers were paired based on their voice pitch.

Also cool to see how well respected Huey Lewis was as a singer at that time. Michael Jackson went to Kenny Loggins and asked who should follow him on his fill and Loggins essentially said, "Lewis has the best pipes in this room".

The Bob Dylan part/ dynamic was incredible. He spends most of the doc looking like a zombie, mumbling and you realize that he's just nervous about being relied on to sing well in front of all those people...who absolutely worship him. Also, Al Jarreau was hammered drunk and annoying. Cindi Lauper almost didn't go because her boyfriend told her he didn't think it was going to be a hit. Lionel Ritchie told her he was a fvcking idiot and it would be the biggest mistake of her life. Although it worked out OK for Prince. But Prince just didn't like being around a lot of people like that.

Also, Stevie Wonder was both annoying and awesome throughout. And Waylon Jennings was funny as shit in his one part.

Two thumbs up.

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will need to check it out

 

[Nole-4-Life]

Up until last night I always viewed "We are the World" by USA for Africa as a hokey, self serving thing (which much of it was). But watching the making of that and you see all of the star power and egos in that one room together, you realize how incredible that thing was to make happen. Quincy Jones was amazing at making every one of those people feel like the biggest star in the room. He is like the Phil Jackson of music. And it was cool seeing how they arranged it. How the singers were paired based on their voice pitch.

Also cool to see how well respected Huey Lewis was as a singer at that time. Michael Jackson went to Kenny Loggins and asked who should follow him on his fill and Loggins essentially said, "Lewis has the best pipes in this room".

The Bob Dylan part/ dynamic was incredible. He spends most of the doc looking like a zombie, mumbling and you realize that he's just nervous about being relied on to sing well in front of all those people...who absolutely worship him. Also, Al Jarreau was hammered drunk and annoying. Cindi Lauper almost didn't go because her boyfriend told her he didn't think it was going to be a hit. Lionel Ritchie told her he was a fvcking idiot and it would be the biggest mistake of her life. Although it worked out OK for Prince. But Prince just didn't like being around a lot of people like that.

Also, Stevie Wonder was both annoying and awesome throughout. And Waylon Jennings was funny as shit in his one part.

Two thumbs up.

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If memory servers, Steve Perry followed Kenny Loggins.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Also, before you search on the internet to ask who the hell it is, the answer is "Kim Carnes".

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Up until last night I always viewed "We are the World" by USA for Africa as a hokey, self serving thing (which much of it was). But watching the making of that and you see all of the star power and egos in that one room together, you realize how incredible that thing was to make happen. Quincy Jones was amazing at making every one of those people feel like the biggest star in the room. He is like the Phil Jackson of music. And it was cool seeing how they arranged it. How the singers were paired based on their voice pitch.

Also cool to see how well respected Huey Lewis was as a singer at that time. Michael Jackson went to Kenny Loggins and asked who should follow him on his fill and Loggins essentially said, "Lewis has the best pipes in this room".

The Bob Dylan part/ dynamic was incredible. He spends most of the doc looking like a zombie, mumbling and you realize that he's just nervous about being relied on to sing well in front of all those people...who absolutely worship him. Also, Al Jarreau was hammered drunk and annoying. Cindi Lauper almost didn't go because her boyfriend told her he didn't think it was going to be a hit. Lionel Ritchie told her he was a fvcking idiot and it would be the biggest mistake of her life. Although it worked out OK for Prince. But Prince just didn't like being around a lot of people like that.

Also, Stevie Wonder was both annoying and awesome throughout. And Waylon Jennings was funny as shit in his one part.

Two thumbs up.

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We just finished it here. Great synopsis. As for Al Jarreau’s drunken chicanery, you can take the Hawkeye out of the U of Iowa, but you can’t take the U of Iowa out of the Hawkeye. He knew our school has a reputation we expect our public figures to uphold.

…But his serenading of Harry Belafonte that turned into an impromptu cover of one of Harry’s classics was pretty cool.

 

[DropitlikeitsHawk]

Up until last night I always viewed "We are the World" by USA for Africa as a hokey, self serving thing (which much of it was). But watching the making of that and you see all of the star power and egos in that one room together, you realize how incredible that thing was to make happen. Quincy Jones was amazing at making every one of those people feel like the biggest star in the room. He is like the Phil Jackson of music. And it was cool seeing how they arranged it. How the singers were paired based on their voice pitch.

Also cool to see how well respected Huey Lewis was as a singer at that time. Michael Jackson went to Kenny Loggins and asked who should follow him on his fill and Loggins essentially said, "Lewis has the best pipes in this room".

The Bob Dylan part/ dynamic was incredible. He spends most of the doc looking like a zombie, mumbling and you realize that he's just nervous about being relied on to sing well in front of all those people...who absolutely worship him. Also, Al Jarreau was hammered drunk and annoying. Cindi Lauper almost didn't go because her boyfriend told her he didn't think it was going to be a hit. Lionel Ritchie told her he was a fvcking idiot and it would be the biggest mistake of her life. Although it worked out OK for Prince. But Prince just didn't like being around a lot of people like that.

Also, Stevie Wonder was both annoying and awesome throughout. And Waylon Jennings was funny as shit in his one part.

Two thumbs up.

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Think MJ wiped his dirty dick off of young boys assholes or let it marinate?

 

[hawkirugged17]

This was good ...

 

[HawkOptimist]

Watched it a few weeks ago. Highly recommend if you grew up in the 80s. Huey Lewis was one of my favorites as a kid. Jacob’s Ladder is his best song, IMO.

Reminded me how great Cyndi Lauper’s singing voice was. All Through the Night and True Colors are fantastic.

Waylon Jennings just up and leaving after Stevie Wonder suggested some of the lyrics be in some African language was classic Waylon Jennings.

Forgot Dan Akroyd was in it as well. Seemed kind of odd, as I don’t remember him being much of a singer outside of his role in Blues Brothers.

Bob Dylan’s first few “takes” at his lines were awful, but turns out he was a nervous wreck being there. His final takes were gold.

Hearing and seeing Bruce Springsteen and Steve Perry do their parts without any other background noise or music was a thing of beauty. Damn I wish Steve Perry didn’t walk away from performing when he did.

Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, damn. What a generation of talent.