A Mad Hatters Tea Party: Simon Cowell vs. Quincy Jones

ALICE:

The sweet poppet who felt confined in this world of politics, arranged marriages and lady like behaviour decided to follow a little white rabbit with a waist coat and accidentally fell down a hole! Well, what people don’t know about Alice is that she is a horny little fuck! And falling into that hole has done nothing but set her free in the land of dreams, where she can gallivant around butt-naked, tits out and hormones racing! Now, in this Wonderland of vodka flowing rivers that glisten like disco balls and topsy-turvey flowers that enchant you with their smiles, this blonde bomb shell is out to play, and play she will! Although she has the tendency to be horribly vulgar and quite sultry at the same time- she’s a load of fun and will probably get your blood pumping, in all the right places!

THE QUEEN OF HEARTS:

The Queen of Hearts is a bitch. Her title most ironic. The Queen has anything but a heart (nor a brain for that matter). In its place lies a chamber full of hate and anger, pumping rage through her every being, her body feeding off other peoples misery and misfortunes. The Queen of Hearts, unable to see others pain through her own vanity, has no remorse or guilt. She is brutally honest and delivers it as it is. No matter how grotesque or unwanted the news might be. Through all of this, however, the Queen has an attractiveness about her. Like a spell it draws you in. Even with her arrogance, vulgarity, and plain right rudeness, one cannot help but to like her. Slowly you get sucked in and before you know it you too are one of her cards, her minions, laughing at her insults and joining in the name-game. Her hilarious outlook on life and inability to hold back on anything draws you to the dark side in one swift swing of the club

Saturday, May 15

Simon Cowell vs. Quincy Jones

A few weeks ago I showed you the Haiti tribute song, produced by Quincy Jones. It made it to number one on ITunes and so far has raised over 63 million dollars! Now it was absolutely amazing and pretty unbeatable, but Simon Cowell challenged Mr Jones, ensuring that he would come up with a better compilation.

Well I followed up on that, and he did. Simon Cowell created a re-make of R.E.M’s Everybody Hurts, comprising of 21 stars like Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Jon Bon Jovi, Robbie Williams, Kylie, Rod Stewart, Alexandra Burke, Miley Cyrus (who has been lucky enough to feature in both tributes), Cheryl Cole, Mika, Michael Bublé, James Blunt, James Morrison, Susan Boyle, Westlife, and others.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts1HxVopG2k

Another phenomenal re-make! Hugely moving. A bit more graphic than the other tribute what with the people stuck in the rubble and all, but it’s necessary. If it actually came down to it I’d have to say that I prefer Quincey's version, but it really doesn’t matter.

Someone else, however, was not quite as positive about the whole thing... This is what they had to say:

“A humanitarian disaster of unimaginable proportions has hit a country long buckling from centuries of corruption and poverty. And what is pop’s response? Everybody hurts. It’s not just you, poor things. We poor creatures hurt too. “When the day is long” – hey, we sympathise, those aftershocks must be a right bitch, especially when you don’t know when they’re going to bury your family home deeper in debris – and “the night is yours alone” – especially when your wife and children are dead, and you haven’t got any food or water, that must be a right bummer – well, “hang on”. That’s what pop says: “hang on”. The temerity of that lyrical twist, its jaw-dropping tastelessness, telling people that have had to hang on already, forever, to just bolster their spirits in the face of devastation – a state unknown to pop stars who wouldn’t piss in a bottle for less than ten grand – makes it pop’s grimmest moment of all time.”

http://thequietus.com/articles/03670-haiti-appeal-everybody-hurts-rem-simon-cowell
Hmmmm... Once put like that the lyrics do seem a bit ironic, but I can’t say I’m going to get all worked up about it. In the end it isn’t the song but the visual imagery that people react and respond to. Like they’ve always said, a picture is worth a thousand words...

Alice xxx