《天下一家》经受了时光的考验

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我若干年前写过几年《颤栗》(Thriller)20周年，结果杂志社嫌意义不大，没登。25周年的时候，MJ主动发行纪念版了，大家纷纷开始纪念。

若干年前《天下一家》(We Are The World)也发过20周年纪念版DVD，我买到了，还在欣喜中，现在25周年版又出来了，我又要去买一套。这次还必须买，因为要为海地赈灾尽点力。

看来以后什么事，都纪念25周年就对了。

25周年后，还是这首歌，但调子已经变了，也物是人非了。MJ和RAY CHARLES，这两位已经仙去。其余如BOB DYLAN，STEVIE WONDER，BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN之类的老传奇也都不再来。BILLY JOEL在前些年接受《滚石》杂志采访时表示，这首慈善歌，像百事可乐广告。

这个论调正好折射出摇滚圈子对《天下一家》的不屑。

作为全球卖出2000万张，收获4个格莱美，筹集6300万美元善款，影响最深远的圣曲，当年一发行，就遭到过来自记者、乐评人和大众的不一评价。记者Greil Marcus和Joel的看法一样，就像是百事可乐广告歌，其中一句“There's a choice we're making”（我们将要做出的选择），与百事招牌的口号“新一代的选择”不谋而合。而MJ和Lionel Richie，正好是百事可乐的签约歌手。他说这首歌谈及埃塞俄比亚饥民很少，倒是让许多巨星帮着给百事唱出了流行词。

作家Reebee Garofalo对此表示同意，并认为“We're saving our own lives”（我们要拯救我们自己的生命）是“没有品位的自我放任”，说唱这首歌的明星们，在歌唱时宣扬他们的“自我拯救”，却无法代表他们从来没有遭遇过人们，也无法理解那些人经历了什么。

当然也有赞扬的，《纽约时报》的Stephen Holden就称赞“There's a choice we're making, We're saving our own lives”在被充满神秘性的超级巨星唱起了，额外加码了一层情感维度……艺术的胜利，超越了它官方的本质”。他指出，和Band Aid的《他们知道是圣诞节了吗？》（Do They Know It's Christmas）那首歌不同，《天下一家》里的人声都是艺术性的缝接在一起的，并强调了每个歌手的个性。Holden最后结论说，这歌，是一首“简单而雄辩的歌谣”，“哪怕不是由明星录制，它也会是一篇充分实现的，听上去十分杰出的流行乐宣言。”

此外，摇滚圈里对这首歌也接受度不高。Bruce Springsteen的传记作家Dave Marsh说，这首歌其实是被摇滚歌手们所“鄙视”的。因为它“不是摇滚唱片”，“没有批评造成饥荒的政治政策”，“没有找出饥荒是怎么样和为什么会发生”，“代表的是后猫王时代的世界范围的流行音乐光谱”。

尽管有这样的批评，事实却证明，《天下一家》受到了老老少少的欢迎，并经受住了时光的考验。《天下一家》成为了经典，并让人们真切地感受到什么是音乐的力量，知道音乐也可以改变世界。简单，易于传唱，却意义深远。它首开了群星合唱赈灾的先河。这个模式，直到今天还在使用。而自己首歌本身，也被多次在多个场合中被不断翻唱。迄今为止，没有任何慈善歌曲，超过《天下一家》所成就的一切。

海地地震了，歌曲25周年了，MJ刚刚走了，重录这首歌也天经地义。但赶来参与的人，首先在档次上就与25周年前有太大差距。玩摇滚的几乎没有。真正嗓音有震慑力的也不多。最红的Beyonce他们也没来。来的大多数是黑人音乐圈和流行音乐圈的。所以我们在其中听到了古怪的说唱和电音。这让这首歌的感觉都变了。新科技新潮流都有，把土老帽的《天下一家》升到了20.10版，可我不喜欢。经典就是，你很难再超越经典。

Barbra Streisand、Celine Dion和Tony Bennet终于让它染上了一些传奇的辉烬。MJ的影像，更如同天使之音从天外飘来。这可能是这首重制版最大的亮点了。

新版歌词：

[Justin Bieber]
There comes a time
When we head a certain call

[Nicole Scherzinger & Jennifer Hudson]
When the world must come together as one

[Jennifer Hudson]
There are people dying

[Jennifer Nettles]
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all

[Josh Groban]
We can't go on
Pretending day by day

[Tony Bennet]
that someone, somehow will soon make a change

[Mary J Blige]
We are all a part of
God's great big family
And the truth, you know love is all we need

[Chorus]

[Michael Jackson]
We are the world
We are the children

[Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson]
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving

[Barbra Streisand]
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

[Miley Cyrus]
Send them your heart
So they'll know that someone cares

[Enrique Iglesias]
so there cries for help
will not be in vein

[Nicole Scherzinger]
We can't let them suffer
no we cannot turn away

[Jamie Foxx]
Right now they need a helping hand

[Wyclef Jean]
Nou se mond la
We are the Children

[Adam Levine]
We are the ones who make a brighter day
so lets start giving

[Pink]
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives

[BeBe Winans]
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

[Michael Jackson]
When you're down and out
There seems no hope at all

[Usher]
But if you just believe
There's no way we can fall

[Celine Dion]
Well, well, well, well, let us realize
That a change can only come

[Fergie]
When we stand together as one

[Chorus - All]
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving

[Nick Jonas]
Got to start giving

[All]
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives

[Toni Braxton]
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

[Mary Mary]
We are the world
We are the children

[Tony Bennet]
Its for the children

[Isaac Slade]
We are the ones who make a brighter day

[Toni Braxton]
So lets start giving

[Lil Wayne]
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

[Chorus - All]
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving

[Akon]
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we make a better day
Just you and me

[T-Pain]
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving

[Jamie Foxx imitating Ray Charles]
Choice were making
saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

[Rapping - LL Cool J, Will-I-Am, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beatz]
We all need somebody that we can lean on
when you wake up look around and see that your dreams gone
when the earth quakes we'll help you make it through the storm
when the floor breaks a magic carpet to stand on
we are the World united by love so strong
when the radio isn't on you can hear the songs
a guided light on the dark road your walking on
a sign post to find the dreams you thought was gone
someone to help you move the obstacles you stumbled on
someone to help you rebuild after the rubble's gone
we are the World connected by a common bond
Love. The whole planet, sing it along

[Chorus - All]

[Kanye West]
Everyday citizens
everybody pitching in

[Singing - Children & Wyclef Jean]
Nou se mond la
nou se timoun yo

[Will-I-Am]
You and I
You and I

[Kanye West]
Uh, 12 days no water
wishing will to live

[Will-I-Am]
we amplified the love we watching multiply

[Kanye West]
Feeling like the Worlds end
we can make the World win

[Will-I-Am]
Like Katrina, Africa, Indonesia
and now Haiti needs us, the need us, they need us

[Chorus - All]

[Wyclef Jean]
Haiti, Haiti, Ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha
Haiti, Haiti, Ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha
Haiti, Haiti, Ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha

( 来源：MJJCN.com )