Imzadi
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Has anyone else seen The Greatest Night in Pop? It's a fantastic documentary on Netflix on the making of the song We Are The World and what it took to pull 46 American pop music icons of the 80s together in ONE night in 1985, to make the song. It really highlights the genius of Lionel Ritchie and Michael Jackson who co-wrote the song, along with the creative brilliance of Quincy Jones and the humble fortitude of Harry Belafonte to pull it all together.
When we all saw the final cut of the famous music video, everyone looks so casual, standing there, stepping forward to sing their solos, yet behind the scenes, it was more like building one of the Egyptian pyramids (in one night.) In my opinion, this documentary is just as brilliant as the end product.
Here is an interview of Lionel Ritchie talking about that night. (Go to the 2:38 mark if the video doesn't cue up there.)
Lionel finally answers the one question we all had while watching the music video, "Why was Dan Aykroyd there?"
And here is the official video, We Are The World, which never does get shown in the documentary. I had to run to YouTube and watch it afterward a few times.
When we all saw the final cut of the famous music video, everyone looks so casual, standing there, stepping forward to sing their solos, yet behind the scenes, it was more like building one of the Egyptian pyramids (in one night.) In my opinion, this documentary is just as brilliant as the end product.
Here is an interview of Lionel Ritchie talking about that night. (Go to the 2:38 mark if the video doesn't cue up there.)
Lionel finally answers the one question we all had while watching the music video, "Why was Dan Aykroyd there?"

And here is the official video, We Are The World, which never does get shown in the documentary. I had to run to YouTube and watch it afterward a few times.
