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李武军 发表于 2011-6-22 08:37

Haiti Charity Single 海地慈善单曲

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[color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px][p=21, 2, left]Singers and bands from around the world have been gathering in London to record a charity single [b]in aid of [/b]the victims of the Haiti earthquake disaster.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Artists like Mariah Carey, Robbie Williams and Susan Boyle have [b]donated[/b]their time and talent in order to record a [b]cover version[/b] of REM’s classic[b]track[/b] Everybody Hurts.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The project has been organised by [b]music mogul[/b] Simon Cowell, the[b]mastermind[/b] behind recent TV talent shows such as the X Factor, America’s Got Talent and Pop Idol.[/p][float=right][img=226,170]http://www.24en.com/d/file/bbc/bbc2/2010-01-28/0845bc93d09fd1c683975b161363d144.jpg[/img][p=30, 2, left]Stars like Mariah Carey have pledged their support[/p][/float]

[p=21, 2, left]Cowell has assembled talent from his [b]stable[/b] of X Factor winners alongside [b]established acts [/b]such as Take That to record the song, the[b]proceeds[/b] of which will be divided between a UK newspaper’s Haitian[b]fund[/b] and the Disasters Emergency Committee, an [b]umbrella organisation [/b]made up of 13 of the UK’s leading [b]aid agencies[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]Music fans who want to see their favourite artists gathered in one place for the recording of the single will be sadly disappointed however.[/p][p=21, 2, left]That’s because the performers are recording only a line or two of the song which will then be [b]stitched together[/b] digitally to complete the track.[/p][p=21, 2, left]It’s all a[b] far cry [/b]from the early days of charity singles when singers would[b]huddle round[/b] a microphone, giving a live performance.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Other famous faces have also been [b]doing their bit [/b]for the Haitian victims.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The British band Radiohead [b]raised[/b] more than $500,000 (3m yuan) for the[b]appeal[/b] by performing a special [b]gig[/b] in Los Angeles.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Hollywood actor George Clooney’s Hope for Haiti Now [b]telethon[/b] has so far raised $61m (414m yuan) thanks to celebrities like Madonna and Jay Z.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The 7.0 magnitude earthquake on 12 January killed as many as 200,000 people and has left an estimated 1.5 million people homeless.[/p][/size][/font][/color]

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