Participants in the new recording of 'We Are the World' to
benefit Haiti.  This shot of the recording session for the new
"We Are The World" demonstrates the problem, which is located
just north of LL Cool J. (Associated Press)  by Linda Holmes
Last night, during NBC's run-up to the opening ceremonies for
the Vancouver Olympics, they premiered an abbreviated version of
the remake of "We Are The World" that's been recorded to benefit
Haiti disaster relief -- an unmistakably and unambiguously good
and important cause that doesn't really change the fact that the
recording is really, really strangely put together.  First of
all, Justin Bieber, a singer who's 15 years old and looks much
younger, kicks off the song, standing in for Lionel Richie's
vocal in the original. Nothing against Bieber, but when Lionel
Richie did this part, he had already been a Commodore. Bieber,
on the other hand, was opening for Taylor Swift not long ago.
Not exactly the same kind of iconic beginning.  And then Bieber
hands off to Jennif