Pop Music Superheroes!

As Simon Cowell would say … “I don’t mean to be rude but”. Whilst aid agencies “act according to their own best interests rather than in the interests of individuals whom they claim to help.” Jostle for position and clout (The Guardian) and bank aid. Pop music has once again decided it’s going to save the world! Rihanna has “Redemption Song” out and Simon Cowell is to follow suit with a cover of REM tear jerker, “Everybody Hurts”. It’s all for Haiti.

It features, Leona (of course),  JLS (of course), Rod Stewart, Michael Buble. Others are currently only rumoured. With Cheryl Cole (or is it Cheryl Cowell now?) saying she would love to be involved (but of course).

But before we piss our pants with glee juice over the possibility of crying our hearts out to a video of Coldplay side by side with Susan Boyle and Sir Paul McCartney, intercut with depressing video of survivors in Haiti… Stop.

I’m not saying fuck Haiti, I’m not saying don’t donate, but it’s a hard pill to swallow. The song choice is a little sick.
The appeal has become a little bit “Isn’t it terrible”, too much wallow and revel, shed a tear or two and buy a single and feel a bunch better about ourselves. Not enough, “Where the fuck is the aid?”, why it’s taking so long, why the aid agencies can’t collaborate, why the relief effort is being described as chaotic, unorganised, why large organisations are acting in their own self interest and not to the fullest interest of Haiti? It’s Katrina, again.

A quick and easy, buy the single and pat yourself on the back, you saved a brown person. Aswell as boosting the artists careers, but that’s just a by product, these people do care very deeply about the little people, they care deeply about climate change too and , er, what’s the next appeal i’ve got an album coming out soon?

A 15 year old girl was shot in the head for looting. That’s her family in the photo. I don’t think they care who sings on it.
  Or the boy at the top of the page clinging onto food? Probably not.

Would the people of Haiti rather the white knights riding in from the west got their shit together and started to get the aid out, or the right protection so we don’t see more UN doctors leave a SINGLE person to look after an entire hospital

I’d rather Simon Cowell used his elaborate puppet show to highlight these terrible incidents and put pressure on Gordon Brown and co to do something about it. Not organise a high profile sing song. What about you? Am I expecting too much?

They’re only popstars, after all?