George Bush may not care about black people, but Sharon Stone certainly doesn’t care about our ears.
Now that she’s passed the age where she can be expected to make a living by being naked in a lot of films, Sharon Stone is freeing her musical talent, and has written a song to raise money for Hurricane Katrina relief.
Yeah, we know it’s for a good cause and everything, but still, you know, a song written by Sharon Stone?
Sharon Stone (DVDs) has written Come Together Now with Denise Rich, Mark
Feist and Damon Sharpe to raise money for Habitat For Humanity, which
provides housing for needy families; and Angels’ Place, a charity for
terminally-ill children that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Worthy causes indeed, and ones just begging for a B-list filmstar to write a hamfisted, Little Book Of Calm ditty to help them.
Now,
far be it for us to suggest that Sharon Stone is a rubbish songwriter,
but surely if she was any good, she’d have made a living out of writing songs
instead of starring in half-baked tripe like Catwoman.
As it happens, the best thing that can be said about Come Together
Now is that it’s for charity. The worst thing that can be said about
Come Together Now is that it’s a really, really, toe-curlingly bad
song. The kind of song that makes Band Aid 20 sound decent in comparison.
And, just to compound the awfulness of the tune, Sharon has roped in
clueless warblers like Celine Dion, Joss Stone, Wyclef and more than a
dozen other artists to belt it out.
Sharon Stone said:
"Every time this song gets played and gets bought we’re building houses and saving kids."
Which
is an admirable sentiment, we’ll admit. But people who still need swaying should remember that Sharon
Stone once starred in Sliver, the movie with the very worst soundtrack in
history. Don’t believe us? You’ve obviously forgotten about the UB40
cover of I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You. Or that Enigma twaddle.
And anyway, isn’t Michael Jackson in charge of Hurricane Katrina songs?
If you want to help, you can donate directly to Angels’ Place or Habitat For Humanity, bypassing all that horrible music.
Read more:
Stone Co-Writes Song For Katrina Victims – Newsday
[story by Stuart Heritage]