Northern Lights - Tears Are Not Enough (with names) (SUPERSCALED) 🇨🇦

[@fredintoronto]

Forty years ago Canadians came together with love, caring and donations to help others in the world who were less fortunate! ❤💓💝

[@HolaKylie]

This song, together with Do They Know It's Christmas, resonates to me more than We Are World. Just to me, my own opinion on the music. I guess it's because the lyrics were still kinda poetic, not quite in-your-face literal about the whole purpose. Each time i hear this, OMG, i get goosebumps. Bravo, David Foster & CoWriters and the vocalists All!

[@d8889]

OMG! I hadn't heard it for decades! I was a high school student back in 1985 in Italy. I'd give anything to get back to those years

[@PatDK]

I was 10 years old, and I remember when this came out it was eye opening that there was so many amazing Canadian artists

[@anthonybailey2589]

Such an heart rending song

[@mileshusoy2211]

This song needs to be broadcast for the whole world to hear. It’s a far better song than “We Are the World”. And aside from that, “Tears Are Not Enough” is a much more sincere title. (The title was suggested by Bob Rock who turned Metallica into a boy band the following decade, but that’s a tale for another day.) People slammed Bryan Adams a lot, but at least he’s recognizable, whereas I can’t even tell half the people who are nominated at the Junos (never mind the Grammys) these days. Bryan Adams may be a wackadoodle, but he knows a good cause when he sees it. Everyone who sang on this record should be proud of themselves. They wanted to bring peace and love to those who needed it…I know our own nation needs it (especially if we want Trudeau to go).

[@sergecouvrette9400]

Such good memories.

[@trevorsim5321]

Brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it, Love It!!! ❤

[@lookingforward9678]

I love this song and have looked at many different versions on YT - this is by far the clearest video and audio, and the subtitles are nicely done. Thank you!

[@SilentKnight43]

This has a few extended scenes near the end I don't remember in the original. Awesome vid! Such a great snapshot of an era.

[@starexplorers1202]

😱 I've never seen this....ever!!

[@signalsyyz]

...haven't seen this in years..cool

[@CrosscutFilmsSask]

Yeah, it popped into my head a few days ago for some reason and went to watch it but most of the copies out there were absolutely brutal so I had to do something about it lol

[@hardrockincanuck1]

Nice to see this again after (likely) almost 40 years of seeing this on CBC's VIdeo's Hits with Samantha Taylor. Lots of artists took part in this that I was not aware of. The cast of SCTV?! - how cool was that. Terry David Mulligan is in the video behind the control board. Noticed he did not get a mention in the credits!

[@CrosscutFilmsSask]

@@hardrockincanuck1 I don't believe TDM had a part in the creation of the song but was present as a reporter/observer as he was one of the big names in Canadian music media at the time

[@PatDK]

Remember Good Rockin Tonight? My mom would record that for us because we were too young to stay up that late and we didn’t have cable so that was a big deal

[@CrosscutFilmsSask]

@@PatDK lol yep - and Stu Jeffries still rocking the mic on Boom 97.3 Toronto

[@Cicilo1983]

Hadn't heard it in such a long time.. Where did the time go ? BTW, I always found it odd that Luba wasn't involved... She was one of the most proeminent Canadian female singers by then.

[@Doug-nr3gh]

I don't know if Alannah Myles was on the scene then ...Sass Jordan ? Maybe a young Sara McLaughlin ...

[@Cicilo1983]

@@Doug-nr3gh Honestly, I don't think any of them were around, at least not as signed artists. But I might be wrong on this.

[@mariajbrum]

​@@Doug-nr3ghno to Alahana Morrissett and to my favorite guitarist( who was around) Jeff Healey

[@mabelwilken1652]

Canada had some star power

[@HappyDreamCatcher-pq6yv]

Where are these guys now

[@fooel7630]

0:57

[@cmikesmith664]

Never heard this. I guess it didn’t make it out of Canada 🇨🇦.

[@charliechang9948]

We can find this track from the WE ARE THE WORLD original album

[@CrosscutFilmsSask]

@@charliechang9948 Was just going to mention that lol

[@jetagelullaby]

I remember it and I lived in the Deep South in the US.

[@cmikesmith664]

@@CrosscutFilmsSask I like this. It’s my first time hearing it. I love all of these artists from the 80’s. Thank you posting it.

[@TwentyOne_Five]

In addition to having Geddy Lee from Rush 2:07 which is sick…it has this moment. Lol. 3:02

[@Shadow-sm8hs]

Is that Billy Shatner?

[@scott31274]

the original we are the world lol

[@CrosscutFilmsSask]

@@scott31274 Actually, it was after. "Do They Know It's Christmas" was Dec 7/84, "We Are The World" was Mar 7/85 and this was May 1/85.

[@thedriver4038]

In the USA, this was the B side to We Are The World. Released by Columbia Records

[@marywoelfle6971]

There's something waxy about the appearances of so many people here that it's almost as if it's being performed by a lineup of tribute artists. It's a nice tune and the sentiment was fine, but songs like this laid the groundwork for the overly-emotive style of singing that has sucked the subtlety and life out of the pop music charts. When you watch these artists perform, most of them are making their vocals more about themselves than the overall message. "Sure there are people starving to death but man I'm really enjoying a chance to play the diva!"

[@CrosscutFilmsSask]

@@marywoelfle6971 I get what you're saying about the skin appearance. It's much easier to reintroduce film grain that gets lost in the upscaling process on a clip that was originally shot on film but this was originally shot on video so it never had any grain to begin with. I'll have to experiment with reintroducing some digital noise to lessen the effect in the future. Appreciate the feedback!