Why does everything that Simon Cowell does elicit such ire?

Why does REM look so serious?

Simon has enlisted Susan Boyle and friends to record a cover of REM's 'Everybody Hurts' with the proceeds going to Haitian relief efforts. Folks are in a tizzy over his choice of song to benefit the people of Haiti. They say that it is about teenage suicide, not tragedies like this, and so is not approriate.

What song is?

Does it really matter?

Isn't the song just a  fundraising vehicle? 'Everybody Hurts' is well-known and popular and will be successful as a focal point of fundraising because of its univeral recognition.

Isn't that the point?