In the spirit of giving this holiday season...
Band Aid was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof (of Boomtown Rats) and Midge Ure (of Ultravox) in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market. The single surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one on that release.
The group has reformed on three occasions, each time from the most successful British and Irish pop music performers of the time, to record the same song at the same time of year. Co-writer Midge Ure once commented : "Every generation should have its own version".
Despite the other versions selling equally as many records, and raised a lot of money for famine relief, most still considered the original version of the song superior. After all, it was "the day music changed history".
The group has reformed on three occasions, each time from the most successful British and Irish pop music performers of the time, to record the same song at the same time of year. Co-writer Midge Ure once commented : "Every generation should have its own version".
Despite the other versions selling equally as many records, and raised a lot of money for famine relief, most still considered the original version of the song superior. After all, it was "the day music changed history".
And this updated remix (which is streaming on this blogsite) of the 1984 original was specially made for my Xmas Eve mix show on Lush 99.5 FM in 2006. You can still support the cause by buying a piece of history either in the form of the 4-DVD Live Aid set or the 2004 Band Aid CD at Amazon. Know the true meaning of giving this Christmas...
... instead of all those silly redundant "happy" Christmas carols about Santa Claus, mistletoe, chestnuts roasting, silent night and some fictional reindeer called Rudolph. Spare a thought and a couple of dollars for the less fortunate.
p/s "We Are The World" is just a poor AMERICAN attempt at duplicating what Band Aid achieved in terms of being honest and heartfelt.
posted by Adminstrator @ 3:44 AM
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1 Comments:
yes the original version is still fucking wicked with such a stellar cast of artistes involved.
only the original rulez
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