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Band Aid Planning New Version of Song
(AP, 10/20/2004 1:53 PM)

The founders of Band Aid, the 1984 charity effort that raised millions for Ethiopian famine relief, plan a new version of the single "Do They Know It's Christmas," a British newspaper reported.

The Sun tabloid said Wednesday that Bob Geldof and Midge Ure had approached top British acts including Coldplay, The Darkness, Robbie Williams and Dido to appear on the single, which would be released before Christmas.

"It's definitely going to happen. I'm very excited," Ure was quoted as saying. "This project is not just about raising money. It's about putting the focus back on Africa and the problem of famine which has not gone away."

The original single, which featured musicians including Bono, Boy George, Phil Collins and Sting, sold 3 million copies and raised $9.4 million for Ethiopia. It was followed by the 1985 Live Aid concert, which raised more than $47 million. A U.S. single, "We Are the World," featured a lineup of 43 artists including Michael Jackson , Lionel Richie, Bruce Springsteen and Diana Ross.

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

This is a mistake.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

you just know what's around the corner: live aid 2 - july 2005

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Could they please just write a new non-patronizing song?

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll be wearing my best trench coat.

― Gudrun Gut Run Over by a Reindeer (Andy K), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Especially since the focus this time will probably be on southern and western Sudan, where, just like in Ethiopia, the answer to the question is "Yes, they do know it's Christmas, because most of them are Christians."

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Three million copies of a record is not a lot.

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 20 October 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

not to mention the release of the DVD of the orig Live Aid..
wonder if there will be the UK/US split comcert again in 2005 .. the sponsorship deals would be astronomical alone one would think ..

― mark e (mark e), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Three million copies of a record is not a lot.

3 million singles sold? that's a HUGE amount!

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah. reading stuff on the departures site today there was the advise that their single sold 1000 copies this week and has subsequently made it into top 30 on the strength of this.
3 million records today would put the cd press's into meltdown ..
then agian it'd all probably ringtones .. ahhh .. imagine 'Do they know ..' on a fucking ringtone ..

― mark e (mark e), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 18:50 (twenty-one years ago)

or a cover of "we are the world" sung by the bush administration maybe ?

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

i am glad they're trying to get the guy from the darkness

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, he's needed for the high notes. I know, he can sing Bono's parts ... oh wait, Bono will probably sing Bono's parts.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Three million copies of a record is not a lot.

-- Mr. Snrub (mistersnrub@juno.com ), October 20th, 2004.

also - this was a british event.. 3 million is like 20x platinum

― chris andrews (fraew), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Tom Ewing's already got the Darkness/Bono thing covered.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 19:12 (twenty-one years ago)

And I'm actually fine with the proposed singing lineup so far, in that it means I have absolutely NO reason to listen to it (like I had one already).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

if they let the darkness guy sing that line then I would argue that irony is no longer dead.

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 19:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Ha, Tom and I are in perfect agreement for once!

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

money goes to africa, ego goes to celebrities

who looses I ask ye?

oh.

― David Allen (David Allen), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

jesus christ, can't they write a new song? everyone will buy it anyway.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol13no4/netaid.jpg

― Chairman ROFLMAO (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Coldplay, Robbie Williams, Darkness and Dido? Sounds like they are trying to sell it to the same generation who bought the original :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)

"jesus christ, can't they write a new song? everyone will buy it anyway."

Why should they bother writing a new song? Everyone will buy it anyway.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 21 October 2004 07:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Put it into perspective.

Millions die in a famine, 3 million buy a single, raises money for them and conciousness.
One person dies in a car crash, 4? million buy a single. Nice priorities!

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 21 October 2004 07:41 (twenty-one years ago)

The thing is none of these people has actually AGREED to do it yet.

In other words, Band Aid III when push comes to shove will actually consist of McFly, Busted, Blue, Bedingfields, Keating, Will 'n' Gareth 'n' Darius, Sugababes, Jamelia and Bob the Builder. Oh, and Cliff.

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 21 October 2004 07:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, tonight thank god it's you..

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 21 October 2004 07:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Let it not be forgotten that when Waterman did Band Aid II he gave that line to rock megastar Matt Goss.

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 21 October 2004 07:59 (twenty-one years ago)

What would your reaction have been if you'd been invited along to the Band Aid recording?
I think I would have read the letter at least 18 times and then I would have begun to think about it. If I had listened to the record beforehand, I wouldn't have done it because I think it's tuneless and I think that's really important. I mean, it's one thing to want to save lives in Ethiopia, but it's another thing to inflict so much torture on the British public. So for that reason, I absolutely disapprove. It's quite easy to sit here and agree and feel very passionate about the cause. Everybody does. But what about the record? Nobody's actually mentioned that foul disgusting thing.

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:11 (twenty-one years ago)

The thing is none of these people has actually AGREED to do it yet.

It'd be hilarious if everyone shot it down. They'd come off like such assholes.

― David Allen (David Allen), Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:13 (twenty-one years ago)

(xpost)

Ah yes, I don't think old Steven Patrick will be making it to the Band Aid III sessions either.

Here is another quote from another rock luminary, made round about the same time. Wonder if you can guess who it was:

"Let's be honest, I don't give a fuck about Ethiopia, you don't give a fuck about Ethiopia. If Ethiopians stopped giving a fuck there wouldn't be so many fucking starving kids would there? Send them some fucking contraceptives."

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:15 (twenty-one years ago)

haha....uh, Gene Simmons?

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Momus?

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Tiny Tim?

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Nope!

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:25 (twenty-one years ago)

David Lee Roth?

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:26 (twenty-one years ago)

(come on tell us, we're not gonna get it. I'm no anti-Band-Aid quote expert, the only reason I posted that above is that I was coincidentally reading a Morrissey interview archive earlier this evening and came across it)

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:28 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, it was Lemmy from Motorhead.

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Damn! I was going in that direction. I knew it had to be a hard rock/metal dude of some sort.

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:31 (twenty-one years ago)

(Tiny Tim notwithstanding)

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:32 (twenty-one years ago)

The odd thing is that I once heard from a Reliable Authority that the Smiths actually begged and pleaded to play Live Aid but Geldof turned them down because they weren't "internationally known at the time."

And the Style Council (for example, nothing personal) were?

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:36 (twenty-one years ago)

they were trading on Weller's status tho innit. the thought of Morrissey singing 'no flowers grow!' on that is terrifying.

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah Morrissey being on Band-Aid is a bit like the David Lynch almost directing Return of the Jedi thing...

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, no Cure or Depeche Mode, both of whom were big "internationally" in '85.

According to Dave Rimmer's Like Punk Never Happened book, Culture Club were on the same evening being stoned by an audience at a gig in Athens.

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:55 (twenty-one years ago)

They literally threw rocks? Wow.

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Thursday, 21 October 2004 09:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I find thinking about who might appear on a 2004/2005 Band Aid single quite amusing.

I find thinking about who might appear at a 2004/2005 Live Aid concert quite alarming.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 21 October 2004 09:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Also no Eurythmics or Frankie Goes To Hollywood at Live Aid, both of whom supposedly turned down invitations to play because they didn't hold with the concept of rock-stars-for-charity.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 21 October 2004 09:47 (twenty-one years ago)

IIRC both were on tour at the time and just couldn't do the gig.

I wonder if they'll ask 1985 Live Aid participant Brian Wilson back.

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 21 October 2004 09:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Although I know that the Human League didn't do either the record ot the gig because Phil Oakey was miffed that Geldof had just asked him and not the band as a whole.

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 21 October 2004 09:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Aha, what's this...

Eurythmics : were to play at Wembley but Annie Lenox suffered serious throat problems and cancelled.

(I stand corrected.)

Frankie goes to Hollywood : (from Holly Johnson 2001) "We were invited and I wanted to do it but all of the other members of the group and so called manager didn't want to do it. This was the biggest management mistake of Frankie's career".

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 21 October 2004 10:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Didn't Mark E Smith say something similar to the Lemmy quote above in Melody Maker circa 85?

― Venga, Thursday, 21 October 2004 11:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I wouldn't have put it past him to do so. John Lydon came out with a very similar quote on The Word in the early '90s.

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 21 October 2004 11:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it commonly accepted that Live-Aid ruined mainstream popular music for the next 7 or 8 years?

And that into this creative void the whole rave culture flourished

Does this mean that in 2 or 3 years we may get a similair effect?

{/reductionist}

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 21 October 2004 14:32 (twenty-one years ago)

DEAR GOD PLEASE

― Gribowitz (Lynskey), Thursday, 21 October 2004 14:40 (twenty-one years ago)

The death of Princess Di also ruined mainstream popular music for the next 7 or 8 years.

So we should be getting a similar effect any day now.

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 21 October 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Who's the current equivalent of Pricess Di then? Posh Spice? Has she died?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 21 October 2004 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

If so, which one of her showbiz chums will be slightly re-writing one of their old songs and singing appalingly badly it at the funeral? Scary or Ginger?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 21 October 2004 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

As OK! put it this week: "It's Not Raining Men Anymore, Geri!"

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 21 October 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Aaaaaaaah - so you read OK! do you Marcello?

That's your street cred. screwed then!

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 21 October 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

well if this theory is correct, the effect of Diana's death should be ending about now - so it's just awful timing for Bad Aid III in that respect.

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Thursday, 21 October 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it really seven years?

My doesn't time fly by when you really couldn't give a toss?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 21 October 2004 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)

"We're against hungry children"

― k3rry (dymaxia), Thursday, 21 October 2004 16:06 (twenty-one years ago)

they should walk that one really

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Thursday, 21 October 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

ten years pass...

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/19/turn-down-band-aid-bob-geldof-africa-fuse-odg/print

― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 17:34 (eleven years ago)

http://fuckyouneilkulkarni.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/band-aid-30-love-can-kill-you.html

― djh, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 19:58 (eleven years ago)

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