Poll: Favorite "aid" song

[Villavic]

Remember Live Aid, Band Aid, USA for Africa, etc?? Well what song did you like most? We are the world or Do they know is Christmas? I like the USA for Africa song but LOVE.. ADORE.. the Band Aid song.. I always listen that song on Christmas (a local radio always plays that song all december long)

Any memories from that era?

[goldustsongbird]

Neither. I guess if I had to choose, I'd rather listen to We Are the World.

[carrie721]

oh man. sorry, villavic, i can't listen to either of these. if i HAD to choose, i'd go with we are the world, because do they know it's christmas makes my bones melt.

[DrummerDeanna]

I LOVE the Band Aid song

[ryan8472]

Def. Do They Know Its Christmas. We Are The World is a big piece of crap.

[Villavic]

i just realized I posted this in the wrong forum.
Well, anyway vote if you like it

[JunkFoodGenius]

"Do They Know It's Christmas" is the best sanctimonious song EVER. I sang that at karaoke a few weeks ago, prefacing it as, "The scariest song of all time." Aside from the obvious "there is snow in Africa" (Mt. Kiliminjaro[sp]) and most of Africa couldn't care about Christmas, we see Bono getting his start at being smug and pointing a very sharp finger with, "Well, tonight thank God it's them instead of you!" (And if you listen to the long one, David Bowie does a mini-speech.)

...and all of this really rather reminds me of the Rumors-era line up of Fleetwood Mac...(topic!)

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by ryan8472

Def. Do They Know Its Christmas. We Are The World is a big piece of crap.

[face of glass]

Neither. It is Coil's Tainted Love (a cover of a cover).

[Für Elise]

both are too cheesy to listen to really but do they know its christmas is streets ahead of the other

[Neb-Maat-Re]

[QUOTE=JunkFoodGenius] and most of Africa couldn't care about Christmas/QUOTE]

Actually the early Chrisitian church has a strong history in Africa, especially in Ethiopia where the whole Band Aid relief effort was focussed, so they were probably very aware of Christmas - which only goes to support your point about the sanctimonious tone of the song.

(PS - not a Christian myself, by any means)

My own favourite song of this type from this era is "Sun City".

[Für Elise]

Originally Posted by JunkFoodGenius

"Do They Know It's Christmas" is the best sanctimonious song EVER. I sang that at karaoke a few weeks ago, prefacing it as, "The scariest song of all time." Aside from the obvious "there is snow in Africa" (Mt. Kiliminjaro[sp]) and most of Africa couldn't care about Christmas, we see Bono getting his start at being smug and pointing a very sharp finger with, "Well, tonight thank God it's them instead of you!" (And if you listen to the long one, David Bowie does a mini-speech.)

...and all of this really rather reminds me of the Rumors-era line up of Fleetwood Mac...(topic!)

bono didn't write that. Also it was the one line he didn't want to sing but bob geldoff convined him as it was the line he had planned for bono.

[SteveMacD]

What, no Tears Are Not Enough (Northern Lights)? 'Cmon, it had Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Burton Cummings, Anne Murray, AND Gordon Lightfoot!

[JunkFoodGenius]

Originally Posted by Für Elise

bono didn't write that. Also it was the one line he didn't want to sing but bob geldoff convined him as it was the line he had planned for bono.

Bono didn't write it, sure (thanks, man who names their kids after rejected Brian Froud characters) but he brought the smug. So, so smug!

[JunkFoodGenius]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

What, no Tears Are Not Enough (Northern Lights)? 'Cmon, it had Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Burton Cummings, Anne Murray, AND Gordon Lightfoot!

Oh, wow...if they released that now, I think it'd be called Xanax.