Band Aid 20 recorded a new version of Do They Know It’s Christmas last weekend. Official release will be on the 29th of November when the CD single hits the shops. Proceeds of the sale will go to the famine relief activities in Africa, specifically in Sudan, via the Band Aid Trust. The recording got its first airplay in BBC’s Radio 1 last Tuesday. Eversince, other radio stations have been playing it as well over their frequencies.
Why Band Aid 20?
Simply because of the fact that the first, original recording was 20 years ago. I couldn’t believe myself that it had been that long ago already.
So, how is it? Well, the melody did not change that much. But as they say, there is nothing like the original … I personally think that it could exist on its own though. It has definitely been updated since there is a rap version! Very big potential for Christmas #1.
Who sings what? (Apologies if there are errors!)
| (Paul Young) It’s Christmas time There’s no need to be afraid At Christmas time We let in light and we banish shade (Boy George) (George Michael) (Simon LeBon) (Simon LeBon & Sting) (Sting & Tony Hadley) (Sting, Simon LeBon & Bono) (Bono) (Boy George, Paul Weller, Bono, George Michael, Paul Young & Glenn Gregory) (Marilyn, Glenn Gregory, Rick Parfitt & Francis Rossi) (Paul Young) (Marilyn, Glenn Gregory, Rick Parfitt & Francis Rossi) (Paul Young) (Everyone) |
(Chris Martin) It’s Christmas time There’s no need to be afraid At Christmas time We let in light and we banish shade (Dido) (Robbie Williams) (Sugababes) (Fran Healy) (Fran Healy & Sugababes) (Fran Healy & Justin Hawkins) (Bono) (Will Young & Jamelia) (Ms Dynamite & Beverly Knight) (Group of 10 & Joss Stone) (Tom Chaplin) (Justin Hawkins) (Dizzie Rascal) (Busted) (Justin Hawkins) (Dizzie Rascal) (Joss Stone and Justin Hawkins) (Tom Chaplin) (Tom Chaplin & Chris Martin) (Tom Chaplin, Chris Martin & Sugababes) (Everyone) |
But here is something else that I’ve found as well from surfing the net. There was another recording made last 1989 and the prominent artist mentioned was Kylie Minogue.
Want to hear the 3 different versions? Click here to hear snippets of each version compiled by the BBC. This will open in your default media player.
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hey!!! this is my kind of news…
glad to know paul hewson is in the set! whatever happened to paul weller? i love style council.
okay, i just had to comment again after clicking on the link you posted… i had goosebumps listening to the original, said eeeeehhhhh to the second one and hmmmm, looks promising to the third one. thanks charl, you’re my link to my addiction to entertainment in the uk!
Well Cats, we seem to like the same things as far as entertainment is concerned (except for ‘Little Britain’, medyo di ko dig yon!) I do like Style Council as well. By the way, he was hospitalised last week due to throat infection and had to cancel his gigs. And of course, yummy Bono! Who could resist? He did say that he didn’t feel comfortable singing that line again (the only one preserved from the original 1984). Oh well…
Ha ha ha…I had the same reaction upon hearing the 2nd version! Andun din yata si Jason Donovan!!!
I thought I was listening to ‘Especially for You’ when version 2 of “Do They Know It’s Christmas” rolled in. :laughing:
I heard Paul Weller sold more albums after going solo but never heard any from him after Style Council. It’s nice to know he still has gigs! As for Bono… hmmm Bono.. hehehe He sounded too reserved singing that line in version 3! I wonder why. Then again his music now, compared to 20 years ago… Big difference! Just like Gordon Matthew Sumner.
As for Little Britain… hahaha… Weird siya talaga!!! I doubt they’d show season two here in the US as I heard it was too raunchy for American sensibilities. Buti na lang di ako ‘Kano… :yikes: :laughing:
Oh, I’ve been following this up on the BBC website and I still can’t believe it’s been 20 years!!! :bigeyes2:
Karen, 20 years of our lives may have gone by :arg: but the question is do we remember what we have actually achieved during that time? And are we proud of it? Sya, naging philosophical na…:sly:
ahhh,
heto pala yung orig post.
oo nga no, 20 years had gone by. to think na grade 7 lang ako nung 1984. kelan ba yung live aid? i’ll never forget freddie mercury, he really rocked wembley. si simon le bon, laging pumipiyok pag live.
notice that the old geezers are still around:
U2 shempre back with a new album pati
duran duran
george michael
sting
bananarama i watched them perform in 1998, woooh. the best girl-band of al time as far as i’m concerned.
the past 20 years, oo naman kahit paano proud pa rin kahit modest achievement lang. paano kaya pag band aid 40 na? sana lang by that time nakabangon na ang ethiopia.
i read somewhere na ethiopians are actually asar that they’re doing band aid again. they said they need foreign investors. not aid. this benefit is sending the wrong signal to investors daw. hmmm… ano sey nyo dyan?
well, doms, beneficiary this time around is sudan, not ethiopia.