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Styrous® ~ Saturday, December 17, 2020
Band Aid - November 2016
After publishing an article earlier this month on the song, Do They Know It's Christmas? by the supergroup, Band Aid (link below), I came across a disappointing interview regarding the song.
The song was re-recorded and re-issued four times, Band Aid II in 1998, Band Aid 20 in 2004 and Band Aid 30 in 2014. A German-language version of Do They Know It's Christmas? was released
on November 21, 2014. It was produced by Vincent Sorg and Tobias Kuhn
and features vocals from artists including 2raumwohnung, Andreas Bourani, Die Toten Hosen, Jan Delay, Joy Denalane, Max Raabe, Milky Chance, Peter Maffay, Silbermond, Thees Uhlmann, and Wolfgang Niedecken.
Four years ago, Midge Ure was interviewed by the multimedia news agency, Press Association (link below) and he said:
“I’m not sure music is the answer to it now. Thirty one years ago we did the Band Aid thing, it was the vehicle that people understood – you didn’t have videogames, you didn’t have mobile phones and you didn’t have all of the distractions that you have today”.
Back then “music was the be all and end all” he added, “so we used the medium at its peak. We used the power that music had at its peak. Maybe right now, the answer wouldn’t be a concert or a record – but I don’t know what the answer is”.
The world, times, people, fashion and fads change, not always for the better but in spite of it, we have to go on.
Viewfinder links:
Band Aid ~ Do They Know It's Christmas?
YouTube links:
Band Aid II ~ Do They Know It's Christmas? (Official Video)
Band Aid 20 ~ Do They Know It's Christmas?
Band Aid 30 ~ Do They Know It's Christmas?
Band Aid 30 ~ Do They Know It's Christmas? (German)
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