Band Aid ~ Do They Know It's Christmas? No longer powerful?

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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.       

     

     

      

      

      

      

     

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Band Aid ~ Do They Know It's Christmas?     

Midge Ure     

Die Toten Hosen     

     

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Band Aid II      

Band Aid 20             

Complete Music Update ~ Midge Ure: Music no longer powerful enough  

     

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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)        

     

     

     

     

     

     

Styrous® ~ Saturday, December 17, 2020   

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20,000 vinyl LPs 199: The Yobs - Auld Lang Syne

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 The Yobs ~ Christmas Album

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What better way to end the year than with a good old fashioned punk rock version of the traditional song, Auld Lang Syne? And it's vinyl LP #199! So, I can start 2020 with vinyl LP #200! How appropriate is that?     

The Yobs ~ Christmas Album

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Originally the group, formed in 1976, was called The Boys. They changed the name of the group and recorded four studio albums under the name, The Yobs, before disbanding in 1982. The group consisted of Matt Dangerfield, Casino Steel formerly of the Hollywood Brats, Honest John Plain, Duncan "Kid" Reid and drummer Jack Black.           

 

 The Yobs ~ Christmas Album

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The band's early recordings were made in a home recording studio which Dangerfield had set up in his rented basement apartment in Maida Vale in London.     

The band played their first concert at the Hope and Anchor pub in Islington, London on 15 October 1976. Among the crowd were Mick Jones, Billy Idol, Tony James and Gene October. Later that year they toured with John Cale of Velvet Underground.     

The Yobs ~ Christmas Album

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The Boys achieved limited commercial success, but their music has influenced the development of other bands. German punk band Die Toten Hosen performed cover versions of their music regularly for more than a decade. They also recorded cover versions of some songs, namely First Time for their album Auf dem Kreuzzug ins Glück - 125 Jahre die Toten Hosen and Brickfield Nights for the cover album Learning English, Lesson One. On the rear of the cover of the 1978 album by The Jam, All Mod Cons, the photograph of Paul Weller's Rickenbacker 330 guitar carries a The Boys sticker.  

 

In the late 1990s, Japanese band Thee Michelle Gun Elephant had a hit with a Boys cover. This prompted the re-release of several Boys albums, and more than 30,000 albums were sold in Japan alone. A Boys tribute album was also released featuring 13 bands from around the world. The Boys also influenced the cult power pop band The Exploding Hearts, who performed and recorded in the early 2000s.       

      

 

 The Yobs ~ Christmas Album

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The Yobs ~ Christmas Album

Auld Lang Syne

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Tracklist:

Side 1:

1     Rub-A-Dum Dum     3:09
2     The Ballad Of The Warrington     3:12
3     Another Christmas     2:00
4     Doggy     0:40
5     Jingle Bells     4:41
6     Auld Lang Syne     2:43

Side 1:

1     Silent Night     3:14
2     Silver Bells     2:44
3     C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S     1:09
4     Gloria     1:29
5     Twelve Days Of Christmas     3:19
6     White Christmas     0:59
7     We Wish You A Merry Christmas     1:21
8     May The Good Lord Bless & Keep You     2:33

Companies, etc.

    Pressed By – MPO

Notes:

Originally released in 1980 on Safari Records.
Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Barcode (scan): 5018376100069
    Barcode: 018376 100069
    Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): MPO PIP LP 6 A¹
    Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): MPO PIP LP 6 B¹

The Yobs ‎– Christmas Album
Label: Great Expectations ‎– PIPLP 006
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: UK
Released: 1989
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave, Punk
      

       

   

       

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Happy New Year to everyone!

       

         

         

Styrous® ~ New Year's Eve, Tuesday, December 31, 2019       

         

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