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Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas" Remade

Posted:
Sat Nov 13, 2004 1:38 pm
by ExRat
Just found this out. Midge Ure is putting together a contemprary group of Brit-bands to remake "Do They Know It's Christmas" to be released in December. Interesting choices on the roster.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-20 ... 0,,00.html

Posted:
Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:52 am
by Frank_Chickens
[quote][i]Originally posted by kimiiii[/i]
<br>Why are they messing with that song? You can't remake PERFECTION and have it succeed. What

Posted:
Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:00 am
by marie3
[quote]Originally posted by ExRat
[br]Just found this out. Midge Ure is putting together a contemprary group of Brit-bands to remake

Posted:
Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:09 am
by Frau_Blucher
I hope Dan Akroyd can make it to the remake.
...oh wait, wrong song [:I]

Posted:
Sun Nov 14, 2004 11:10 am
by Quite Life
That would be cool to see NOEL GALLAGHER and DAMON ALBARN get into fistacuffs in the studio, that's the Christmas spirit[:D]

Posted:
Sun Nov 14, 2004 7:54 pm
by Frank_Chickens
It's just a song, not a near-religious experience (if you're that way inclined).

Posted:
Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:20 pm
by Rubbeet921
[quote][i]Originally posted by marie3[/i]
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Posted:
Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:50 pm
by Frank_Chickens
Me too, should be an interesting listen. [:)]

Posted:
Mon Nov 15, 2004 1:40 am
by rewind
This is actually the THIRD version. There was a Band-Aid II in 1985 with other British pop stars.

Posted:
Mon Nov 15, 2004 4:50 am
by MARV
Indeed, kimiiiii, peace be unto you, and all the rest of us, God willing - lol! [:D]

Posted:
Mon Nov 15, 2004 4:58 am
by Frank_Chickens
[quote][i]Originally posted by rewind[/i]
<br>This is actually the THIRD version. There was a Band-Aid II in 1985 with other British pop s

Posted:
Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:09 am
by rewind
Thanks, yes, I meant 1989. (The original was re-released in 1985.) The only group who was in both Band Aid and Band Aid II was Bananarama, who by then was on the SAW roster. There were a couple of non-SAW artists, though: Jimmy Somerville, Wet Wet Wet.

Posted:
Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:29 am
by Frank_Chickens
I'd forgotten the rest thanks for reminding me, but it's still not a stellar line-up compared to the original.

Posted:
Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:52 am
by harleytexas
I remember when the second one came out. I was working in a record store and no one bought it....well, a few did, but word got out that it was crappy and then no one bought it. I would rather have just sent the money in and never have heard it. [xx(]

Posted:
Mon Nov 15, 2004 3:19 pm
by hexicon
Erm, not to sound like a cynic or anything, but I always wondered if they CARED that it was Christmas. I know there are Coptic Christians in Ethiopia, but aren't most famine-stricken folks in the Ethiopia/Sudan area Muslims or animists/other?