Band Aid 20!

[Octakon]

Didn't find a thread about this :P

So what do you think about the song? :)

[Mimixxx]

There's a few in Coldplay section :D

It's kinda different from the first one...not sure if I think it's better though. Too much Darkness on it :P I'll still buy it though.

P.S. If anyone wants to hear it, the repeat of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show is here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio1_aod.shtml?r1moylestue

It's about an hour in that they play it :)

[berrywoman]

man.... an hour! I can' play that here then... does anyone have just the single?? :embarrased:

[Mimixxx]

When you click on the link there's a button which skips the show on by 15 mins...just press that 4 times and you're nearly there :)

[berrywoman]

ohh I'll try that! thanks! :cool:

[berrywoman]

I dont have real player here at work.. :cry: i didnt work..

[Mimixxx]

Awwww...how long until you're at home?

[berrywoman]

Awwww...how long until you're at home?



I dont have a pc at home either!! :bigcry:

[Mimixxx]

Oooooh noooooo.

Can you install Real Player onto your PC at work and then unistall it after you've listened to it? :idea2: :/

[Octakon]

Try this insead: mms://streaming.reeltime.no/uni_ms/Band_Aid_20_-_Do_They_Know_Its_Christmas.wma

[Mimixxx]

Ooooh go you :D

[berrywoman]

Try this insead: mms://streaming.reeltime.no/uni_ms/Band_Aid_20_-_Do_They_Know_Its_Christmas.wma


:cry: it didnt work either...

[Guy's Gyal]

I thought it was poor. I heard it this morning, however i found dizee rascals bit quite funny :P
Maybe it'll grow on me.

[Sammie]

I like it!!

[Mimixxx]

I've heard it about a million times already today... :stunned:

[berrywoman]

damn american radio stations!! :angry: .. I need to go find this thing on the web...

[Mimixxx]

It comes out on the 29th...you might be able to buy an import? :idea2:

[berrywoman]

pah!! I can wait... the whole album comes out then or just the single???

[Mimixxx]

It's just a one off single....no album.

Try this, scroll down a bit and it says 'Click here to listen' :

http://www.musicmen.co.uk/news.php?item.160

[berrywoman]

http://www.musicmen.co.uk/images/bandaid20.jpg



Oh joy!! I heard it!!! I kinda like it... My favorite part is the end... feeeeeeed theeee woooooooorrrld Tom and Chris together... nice


:cool: thanks Mimi! x

[Mimixxx]

Woohooo it worked :D :D

No probs Camille :D

[berrywoman]

I posted the link the 'other' board... ;) I said a 'fellow boardie found it for me' :cool:

[Sweet One]

I'm listening to it right now. I'm not really diggin' it. But that Dizee Rascals part was pretty freakin' hilarious! :lol:

I'm a fan of the old school one.

[berrywoman]

who is this Dizee guy!? He must be big is the UK.. I'v enever heard of him.. but it is funny, his bit!

[Sweet One]

I just know he's a rapper and that he made that song absolutely HI-larious. :lol:

[Mimixxx]

He won the Mercury Music Prize when Coldplay and Radiohead were up for it, he's not big as such, just critically acclaimed. :)

[berrywoman]

ahh like Eminem here?! :D

he's pretty good though... fast delivery... but, his rhyme made me laugh... I guess its the accent! :embarrased:

[Mimixxx]

Is Eminem not big there? :stunned: He's huge here.

Yeah, that's his 'thing' I think :P

[MrsBerry]

I can´t listen to it :( It only plays for one second :(

[MrsBerry]

I GOT IT ! :bigcry:

[berrywoman]

Is Eminem not big there? :stunned: He's huge here.

Yeah, that's his 'thing' I think :P


oh no... Eminem is HUGE here... I meant the critically accalaimed part... no no no.. he is HUGE here.. lol

[Mimixxx]

Ooooh I see. I was thought he was. :idea2:

[MrsBerry]

can´t stop singing...

Feed the woooooooooooorld... Let them know it´s christmas time :D

[berrywoman]

thats the nicest part of the jam.... the 'feeed the wooooooooorld' bit.... Tom and Chris... I always said it was money right there... that bit makes the song in my opinion... :cool:

[Sweet One]

Who's Tom?

That's probably a dumb question, but i really don't know.

[berrywoman]

Who's Tom?

That's probably a dumb question, but i really don't know.


Tom Chaplin from Keane... he does the "feed the world bit" with Chris Martin.. I'll post a transcript from the other board.. because I had no idea who half of the singers were either! :laugh3:

[berrywoman]

roughly.... here is the 'singing assignments' :cool:

Chris Martin (Coldplay): It's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid. At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade

Dido: And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy. Throw your arms around the world at Christmas time

Robbie Williams: But say a prayer, pray for the other ones. At Christmas time it's hard, but when you're having fun

Sugababes: There's a world outside your window, and it's a world of dread and fear

Fran Healy (Travis): Where the only water flowing

Fran Healy und die Sugababes: Is the bitter sting of tears

Fran Healy und Justin Hawkins (The Darkness): And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging chimes of doom

Bono (U2): Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you

Will Young und Jamelia: And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time

Ms Dynamite und Beverly Knight: (Oooh) Where nothing ever grows, no rain nor rivers flow

Joss Stone & Co: Do they know it's Christmas time at all?

Tom Chaplin (Keane): Here's to you

Justin Hawkins: Raise a glass for everyone

Dizzee Rascal: Spare a thought this yuletide for the deprived, if the table was turned would you survive

Busted: Here's to them

Justin Hawkins: Underneath that burning sun

Dizzee Rascal: You ain't gotta feel guilt just selfless, give a little help to the helpless

Joss Stone und Justin Hawkins: Do they know it's Christmas time at all?

Tom Chaplin: Feed the world

Tom Chaplin und Chris Martin: Feed the world

Tom Chaplin, Chris Martin und die Sugababes: Feed the world

Alle zusammen: Feed the world, let them know it's Christmas time again

Fran Healy: Wooo

[Sweet One]

Thanks Camille

Man, just reading the dizee rascal part makes me laugh. :lol:

[busybeeburns]

Busted: Here's to them

they might as well not have bothered :laugh3:

[berrywoman]

I saw their video on MTV the other day... "I go to school.. blah blah" :laugh3: these kids are hilarious!

[Sweet One]

I'm gonna safely assume that me not knowing or ever hearing Busted is a good thing.

[Mimixxx]

Busted: Here's to them

they might as well not have bothered :laugh3:

:lol:

On the BBC yesterday they showed Busted arriving and one of them was asked about what the single and the cause meant to him and he said something like:

"Uh yeah, well I've just read the leaflet in the car, it seems uh pretty bad. Glad we're helpnig and stuff..."

:rolleyes:

[Sweet One]

"Uh yeah, well I've just read the leaflet in the car, it seems uh pretty bad. Glad we're helpnig and stuff..."


words of wisdom, indeed. :)

[Mimixxx]

And a great advert for the British education system :dozey:

[Sweet One]

:lol: :lol:

[*Ali*]

Dizzee Rascal


:sick: i can't stand him! he doesn't speak properly, his music is crap, he can't rap and i could go on! :angry:

[berrywoman]

And a great advert for the British education system :dozey:



they'll fit right in here in America then! :laugh3:

[BlissfullyMuse]

I hate The Darkness` bit....Justin also had to have an argument with Bono didn`t he lol

Waaaay Chris singing the first part...i was like waaaaay go chris lol at 8am lol :lol:

[°°°Morning°Glory°°°]

hmmm...the Dizzee Rascal destroys much :sick:...ppl I think I still love the first version the most...although this new version includes many of my fave artists...

[Sweet One]

Yeah, i'm the same. The old school one back in '84 is my fave. :)

[MrsBerry]

thats the nicest part of the jam.... the 'feeed the wooooooooorld' bit.... Tom and Chris... I always said it was money right there... that bit makes the song in my opinion... :cool:

Of course it´s the nicest part.. It has Tom :heart: :blush:

[Evori]

it doesn't work :cry: my connection is so.. wow... no words :dozey:

[fifi]

It's not a patch on the original! But it's all for a very good cause so I shall be purchasing it :)

[Mimixxx]

A lot of people are saying it's a 'disaster' and other such put downs.

But as Fi said it's for a good cause so it shouldn't really matter how it compares to Band Aid I...the point is all these artists have taken the time to record this single to help African children. :rolleyes:

I shall be buying it too :D

[*Justine*]

WHoa, this is a terribly awful remake.

I want my 5 minutes back.

[Mimixxx]

Ooooh just saw the video :D

Tis v.good...Thom Yorke's in it too :D

[Evori]

:stunned:
i wanna hear it! i wanna watch the video! :rolleyes: but i have to wait... :dozey:

[berrywoman]

It's just a one off single....no album.

Try this, scroll down a bit and it says 'Click here to listen' :

http://www.musicmen.co.uk/news.php?item.160



look! you can hear it here!!! ;)

[Evori]

thanks... but the problem is my connection :rolleyes: :dozey: pfff

[berrywoman]

doh! sowwy.. :embarrased:

[mc_squared]

Dizzee Rascal


:sick: i can't stand him! he doesn't speak properly, his music is crap, he can't rap and i could go on! :angry:

*[color=blue][/color Couldn't agree more - absolutely dreadful!! His part absolutely ruins the song on its own. The song in general is too disjointed with too many ill-fitting guitar breaks, and the vocal performances aren't a patch on the originals.
I realise it's for a good cause, but my suggestion would be for everyone to donate the equivalent money directly to the charity instead. Bring back Boy George, George Michael, Sting, Paul Young and the rest - before it's too late!! :)

[BlissfullyMuse]

i watched the band aid thing on bbc1(it was on every channel on sky digi lol) and i screamed when i saw chris first because it was good to see him in a video again and to see him singing :P

[mc_squared]

I think you're missing the point!!

[berrywoman]

the original is still the best.. this new version is ok.. but, you just can't mess with an 'original'. :cool:

[mc_squared]

Spot on!! The originals are nearly always the best.............................leave them be!! The vocals on Band Aid 20 just sound very weak in general. I love Coldplay and Dido, but.................................I think you know what I'm getting at!!

[berrywoman]

Spot on!! The originals are nearly always the best.............................leave them be!! The vocals on Band Aid 20 just sound very weak in general. I love Coldplay and Dido, but.................................I think you know what I'm getting at!!

ditto... but I quite enjoyed the Tom Chaplin bit though.. the rap part was funny.. doesnt quite fit the mood of the song. :cool:

[Evori]

ue! i heard it! it's ok.. bah... :P

[mc_squared]

If you really think that, you need to have your ears syringed - especially if you liked that dreadful rap...............................horrible!!

[DavidG]

I Like It :)

[DavidG]

Dissie Rascal was annoying though :angry:

[mc_squared]

More than annoying - bl**dy excruciatingly awful!!

[DavidG]

:lol: i'm trying to be optomistic :lol:

[mc_squared]

That's fair enough, but I think you're fighting a lost cause!! :lol:

[DavidG]

:idea2: maybe you're right! But I've gotta at least TRY!

I'll buy it anywho :)

[mc_squared]

That's what they're counting on!!

[DavidG]

:lol:

It's Charity so its all good :D

[mc_squared]

Anyway, for posterity, I feel it's time for me to post my award-winning ;) lyric to Michelle "Fat"Manus's horrendous ditty "All This Time".
Please feel free to add to it or post any other alternative lyrics you might think up:

"All This Time..............................
I've scoffed a hundred cakes today,
I look like a whale you've gotta say,
Can you hazard a guess how much I weigh?

All This Time,
This is a bl**dy dreadful song,
It just drones on and on and on,
My singing career won't last for long.......................

And that last line seems to have been very prophetic!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[shorti]

i really dnt lyk it! its crap!! :devil:

[mc_squared]

Very true!!