Do they know it's Christmas?

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8jEnTSQStGE version from 1984
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OkaK8AK1Xro version from 2004

i like old version more,but i voted for new because of Chris:blush:

[Briggins]

I like the old version better.

[Kite]

What about the 1989 version?

Or the version which radio 1 is rumoured to be doing next week?

[mc_squared]

Both the 1989 and 2004 versions were sh*t. Period.;)

[bedofroses]

I like the old version better.....it just sounded better,in terms of the singing etc.

[TracieMorgan]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8jEnTSQStGE version from 1984
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OkaK8AK1Xro version from 2004

i like old version more,but i voted for new because of Chris:blush:
Lol! Me too!:lol:

[flor*]

I prefer the last one, beacause of Robbie, Chris, Dido and Bono :)

[mc_squared]

I prefer the last one, beacause of Robbie, Chris, Dido and Bono :)

Unfortunately Dido sounded poor on it, and it was ruined by the likes of Justin Squawkins (where is he now?) and Dizzee Rascal's awful rap.:rolleyes:

[TracieMorgan]

I know it's a little off-topic but...

I appreciate the sentiment, and the motives behind the song, and Bob Geldof is a hero of mine, but the lyrics drive me crazy!!

1. "And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas"...Of course not. even if they end world hunger, there won't be snow in Africa. IT'S AFRICA!

1. "Tonight thank God it's them instead of you". I'm not going to thank God it's them. How selfish can you get? I'd thank God if it was nobody suffering.

I still love the song and all the good it accomplished. It's just the lyricist in me goes crazy. No biggy!:D

[mc_squared]

I know it's a little off-topic but...

I appreciate the sentiment, and the motives behind the song, and Bob Geldof is a hero of mine, but the lyrics drive me crazy!!

1. "And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas"...Of course not. even if they end world hunger, there won't be snow in Africa. IT'S AFRICA!

You're forgetting Mount Kilimanjaro!!:P

1. "Tonight thank God it's them instead of you". I'm not going to thank God it's them. How selfish can you get? I'd thank God if it was nobody suffering.

I still love the song and all the good it accomplished. It's just the lyricist in me goes crazy. No biggy!:D

I've got a solution. How about changing it to:

"Tonight please think of them, instead of you........................":rolleyes:

[TracieMorgan]

You're forgetting Mount Kilimanjaro!!:P



I've got a solution. How about changing it to:

"Tonight please think of them, instead of you........................":rolleyes:
I like.:)

[mc_squared]

I like.:)

:D

[Nicko84]

1984 rules...

[mc_squared]

1984 rules...

It's "no-contest".;)

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

Unfortunately Dido sounded poor on it, and it was ruined by the likes of Justin Squawkins (where is he now?) and Dizzee Rascal's awful rap.:rolleyes:
the darkness lead singer was shit on it,cough sugababes:lol:

[Kite]

How can the shit 2004 version be winning?

[badlydrawngirl]

I know it's a little off-topic but...

I appreciate the sentiment, and the motives behind the song, and Bob Geldof is a hero of mine, but the lyrics drive me crazy!!

1. "Tonight thank God it's them instead of you". I'm not going to thank God it's them. How selfish can you get? I'd thank God if it was nobody suffering.




I assumed this line was sarcastic, I mean it's a very Bob Dylan-esque thing to say.
Did he even write the song or was that Midge Ure?

Anyway, the original version is way better, there was no need to re-record it with anyone new.

[mc_squared]

I assumed this line was sarcastic, I mean it's a very Bob Dylan-esque thing to say.
Did he even write the song or was that Midge Ure?

Anyway, the original version is way better, there was no need to re-record it with anyone new.

I am in total agreement.;)

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

How can the shit 2004 version be winning?
look up better

[Gitta Rensolo]

"Tonight thank God it's them instead of you".

Does this line really appear in this song?

Oh gosh.....what a poor line for a song that is meant to be for the poorest......

[flor*]

Oh gosh.....what a poor line for a song that is meant to be for the poorest......

I agree.. i didn't remember it said that :confused:

[Marisa]

I know it's a little off-topic but...

I appreciate the sentiment, and the motives behind the song, and Bob Geldof is a hero of mine, but the lyrics drive me crazy!!

1. "And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas"...Of course not. even if they end world hunger, there won't be snow in Africa. IT'S AFRICA!

1. "Tonight thank God it's them instead of you". I'm not going to thank God it's them. How selfish can you get? I'd thank God if it was nobody suffering.

I still love the song and all the good it accomplished. It's just the lyricist in me goes crazy. No biggy!:D

I couldn't agree more. they could have spent a little more time on the lyrics. come on now!

[.sally.]

i dont like either version.