Band Aid 20

directdj · 01-12-2004, 09:43

What do you think of this new Band Aid 20 ?
I am a DJ in the northwest and i think they have made a mock out of it.
its all a sham sorry but the original band aid has feeling to it and meaning. this new band aid 20 how can it sell more than 100,000 copies on its first day of release????

i will not be playing band aid 20 it thats for sure its not even got tune to it apart from the awful guitar work.

anyone wants the original no problem !

what do you think ??

WillowTheWhisp · 01-12-2004, 09:46

Not a patch on the original.

AccyMad · 01-12-2004, 10:17

Got to agree, but it will sell loads anyway just because the money is going to charity

lettie · 01-12-2004, 11:34

Nowhere near as good as the original. I heard this morning that the new one has sold 250,000 in the first week. The original sold 750,000 in the first week. Don't know if it's because more people bought singles then or if the figures are a testament to how bad this one is. I know I haven't bought a single for years.

vorlon24 · 01-12-2004, 11:41

I can understand that it lacks the feeling of the original. Joss Stone, for example, wasn't even born when the original was released.

It's the same for most of the people there, I guess.

WillowTheWhisp · 01-12-2004, 14:33

I don't think it matters when they were born - it's more a case of talent or the lack thereof. Some bits are better than others.

kestrelx · 01-12-2004, 15:50

I think it's half and half,it doesn't have as much punch as the original,sounds weak,but the end is better.I agree the guitar bit sounds naff!It's alright coz Status Quo are releasing a greatest hits off the back of their appearance in the video etc.Bit Cynical!Maybe they should have just remixed the original and got all the old lot to pose on the video- I'd like to see them all 20 years on!

WINGY · 01-12-2004, 17:33

What the rapping all about?????????????

Tealeaf · 01-12-2004, 17:45

The original record was lousy and this is even worse. You must be stark raving mad if you spend money on this dross.........throw it down the toilet instead. At least that will save you going out and getting wet. Who are the people who have made this recording? I know I have'nt a clue...are they fourth rate "celebrities" who've failed to get on that TV show?

The"music" is abismal and the cause is even worse.......Africa is a basket case, lets face it and the sooner we stop chucking money at the place the better for all concerned. My only problem is occaisionally having to listen to this drivel when all I want is a quiet pint.

yerself · 01-12-2004, 18:25

When I were a lad a bandaid were summat you stuck on grazed knee.

staggeringman · 01-12-2004, 18:26

I will personally pay for all the band aid....plasters..... to shut them all up, yes your right yet again t-leaf, ought fer a quiet pint.

P.S ITS BANNED FROM MY JUKEBOX!

Bazf · 01-12-2004, 18:45

Thought that sir Paddy Geldof was never gonna sell the rights to bandaid, funny how as soon as your not even a c list celeb how your morals vanish.

janet · 01-12-2004, 19:17

It was good the first time round, back then it meant something. This version would be alright if i knew who the singers were.Maybe i'm getting old.

vorlon24 · 03-12-2004, 15:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bazf

Thought that sir Paddy Geldof was never gonna sell the rights to bandaid, funny how as soon as your not even a c list celeb how your morals vanish.

I thought he and Midge Ure were still responsible for the new version?

kestrelx · 04-12-2004, 17:50

I only heard it all the way through on Friday and it doesn't have the punch of the first one.Partly in agreement with Tealeaf;the first one wasn't that good anyway.It's tragic,but by the time they had got the money to Africa - 3 months after Xmas as it has to go through the various company coffers of the retailers and distribution etc - most of the folks on the video would have been long dead!And besides they ain't Christian's and don't even celebrate Xmas!Anyway Big Bob and Midge are the men behind this one anyway!