Do They Know It’s 2004?
Band Aid 20 singing “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” revealed over at Stereogum. Why is everyone in this British? And why the hell is this so bad? Not that the original was so awesome, but at least they were multicultural. Jesus. Is this even going to make any money?
Anyway, if you’re curious to know who’s responsible for this monstrosity, check out the line-by-line breakdown of who’s singing what. (We still love you Fran and Chris!…and for some reason we love you Dido!)
1. Anonymous | 11:01 pm on November 18th, 2004
they were all british in the first one too…idiot.
2. laura | 6:31 am on November 19th, 2004
i guess that shows how much i care about this stupid song.
but don’t you think they should allow other artists from other countries to sing on it? for a song about opening awareness to world problems, it seems kinda stupid to only limit it to a bunch of pale people who talk funny. what is this? white man’s burden? (and yes, i realize that the sugababes aren’t all white, but they’re still british)
and need i mention that half the ppl who sing on that song are crap?
3. Anonymous | 2:44 pm on November 19th, 2004
Point taken…i just like eighties syntpop.