band aid. nice idea - popular recording artists getting together to aid the starving in africa. bob geldof may be a little bit of a sanctimonious cunt (sorry, but he is. lily allen is right.) but it WAS a nice idea. and where/when else would you have bono, sting, simon le bon, george michael, paul young, and boy george all singing lead together? really.
but... umm... don't they see how it's just a little "white man's burden"-esque?
"well tonight thank god it's them instead of you."?
"There will be no snow in Africa this Christmastime"??
well, first line might be meant ironically. maybe. but is so easily taken as serious - after all, bono sings it with such damned passion. and they do talk about saying a "prayer for the other ones."
and of course there will be no snow in Africa. it's AFRICA. except maybe on mt kilamanjaro there IS no snow. especially since, i'm pretty sure it's summer down there at christmastime.
and, really, other than the ones christianized by the brits and the dutch, a lot of Africans wouldn't know it was christmas, or at least wouldn't care much, because they are muslims.
and really, shouldn't we be thinking of them all year, and not just at christmas?
the song, however, is kind of awesome. and both musically, and in it's sentiments, very thatcher-era britain (just as "we are the world" was very reagan-era USA). and really, what else would you expect? this was still before celebrities actually tried earning points by travelling to Africa, including mr bono. and the little synth line? fucking awesome, though for some reason in my head it sometimes morphs into the intro of "the final countdown."
hmm.
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