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Amazing to me that you don't know who these people are. Only the greatest musical artists of all time.
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Haha exactly! Just came from his video about USAforAfrica and he saud he knew 20. % of them. Haha I mus be really out because those and all in this video are LEGENDS!! How can it be someone DOESNT know who they are?I loved them. Again, I must be getting old…. 😂😂😂
Haha i know
"Some of the greatest"....
He didn't recognize George Michael's voice after BG!
How can you not know this? Blows my mind!
"The track, which was first released on 25 November 1984, was written by Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof and Ultravox guitarist Midge Ure as a reaction to the shocking television reports of the 1983-85 Ethiopian famine.
Created with the sole purpose of raising funds for the people of Ethiopia, the track featured cameos from famous pop faces- with everyone from Bono to Boy George taking part.
After achieving a Christmas number one that year, the track went on to be the fastest selling single in UK history, only being beaten off the top spot when Candle In The Wind 1997 was released following the death of Princes Diana."
Fake. I don't believe any of these reaction videos are the first exposure
@@Guernsey576 They get hauled out every Xmas, along with Elvis and Bing Crosby, I'm inclined to agree.
They wanted to raise at least £10,000. I think they smashed that goal.
@@windsorSJ and nothings changed.😪
I have seen a number of small documentaries on the making of this and it's very interesting, funny and sad. When Bob Geldof went to Ethiopia he said " there will be no photos of dead babies, otherwise it's off"! Some journalists and photographers were put out. One photographer said "I get a buzz when I take photos of dead people"!! 😡The media feed off negativity! Bob Geldof and Midge Ure put their all into getting this achieved within 24hrs!❤
30 or so artists in all I believe. These were the biggest names of the day. Sting of the Police, Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran, Bono of U2, Boy George of The Culture Club front men indeed. None other than Phil Collins on drums. This was organized by Bob Geldoff of The Boomtown Rats. You should look into each of these bands on your channel. They are all legends.
Midge Ure of Ultravox co-wrote the song & produced it. Staus Quo, Bananarama, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Paul Weller, Paul Young & many more.
And Midge Ure of Ultravox
I was wondering if Boy George was "the guy with the bright hair" he immediately singled out as having a great voice.
If so... We could have a *lot* of fun! But the important question is, do we really want to hurt him?
George Michael !
30 of the biggest British names of the day, but, yeah. [ And now I'm going to hear from the U2 fans ;) ]
It sometimes feels like we were more aware back then....... The music really meant so much, it spoke to us all.....one world, one love, peace to all
Thanks to the Internet we are more "aware" now. The question is do we care as much?
@@xoxxobob61 I so agree. The 'woke' crowd are quick to point out societal ills, but the same folks are literally last in line to help fix the problems. Way to go Geldorf, Ure, and Band Aid for doing what they could to try and make a difference
Fun fact. Boy George (pink haired guy) was in New York when they started recording. He got the dates mixed up. Bob Geldof tracked him down & called him a basically said 'get your arse over here'. George booked a flight on Concord & made it (just). His first words were 'My throat is dry, I need a brandy' Midge Ure said, 'No time for that, just get out there & sing'. So he did that vocal, hung over, jet lagged & thirsty.
I saw the doco of this day and Boy George did need a sip of brandy to loosen the vocal cords. Bob Geldof mention how he had to call boy George to remind him and said to George “Bono is here Sting, Tony Hadly,George Michael and Marilyn is also here” that’s when George said “of course she would be there” which l think motivated George more to get there.
I’m so glad you picked out Boy George’s voice, he’s incredible! You should check out Culture Club if you haven’t already
wasnt culture club the band that had the huge scandal because they didnt sing their own songs and used background singers to perform their songs and they just lip synched over it
@@KS-mm5ce wrong
@@KS-mm5ce No that was Milli Vanilli! Boy George is actually A awesome singer. One of the best of the 80s✌️🌼
@@marniethedyslexic6445 That's utterly hilarious to me. Wrong county/continent, wrong genre, and there's also the **cough** pigmentation differences.
@@searchingfororion 🤷🏻♀️😉❤️✌️🌼
George Michael is as talented as any artist you will here if you go down his rabbit hole. Unbelievable live performer and song writer, producer. All his music has substance
Collins is the biggest talent here.
@@davidtaylorbfd I love Phil Collins he’s a great musician great voice. Vocally George Michael Is in a league of his own
Bono was great. As was Boy George. They were all great.
I agree about George Michael, I love him, but Paul Young opened the song really well❤
You are correct. This was the first of these collaborations. Band-aid was the superstars of England and other countries. The second guy is Boy George. Sting, Bono Phil Collins at among the other performers. This effort gave rise to USA for Africa and their contribution "We are the World."
The first and the best
I knew it was Boy! Oh what fun we could have with *those* reaction videos.
The guy who opened the song is Paul Young
There was George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh in the early 70s. Might have been 71'
If you lived in the UK you could never avoid hearing this multiple times every year and know all the words! I understand why people don't recognise some of these 80s stars but I'm always surprised they don't know Sting, Bono and George Michael. Great reaction though.
And Ireland We and the. UK are tuned in to the same songs
Bob Geldof (Boomtime Rats) was watching news reports every day about the famine in Ethiopia and was so upset by the reports he saw, that he and Midge Ure (Ultravox) got all the pop stars of the day (British and Irish) to give up a Sunday and make the record (written by Bob and Midge) with a view to raising about £50,000 for the famine relief. It raised much more than that and led to USA releasing a charity song the following Easter (We are the World) for the famine relief. Live Aid followed and in the UK, Comic Relief and Sport Relief continue to this day with regular fund raising events (raising millions of pounds) to provide aid in both the developing world and at home.
Boomtown Rats…
Then in the following year Sor Paul McCartney, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, Roger Daltrey, and Elton John also made it.
@@Isleofskye And here it is, if anyone is looking for that second recording... ua-cam.com/video/NxaGnK3A-Pc/v-deo.html
Canada also released a song for the album.
From this era there was also “Tears Are Not Enough” by Northern Lights(Canadian artists) and “Stars” by Hear ‘n Aid, which was made up of rock and metal artists that felt left out of the pop collaborations.
And the best of them is 'Feel Inside', by FOTC and Friends.
All of Britain's best artist and bands of that year/ decade. This was the origin.
Lyrics With Performers
(Paul Young)
It's Christmas time
There's no need to be afraid
At Christmas time
We let in light and we banish shade
(Boy George)
And in our world of plenty
We can spread a smile of joy
Throw your arms around the world
At Christmas time
(George Michael)
But say a prayer
Pray for the other ones
At Christmas time it's hard
(Simon LeBon)
But when you're having fun
There's a world outside your window
(Sting) And it's a world of dread and fear
Where the only water flowing is
(Bono joins in)
The bitter sting of tears
And the Christmas bells that are ringing
Are clanging chimes of doom
(Bono only) Well, tonight thank God it's them instead of you.
(Everyone)
And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time.
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life
Where nothing ever grows
No rain or rivers flow
Do they know it's Christmas time at all?
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmas time
Feed the world
Do they know it's Christmas time at all?
(Paul Young)
Here's to you
raise a glass for everyone
Here's to them
underneath that burning sun
Do they know it's Christmas time at all?
Chorus (Everyone)
Feed the world
Feed the world
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmas time again
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmas time again
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmas time again
Repeat
Only water flowing line is Tony Hadley
Bitter sting of tears is Sting
Christmas Bells are ringing is Simon Le Bon, Bono & Sting
A world of dread & fear is Sting & Simon Le Bon.
You miss Tony Hadley
Glad to see in the comments that I am not the only OLD person that loved and adored all these legends and has this as her favorite Christmas song! Can’t imagine there are people who don’t know who they all are 😊
There was a famine in Ethiopia in the 80s. Over a million people died. That was the reason for so many collaborations for charity.
So surprinsing to me that some people didn't ever hear that song... it's kind of my favorite Christmas song since a long time, each year! ...and, I'm still young ! ONly forty something! 🙂
Even crazier that he didn't recognize one singer.
You should look up what Band Aid was, I think the history of it would be right up your alley.
The performers who sang verses were, in order: Paul Young, Boy George, George Michael, Simon Le Bon, and Bono. The chorus included David Bowie, Phil Collins, Paul McCartney, Geldof, Ure and many other artists who weren't given a verse but sang the "Feed The World" part and lent their images to the effort by appearing in the promotional photo.
The artists were not all friends, but they set aside their differences and were at least cordial to each other during the recording - with one exception. In the book I Want My MTV, George Michael said: "The only person who didn't succumb to the charitable nature of the day was Paul Weller, who decided to have a go at me in front of everybody. I said, 'Don't be a wanker all your life. Have a day off.'"
Don't forget kool and the gang and Jody watley
Banarama
Here’s the list of everyone in this video
Vocalists:
Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & the Gang)
Bono (U2)
Pete Briquette (The Boomtown Rats)
Adam Clayton (U2)
Phil Collins (Genesis and solo artist)
Chris Cross (Ultravox)
Simon Crowe (The Boomtown Rats)
Sara Dallin (Bananarama)
Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama)
Johnny Fingers (The Boomtown Rats)
Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats)
Boy George (Culture Club)
Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17)
Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet)
John Keeble (Spandau Ballet)
Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran)
Marilyn
George Michael (Wham!)
Jon Moss (Culture Club)
Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet)
Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)
Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)
Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
Sting (The Police)
Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
James "J.T." Taylor (Kool & the Gang)
John Taylor (Duran Duran)
Roger Taylor (Duran Duran)
Dennis Thomas (Kool & the Gang)
Midge Ure (Ultravox)
Martyn Ware (Heaven 17)
Jody Watley
Paul Weller (The Style Council)
Keren Woodward (Bananarama)
Paul Young
Additional spoken messages on B-side:
Stuart Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler, Bruce Watson (Big Country)
David Bowie
Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Paul McCartney
Musicians:
Phil Collins - drums
John Taylor - bass
Andy Taylor - guitar
Midge Ure - keyboards and programming
Mildly off topic - but I happen to own an official Frankie Goes To Hollywood t-shirt that is *very* well loved and I'm sure *quite* vintage. It's one of my favorite finds ever.
hats off to you for taking the time out to put on the whole list of Artists that sang on the song that day
I think John and Andy Taylor were holding guitars for show for the cameras. Midge Ure played all instruments on the track except for Phil Collins on drums. As he had the track pre recorded before the artists turned up for their vocals to save time.
This song debut during my mid-teens, 1980's, top musical sensations gathered together for one common purpose, awareness for those that were less fortunate, of a basic necessity, food. Still brings me a teary eye.
Band aid group of England artists. USA for Africa came out after this
One of my favorite songs of all time and I still listen to it even after Christmas for the rest of the year
Christmas will really be Christmas
When folks are happy everywhere
Christmas will really be Christmas
When there's laughter for everyone to share
When people can live with each other
When peace on Earth has come to stay
Christmas will really be Christmas
With the whole world in a better way
When hearts are filled with joy
Instead of worry and fear
That's when the words, "Merry Christmas!"
Will be so much more sincere
So let's all keep hoping and praying
The time will soon be coming when
Christmas will really be Christmas
And the whole world will smile again
Christmas will really be Christmas
And the whole world will smile again
Christmas will really be Christmas
If you are doing Christmas songs. Then Fairytale of New York by the Pogues would be perfect.
Band Aid inspired We are the World ...👍
Back when the Brits ruled the world and the Americans followed. One year later Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie took a page of Band Aid and did the USA for Africa project. However the same guys who did Band Aid (Bob Geldof and Midge Ure) went on to do Live Aid later on in the US and the UK.
How can you get to your age and not knwo about liveaid, these are some of the greatest singers of the past century
I'm so happy that someone suggested this somg! Freaking love it!
I find it astonishing that you have never seen this video or heard this song. They should all be familiar to you. They're just younger. The guys voice you said was amazing was Boy George from Culture Club. In the USA you did "USA for Africa". We ( UK) had Bandaid.
this was the brainchild of Bob Geldoff of the Boomtown Rats (Tell me Why I Don't Like Mondays) and is strictly a British production. It was immediately followed by Tears Are Not Enough, by the Northern Lights, a collection of Canadian artists (Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Burton Cummings (of the Guess Who), Anne Murray, Neil Young, Bryan Adams, Corey Hart (Sunglasses at Night) Bruce Cockburn etc. ). Check it out! The USA for Africa version did not appear until 4 years later in 1985.
Every new video i watch of you reacting to music make me think that rock you have been living under was on another planet. Lol. Keep it up. Your amazing
It's the 1st "of those kind of things" really...
Much Respect to Irishman Bob Geldof (of the band The Boomtown Rats) who motivated, organised and wrote Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas", as a charity Single to raise money in relief of the Ethiopian Famine 1983 - 1985.
Bob Geldof was also instrumental in organising Live Aid, which raised £145 Million in 1985.
Ye should check out The Boomtown Rats --
The Boomtown Rats ~ I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats ~ Rat Trap
The Boomtown Rats ~ Banana Republic
.
This was the OG famine relief supergroup. These were the superstars out of the UK. So many iconic singers! USA for Africa was the answer to this.
Boy George with the pink hair, Sting was who you recognized, Phil Collins killin it on the drums
Just curious to know how old you are because just about everybody you see in this video are practically Legends!
BAND AID 1984 SINGERS ORDER:
The performers who sang verses were, in order: Paul Young, Boy George, George Michael, Simon Le Bon, and Bono. The chorus included David Bowie, Phil Collins, Paul McCartney, Geldof, Ure and many other artists who weren’t given a verse but sang the “Feed The World” part and lent their images to the effort by appearing in the promotional photo.
It was all the biggest British singers and bands of the 80s. You have Paul Young, Boy George, Sting, Duran Duran etc. It was a charity record!
They had the ability to smash videos together; most of these performers did this in separate locations.
In 1982 I was listening to a frequent lunch-hour fave talk news magazine on the radio in Toronto and heard about famine and drought in Ethiopia, 20M possibly at risk. I thought, "Someone must do something, but decided against reaching out to leading lights-for music AND activism- in my local scene, reasoning, "Nobody knows me, they'll pull something together on their own. A year-and-a-half later, Bob Geldof(Boomtown Rats) and Midge Ure(Ultravox-long braid/pony tail, laughs and points at camera) wrote this song and gathered the cream of the then current crop of British pop and rock to record it. The American('We Are the World'-USA for Africa) and Canadian('Tears Are Not Enough') efforts soon followed. 1985 saw Live-Aid, the worldwide simulcast-TV and radio-of concerts in Philadelphia and London featuring many top stars from all over, yielding classic, GOAT performances by Queen, for example. In 2005, with Live-8, they celebrated the 20th anniversary, the spirit and message with an expanded slate of venues and stars.
LOL the 1st B4 we are the world and live aid. This is the British song. Love that you found it. It was to feed the people of Ethiopian during their famine in the 80s. 💜👍🔥
the flight of the concords did one of these in NZ called "Feel inside (stuff like that)" and you want to watch the long version. its very cool! very feel good type song
This was followed by the worldwide event in '85 that was Live Aid. The one where Queen stole the whole show. Terrible famine in Africa which prompted it all. Yes they got the food, the medical supplies, and the money to help the infrastructure of orphanages etc. Plus flying in tons of seed to grow crops. It really felt like we were helping to save them. It made me proud to be British.
Christmas wishes to you Mr Boyd, love, peace and music from East Coast of England x
Yep. I can remember helping raise money for Live Aid, via World Vision, in my first year of college in 1988. They gave us each a piggy bank in the form of a bread box. We were so shocked and disturbed by the images of the starving in Ethiopia that, we felt we had to do sumtink, no matter what little. Methinks it's timely we start sumtink for Sustainability and Managing Climate Change. Bob Geldof and Midge Ure - can u come up with sumtink pls?
He literally says "the bitter STING of tears" as you say you've seen that guy before at 2:45
hahahaha I know !!!!!
OK so as you can tell this was part of a massive fund raising event for famine in Africa - This was the UK lineup - the US version of this is We Are the World.
Same as USA for Africa and We Are the World. English version. Came out at the same time as the American, and band aid which was a concert that was broadcast on television live from several places in the world.
“2 years before I was born.”
I feel so old!
😂
I was 12!
This was during a huge drought in Africa in Ethiopia in the 1980s! The funding went towards the famine in Ethiopia!
Band-Aid was the original, the first of its kind and it remains the best charity-funding song ever, and one of the greatest Christmas Rock songs of all time. Until 1997, it was the biggest selling single of all time. (In 1997, Princess Diana died and so her friend Elton John and his lyricist, Bernie Taupin, rewrote the words to "Candle In the Wind", their 1973 ode to Marylin Monroe, to honour the fallen Royal.)
Do Freddie at the Live Aid concert at Wembley, arguably the best concert performance ever by an artist./group ...
The first meeting between Midge Ure & Bob Geldof took place on 5th of November. Through November, they co-wrote the song, Bob recruited all of the other acts, whilst Midge produced the backing track. On the day, they didn't know who was going to turn up. Recording went on all day, then Midge & Trevor Horn worked through the night so that the manifacturers could start the presses at 8am the next morning. The first batch of record was in the shops just a little over 24 hours after recording started.
Also Midge Ure went out to Ethiopia with the first flight carrying food aid.All of the artists gave their time for free, Trevor Horn provided the studo for free. The music press & many others provided free advertising space. David Bowie (who sadly couldn't make the recording) urged everyone to buy the record, on national television, the manufacturers & distributors waived their fees as did some record shops.
Band Aid = A calab of various artists (some of the best ever). This was from my day 😂 I was born in 68’
Paul Young, Boy George, Phil Collins on drums, George Michaels, Sting, Simon Le Bon, Bono and so on.
Check out We Are The World
From the start. In order: Paul Young, Boy George from Culture Club, then you see Phil Collins on drums, then George Michael, Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran, Sting, Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet, Bono from U2 etc etc etc but that was your starting lineup. And yes it was for charity in 1984 for famine in Ethiopia and it inspired the USA version.
Another multi-artist Christmas fundraising project worth checking out is Incredible Penguins - Happy Christmas (War is Over), from 1984 featuring (mostly) Australian talent.
These are ALL huge British and Irish Pop/Rock stars. This was done for Charity (for the Ethiopian famine in 1983-1985.)
It's hard for me to believe you don't recognize any of them. I thought you would at least recognize Sting and Bono
This was a year before the American version (U.S.A. For Africa)
Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & the Gang)
Bono (U2)
Pete Briquette (The Boomtown Rats)
Adam Clayton (U2)
Phil Collins (Genesis and solo artist)
Chris Cross (Ultravox)
Simon Crowe (The Boomtown Rats)
Sara Dallin (Bananarama)
Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama)
Johnny Fingers (The Boomtown Rats)
Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats)
Boy George (Culture Club)
Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17)
Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet)
John Keeble (Spandau Ballet)
Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran)
Marilyn
George Michael (Wham!)
Jon Moss (Culture Club)
Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet)
Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)
Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)
Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
Sting (The Police)
Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
James "J.T." Taylor (Kool & the Gang)
John Taylor (Duran Duran)
Roger Taylor (Duran Duran)
Dennis Thomas (Kool & the Gang)
Midge Ure (Ultravox)
Martyn Ware (Heaven 17)
Jody Watley
Paul Weller (The Style Council)
Keren Woodward (Bananarama)
Paul Young
How the F is it possible that you don’t know anyone of them.
I love this song and not just because of the lyrics and meaning, but because all the participants are famous music singers and song writers.
The Eighties Auditory Universe was wild. Big team ups all over the place to fight threats around the world.
The familiar guy is Sting lead singer of the Police and who has a epic solo career the guy with pink hair is Boy George lead singer of Culture Club plus solo career and has a DJ !!
02:56 That's Bono, he's the singer in U2, my favourite band =) You should definitely check them out ;)
Others you liked and are really good are George Michael, Boy George, Sting (both his solo career and his band, The Police). You also seemed to like the singer in Duran Duran. That's a band I don't like XD
This was written by Bob Geldof, who then put together the Live Aid concerts, all to fight the famine in Ethiopia. He also stars in the film Pink Floyd: The Wall, which I highly recommend.
Duran Duran made some of the best songs of the eighties, including the best Bond theme ever, " A view to a kill "
1st singer is Paul Young. There is also George Michael, and Kool and the Gang.
Just Smiles: I remember this. And yes, we're talking star singers every one. It was a fund raising thing. "Band" "Aid"
"A lot of amazing voices here, guys."
So, is this your loooooooow point?
ANS - YYYEEESSS BIZNITCHES
Another one is Perfect Day - Various Artists, released in the 90s for the BBC's Children In Need charity campaign.
Sting sings "the bitter STING of tears" So surprised that most doing these videos do not recognize him now compared to how huge he was in 84.
Hey from the UK! The artists performing in this charity song were predominantly UK bands which is prob why you don’t recognise them. USA for Africa recorded their charity song, we are the world, in response to the Band Aid release.
If you were breathing in America when this song came out you know just about every Artist on the song. MTV played the Hell out of this video back then! ( My God I even knew who "Marilyn" was!)
check out the "Live aid " concert from Wembley stadium especially the set from Queen
I'm shocked, to be honest you didn't know about it. There are some of the greatest names of music history. Sting? Midge Ure, Bono, Bob Geldorf, Phil Collins,....
apologies for the inaccuracy of the internet. Tears are not Enough and We are the World were both released in March 1985, Feed the World was released in December 1984
Here you go young man lol. List of artists:
Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & the Gang)
Bono (U2)
Pete Briquette (The Boomtown Rats)
Adam Clayton (U2)
Phil Collins (Genesis and solo artist)
Chris Cross (Ultravox)
Simon Crowe (The Boomtown Rats)
Sara Dallin (Bananarama)
Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama)
Johnny Fingers (The Boomtown Rats)
Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats)
Boy George (Culture Club)
Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17)
Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet)
John Keeble (Spandau Ballet)
Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran)
Marilyn
George Michael (Wham!)
Jon Moss (Culture Club)
Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet)
Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)
Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)
Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
Sting (The Police and solo artist)
Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
James "J.T." Taylor (Kool & the Gang)
John Taylor (Duran Duran)
Roger Taylor (Duran Duran)
Dennis Thomas (Kool & the Gang)
Midge Ure (Ultravox)
Martyn Ware (Heaven 17)
Jody Watley
Paul Weller (The Style Council)
Keren Woodward (Bananarama)
and last but not least Paul Young
There were three of these songs for the famine in ethiopa one done by US artists, one by British artists ( this one ) and one by Canadian artists. They were all great songs. Look Up Northern Lights as the Canadian one.
They put their collaborative egos aside. It was recorded in one day. Live aid followed in the Summer. It was Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. We are the World in the US copied the idea.
This was the beginning from BAND AID
The Great British Voices!
You may have heard of a small concert that followed in July of the following year, a little gathering called Live Aid. Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats) and Midge Ure (Ulatravox) were the masterminds of this amazing collaboration.
I think Queen played at that as well.
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So Band Aid were a ‘supergroup’ of the biggest British & Irish recording artists of that time (fall of 1984) who were brought together by lead singer of Irish band The Boomtown Rats, Bob Geldof and Ultravox’s lead singer Midge Ure, Geldof spearheaded this project after witnessing a BBC News report detailing a devastating famine sweeping through Ethiopia, Africa at the time. He collaborated with Midge Ure to write this original song rather than record a cover song which would have meant some of the proceeds paying royalties. It was hastily arranged, recorded, mixed and records pressed in pardon the pun, in record time so that it was in the shops in the run up to Christmas of that year. The great British public did the rest buying this record by the truck load! News reports at the time showed huge lines at record shops with shoppers buying multiple copies moved as much as the artists themselves by the harrowing news reports of the famine and keen to raise as much money as possible to help fund the cause. And in the weeks that followed a Scottish singer, Neil Diamond had a record out which was rapidly climbing the charts until he addressed national radio and tv stations asking the British public to STOP BUYING HIS RECORD but instead to buy the Band Aid record, Bravo Sir! Some of the artists taking part were Culture Club’s Boy George, Paul Young, George Michael, Phil Collins, Sting, U2’s Bono, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet to name a few. There was one American band involved, Kool & The Gang who I believe were in London at the time recording at the same studio. This record at the time was the biggest selling record ever in the UK charts and stayed atop the charts for 5 weeks.
So this was fall/Christmas ‘84 and proceeded and subsequently was the inspiration in the formation of USA For Africa and their record We Are The World in around March of 1985.
Bob Geldof & Midge Ure spurred on by the success of this record then spearheaded the HISTORICAL game-changing global concert Live Aid in July of 1985!! 😊
This song didn't age well......
The intention was pure, but man is this ethnocentrism at its most basic.
So fun watching you figure this out! Thanks!
It was after a spare of the moment idea, these wonderful folk arrived to a studio with limited info of what was going on, many straight from gigs and parties the night before. No make up prep and PR bull. Genuine raw collaboration of talent. A timeless song. Sadly, still a vital cause.
This is a great song from the '80s!.
And it was for a great purpose!.
The singer's voices in the intro are incredible!. Paul Young, Boy George, George Michael (RIP), Simon Le Bon.
With that iconic '80s beat.
I remember this as a young kid back then.
also George Michael, Paul Young and other great british artists from the time then, everytime i hear it i am back as young lad in the 80s.
A recent, interesting collab (although on a far, far smaller scale) was one put out by VoicePlay (an Orlando-based a cappella group; they are right up there with Home Free and Pentatonix in terms of talent) in 2020, with proceeds going to support performing artists whose lives and incomes were affected by the pandemic. It mostly featured artists who have collaborated with VoicePlay, all extraordinarily talented vocalists (including Tim Foust, from Home Free), many of them notable Broadway or a cappella performers. They performed a cover of "Just Sing", and it's absolutely gorgeous, and completely a cappella- only voice ad vocal percussion. The wall of sound they produce at the end of the video is simply amazing.
If you want to see something similar to this, check out the BBC various artists version of Lou Reed's Perfect Day. There is some great talent in that.
Another interesting song/video of the time, again with numerous artist coming together this time to protest the racist regime in South Africa, was 'Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City'. It was part of a world wide movement that eventually saw the dismantling of the Apartheid system.
You need to watch the story of how Bandaid came into being. You will be blown away.
The guy with the pink hair that's boy George love his voice 🎤
Band aid started it all in the 80s ie usa for africa,live aid show at Wembley where they had the likes of status quo,phil collins,queen,david Bowie,paul McCartney, elvis Costello,sade,Bryan ferry,elton john,the who, eric Clapton,and the list goes on.
This was a collaborative effort organized by Bob Geldolf of the Boom Town Rats, to raise funds to help with a terrible drought in Africa. Millions were starving. The pink haired guy with the amazing voice is Boy George from Culture Club. Their songs are worth a listen too. And now I feel old...you weren't even born when this came out!
Paul Young doesn't get enough credit. He's got a great voice.
He should listen to old town by Phil lynott, a black Irish man
If this was 2 years before you were born then think ONLY 2 years before you came on the earth Ethiopia was in the middle of a famine that killed over 1.2 million people in just 2 years (1983-1985) and that's a conservative estimate. It wasn't making worldwide news, barely registered in USA but BBC were running special reports on the famine over the year and one report was basically a nurse literally having to choose which children she would try and help and which children she would leave to die. Bob Geldoff saw the report and was so upset he and Midge Ure wrote this song and got as many artists together for a Sunday to produce this record for Christmas and raise money for charity. After followed USA for Africa- we are the world and the Live Aid. I believe it is still the second biggest selling single of all time in UK
Hope you'll do Fairytale of New York by The Pogues next!
I love that you likened them to Wu Tang, proper made me chuckle
Boy George was with culture club, fantastic singer check out victims wonderful song
Watching someone discover this for the first time...Wow...this is the song that inspired LIVE AID and later the Americans doing "We are the World". All the singers here were some of the most popular singers from England on the 80s. Paul Young, Boy George from Culture Club, George Michael, Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran, Sting from the Police, Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet, Bono from U2! Phil Collins on Drums, and many others! ❤
You should check out the history of this song - literally thrown together in under 48 hours by Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. Recorded in both London and New year - basically if you wanted to be on it, you had to get there on the day. Phil Collins famously chartered Concorde to be able to be in New York to perform on both recording sessions. The song was in reaction to the Famine in Ethiopia, and raised a huge amount of awareness and money for the cause. These days the sentiments are a bit dated, and might be considered "White saviour" esque - but at the time it was a pure and well intentioned attempt to do something to help a dreadful tragedy.
You're mixing up Band Aid and Live Aid. This was only recorded in London, and the only person who took a Concorde flight for this was Boy George. He was asleep in a New York hotel and got woken by Bob Geldorf, telling him to get his arse back to London. George got a Concorde flight back (with his own money), and the first thing he said was can someone get me a brandy. Professor of Rock put a video up a couple of days ago, interviews with Midge Ure, Paul Young and Tony Hadley about it.
Phil Collins took a scheduled flight from Heathrow on Concorde for live aid, after getting a helicopter ride from Noel Edmonds to the airport. Not a charter flight.
The song should be called 'Are we in the West actually aware that Christianity is the main religion in Ethiopia and it was one of the first countries in the world to embrace Christianity as a religion!'
hard to believe that you never heard this song
This song was written by Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats. He had seen a report on the famine in Ethiopia and thought something should be done. He went to Midge Ure, a big time British music producer, and between the two of them they got anyone who was anyone in London to participate. They raised 8 million pounds within 12 months.
The biggest artists in England in the eighties
They raised over 500 million for African staving in famine