Sorry for the dead thread revival, but this hardly warrants a new one;

Band Aid 20 - Do they know its Christmas?

When it was first played on Radio One, Colin Murray in the afternoon asked people to text in what they thought. Mostly rubbish. He perservered, suggesting:

You should try and guess who is singing this makes it fun. It doesn't.

The original wasn't good either, but people bought it. Yes it was. It had actual artists, not 'pop stars the rivals' type flash-in-the-pan idiots.

One person texted that they sound like a bunch of kids. His response was that this is good, do you remember that song grandad? I do, it had Jones out of Dads Army.

Finally, you should buy it since you'd probably give it to a busker on the way to work anyway. Yes, yes I would. Provided he wasn't singing that, or *gag* doing the 'rap' bit in the middle. In this case I would call the police.

Its a charity single, and since I bought the Live Aid DVD set the other week, I may as well buy this crap too. For charity. Because it is Christmas. Then burn it. Burn it to the ground and salt the earth.

WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST RERELEASE THE ORIGINAL, OR SING THE ORIGINAL VERSION??

I agree, the new version is lifeless and crap. Chris Martin (Coldplay) starts off well- we all know he does a lot for charities, anyway- and there are a couple of decent singers in there too, but otherwise:

• It it boring and flat. Getting the Sugababes and Dido to "sing" in it with their dull voices (sounds more like moaning) makes it more so.
• It is a vehicle for Bono, who is only big because he's been around for so long, and not due to talent. Justin Hawkins would have been a much better choice to sing the main lines (to go with the mini-guitar-solo)
• Dizee Rascal should be shot.

And, guess what, this isn't just bashing because it's "treading on sacred ground", I don't really know the original version that well. Simple fact is, this version is dire, though I'd rather blame the producers for not making it sound lively enough, and for having a "rap" and people who can't sing in it.

No, I think being known as the little rapper who destroyed Christmas is quite enough. Surely any 'respect' or 'cool' this guy had have been blasted away by that god aweful rap.

I've a funny feeling that after Christmas the only place this record will get serious airplay will be in Abu-Gharib detention centre. 24 hours. On full blast. It'll replace Sesame street and Barney the Dinosaur on their playlists for sure!

i don't think any of the three "recently.." threads will die, or be locked simply because they were resurrected. they have purpose, and as long as they stay semi-true.

my thread almost derailed to a point where i feared it being locked. i am very thankful that the parties involved didn't press it any further.

/nuff said

I've been listening to Monster Magnet's 'Monolithic Baby!' a lot recently, and also a smidgen of 'The Dirty Americans'.

Have had to cut down on buying CDs this month due to other responsibilities (Xmas pressies!).

Old skooool! Haven't heard them, but my friends house mate has all of the old albums.

I feel so geezerly. I bought my first movie soundtrack a few weeks back. And not one of those "pop hits with tenuous relationship to the movie" soundtracks either, one of the ones that tries to recreate the movie's emotional flow in music. And it's damn good too.

I also feel like I set myself up so that I couldn't transition into naming the album very well. It was the soundtrack to Collateral and quite a nice piece of work.

And it's called.................? Common tell us