Band Aid

[Sir Creep 7,069]

Neal Aaron Rogin, Chicago-born award winning writer, humorist and self-styled social observer, died Friday, June 16, in Ajijic, Mexico, after suffering a stroke. He was 81.  
He played a key role in the landmark LIVE AID Concert as head writer and associate producer of the global radio feed, writing the iconic tag line: "LIVE AID: Coming together to end hunger. Because now that we can we MUST."  LIVE AID raised well over $100 million for African famine relief. 
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[YoungWillz 20,970]

Now it is still April Fool's Day but, Ultravox bassist and DDP pick Chris Cross aka Chris Allen is being reported dead: 

 

[TQR 14,381]

13 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Now it is still April Fool's Day but, Ultravox bassist and DDP pick Chris Cross aka Chris Allen is being reported dead: 

 

 

Fucking, fucking annoying if true. He's not on my A Chris Goodbye team.

[YoungWillz 20,970]

Just now, TQR said:

 

Fucking, fucking annoying if true. He's not on my A Chris Goodbye team.

It certainly appears true, on Midge's official FB and Twitter feeds.

 

Looks like Squid's Stiffs had some inside info on him to pick him. (Not eligible for my TOTP team anyway).

[Phantom 2,531]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Now it is still April Fool's Day but, Ultravox bassist and DDP pick Chris Cross aka Chris Allen is being reported dead: 

 

Apparently he died on March 25th

[Imelda 614]

On 26/09/2021 at 12:27, YoungWillz said:

Although not on the Band Aid single, let's enjoy once again that opening of Live Aid with Status Quo in memory of Alan Lancaster who has died: 

 

 

Maybe this could be expanded to Live Aid as well - all part of the deal.

 

 

I did think about having a crack at this but it's a bit of a herculean task so unlikely it'll progress at my end.

 

If anyone does fancy it then this site is really handy for the inevitable questions along the lines of "who are all those people playing with The Style Council who aren't Talbot, Weller and Dee C Lee?"

 

http://liveaid.free.fr/pages/liveaidtimesdetaileduk.html

[YoungWillz 20,970]

They are bringing Do They Know It's Christmas? back. 

 

A remix of all three previous versions is to be released.

 

Not sure the purpose of this, however, it does remind us all that this thread only caters for the original (and the OP is out of date @ebless!).

[Ulitzer95 12,538]

32 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

They are bringing Do They Know It's Christmas? back. 

 

A remix of all three previous versions is to be released.

 

Not sure the purpose of this, however, it does remind us all that this thread only caters for the original (and the OP is out of date @ebless!).

There are 4 versions – 1984, 1989, 2004, 2014.

They need to let this die. It wasn't a good song then, it's even worse now. It makes me grit my teeth and cringe when I hear it as it has "white saviour" written all over it.

"Do they know it's Christmas time at all?" Well probably mate, they're malnourished, not thick. It's even more out of touch when you consider many of the people from the affected regions were Muslims or had traditional tribal beliefs.

[JQW 281]

And the line about there not being any snow in Africa must have rankled the owners of the ski resorts of the Atlas mountains.

[YoungWillz 20,970]

17 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

There are 4 versions – 1984, 1989, 2004, 2014.

They need to let this die. It wasn't a good song then, it's even worse now. It makes me grit my teeth and cringe when I hear it as it has "white saviour" written all over it.

"Do they know it's Christmas time at all?" Well probably mate, they're malnourished, not thick. It's even more out of touch when you consider many of the people from the affected regions were Muslims or had traditional tribal beliefs.

Certainly I had blanked out the 1989 version - until compiling my TOTP theme team list for next year. 

 

As I said, I don't see the purpose of this except perhaps doing an anniversary. There are great Christmas songs, there are very poor Christmas songs - the joy of the UK Charts over the decades. I'd call this a middling song. I detest Last Christmas with a vengeance - I despised it on its release and still do to this day. Oh and most stuff from Cliff.

[Brad252 803]

2 minutes ago, JQW said:

And the line about there not being any snow in Africa must have rankled the owners of the ski resorts of the Atlas mountains.

Then there's Bono patronising them all by singing "Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you."

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37 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

There are great Christmas songs

 

Blasphemy.

[An Fear Beag 1,534]

42 minutes ago, Brad252 said:

Then there's Bono patronising them all by singing "Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you."

I think you are being a touch generous to Bono there with "singing". 

[Ulitzer95 12,538]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

They are bringing Do They Know It's Christmas? back. 

 

A remix of all three previous versions is to be released.

 

Not sure the purpose of this, however, it does remind us all that this thread only caters for the original (and the OP is out of date @ebless!).

 @ebless hasn't been active on here since 2021. Someone else will need to take over the list, and I already have too many that I'm maintaining so I nominate someone else do it.

From the original list, I can see only one update? That's the death of Dennis Taylor from Kool & the Gang.

I can't see Marilyn (wiki) making old bones. 62 now, last made an appearance in a 2021 documentary. Was a serious heroin addict from the mid-80s to the mid-2000s, and quite frankly it's miraculous he's still alive. One to watch.

[YoungWillz 20,970]

1 minute ago, Ulitzer95 said:

 @ebless hasn't been active on here since 2021. Someone else will need to take over the list, and I already have too many that I'm maintaining so I nominate someone else do it.

From the original list, I can see only one update? That's the death of Dennis Taylor from Kool & the Gang.

I can't see Marilyn (wiki) making old bones. 62 now, last made an appearance in a 2021 documentary. Was a serious heroin addict from the mid-80s to the mid-2000s, and quite frankly it's miraculous he's still alive. One to watch.

If you scroll through Marilyn's recent Twitter/X feed, he's having a tough old time adjusting to his mother's death. Mentions of medication and the like.

 

Of course, the DDP have previously named him as Peter Robinson, which is just confusing to me, but hey.

[Ulitzer95 12,538]

13 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

If you scroll through Marilyn's recent Twitter/X feed, he's having a tough old time adjusting to his mother's death. Mentions of medication and the like.

 

Of course, the DDP have previously named him as Peter Robinson, which is just confusing to me, but hey.

Yes, I see the same on his Insta. Really not coping well with her loss.

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1 hour ago, Brad252 said:

Then there's Bono patronising them all by singing "Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you."

 

I've argued this before. 

This was the most effective line in the song.  It hit home because deep down people were thankful it wasn't them.  And it forced us to admit it.

Bono delivered it perfectly. It's not patronising, it's almost accusatory.

This was the line that had us emptying our wallets.  It was brilliant. 

[Youth in Asia 1,085]

It was actually a brilliant song, lyrics, tune and performance.

Whether it was better than We are the world is an interesting question. 

It could have done without all the updates though.

[Father Brown 209]

Updated lists in spoilers but I'm not gonna be actively maintaining. Sorted by band.

 

1984 - Band Aid - 5 deaths

Spoiler

• Sara Dallin (Bananarama)
• Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama)
• Keren Woodward (Bananarama)
• Pete Briquette (The Boomtown Rats)
• Simon Crowe (The Boomtown Rats)
• Johnnie Fingers (The Boomtown Rats)
• Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats)
• Garry Roberts (The Boomtown Rats)
• Boy George (Culture Club)
• Jon Moss (Culture Club)
• Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran)
• Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)
• John Taylor (Duran Duran)
• Roger Taylor (Duran Duran)
• Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
• Phil Collins (Genesis and solo artist)
• Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17)
• Martyn Ware (Heaven 17)
• Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & the Gang)
• James "J.T." Taylor (Kool & the Gang)
• Dennis Thomas (Kool & the Gang)
• Sting (The Police and solo artist)
• Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet)
• John Keeble (Spandau Ballet)
• Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
• Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
• Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet)
• Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)
• Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
• Paul Weller (The Style Council)
• Chris Cross (Ultravox)
• Midge Ure (Ultravox)
• George Michael (Wham!)
• Bono (U2)
• Adam Clayton (U2)
• Marilyn
• Jody Watley
• Paul Young

 

1989 - Band Aid II - 1 death

Spoiler

• Sara Dallin (Bananarama)
• Jacquie O'Sullivan (Bananarama)
• Keren Woodward (Bananarama)
• Phil Creswick (Big Fun)
• Mark Gillespie (Big Fun)
• Jason John / Jason Herbert (Big Fun)
• Matt Goss (Bros)
• Luke Goss (Bros)
• Craig Logan (Bros)
• Aaron Brown (The Pasadenas)
• Andrew Banfield (The Pasadenas)
• David Milliner (The Pasadenas)
• Michael Milliner (The Pasadenas)
• Hamish Seelochan (The Pasadenas)
• Jo Bogaert / Thomas de Quincey (Technotronic - there's millions of them, I'm only including the main few)
• Ya Kid K / Manuela Kamosi (Technotronic)
• MC Eric / Eric Martin (Technotronic)
• Graeme Clark (Wet Wet Wet)
• Tommy Cunningham (Wet Wet Wet)
• Neil Mitchell (Wet Wet Wet)
• Marti Pellow (Wet Wet Wet)
• Graeme Duffin (Wet Wet Wet)
• Cathy Dennis
• D Mob
• Jason Donovan
• Kevin Godley
• Glen Goldsmith
• Kylie Minogue
• Chris Rea
• Cliff Richard
• Jimmy Somerville
• Sonia
• Lisa Stansfield

 

2004 - Band Aid 20 - 0 deaths

Spoiler

• Shaznay Lewis (All Saints)
• Tim Wheeler (Ash)
• James Bourne (Busted)
• Charlie Simpson (Busted)
• Matt Willis (Busted)
• Chris Martin (Coldplay)
• Justin Hawkins (The Darkness)
• Taka Hirose (Feeder)
• Grant Nicholas (Feeder)
• Mark Richardson (Feeder)
• Tom Chaplin (Keane)
• Tim Rice-Oxley (Keane)
• Róisín Murphy (Moloko)
• Nathan Connolly (Snow Patrol)
• Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol)
• Mark McClelland (Snow Patrol)
• Jonny Quinn (Snow Patrol)
• Keisha Buchanan (Sugababes)
• Mutya Buena (Sugababes)
• Heidi Range (Sugababes)
• Russell Mael (Sparks)
• Ben Carrigan (The Thrills)
• Kevin Horan (The Thrills)
• Daniel Ryan (The Thrills)
• Conor Deasy (The Thrills)
• Padraic McMahon (The Thrills)
• Fran Healy (Travis)
• Olly Knights (Turin Brakes)
• Gale Paridjanan (Turin Brakes)
• Bono (U2)
• Daniel Bedingfield
• Natasha Bedingfield
• Dido
• Dizzee Rascal
• Ms Dynamite
• Skye Edwards
• Estelle
• Neil Hannon
• Jamelia
• Beverley Knight
• Lemar
• Katie Melua
• Rachel Stevens
• Joss Stone
• Robbie Williams
• Will Young

 

2014 - Band Aid 30 - 2 deaths

Spoiler

• Dan Smith (Bastille)
• Grace Chatto (Clean Bandit)
• Jack Patterson (Clean Bandit)
• Luke Patterson (Clean Bandit)
• Neil Amin-Smith (Clean Bandit)
• Chris Martin (Coldplay)
• Guy Garvey (Elbow)
• Niall Horan (One Direction)
• Zayn Malik (One Direction)
• Liam Payne (One Direction)
• Harry Styles (One Direction)
• Louis Tomlinson (One Direction)
• Karl Hyde (Underworld)
• Rick Smith (Underworld)?
• Bono (U2)
• Paloma Faith
• Ellie Goulding
• Angélique Kidjo
• Olly Murs
• Sinead O'Connor
• Rita Ora
• Emeli Sandé
• Seal
• Alfie Deyes
• Joe Sugg
• Zoella / Zoe Sugg
• Ed Sheeran
• Sam Smith
• Jessie Ware

 

[Octopus of Odstock 2,184]

5 hours ago, Father Brown said:

Updated lists in spoilers but I'm not gonna be actively maintaining. Sorted by band.

 

1984 - Band Aid - 4 deaths

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1989 - Band Aid II

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I could be wrong, but I'm sure I read on here that Jason Herbert died in Brazil about 5 years ago?

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,684]

I was all set to donate one..million..dollars, but then I saw Bono (and Sting) so instead I gave 0p. I was extremely petty in those days.

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12 hours ago, Father Brown said:

Updated lists in spoilers but I'm not gonna be actively maintaining. Sorted by band.

 

1984 - Band Aid - 4 deaths

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• Sara Dallin (Bananarama)
• Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama)
• Keren Woodward (Bananarama)
• Pete Briquette (The Boomtown Rats)
• Simon Crowe (The Boomtown Rats)
• Johnnie Fingers (The Boomtown Rats)
• Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats)
• Boy George (Culture Club)
• Jon Moss (Culture Club)
• Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran)
• Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)
• John Taylor (Duran Duran)
• Roger Taylor (Duran Duran)
• Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
• Phil Collins (Genesis and solo artist)
• Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17)
• Martyn Ware (Heaven 17)
• Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & the Gang)
• James "J.T." Taylor (Kool & the Gang)
• Dennis Thomas (Kool & the Gang)
• Sting (The Police and solo artist)
• Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet)
• John Keeble (Spandau Ballet)
• Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
• Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
• Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet)
• Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)
• Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
• Paul Weller (The Style Council)
• Chris Cross (Ultravox)
• Midge Ure (Ultravox)
• George Michael (Wham!)
• Bono (U2)
• Adam Clayton (U2)
• Marilyn
• Jody Watley
• Paul Young

 

1989 - Band Aid II

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• Sara Dallin (Bananarama)
• Jacquie O'Sullivan (Bananarama)
• Keren Woodward (Bananarama)
• Phil Creswick (Big Fun)
• Mark Gillespie (Big Fun)
• Jason John / Jason Herbert (Big Fun)
• Matt Goss (Bros)
• Luke Goss (Bros)
• Craig Logan (Bros)
• Andrew Banfield (The Pasadenas)
• Andrew Banfield (The Pasadenas)
• David Milliner (The Pasadenas)
• Michael Milliner (The Pasadenas)
• Hamish Seelochan (The Pasadenas)
• Jo Bogaert / Thomas de Quincey (Technotronic - there's millions of them, I'm only including the main few)
• Ya Kid K / Manuela Kamosi (Technotronic)
• MC Eric / Eric Martin (Technotronic)
• Graeme Clark (Wet Wet Wet)
• Tommy Cunningham (Wet Wet Wet)
• Neil Mitchell (Wet Wet Wet)
• Marti Pellow (Wet Wet Wet)
• Graeme Duffin (Wet Wet Wet)
• Cathy Dennis
• D Mob
• Jason Donovan
• Kevin Godley
• Glen Goldsmith
• Kylie Minogue
• Chris Rea
• Cliff Richard
• Jimmy Somerville
• Sonia
• Lisa Stansfield

 

2004 - Band Aid 20

  Reveal hidden contents

• Shaznay Lewis (All Saints)
• Tim Wheeler (Ash)
• James Bourne (Busted)
• Charlie Simpson (Busted)
• Matt Willis (Busted)
• Chris Martin (Coldplay)
• Justin Hawkins (The Darkness)
• Taka Hirose (Feeder)
• Grant Nicholas (Feeder)
• Mark Richardson (Feeder)
• Tom Chaplin (Keane)
• Tim Rice-Oxley (Keane)
• Róisín Murphy (Moloko)
• Nathan Connolly (Snow Patrol)
• Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol)
• Mark McClelland (Snow Patrol)
• Jonny Quinn (Snow Patrol)
• Keisha Buchanan (Sugababes)
• Mutya Buena (Sugababes)
• Heidi Range (Sugababes)
• Russell Mael (Sparks)
• Ben Carrigan (The Thrills)
• Kevin Horan (The Thrills)
• Daniel Ryan (The Thrills)
• Conor Deasy (The Thrills)
• Padraic McMahon (The Thrills)
• Fran Healy (Travis)
• Olly Knights (Turin Brakes)
• Gale Paridjanan (Turin Brakes)
• Bono (U2)
• Daniel Bedingfield
• Natasha Bedingfield
• Dido
• Dizzee Rascal
• Ms Dynamite
• Skye Edwards
• Estelle
• Neil Hannon
• Jamelia
• Beverley Knight
• Lemar
• Katie Melua
• Rachel Stevens
• Joss Stone
• Robbie Williams
• Will Young

 

2014 - Band Aid 30 - 2 deaths

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• Dan Smith (Bastille)
• Grace Chatto (Clean Bandit)
• Jack Patterson (Clean Bandit)
• Luke Patterson (Clean Bandit)
• Neil Amin-Smith (Clean Bandit)
• Chris Martin (Coldplay)
• Guy Garvey (Elbow)
• Niall Horan (One Direction)
• Zayn Malik (One Direction)
• Liam Payne (One Direction)
• Harry Styles (One Direction)
• Louis Tomlinson (One Direction)
• Karl Hyde (Underworld)
• Rick Smith (Underworld)?
• Bono (U2)
• Paloma Faith
• Ellie Goulding
• Angélique Kidjo
• Olly Murs
• Sinead O'Connor
• Rita Ora
• Emeli Sandé
• Seal
• Alfie Deyes
• Joe Sugg
• Zoella / Zoe Sugg
• Ed Sheeran
• Sam Smith
• Jessie Ware

 

 

1984, you haven't included Garry Roberts of the Boomtown Rats.  He died in 2022.

[Father Brown 209]

7 hours ago, Toast said:

 

1984, you haven't included Garry Roberts of the Boomtown Rats.  He died in 2022.

Thanks - will update

 

edit: Roberts and Herbert updated

[polar duck 830]

On 25/12/2016 at 10:45, ebless said:

*Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet)

 

Martin Kemp believes he only has 10 years to live. One to watch for 2035?

[Ulitzer95 12,538]

7 hours ago, polar duck said:

 

Martin Kemp believes he only has 10 years to live. One to watch for 2035?

Clickbait.

 

Saw him on the TV the other day with his missus. Looks as fit as someone can be for his age. He’s paranoid about his longevity because he was ill in the 90s. Doesn’t mean it will return anytime soon.