Band Aid 20

An interuption to the end of year stuff to mention Band Aid 20. I saw the documentary on BBC1 last night about the new record and it changed my mind. Before the show I had thought that it was a load of overpaid rock stars making a "charadie" record to boast their profiles (and egos). I read an opinon piece in the NME by Alex Needham a couple of weeks ago that kind of confirmed my opinions that this was a gross piece of publicity by Dominic Mohan and The Sun.

And you know, I still agree with Alex to a certain extent. For example, it grates having a band like Busted involved (the first and last time they will ever get a mention in this blog), who have said they would vote Tory to pay lower tax. But really Band Aid 20 is more than the sum of its parts - its more than just a record, its a political statement aimed at focusing political pressure on Western governments to drop 3rd world debt. So if this record sells by the bucket load it won't just raise cash for charity but it will cause the same stir it did 2o years ago.

BTW. Seeing Damon Albarn walking around the recording studio with a tray of tea was the highlight of last nights documentary. You can tell that he was always the wild one in Blur ;-)
- posted by Nigella @ 8:53 PM