{"id":10045,"date":"2014-11-17T10:29:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T15:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=10045"},"modified":"2014-11-17T13:47:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T18:47:27","slug":"band-aid-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2014\/11\/17\/band-aid-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Band Aid 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">T<\/span>he original Band Aid song Do They Know It&#8217;s Christmas came out in December 1984. I was fifteen years old, and I adored that song and video. I bought it as a 45 rpm single (kids, go ask your parents what that is) and years later I bought it as digital file. It&#8217;s on every Christmas mix I&#8217;ve ever made, from mixed tapes on cassette to iTunes playlists.<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s little surprise that I would love this: Band Aid 30, a remix organized by orginal Band Aid founders Bob Geldolf and Midge Ure to raise funds toward the Ebola crisis in Africa.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i1jeiC-JEsI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I knew every single participant back in the original Band Aid, back in 1984. It made me feel more than a little old to watch the new one and scratch my head while peering at the unfamiliar faces. Oh wait! There&#8217;s Seal, I know him! And Sinead O&#8217;Connor. And holy crap, Bono is showing his age, isn&#8217;t he? Ooo and, um, that guy from Coldplay. If you&#8217;re peering at the screen and puzzling about who all these babies with microphones are, here is the line-by-line list of who sings what, along with the updated lyrics:<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s Christmas time, and there&#8217;s no need to be afraid&#8217; &#8211; <em>One Direction<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade&#8217; &#8211; <em>Ed Sheeran<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;And in our world of plenty, we can spread a smile of joy&#8217; &#8211; <em>Rita Ora<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;Throw your arms around the world, at Christmas time&#8217;  &#8211;<em>Sam Smith<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;But say a prayer; Pray for the other ones&#8217;  &#8211;<em>Paloma Faith<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;At Christmas time it&#8217;s hard, but when you&#8217;re having fun&#8217;  &#8211;<em>Emeli Sande<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;There&#8217;s a world outside your window, and it&#8217;s a world of dread and fear&#8217;  &#8211;<em>Guy Garvey (Elbow)<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;Where a kiss of love can kill you&#8217; &#8211; <em>Dan Smith (Bastille)<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;And there&#8217;s death in every tear&#8217; &#8211; <em>Ang\u00c3\u00a9lique Kidjo<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;And the Christmas bells that ring there, are the clanging chimes of doom&#8217; &#8211; <em>Chris Martin (Coldplay)<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;Well tonight we&#8217;re reaching out and touching you&#8217; &#8211; <em>Bono (U2)<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;Bring peace and joy this Christmas to West Africa&#8217; &#8211; <em>Seal<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;A song of hope, when there&#8217;s no hope tonight&#8217;  &#8211; <em>Ellie Goulding<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;Why is to comfort to be feared&#8217; &#8211; <em>Sinead O&#8217;Connor<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;Why is to touch to be scared&#8217; &#8211; <em>Sinead O&#8217;Connor<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;How can they know it&#8217;s Christmas time at all?&#8217; \t<em>Bono (U2)<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;Here&#8217;s to you&#8217; &#8211; <em>All<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;Raise a glass for everyone&#8217; &#8211; <em>Olly Murs<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;And Here&#8217;s to them&#8217; &#8211; <em>All<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;And all their years to come&#8217; &#8211;<em> Sam Smith<\/em><br \/>\n&#8216;Can they know it&#8217;s Christmas time at all?&#8217; &#8211; <em>Rita Ora<\/em><br \/>\nFeed the world, let them know it&#8217;s Christmas time again &#8211; <em>All<\/em><br \/>\nFeel the world, let them know it&#8217;s Christmas time again &#8211; <em>All<\/em><br \/>\nHeal the world, let them know it&#8217;s Christmas time again &#8211; <em>All<\/em><br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Band_Aid_30\">source<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, I will definitely buy this single and add it to my Christmas 2014 <s>mixed tape<\/s> playlist.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the remix? And more importantly, what other songs do I need to add to the Christmas 2014 playlist?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The original Band Aid song Do They Know It&#8217;s Christmas came out in December 1984. I was fifteen years old, and I adored that song and video. I bought it as a 45 rpm single (kids, go ask your parents what that is) and years later I bought it as digital file. It&#8217;s on every &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2014\/11\/17\/band-aid-30\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Band Aid 30&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happy-holidays","category-my-inner-geek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10045"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10054,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10045\/revisions\/10054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}