To think Sir Bob n Midge should just write another flippin' song?

[MrsCurrent]

No denying the original was, and still is awesome. Round 2, with Kylie n Jase et al, not the original but hey, it was still ok. Round 3, the biggest Christmas cringe going, that rap... had me screaming at the tv 10 years ago and now. they. are. doing. it. again. To add insult to injury they're having one friggin' direction on it.

Aibu? We are massively into Christmas in this house but this I can't abide, am I just bah humbug or should sir Bob n Midge be using their massive talent to bring us something new to sing along to instead of letting a classic be murdered again?

[asmallandnoisymonkey]

I can't bear that idiot and wish he would just bugger off and give 90% of his money to charity rather than ask everyone else for their dosh. Most people give to charities when and if they can afford it and don't need some out of touch twit harping on at them about buying yet another crappy single that's sung by people they couldn't care less about

[Mrsjayy]

My heart sunk when I heard band aid 30 jesus wept no bob just no 1 direction meh

[Discopanda]

Oh God, that sounds bloody awful!

[Enjorasdream]

I wish they could erase all of them. There's something I find really offensive about watching a room of pissed up people (having spent lots of £££'s on booze and food) singing 'do they know it's Christmas' . It is beyond Irony. I realise that is not a common opinion, but I would rather just donate without lining the pockets of record executives and building the egos of pop stars.

[LittleBearPad]

There was a third one? I must have blanked that from my memory. YAnbu.

[Stupidhead]

I suppose it'll stop Simon Cowell hogging the #1 this year.

• desperately trying to look for silver linings here... -

[Scholes34]

Watching the original 30 years ago, huddled round someone's black and white portable in a student room, blew us away. It's a tired concept now - a bit like watching the newsreaders dance on Children in Need.

[pissinmy2shoes]

it was off its time
they need to move on, since then there have been way too many off these kind of charity singles===

[jay55]

No one is stopping someone else coming up with something new, today's musicians could write something and say it's alright Bob we've got it. But they don't so it falls to Bob and Midge again.

[Frogme]

At least they are doing something. What are you doing op?

[Springheeled]

The original had really fun energy and goodwill around it, it was novel and tapped into people's emotional reaction to the images coming from Ethiopia at the time.
Subsequently, diminishing appeal every time.
But I hear it's going to be updated?
It's a chance to get rid of some of the dafter lyrics- no rain or rivers? Christmas time?
Maybe the new lyrics will mention the amazing contribution of health workers from Cuba?! www.who.int/features/2014/cuban-ebola-team/en/

[partialderivative]

I can't bear that idiot and wish he would just bugger off and give 90% of his money to charity rather than ask everyone else for their dosh.

You may not like his personality noiseymonkey , but I fail to see how you can call him an idiot. He has done more to raise the awareness in the UK of poverty and famine in Africa and elsewhere that pretty much anyone else.

Do people really think that the amount of money that has been raised could have been done without his efforts.

[MrsCurrent]

Ok glad I'm not alone on being a grump on this one!

As for what I do, if I didn't work full time with 2 small children I would absolutely give more than the few of hours a week voluntary work I can squeeze in at the mo.

[Rantymop]

Are they going to wheel out fucking Bono again to sing his line?

[Stupidhead]

Haha @ Ranty!
God I hope not

[LittleBearPad]

I think its mandatory Ranty. Didn't he have a strop on the second or third one I can't remember when someone else was going to do it.

[fluffyraggies]

Thirty years? THIRTY?? T.H.I.R.T.Y years you say?

...........

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Mrsjayy]

Bono did that stupid whispery thing on his bit on band aid 20 . I know 30 frigging years

[Nokidsnoproblem]

I wonder if Russell Brand will show up?

[noddyholder]

I really hate it when people say celebrities or the wealthy in general should just give all their money away to various charities/causes. It is not the responsibility of just the wealthy it is about everyone doing their bit according to what they can afford so that we all feel a responsibility to give to those less fortunate if we can. having said that geldof gets on my nerves!

[secretsquirrels]

Good grief after the year poor Bob has had that he can still do this is unbelievable. He did say he doesn't care if you don't like it or listen to it, just buy it.
Bob Geldof was never the greatest commercial success in the world and I don't believe he makes money out of this kind of thing.

[CaptainJaneSafeway]

I had the same sinking feeling - not because they want to do a charity song, lovely, just not THAT SONG AGAIN uuurrrrggh. It made me cringe from the start.

Because no, they don't know or care that it's Christmas, well most of them don't, and even if they are Christians, well it's really not the main issue is it?

No there "won't be snow in Africa" generally speaking, unless you are on top of Kilimanjaro, but what's that got to do with anything!!!

"Nothing ever grows, no rain or rivers flow" this really pisses me off, it's bollocks like this that contributes to the western view of Africa as an uncivilised wasteland. Yes, there was a drought and there are and have been other problems but Africa as a whole is not some kind of dried out black pit! Bet you drink their wine and eat their green beans don't you? Arrgh.

I agree, just write another song and get someone with a leetle bit of knowledge about Africa to write the lyrics this time.

A song that actually educated us about Africa might be interesting.

[AtALoss123]

I'm just glad that somebody is doing something to raise some money and raise awareness of the Ebola crisis. It seems to have dropped off the radar now the initial hysteria has waned.
I don't particularly like Sir Bob much (and I can't stand the bloody song....any version of it) but as somebody else said, he's had a crap year and has done a heck of a lot for charity. Hopefully this will raise a lot more money for charities such as MSF who are battling this awful virus as we speak.