New Band Aid Single.....

[pidsy]

Mutley said:

Maxf said:

Lordbenny said:

This well written piece says it all really..... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/ebola/11...

Was just going to post that link - couldnt agree more!

Agree, read that last night, it's about stars ego and being "seen to do something" rather than actually giving money

great article.

[Mutley]

stuartmmcfc said:

I already do, but I bought it to help it go in at no.1 and further raise the profile of the situation and help put pressure on Western Governments to find a solution to the crisis.
,l

Mutley said:

stuartmmcfc said:

Intend to buy it tomorrow. I'll never play it because it's crap.

So why buy it? You'd be better off giving the money to the Red Cross, DEC or Oxfam

It's been all over the news for over a month, how much more coverage does it need? Governments/biotech companies are already working on an antidote. But it is not an overnight fix. I fail to see what this single does other than briefly raise the profile of some music artists

[stuartmmcfc]

Mutley said:

stuartmmcfc said:

I already do, but I bought it to help it go in at no.1 and further raise the profile of the situation and help put pressure on Western Governments to find a solution to the crisis.
,l

Mutley said:

stuartmmcfc said:

Intend to buy it tomorrow. I'll never play it because it's crap.

So why buy it? You'd be better off giving the money to the Red Cross, DEC or Oxfam

It's been all over the news for over a month, how much more coverage does it need? Governments/biotech companies are already working on an antidote. But it is not an overnight fix. I fail to see what this single does other than briefly raise the profile of some music artists

You do your thing, I'll do mine.

[Amirhussain]

pidsy said:

Mutley said:

Maxf said:

Lordbenny said:

This well written piece says it all really..... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/ebola/11...

Was just going to post that link - couldnt agree more!

Agree, read that last night, it's about stars ego and being "seen to do something" rather than actually giving money

great article.

+1.

[Mutley]

stuartmmcfc said:

You do your thing, I'll do mine.

Fair enough

[Adam B]

pidsy said:

great article.

excellent

"Certainly, I don’t want to be told how to behave philanthropically by a man worth an estimated £32 million, a man who is said to use tax avoidance schemes (it is telling that when a journalist asked him two years ago how much tax he paid, Geldof exploded at her, saying: 'My time? Is that not a tax?’ Well, no, Bob, it isn’t). I don’t want to be implored to give charitably by a band that travels in separate private jets because they don’t get on (One Direction), or by a man who avoids Irish taxes while simultaneously telling the Irish government to help developing countries (Bono). "

[audidoody]

Grandad Gaz said:

Bob Geldof is not aging well, is he?

He now looks like something out of a horror movie!

He's had to deal with a couple of minor situations in his life

[hairyben]

Geldoffs just pissed that russel brand is trying to usurp his role as prince lord-in-chief biggest sanctimonious ego wking tosspot.

they'll join up in a final divine effort to lecture us in saving the world and bring about the apocalypse as the world drowns in it's own vomit one day. don't say i didn't warn you.

[chris watton]

Only 312,000 copies sold and that gets it to number one!

Wow!

[Mojooo]

chris watton said:

Only 312,000 copies sold and that gets it to number one!

Wow!

In the past 10 years I am sure some singles got to number 1 with as low as 20,000 maybe even lower

That was in the period before downlaods were counted.

[Amirhussain]

chris watton said:

Only 312,000 copies sold and that gets it to number one!

Wow!

Geldofs asking people to 'delete and download again'. wker.

[thehawk]

Amirhussain said:

Geldofs asking people to 'delete and download again'. wker.

How does he make money from PirateBay?

[VeeDubBigBird]

Given Geldof and friends antics and the number of charities already based in Africa who know a helluva lot more about how to help resolve some of Africa's long term issues, why does anyone bother with these muppets. Even the Africans are turning against them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150195/Ho...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/band-aid-...

[Cmann]

The Band Aid thing seems to have become an exercise in self aggrandising promotion. What would really make a difference would be if Bob F******g Geldof gave some of his many millions to charity rather than shoving another half arse-dly produced piece of dross down the throats of the British public whilst simultaneously reaching into their already stretched pockets.