The song started hitting the radio circuit the day after I wrote the last post, and the single was released in the last few days. The new line up of artists are pretty good, I have to admit. Mr. Gweneth Paltrow/ Coldplay head, Chris Martin starts this thing off, and then come Dido, wanker supreme Robbie Williams, Fran Healy (Travis), The freak Darkness dude, Will Young (original Pop Idol winner), Jamelia (UK's poor mans Beyonce, I mentioned her before), Keane, Snow Patrol, Joss Stone, Natasha Beningfield and some others to fill in the Bananarama/The Style Council/Human League roles as fillers. Also returning is a 44 year old Bono (contrasting the 24 year hairsprayed Bono in the original), and Sir Paul McCartney playing bass, Radiohead's Thom Yorke on piano and Blur's Damon Albarn, who served tea.
So? Ehhhhh... Second verse, same as the first... just a bit more off balance and just a bit worse. Its not even close to the original. Its okay, decent if you are generous, which is a shame considering its lineage. Band Aid 20 ended up being the Save By the Bell: the New Class to the original Save By the Bell; great genes, full of potential, but ultimately toiling and dissappointing. At times, it sounds even a little bit amateur in its mixing and production; its just not put together in any way that impresses. And unless you are REALLY into music, and are aware and appreciate the UK music scene, there is not much there in terms of international star power. Bono withstanding, Coldplay and Dido are the only true International heavywieghts, and Thome York is sort of wasted, playing only the piano and doesnt even get a solo. And Blur was a paper weight. I blame it on the Darkness dude and Robbie Williams, those two are cancers in any room.
Definitely buy the single though. Its one of the best causes in the world. And the original appears on the single as well, thats worth it right there.
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