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It's been a long time since the debut of the original Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas," originally recorded by a group of superstars in 1984.
There were new versions in 2004 and 2014.
Now there's yet another new one coming - a mix of all three of them. A member of The Buggles has been put in charge of somehow merging them all into one.
"Trevor Horn has taken the three recordings and, through music production techniques, blended all the voices of those separate generations into one seamless whole.
Among the singers and musicians who feature in the 2024 mix include U2’s Bono (young and older versions), Sting, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, Paul Weller, Damon Albarn, The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins, Midge Ure, Phil Collins, Roger Taylor, Paul McCartney, Supergrass’ Danny Goffey, Gary Kemp and John Taylor."
The "new" version of "Do They Know It's Christmas" will hit your radio at the end of the month.
Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' gets new version to mark 40th anniversary
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I find that I enjoy this song early on in the festive season, but by the time Christmas Day rolls around, I’m getting a bit tired of it as it gets high rotation still! Mind you, it is probably the only “new” Christmas song I can recall in the last 40 years, and copycats don’t count….!
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I'm looking forward to the 2024 update of the Band Aid classic.
The attached YouTube video is brand new holiday music. "Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call" is the latest tune from Jack Antonoff and Bleachers and after reading Shorty Wave's above observation about the lack of new original Christmas songs I was curious to hear what Jack (Taylor Swift's musical partner) and his band have come up with.
After listening to the whole thing once I decided to share the song here and ask, "do you hear what I hear?"
Thumbs up or thumbs down?
Last edited by betaylored (November 13, 2024 4:57 pm)
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I didn’t mind it but it seemed a bit dark for a Christmas song. Good thing the lyrics are provided too, as the vocals are a bit hard to figure out at times. It kind of reminds me of the band Magnetic Fields, overall not bad, thanks for this betaylored!