I do. Has it really been 23 years? I remember listening to this song over and over the Christmas that it came out. I didn't really know where Ehtiopia was, and now I know that I really didn't understand famine either. I'm kind of glad I didn't see the video too many times though. When I watch it now, all I can think of is that there are too many baggy sweatshirts, big hair, men in makeup (I'm afraid Boy George might scare the African children) and lots of artists who have fallen into oblivion. Bono and Sting have stood the test of time, but only because they changed their hairstyle and got some decent clothes. Of course I'm kidding. Love 'em both. Still, I think Feeding the World sounds like a good idea.
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It's hard to believe that 23 years have passed since Band-Aid. That is until you watch the video and realize how incredibly dated it is. I'm as much of an Anglophile as the next 43 year old American, but most of those British artists either raise the question "Who the heck was that?" or stir up more recent memories of self-destructive behavior and artistic anonymity. Bono, the Edge, Sting and Bob Geldorf have stood the test of time. Indeed, they are probably larger and more influential now than they were 23 years ago. Perhaps saddest of all is the fact that, other than apartheid in SA, after 23 years, Africa finds itself no better off than it was 2 and a half decades ago.
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