Songs of Yesterday
I've seen the 'Band Aid 20' video/tune twice now. Prior to these viewings I had only heard a little snippet on a mono, crappy £20 radio in the kitchen. Bought to listen to 5Live and nowt else really. I had, however, read blogs that were castigating it right left and centre. 'There's no one with talent in it'. 'Is this the best we can do in the 21st century?'. 'It's shit'.Well, no it's not shit. Different maybe, but not shit. A few listens now on decent equipment and my only gripe is that some of the vocals are so far back in the mix to render them almost inaudible to old buggers like me. Still, you can't stop progress. C'est la vie!
I hear condemnation of this latest rendition that complains of the lightweight artistes contributing. Hmmmmmm. I reckon that exactly the same condemnations were being hurled the way of Geldof's 'Band of Brothers and Sisters' of 1984. Paul Young anyone? Bananarama? Even Bono was a sallow youth with everything still to prove.
So, yeah, it's not MY cup of tea - but then again I was never that keen on the original. Furthermore it's not aimed at any of us old buggers who write Blogs wItHOut ChoPpy cHANgy tXt iN It. Leave the kids and their grandma's to buy it (or if you're feeling charitable buy a copy or two yourself), it's not for the likes of us so move along. There's nothing for you here - don't you know it's Christmas?
I'm up in my eyrie typing this on a Compaq Armada 7792DMT laptop - about 5 or 6 years old and still able to provide adequate graphics, sound and bloggage. I'm trying out Firefox on it to see how it interacts with Blogger. As I type I'm listening to the Byrds Greatest Hits...........I Think I'm Going Back.............
Happy update. Lastminute.Com have finally - after much correspondence - agreed to allow 132 euros to wing their way back to Occupied Towers as a 'gesture of goodwill' for the crap hotel we endured during our trip to Barcelona.
Result!
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