Loony BoB
12-15-2004, 11:31 PM
It's Christmastime,
there's no need to be afraid
At Christmastime,
we let in light and we banish shade
And in our world of plenty
we can spread a smile of joy
Throw your arms around the world
at Christmastime
But say a prayer,
pray for the other ones
At Christmastime it's hard,
but when you're having fun
There's a world outside your window,
and it's a world of dread and fear
Where the only water flowing
is the bitter sting of tears
And the Christmas bells that ring there
are the clanging chimes of doom
Well tonight thank God it's them
instead of you
And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life(Oooh)
Where nothing ever grows
No rain or rivers flow
Do they know it's Christmastime at all?
Here's to you raise a glass for everyone
Here's to them underneath that burning sun
Do they know it's Christmastime at all?
Feed the world
Feed the world
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmastime again
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmastime again
I was chatting in #eoff and it's come to my attention that some people don't even know what is probably the biggest charity song in history, and was a #1 in it's time and (although sung by a much lesser group of people) may well be #1 again right now for all I know.
The above song was sung by Adam Clayton (U2), Phil Collins, Bob Geldof, Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet), Chris Cross (Ultravox), John Taylor (Duran Duran), Paul Young, Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet), Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17), Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran), Simon Crowe, Marilyn, Keren Woodward (Bananarama), Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Jody Watley, Bono (U2), Paul Weller, James Taylor, George Michael, Midge Ure (Ultravox), Martin Ware (Heaven 17), John Keeble (Spandau Ballet), Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Roger Taylor (Duran Duran), Sarah Dullin (Bananarama), Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama), Peter Briquette, Francis Rossi (Status Quo), Robert 'Kool' Bell, Dennis Thomas, Andy Taylor (Duran Duran), Jon Moss (Culture Club), Sting, Rick Parfitt (Status Quo), Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran), Johnny Fingers, David Bowie, Boy George, Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) and Paul McCartney.
For those who don't know, this was released the same time as USA For Africa released We Are The World, however this one's more of a Christmas song (and is in my opinon a lot more to the point and far less manufactured/poppish). So, while we all have happy days, I figured someone should bring up in this forum that we should inded spare a thought, a prayer, a dollar or a quid to the hungry, homeless, starving, sick, dying people around the world. But at the very least, the thought and prayer.
I was gonna make this thread as a "Let's all sing a few lines each out of the song and compile them just like they did!" kind of thing but then (for the whatever-ith time) the lyrics hit home so it ended up like this. Whoop.
So tonight, thank God it's them instead of you.
there's no need to be afraid
At Christmastime,
we let in light and we banish shade
And in our world of plenty
we can spread a smile of joy
Throw your arms around the world
at Christmastime
But say a prayer,
pray for the other ones
At Christmastime it's hard,
but when you're having fun
There's a world outside your window,
and it's a world of dread and fear
Where the only water flowing
is the bitter sting of tears
And the Christmas bells that ring there
are the clanging chimes of doom
Well tonight thank God it's them
instead of you
And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life(Oooh)
Where nothing ever grows
No rain or rivers flow
Do they know it's Christmastime at all?
Here's to you raise a glass for everyone
Here's to them underneath that burning sun
Do they know it's Christmastime at all?
Feed the world
Feed the world
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmastime again
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmastime again
I was chatting in #eoff and it's come to my attention that some people don't even know what is probably the biggest charity song in history, and was a #1 in it's time and (although sung by a much lesser group of people) may well be #1 again right now for all I know.
The above song was sung by Adam Clayton (U2), Phil Collins, Bob Geldof, Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet), Chris Cross (Ultravox), John Taylor (Duran Duran), Paul Young, Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet), Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17), Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran), Simon Crowe, Marilyn, Keren Woodward (Bananarama), Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Jody Watley, Bono (U2), Paul Weller, James Taylor, George Michael, Midge Ure (Ultravox), Martin Ware (Heaven 17), John Keeble (Spandau Ballet), Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Roger Taylor (Duran Duran), Sarah Dullin (Bananarama), Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama), Peter Briquette, Francis Rossi (Status Quo), Robert 'Kool' Bell, Dennis Thomas, Andy Taylor (Duran Duran), Jon Moss (Culture Club), Sting, Rick Parfitt (Status Quo), Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran), Johnny Fingers, David Bowie, Boy George, Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) and Paul McCartney.
For those who don't know, this was released the same time as USA For Africa released We Are The World, however this one's more of a Christmas song (and is in my opinon a lot more to the point and far less manufactured/poppish). So, while we all have happy days, I figured someone should bring up in this forum that we should inded spare a thought, a prayer, a dollar or a quid to the hungry, homeless, starving, sick, dying people around the world. But at the very least, the thought and prayer.
I was gonna make this thread as a "Let's all sing a few lines each out of the song and compile them just like they did!" kind of thing but then (for the whatever-ith time) the lyrics hit home so it ended up like this. Whoop.
So tonight, thank God it's them instead of you.