In the past, we posted the Cover Version to End All Cover Versions of Last Christmas:
Also, the Cover Version To End All Cover Versions of All I Want for Christmas:
We did post one or two Band Aid-cover versions, but never a definitive version. If there is one, it might be this:
To be honest, Do They Know It's Christmas Time is a highy effective song (as in: it brought in a lot of money for a good cause) but also a very annoying track, with some appalling lyrics. If we have to choose, we choose this song, with the same title, but not a cover and lyrics that are way, way better:
New versions of both Last Christmas and All I Want for Christmas keep pouring in. These are notable (and will be updated, also in this Spotify playlist):
This dreampop version is nice 'n fresh:
And this one sounds exactly like you think:
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There you go.
And I'm sure this won't be the only thing marking this erm... joyous event. For one thing, I think Mariah, with her quite astonishing and unashamed narcissism, will have initiated quite a few things herself...
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/mariah-carey-meets-rylan
And there's this. From this remarkably uncritical article, it sounds like all the ways they're marking it are quite positive. 'The song that changed the world' is nauseating to me, but then again - maybe I'm too cynical and maybe this song did do good (well, it did, money-wise, but I'm wondering about the changing the world part).
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/bbc-to-mark-the-40th-anniversary-of-band-aid
(that was me as well, accidentally anonymous)
Thanks Chantal! I doubt that doc on Band Aid will be as good as the one on We Are The World (that was sooo funny), but one can only hope.
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