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| Bob Geldog These Days |
The short, sweet answer to the above question is, no. Why would you want to
know, if it was or not, when Christmas Day is just like any other in the year? With nothing, no hopes, no expectations,
no nothing. Bob Geldof, now Sir Bob Geldof wanted to make a change in all of that, so he gathered about him some of the brightest
and finest musicians of the time and recorded
Do They Know It's Christmas(Feed The World). It was released November of
1984, and immediately debuted at Number One in Great Britain, and was Number One on the American charts two weeks later..
The song was written by Sir Bob Geldof, and sold fifty million copies. It sold over 3 million copies in Great Britain alone.It
was produced & remixed by Trevor Horn. Midge Ure was the co-producer, and he personally accompained the first relief
shipment of over $70,000 worth of food and medical supplies to Ethiopa, on March 11, 1985.
Below are the lyrics to that memorable song, and to your right are two lists,
one of the musicians who appeared on
Do They Know It's Christmas(Feed The World) and the other, the musicians who
appeared in the Live Aid Concerts.There are also several links to World Relief organisations and several organisations that
are involved in Social Justice issues
Remember...hunger hasn't gone away, injustice is still with us, and for a good
part of the world, they still don't know what Christmas is.
Do They Know It's Christmas
(Feed The World)
It's Christmas time
There's no need to be afraid
At
Christmas time
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 Christmas time
But say a prayer
Pray for the other ones
At Christmas time 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
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmas time
Feed
the world
Do they know it's Christmas time at all?
And there won't be snow in Africa
This Christmas time
The
greatest gift they'll get this year is life
Where nothing ever grows
No rain nor rivers flow
Do they know it's Christmas
time at all?
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmas time
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmas
time again
(Here's to you) raise a glass for everyone
(Here's to them) underneath that burning sun
Do they
know it's Christmas time at all?
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmas time
Feed the world
Feed the world
Feed the
world
Let them know it's Christmas time again
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmas time again
Feed
the world
Let them know it's Christmas time again
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