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Stamane questa song mi ha rubato da Morfeo...
mi ha fatta emozionare... sia per l'atmosfera
di Pace e voglia di Amore che trasmette...
poi perchè è come se fosse un grido al Natale
nei suoi aspetti più caldi, emozionali, di
significatività... Un grido di Pace e Amore...
con la consapevolezza che oltre noi c'è qualcos'
altro... che non sempre è così "up"...

"A little something about Band Aid:
there
was this terrible famine in Africa, you see,
and Midge Ure and Bob Geldof didn't like
the idea of people starving in Africa while
people were getting fat in England. So they
wrote a nice Christmas song and they called
up their friends to help them record it,
and the money they made went to African famine
relief. Thing was, they didn't invite the
Americans to help, which is odd because we
Americans are notoriously fatter than the
English. Not to be outdone, a bunch of American
singers got together and recorded their own
African famine relief tune. They called themselves
USA for Africa - the USA officially stood
for United Support of Artists, but after
being excluded by the Brits we all new exactly
what the USA really stood for. Back off,
Brits, the colonists are singing! To make
a short story even longer, the song - which
was not even almost as good as Band Aid's
"Do They Know It's Christmas" - was a really
big hit and sold a lot of copies. The combined
success of both tracks was so impressive
that a big concert was held, simultaneously
here in the States and in London. All the big
names showed up, Bowie and Jagger made a cheap
video, people phoned in contributions, advertisers
ponied up for commercial spots, and a mountain
of money was made."

"Do they know it's Christmas?"
(Original Band Aid ensemble
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)
Paul McCartney)

"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"

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