| Feed the world : Good cause, Shit song |
| I�m not a complete bastard, heck. I�m really quite sensitive** I give to charity, I�ve done work for nothing, and for a worthy cause I will carry on my saint like ways. One cause that was no doubt a worthy one was the feed the world one, kids in Africa being fed by Bob Geldof and his singing morons. Don�t get me wrong, I would happily give money to a charity without the shitty music single. I don�t want 30 half wits trying to muster up a catchy pop melody in order to get my money�.please just take it. Just stop with the cheesy �emotional� song, because quite frankly there is more emotion in me passing water. I need to make it clear that I�m pro-charity, I�m just anti-shit song. Actually that�s also a bit unfair, because it isn�t even the music that makes me cry tears of genuine pain when I hear this song. It�s the lyrics. I know a lot of people who don�t listen to the lyrics, for example �Don�t stand so close to me� is about a male teacher boning his adolescent student (the student wasa girl....I think), now that wouldn�t typically be Top of the Pops material but because it�s adequately disguised it get away with it. I know other people who think that lyrics and people singing generally spoil a song which could be purer melodically, �Feed the world� the song done by Band aid is an example of a song that should have been left alone lyrically. But it isn�t because I want the complex musical structure to shine through to show the almost heavenly harmonies�.oh no. It�s because the current lyrics are shite. Before I slate further, I feel I should show you the entire lyrics to �Feed the world (Do they know its Christmas time?)� So here they are�. |
| 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 nor 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 |
| Dumb. Plain dumb. It�s not all of the lyrics just a few that seem to taint the others. The first lyric that just straight up pisses me off is �Where the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tears� bollocks, I know for a fact there is at least one well in the whole of Africa because I�ve paid for one myself, and if there isn�t then I�m gonna track down that bitch from Blue Peter and personally beat her to within an inch of her life. However I�m guessin there is at least one, probably more. So Bob, you�ve lied and pissed me off by the second verse�..stupid man. Why make it worse than it is, the situation in many parts of Africa are bad enough to bring people to tears if told in completely honesty, so cut out the bullshit, if they said �We�ve got water, but if we drink, we die. But we have no choice�. That is far more grim and tells me the truth, this sissy metaphor and meaning bullshit with tears sickens me. �Just one silly line� you might say but it isn�t. The second line that gets me is �And there won�t be snow in Africa this Christmastime�. This provokes only one response��no shit. No snow in Africa, who would have thought, and in their summer as well�..next you�ll be saying the heat wave the North Pole that we were expecting isn�t gonna happen. I mean who wants snow? Sentimental morons who think that Christmas isn�t Christmas if it isn�t cold enough to solidify your genitals. Africans don�t, they�re expecting a heat wave and scorching temperatures, so of course they are dressed in summer dress, thinking �I�ll wear very little because it�s gonna be hot as hell�, Well if Bob � Sadistic bastard� Geldof had his way it would be snowing in Africa causing Africans to endure this scrotem shrinking weather�.and all at Christmas time. Thanks Bob. So we know Bob doesn�t watch Blue Peter, we know he�s a sadistic bastard what else, surely this is all. But no, I have compelling proof that Bob Geldof is just plain dumb. The line �Where nothing ever grows� lie, Africa has some of the highest exports in the world but Bob doesn�t care about that does he. But then the single dumbest line in the song �No rain, nor river flows�. No Bob, no rivers in Africa�.oh wait�.try the fuckin� Nile! That�s right Bob, the single longest river in the world, or doesn�t that count? Please, I don�t mind these charity song, they�d be good if they weren�t so shit (seems obvious but there�s wisdom within that statement). Cut the crappy sissy music and please stop the pointless whiney lyrics. All that was achieved in my opinions by this song, was the observation that the people writing it probably only knew abut Africa because they flew over it on Concorde no doubt (bastard fat cats), and asked someone �What is that boot shaped thing down there?�, just know what you�re talking about. May it be noted that this article is written in jest, I think that Bob Geldof is (overall) a good person and deserves credit, but with credit comes criticism, my critique is his shitty lyrics. |
| **Sensitive shouldn't be confused with gay. |