‘Woke do-gooders’ should do something rather than criticising Band Aid | Harvey Goldsmith

[@michelemoloney5862]

Well said Harvey, common sense rules thankfully.

[@audspod1]

God bless Bob Geldof. I know the woke people won't like this but who cares! This man and his fellow artists did a wonderful thing back in the day to bring awareness of starvation on the African continent. Maybe the words weren't right (according to the woke brigade) but they were right at the time. Maybe the woke brigade should take a look at the images we all saw back then. I don't think they could handle it, but Bob and his fellow artists surely did!! God bless them all for their contribution to this awful and CONTINUING famine in the continent of Africa. 🙏❤

[@xanderjay3215]

I hadn't heard of Fuse ODG before he commented on his issues with Band Aid. At least he has raised his profile..... I suggest that he teams up with Ed Sheeran and they write and produce an acceptable alternative that raises huge sums for good causes. I won't hold my breath on that one though!

[@worship568]

They have

[@xanderjay3215]

Thanks for pointing that out. I wasn't aware that they had worked on "Boa Me". The song peaked at number 52 on the UK Singles Chart. Maybe they should have another go!

[@worship568]

​@@xanderjay3215I am not talking about Boa me. 😂 That was not a charity single. There's a single to be released and an App as well. Neither of these are the point though, the point is the danger of a single story kzbin.info/www/bejne/gp7NfIh6pJyaibMsi=L0kBCHue2PKYiBSs

[@DanielArnold-j8j]

£150 million raised from THE FIRST Band Aid release and only 5% ACTUALLY WENT TO THE SUFFERES OF FAMINE! The organiser of this is just a hypocrite.

[@martinmcdonald4207]

In fairness to Gilbert O` Sullivan, he released `Nothing Rhymed` in 1970 after seeing on the BBC news starving babies in Biafra , Nigeria ( deliberate famine and starvation 1967 to 1970 ) As the lyric goes..`When I`m drinking my Bonapart shandy, eating more than enough apple pies, do i glance at my screen and see real human beings starve to death right in front of my eyes`.This was 14 years before Band Aid and i think Band Aid were coming from the same place as Gilbert was back in 1970.

[@johnobrien7860]

Very True ... And nothing Rhymed would have been a fab song on Live Aid.

[@DanielArnold-j8j]

£150 million raised from THE FIRST Band Aid release and only 5% ACTUALLY WENT TO THE SUFFERES OF FAMINE! The organiser of this is just a hypocrite.

[@banaabekwegirl5731]

There's a great little documentary by the BBC (when it was good) that includes the nurse featured in the original news report Bob Geldof saw... and she spoke eloquently of how skeptical she was, but in the end, she was moved to tears by how these artists did what they could do to help. Respect to Bob, Midge, Harvey, and everyone who tried.

[@nicholaselliott9908]

Spot on Harvey

[@cloverfield911]

But there is no peace an joy in the whole of Africa!!...lol!

[@NumptyBumpty-w9j]

These people are insane

[@grantwallace1882]

Yet another reason to hate Ed Sheeran.

[@simonbamford8441]

Nah - it’s Times Radio that should be hated surely?

[@MizMite2002]

Do they know its Genocide? Yes and don`t care

[@rigsby1454]

The point was Sheeran wasn't asked. It isn't anything to do with him being 'woke' He just doesn't want to be in this one.

[@alain_de_frothcorn]

@rigsby1454 I would agree with you on that if he hadn't specifically quoted Ghanaian-British rapper Fuse ODG's philosophy about Africa/Band AId as the reason for not wanting to be on the new version!

[@banaabekwegirl5731]

and if a 'single story,' is problematic, ADD to it, don't try to erase it. it was real. people starved and died horribly. other people used their chosen work to help those people. that does not negate the larger issues. and it did not cause them. nor will tearing it down solve them.

[@aaaaak05]

❤

[@harryboy3305]

Fuse ODG another cRapper who can’t sing RAP is just short for CRAP

[@stevelangridge1755]

Better than the do-badders who claim to do good?

[@sonofsoweto]

Boycott the song. Ban the song. Promote tourism, promote investment, friendship with our beloved british people who can be our partners.

[@worship568]

This chap exemplifies western arrogance. I have no doubt the intentions of Band Aid was good but the failure to engage with the wider impact of the telling of a single story about Africa is one he and Bob Geldof exemplifies the problem much more accurately than Fuse ODG and Ed can

[@sowhatdidithink4205]

And how many lives did they save with both Band Aid and Live Aid? What would you have done....Maybe Sheeran should go back to imposing his own imperialism on the Irish with Galway Girl....oh wait , it's just a song, just like Band aid is Just a song but it's a song that actually made a difference when others turned away but it's easier to look back decades later and satisfy pompous beliefs instead of doing something.

[@worship568]

@sowhatdidithink4205 Yes how many lives did they save. Do you know? Genuine question

[@sowhatdidithink4205]

@@worship568 well according to Ray Jordan of Self Help Africa in a 2010 interview it runs into uncounted millions...will Ed Sheeran , fuse ODG or the self righteous who now sneer at this forty years later be able to say they did the same thing?

[@awhite3747]

How bizarre to ask about the number of lives saved, as if saving one or a few would invalidate the enterprise.

[@worship568]

@awhite3747 I was responding to the original questions

[@BenNurdin]

Sheeran is so boring these days and is continually ripping off other people's songs