FreakerzBall t1_j1ap4sz wrote on December 22, 2022 at 10:21 PM

Reply to comment by ASecularBuddhist in The Band Aid song “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” is offensive, and that was before I saw the cover art 🤨 by ASecularBuddhist

Peace Corps? I think you need to consider that what we did in the 1980's, 40 years ago, with no internet, almost no cable tv, was an attempt to ease the suffering in Africa. If you can't find that in yourself, keep in mind that in 2062 some kid is going to shit all over your gen's good deeds.

ASecularBuddhist OP t1_j1at3xt wrote on December 22, 2022 at 10:50 PM

It definitely raised awareness of the suffering in Africa. Maybe even inspired me in someway to eventually do it myself to try to help out.

I dare you to take a look at that cover art though.

FreakerzBall t1_j1avlex wrote on December 22, 2022 at 11:08 PM

I did. I don't know that I remember it from 1984, but my school had a fundraiser for it, and we watched it at home on our giant 24" console TV. It was eye-opening to me, and a decade later I studied eco development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

I hadn't made that connection until now. Huh. Thank you for that.

The artwork was meant to be confrontational. Extremely so. It was the ME decade, and it was far too easy to focus on the cola wars and peak Spielberg, and ignore the news about tens of millions of humans at risk of starvation. The artists behind the event and album weren't pulling punches.

ASecularBuddhist OP t1_j1awgj8 wrote on December 22, 2022 at 11:14 PM

It’s a mixed bag.

And Phil Collins should’ve practiced 🤨

FreakerzBall t1_j1bd5py wrote on December 23, 2022 at 1:20 AM

F that guy. BOOM BOOM, BOOM BOOM, BOOM BOOM, BOOM BOOM... BOOM, BOOM.

ASecularBuddhist OP t1_j1bl2rj wrote on December 23, 2022 at 2:22 AM

It’s like being a piano player and being asked to play a Mozart piano concerto without knowing or looking at the music.

“I’m just gonna wing it. I mean how hard can Mozart be?”