Band Aid 20

Jesus... talk about a come down. They've remade the classic 'Do They Know It's Christmas Time' with a bunch of manufactured boy/girl band mediocrities. The great thing about the original was that it was genuinely talented individuals coming together for a common cause that brought attention to a human tragedy of epic proportions.

This one just smacks of a cynical cash-in... it's like 'I'm a celebrity, get me out of here'... pointless non-entities trying to embiggen[1] themselves through self-aggrandising opportunism. It's just cheapening the legacy of Live Aid, which was a truly amazing event that resonates deeply in anyone who is old enough to remember it. The thought that this band of talentless nobodies is going to attempt the same thing as the talent that made up the original Band Aid is deeply upsetting. Sure, the original cast had its mediocrities too... but those were the exception. I suppose it's no worse in real terms than Band Aid 2, although even that had Chris Rea and... well, Chris Rea.

[1] It's a perfectly cromulent word.