What do you all think about it?
Personally I hate the song (all the versions of it, not just this one). I do find it (and the whole idea) a bit patronising.
I don't think throwing all that extra money at Ebola is going to make it go away any quicker than it would "normally". Ebola has been around, killing people, for years yet (as always) most people are only now aware of it and bothered about it because it is now threatening the "rich" countries like the UK and US. It is a very difficult virus to work with. Research on it and finding a cure is not suddenly going to become quicker because Band Aid have reworked that song and sold millions of copies. They seem to have the tag-line "Buy the song. Stop the virus". That is not quite how it works Bob Geldof, it is science not magic.
I really like some of the artists who have taken part but I can't stop seeing it as a big PR stunt, with managers saying "Do this, it'll make you look really good.".
Personally I hate the song (all the versions of it, not just this one). I do find it (and the whole idea) a bit patronising.
I don't think throwing all that extra money at Ebola is going to make it go away any quicker than it would "normally". Ebola has been around, killing people, for years yet (as always) most people are only now aware of it and bothered about it because it is now threatening the "rich" countries like the UK and US. It is a very difficult virus to work with. Research on it and finding a cure is not suddenly going to become quicker because Band Aid have reworked that song and sold millions of copies. They seem to have the tag-line "Buy the song. Stop the virus". That is not quite how it works Bob Geldof, it is science not magic.
I really like some of the artists who have taken part but I can't stop seeing it as a big PR stunt, with managers saying "Do this, it'll make you look really good.".