I remember Band Aid twenty years ago, that's the record I mean and not the American version of Elastoplast.
I was in Ladakh, India, for Live Aid so I missed it. I did manage to get to a mini-festival for Drug Aid in Goa though. There were about eight performers, of which six were groups who had a girl who sang Smooth Operator, the Sade hit at the time, and a folk singer whose biggest hit had been a song for tolerance called Jesus Was A Hippy. I can't find anything about it through Google, but I remember references to sandals, poverty, a beard and long hair completed the analogy.
Thanks to Bob Geldof, the pirating of cassettes ceased in Indonesia in 1988. However, the piracy of DVDs and software continues. N.B. These figures are out-of-date and are probably much worse in spite of (because of ?) Microsoft's efforts. There has also been an increase in shipping piracy.
Finally, if you've followed all (any?) of the above links, you definitely deserve a compliment and here it is: An ocean-going tin of cross-eyed mussels could never match the melodious burblings of your sister's husband.
What? You don't like it? Then try this one.
