Thank God It’s Them Instead Of You

14 December 2008 | 10:02 PM

At the risk of putting a finger on just how much of an old fogie I am, this time of year always makes me think of Band Aid, the UK super-group that was put together back in 1984 in order to record the single “Do They Know It’s Christmas” to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. Even though there was a stateside project called USA For Africa which came out shortly afterward, Band Aid was always nearer and dearer to my heart, if for no other reason than I was at that time more likely to listen to terrible British popular music than terrible American popular music. Anyway, with the economy currently circling the drain and oodles of dollars disappearing from the coffers of the super-rich like cocaine in Lindsay Lohan’s trailer on the set of Georgia Rule, I’m please to see that someone has brought the project out of retirement to serve a new purpose.

I can’t tell which I find more hilarious: the updated lyrics, the simian drummer standing in for Phil Collins or Nick Rhodes’ haircut.

Posted by Andy in Comedy = Tragedy + Time