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Old 05-12-2004, 13:26
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http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds17467.html

by denying the Band Aid cause the purchasing power of the Westlife fan base, Louis is effectively robbing starving children of hundreds of thousands of pounds!

I am in no way saying that Westloife would enhance this record in anyway musically. But think how many more copies could guaranteed to be sold with the sheep buying them up.

Louis - you're a disgrace. He could have at lease given them the option of singing. Who does he think he is Colonal Parker??
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Old 05-12-2004, 13:46
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Why should he be forced to allow his band to participate in something so crap*?
People are going to buy the single anyway, whether Westlife were on it or not.



*the song, not the cause.
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Old 05-12-2004, 13:53
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Louis Walsh, the man behind Westlife, has the cheek to say someone else is bland!!

You couldnt make it up.
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Old 05-12-2004, 14:10
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Originally Posted by 10bellies
Why should he be forced to allow his band to participate in something so crap*?

*the song, not the cause.
why can't the band chose whether they want to perform?

The poor puppets didn't even know they were invited...
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Old 05-12-2004, 14:32
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Sour Grapes perchance?

According to this http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds17078.html West Life were not approached.
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Old 05-12-2004, 18:02
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What a arse

Bland....pah...perhaps he should start looking at his own bands.
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Old 05-12-2004, 19:42
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Let me get this straight. Walsh is a bad guy because he didn't put a crap band on a crap record designed by millionaires to make ordinary folks feel guilty?
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Old 05-12-2004, 19:48
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Originally Posted by D Sizzle
designed by millionaires to make ordinary folks feel guilty?
yeah thats the whole purpose of Band Aid. Well done...
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Old 05-12-2004, 20:08
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A couple of classic lines:
" There wont be snow in Africa this Christmas" Of course there wont! unless you live on the top of Kilimangero it doesn't snow in Africa!
" Do they know it's Christmastime at all" Of course not!,their religions and culture do not celebrate Christmas.
They probably don't even know that their government received millions of pounds in aid that they never even saw!
I didn't buy the last Band-aid record and I wont buy this one, on principal!
The homeless in this country are hoping there wont be snow in Britain this Christmas. And do the needy children in this country know it's Christmastime? Yes, of course they do, but it wont make any difference to them!
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Old 05-12-2004, 21:08
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Urghhh that man is SUCH a PRAT! I hate him, the slimey git! Westlife and Ronan Keating were not even approached by Bob Geldof to appear on the single, so its just Walsh and his sour grapes. The cheek of him, the man responsible for Westlife and Boyzone has the cheek to call something bland.

I agree I dont' think this new release is a patch on the original, but its for a good cause and even if it is crap, many people will buy it, I'm going to buy, just for the cause, not the song. Walsh is a miserable git.

I dont think I'll watch the X Factor final now, I can't decide who the lesser of two evils is, Louis Walsh or Simon Cowell lol
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Old 05-12-2004, 21:16
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[QUOTE many people will buy it, I'm going to buy, just for the cause, lol[/quote]
Wouldn't you be better donating the money to the NSPCC
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Old 05-12-2004, 22:54
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Originally Posted by bigal47
A couple of classic lines:
" There wont be snow in Africa this Christmas" Of course there wont! unless you live on the top of Kilimangero it doesn't snow in Africa!
" Do they know it's Christmastime at all" Of course not!,their religions and culture do not celebrate Christmas.

The origanal song was for the Ethiopian famine relief.
a large amount of Ethiopians are coptic christians, who do celebrate christmas.
I found this bit of info on ethiopia
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Old 05-12-2004, 23:50
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Originally Posted by 10bellies
Why should he be forced to allow his band to participate in something so crap*?
People are going to buy the single anyway, whether Westlife were on it or not.



*the song, not the cause.
its to save lives,louis is just a slimey little toad.
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Old 05-12-2004, 23:52
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Originally Posted by bigal47
[QUOTE many people will buy it, I'm going to buy, just for the cause, lol
Wouldn't you be better donating the money to the NSPCC[/quote]i give £2 pound a month to the nspcc,i know its not much,but a little helps.
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Old 06-12-2004, 00:34
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Originally Posted by anneonholiday
yeah thats the whole purpose of Band Aid. Well done...

If it wasn't, people would give to charity all year round instead of when forced to by a song.

Think before you post.
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Old 06-12-2004, 09:21
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so you're saying the purpose of Band Aid is rich millionaires making ordinary people feel guilty so that they give to charity...

I think I was taking offence at the 'making you feel guilty' part. I don't believe the purpose of Band Aid is to make you feel guilty - the purpose is to raise money for charity. There are two aims there - to make you feel guilty and to make you give money.

I actually think that rather than make you feel guilty, Band Aid could be aiming to make you feel better about yourself. Don't you get a feeling of smugness and self rightiousness when you give to charity? There is no such thing as a selfless act...

I do think before I post, but not too hard
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Old 06-12-2004, 09:28
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Hang on, the story as posted on DS doesn't make any sense. Louis Walsh is saying that he didn't want Westlife involved as the original is fantastic and the new version is bland. Well if he thinks the original is so fantastic, then surely he would have had high hopes for the new one and would have jumped at the chance to have one of his stable involved. As for the new version being bland, he would only have come to that conclusion after it had been recorded and released. How can that have influenced his decision?

No doubt there's the usual mis-quoting and quoting out of context, but this still doesn't really tell us the real reason why he blocked their involvement.
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Old 06-12-2004, 09:49
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maybe he was thinking of Band Aid II
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Old 06-12-2004, 10:17
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Originally Posted by moneybags
its to save lives,louis is just a slimey little toad.
Slimey little toad, eh?
Are you sure...only, I've just Googled, and Westlife have done shitloads for charity before...

If he was as 'slimey' as you say, surely they wouldn't have done anything for charity at all.
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Old 06-12-2004, 12:47
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Apart from being a truly awful record, even by “chariteee” standards, it is IMO - very patronising. People in poverty don't want to be told, 'Hey, don't you know it's Christmas?' by anyone, let alone by a bunch of spoiled 'luvvies' with a limited vision of the world.

The simple fact is, these problems like so many others, should be addressed ALL year round - not just when the "guilt bug" bites.
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Old 06-12-2004, 14:14
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The record is crap.
I walked in Oxfam and gave them £5 (£1.01 more than the single price) out of principle.
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Old 06-12-2004, 14:24
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Originally Posted by 10bellies
Slimey little toad, eh?
Are you sure...only, I've just Googled, and Westlife have done shitloads for charity before...

If he was as 'slimey' as you say, surely they wouldn't have done anything for charity at all.
he is a slimey toad.i hate the creep ,
he should just disapear forever.
i realy hate louis walsh,west life should dump him,
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Old 06-12-2004, 14:32
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Originally Posted by Dude Love
The record is crap.
I walked in Oxfam and gave them £5 (£1.01 more than the single price) out of principle.
I agree. Its the kind of crap G4 might release!!
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Old 06-12-2004, 14:41
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Originally Posted by Code Y
Apart from being a truly awful record, even by “chariteee” standards, it is IMO - very patronising. People in poverty don't want to be told, 'Hey, don't you know it's Christmas?' by anyone, let alone by a bunch of spoiled 'luvvies' with a limited vision of the world.

The simple fact is, these problems like so many others, should be addressed ALL year round - not just when the "guilt bug" bites.
Its not aimed at the people its raising money for. It supposed to make us think about people in the third world, hence the line by Bono "Tonight thank god its them instead of you".

The original version was much better.....the song suited the time period and the vocals were much more individual and it sounded less polished, more real, I think because it was rushed to get it pressed and into shops.
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Old 06-12-2004, 17:07
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For Louis Walsh to say he wouldn't even buy the single just goes to show you where his morals lie! I bought it last week and helped propel it to number 1 yesterday. I think the criticism of the song is shocking. It just goes to show you how nasty we are as a society these days, calling charity "charidee" like it's meant to be some knid of joke or something! British people-such tossers...
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