Reflections of.... BAND-AID!!!

I know you're all sick of Christmas music, but there's one last topic that I thought of over break that I never got a chance to research! Your favorite song Do They Know It's Christmas which is played at a minimum once per hour during the month of December. This song has been around for 23 years now, and probably played more than any other Christmas song (even Wham's Last Christmas also from 1984). So you know the song, you know the lyrics, you also sing along as loud as you can when you get to the "FEED THE WORLD" part, heck you may even remember the video for it (back from the MTV days of actually showing music videos).



But do you remember who everyone is? Some of us were 7 years old in 1984 (or younger) so some of the names might be foreign. Let me help refresh your memory.

• Starts with Paul Young singing (was a solo act.... not from any band)
• Then of course Boy George (from Culture Club).
• Add Phil Collins (was in Genesis at the time... still sucks) on drums with a goofy look on his face
  
• George Michael is next (of WHAM! He was a busy guy in 1984 but that was before he was playing games of "show me yours I'll show you mine" in public bathrooms)
• Then Simon LeBon. Simon was from Duran Duran (listen, you'll recognize his voice from Rio)
• Then you add Sting (of Sting/The Police fame --- remember Idol contestants, you sing Sting and you go home) and Tony Hadley (not related to Nori Hadley... at least I don't think so). Tony Hadley was the frontman for Spandau Ballet (WHO!?!?!?). They sang True (you'd recognize it if you heard it from most Weddings... or just watch this video).
• Then Bono (of obvious U2 fame) and Sting.... add Simon LeBon again...
• Then Bono's famous "Well tonight thank God it's them, instead of youuuuuuu". Which by the way, he sang AGAIN in the 20 year remake of the song (2004). He was the only person to be in both groups (most of the originals are too drugged up to sing anymore). The 20 year version can be found here.
• The only other person who solos after this is Glen Gregory from Heaven 17.... don't know much about them.

So there you go, you probably won't hear it again till next November but at least you'll be better prepared when you hear it! May even come up as a Jeopardy question sometime, who knows!

On a sad note - the final Air Jordans (Jordans XX3, how appropriate!) are being released this year. I do like the new ones, but my favorites are still the Jordan IVs! Here's a slideshow of all the Jordans through the years. Which are your favorites?

Go Brews Brothers!!

Haiku of the Day
Bowling is for girls!
But it's fun to drink some beer
And watch all the fun!

Entertainment of the Day - I watched Death Sentence which is with Kevin Bacon (who's really starting to look "old" lately), Kelly Preston (who still looks amazing at 45), and done by the same director as Saw. No, there is not a lot of gory parts, but I did enjoy the movie. The plot was interesting, makes you think. A VP of the business world loses his son to a random gang shooting and sees a maximum of 10 year penalty to the killer. Instead of that route, he decides to take the law into his own hands and starts a war against a gang. The camera work was actually pretty awesome with one foot chase scene being one of the better ones I can remember in a movie. Worth the time if you see it out there to rent!

Weblink of the Day - The Indian designed $2500 car is coming to the US! Interesting, interesting.... no radio, so you'd have to use your iPod and headphones while driving - a favorite of Kahn's! Don't expect to see these pulling into Menards to take a bunch of stuff back to the house!