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The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent anyone else's view in any way, including those of my employer.
© Copyright 2010
Brian Johnson has a deserved go at Bono and other “do-good” rockers:
“I do it myself, I don’t tell everybody I’m doing it,” Johnson said.
“I don’t tell everybody they should give money – they can’t afford it.
“When I was a working man I didn’t want to go to a concert for some bastard to talk down to me that I should be thinking of some kid in Africa.
“I’m sorry mate, do it yourself, spend some of your own money and get it done. It just makes me angry. I become all tyrannical.”
I do think there is a place for charity concerts as long as the money is properly accounted for. But, good intentions aside, do we really need a remake of We Are the World for Haiti? It was a god awful song then and the assembled “talent” this time around is not going to make it any better.
Being fond of 80s metal, I much preferred the Hear’n'Aid project and the song Stars. Oh yes, this is the long version with all the guitar solos.
But the whole idea of charity songs was wonderfully skewered by Faith No More. A song that sadly seems to become relevant once every decade or so.
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10:30 pm - February 3rd, 2010
[...] AC/DC lead singer, Brian Johnson, about the Bono/Geldoff approach to conspicuous charity works (via ShaunC): “I do it myself, I don’t tell everybody I’m doing it,” Johnson [...]