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What was the name of the Irish version of Band Aid?

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  • 03-09-2010 12:04pm
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    lee_baby_simms
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    I saw it on reeling in the years last night. Possibly the worst thing i've ever heard.


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    Mr. Presentable
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    You probably mean "Self-Aid". For unemployed.


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    trustno1
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    Self Aid.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_Aid and yes - it was pretty bad all right..


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    who the fug
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    Was it not in aid of Irish jobs

    Mickey D, created 20 jobs.

    U 2 sang maggies farm, and I went to the pub


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    syklops
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    From wikipedia:
    The purpose of the concert was to highlight the chronic unemployment problem in Ireland at the time, with nearly 250,000 people unemployed

    If there was 250,000 people out of work, was there any need to highlight the fact? Surely there were 250,000 households who were well aware of the situation?

    Also, from wikipedia:
    All profits from the concert and subsequent album, Live for Ireland, went to the Self Aid Trust

    What is the Self Aid Trust? What was it used for? Is it still around, or does it have a new name? As in Jim Aiken's Bank Account.


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    who the fug
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    syklops wrote: »

    If there was 250,000 people out of work, was there any need to highlight the fact? Surely there were 250,000 households who were well aware of the situation?

    You would think so, but Dublin 4 just had to do something


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    VERYinterested
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    Did People in Need develop out of that? Margaret Heffernan had to ease her conscience somehow! I remember that company putting a lot of people on the dole in the fallout of Ben's skydiving attempt in Florida. If you were perceived as a 'Ben' man, you were history.


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    macrubicon
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    lee_baby_simms wrote: »
    I saw it on reeling in the years last night. Possibly the worst thing i've ever heard.

    Show some concern I think ?? With the made up band name - The Concerned


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    stovelid
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    I was indeed on reeling in the years the other night.

    What was scary is that I recognized hardly anybody from the clip, apart from Christy Moore, despite being about 13 or 14 when it was out.


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    pickarooney
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    It's not too laaaaate to learn, shoooow some concern


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    who the fug
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    It's not too laaaaate to learn, shoooow some concern



    24 years and I had completely forgotten that song and the words.

    you should hang thine head in shame.


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    dasdog
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    From Wiki:

    Auto Da Fe
    Bagatelle
    Blue in Heaven
    The Boomtown Rats
    Paul Brady
    Chris de Burgh
    Cactus World News
    The Chieftains
    Clannad
    De Danann
    Rory Gallagher
    The Fountainhead
    In Tua Nua
    Christy Moore
    Van Morrison
    Moving Hearts
    The Pogues
    Chris Rea
    Scullion
    Brush Shiels
    Stockton's Wing
    Thin Lizzy
    Those Nervous Animals
    U2
    Elvis Costello

    It could have been a lot worse TBH (or better if Philo hadn't died 5 months before it). I was only 11 at the time but that blonde girl from An Tua Nua...


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    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users Posts: 3,432 ✭✭✭lee_baby_simms


    macrubicon wrote: »
    Show some concern I think ?? With the made up band name - The Concerned

    That was it...The Concerned.

    Christy Moore, Maxi & Twink were the only two I recognised. It had a kind of reggae vibe to the verse and then the chorus sounded like it was written by a child. It was hard to tell if the expressions on their faces was pity for the starving or for themselves.

    Found it!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPATNkkaVpA

    Who are these people?!?!


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    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users Posts: 3,432 ✭✭✭lee_baby_simms


    pickarooney wrote: »
    It's not too laaaaate to learn, shoooow some concern

    The chorus is starting to grow on me...


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    lee_baby_simms
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    Nothing quite sets a tone of sheer despair and suffering like a sultry sax solo...I need to get the full song. Is it on iTunes?


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    Mr. Presentable
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    dasdog wrote: »
    From Wiki:

    It could have been a lot worse TBH (or better if Philo hadn't died 5 months before it). I was only 11 at the time but that blonde girl from In Tua Nua...

    Lesley Dowdall.

    l_5bd14491799c932c3d22cfcc90512a12.jpg


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    Welease
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    Two different things..

    The Concerned - Show Some Concern (1985).. was written by Paul Cleary from The Blades (the first singer in the video).. .. It was in aid of African famine victims. It was Ireland version of the UK's Do They Know it XMas, and the USA's We are the World etc.

    Self Aid (1986) - Was for the unemployed in Ireland. The Blades refused to be involved. iirc Cleary believed it was the governments job to solve the problem, and that bands using the event to promote their latest single wasn't the best Ireland could do for the unemployed..

    Cleary used to do a great solo version of the song at Blades gigs, but that over produced single was just rubbish. :)


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    Nolanger
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    lee_baby_simms wrote: »
    Who are these people?!?!
    Paul Cleary
    Gaye Woods
    Christy Moore
    Twink
    Can't remember?
    Maxi
    Two girls copying Banarama
    Red Hurley
    Flo McSweeney
    Everyone
    Linda Martin


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    Ispin
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    Leeeeet's maaaake it work. What a track!


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    mike65
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    Leslie Dowdall was the Irish pop babe of the 80s, you can keep your Enyas and Flo McSweeneys! :pac: Actually Irish pop babes were rather thin on the ground...


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    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users Posts: 3,432 ✭✭✭lee_baby_simms


    mike65 wrote: »
    Actually Irish pop babes were rather thin on the ground...

    Ah come on...Dolores Keane?


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    DublinWriter
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    lee_baby_simms wrote: »
    Ah come on...Dolores Keane?

    You're kidding, right?

    Anyway, ta me ag taped it all off the radio at the time.

    I mastered it all onto digital last year when I was chucking out loads of stuff.

    Highlights for me were Cactus World News and Those Nervous Animals.

    Rory had a string on his guitar go totally out of tune during 'Follow Me' and only noticed half-way through and Van totally fluffing a spoken intro to one of his songs.


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