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Do They Know It's Halloween? Well, Do They?Last winter, the sausage-curling rerelease of Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas" raised millions of dollars for charity while also perpetuating the ignorance of the song's original lyrics. Sorry, Sir Bob, but Africa isn't a land where "nothing ever grows" and "no rain nor river flows."
Maybe what Bono doesn't realize is that belting out groaners such as "tonight thank God it's them instead of you" is a tad patronizing-but we do. ...
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