Best Christmas song... E. V. E. R...

Oh sure, I like the classics...like "Here comes Santa Claus", "I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus" - We wish you a Merry Christmas...

But my ALL TIME FAVORITE... idontcarewhoisaround...iamgoingtosingAS.LOUD.as.i.can...Christmas Song is...

BAND AID...Do they know it's Christmas....***sigh***

I won't lie...
I used to sing it into my hairbrush all the while pretending I was MRS. Simon LeBon
and not just at Christmas time...
(bet you are thinking I was a PRETYY BIG DORK growing up aren't ya?)


I would sing this song ALL YEAR LONG..

I spent Christmas 1984 in the hospital... with my right leg shattered in like, a million pieces... my family decorated my hospital room & tried to make it a little more cheery... My sister Heidi (the best present giver EVER) bought me the BAND AID album & a George Michael poster which was hung on the wall in that hospital room until I got out..... Funny, thats the only gift I remember from that year....

ANYWOO (sorry about the trip down memory lane) I LOVED/LOVE this video... I know every shoulder shrug... every singer ... everytime they screw up (Paul Young totally forgets the words...)




Enjoy! What is your all time favorite Christmas tune?







[edit] Participants
The original Band Aid ensemble consisted of (in sleeve order):
Linda Ronstadt
Adam Clayton (U2)
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Phil Collins (Genesis)
Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats, subsequently USA for Africa)
Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet)
Chris Cross (Ultravox)
John Taylor (Duran Duran)
Paul Young
Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet)
Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17)
Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran)
Simon Crowe (The Boomtown Rats)
Marilyn
Keren Woodward (Bananarama)
Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
Jody Watley (Shalamar)
Bono (U2)
Paul Weller (The Style Council, and previously The Jam)
James "J.T." Taylor (Kool & The Gang)
George Michael (Wham!)
Midge Ure (Ultravox)
Martyn Ware (Heaven 17)
John Keeble (Spandau Ballet)
Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
Roger Taylor (Duran Duran)
Sara Dallin (Bananarama)
Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama)
Sting (The Police)
Pete Briquette (The Boomtown Rats)
Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
Robert 'Kool' Bell (Kool & the Gang)
Dennis Thomas (Kool & the Gang)
Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
Jon Moss (Culture Club, former member of Adam and the Ants)
Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)
Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)
Johnny Fingers (The Boomtown Rats)
David Bowie (who contributed via a recording that was mailed to Geldof and then dubbed onto the single)
Boy George (Culture Club)
Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Paul McCartney (Wings and The Beatles, who contributed via a recording that was mailed to Geldof and then dubbed onto the single)
Stuart Adamson (Big Country)
Bruce Watson (Big Country)
Tony Butler (Big Country)
Mark Brzezicki (Big Country)
Jools Holland (Squeeze)