{"id":4807,"date":"2014-11-24T11:05:46","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T11:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/11\/24\/bob-geldof-claims-99p-download-price-of-do-they-know-its-christmas-makes-it-difficult-to-have-an-impact\/"},"modified":"2014-11-24T11:05:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T11:05:46","slug":"bob-geldof-claims-99p-download-price-of-do-they-know-its-christmas-makes-it-difficult-to-have-an-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2014\/11\/24\/bob-geldof-claims-99p-download-price-of-do-they-know-its-christmas-makes-it-difficult-to-have-an-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Geldof claims 99p download price of Do They Know It\u2019s Christmas? makes it difficult to have an impact"},"content":{"rendered":"


Bob Geldof has called on anyone who has downloaded Band Aid 30\u2019s Do They Know It\u2019s Christmas? to delete the song and purchase it again. Although the Ebola benefit single is already the fastest-selling single of 2014, Geldof claims that the song\u2019s 99p price makes it difficult to have an impact. <\/p>\n

In the past seven days, Band Aid 30\u2019s supporters bought 312,000 copies of the celeb team-up: that\u2019s 15,000 more than the first-week sales of Band Aid 20, and a higher first-week total of any single in almost two years. Still, Geldof\u2019s new campaign is a long way off from matching the original Band Aid\u2019s \u00a38 million purse \u2013 not least because the latest Do They Know It\u2019s Christmas? costs a fraction of 1984 edition\u2019s \u00a33.50 sticker price.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to sell 300% more than we did than [in 1984] to even begin to make up the cash figure,\u201d Geldof told BBC Radio 1. \u201cThat worries me … Even if you already have it, delete, download again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Geldof\u2019s \u201cdelete and download\u201d strategy is flawed. The average user of iTunes can purchase, delete and repurchase a track for no additional cost. You can, however, \u201cGift\u201d an iTunes download, and re-donate by sending it to another user.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, organisers hope that the rate of fundraising will accelerate when the single is released on CD on 8 December. The physical edition will sell for \u00a33.99 and, as for the 99p digital version, the government has reportedly waived its collection of VAT.<\/p>\n

Despite Band Aid 30\u2019s good intentions, many observers \u2013 and even some of the invited participants \u2013 have criticised its execution. African-born musician Fuse ODG backed out of the project due its lyrics\u2019 \u201cnegative portrayal\u201d of Africa. Emeli Sand\u00e9, who sings on the track, also argued that the \u201clyric[s] needed changing\u201d. \u201cAng\u00e9lique Kidjo and I made and sang our own edits,\u201d she recalled on Twitter. \u201cUnfortunately none of these made the final cut.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In response, Geldof told Newsbeat that he encouraged Fuse ODG to change any line he felt he couldn\u2019t sing. \u201cAng\u00e9lique Kidjo and Emeli Sand\u00e9 who were on the same attitude [as Fuse ODG] and I said, \u2018There\u2019s the world\u2019s press, tell them about your point of view.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source: The Guardian<\/p>\n

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