The Legacy of Live Aid

Sorry for the lateness of this article. I just dug it out of my files. Remember Live 8? Well it started with Live Aid, a concert in 1985 that was committed to helping the poor starving in Ethiopia. What a wonderful effort! What a wonderful time! All these well meaning people gathered for a terrific cause. The hit songs "Do They Know it's Christmastime" and "We are the World" came from this effort. Well, sadly, not only was the cause misguided, like many liberal, feel good causes, it actually hurt more than it helped. It turns out that I don't really want my MTV as much as I used to.


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