Um, seriously.
I was driving in the car this afternoon and that song “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” by Band Aid came on the radio.
And you know, it’s got that 80s pop beat and George Michael before he was “gay” (yeah, whatever) singing all soulful and stuff and Bono (fuckin’ Bono) kicking off his “excuse me, I’m busy approximating god here” phase that’s lasted 20 years, and there’s all this Culture Club, Duran Duran and Bananarama boppy, overproduced excessive goodness and even though I don’t celebrate Christmas I got all grinny and happy, dorking out and driving and singing.
Then there’s that part which starts out, “And there won’t be snow in Africa this Christmastime/The greatest gift they’ll get this year is life” and I totally choked. Like, I had to take a breath and then tears welled up in my eyes and I started laughing because I’m a big emo dork.
Seriously? What is THAT? Next thing you know I’m gonna crack when Bob Seger sings the Little Drummer Boy, which everyone knows is much better when Bing Crosby and David Bowie sing it as a duet:
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December 14, 2006 at 7:59 am
Actually, I always choke when i hear “Do they know it’s Christmas”. I remember the day they recorded it, and i remember the news reports that were the catalyst for its recording.
So i’m also a big emo dork. We could even start a society. Society of Big Brazen Emo Dorks. SOBBED.
Appropriate, no?