Worst charity records

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DazzerUKUK · #1 Post by **DazzerUKUK** » Sun 10 Jun 2007, 11:53 pm

The Observer magazine have done a feature on the Charity Record Hall of Shame.

The Line up:

Madonna Hey You
Do they Know its Christmas 1989/2004 versions
Pet Shop Boys Absoultely Fabulous
Will Young Don't Let Me Drown
McFly Please Please
Emma Bunton Downtown
Shane Ritchie Im Your Man

Danny C · #2 Post by **Danny C** » Mon 11 Jun 2007, 12:08 am

How could they leave out Jonny & Denise "Especially For You"?

DJ Fairborne · #3 Post by **DJ Fairborne** » Mon 11 Jun 2007, 12:53 am

In my humble opinion, the 10 worst charity records ever of all-time are the following (in no particular order though, as they are all awful!):

BAND AID 20: Do They Know It's Christmas?,
ONE WORLD PROJECT: Grief Never Grows Old,
USA FOR AFRICA: We Are The World,
ELTON JOHN: Candle In The Wind 1997,
HALE AND PACE & THE STONKERS: The Stonk,
FERRY AID: Let It Be,
HILLSBOROUGH AID: Ferry 'Cross The Mersey,
CHER, NENEH CHERRY & CHRISSIE HYNDE: Love Can Build A Bridge,
ARTISTS AGAINST AIDS WORLDWIDE: What's Going On? &
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Perfect Day.

I've not heard Madonna's "Hey You" yet, but compared to the above list, "Absolutely Fabulous" by PSB is a work of genius!

Danger · #4 Post by **Danger** » Mon 11 Jun 2007, 8:42 am

It's hard to know all the Charity recrods in Italy (here it does not exist something similar) but he last single by SugababesvsGirls Aloud is really ugly, myabe the worst single by the Babes

Joemoz · #5 Post by **Joemoz** » Mon 11 Jun 2007, 11:04 am

All charity records are awful by definition.

Radiophonic · #6 Post by **Radiophonic** » Mon 11 Jun 2007, 12:35 pm

I've only ever liked that French & Saunders/Spice Girls one.
Runner up: French & Saunders/Bananarama

dVTB · #7 Post by **dVTB** » Mon 11 Jun 2007, 6:07 pm

Pet Shop Boys never made a single called Absolutely Fabulous

Where is Patrick?

Ronald42 · #8 Post by **Ronald42** » Mon 11 Jun 2007, 6:27 pm

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Perfect Day.

I like this one actually. Let it be - Ferry aid is another rather good one.

What was that track by Mel (???????) & Kim (Wilde) that was pretty bad as I recall.

AlfonsoPSB · #9 Post by **AlfonsoPSB** » Mon 11 Jun 2007, 7:46 pm

dVTB wrote:Pet Shop Boys never made a single called Absolutely Fabulous

Where is Patrick?

Fugitive1979 · #10 Post by **Fugitive1979** » Mon 11 Jun 2007, 7:53 pm

Ronald42 wrote:What was that track by Mel (???????) & Kim (Wilde) that was pretty bad as I recall.

Mel (Smith) & Kim (Wilde) - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree.

Charted 05/12/1987, peaked at #3.

PopArt · #11 Post by **PopArt** » Mon 11 Jun 2007, 8:02 pm

OK, Absolutely fabulous was not PSB's greatest musical moment but neither was it that bad

Great euro pop riff which for the time was quite cool. Catchy chorus. And it certainly was a little bit funny which is a) better than trying to be funny and failing completely and b) just being serious and 'hand wringing' about a situation.

I think they tried and they did better than most. The fact that they didn't release it under their own name, and it doesn't appear on PopArt, suggests that they too know it was hardly a major artistic statement. It was just a bit of fun...

patrick · #12 Post by **patrick** » Mon 11 Jun 2007, 8:41 pm

dVTB wrote:Pet Shop Boys never made a single called Absolutely Fabulous

Aside from the one on the official site from 1994 of course.

Aren't you the joker who thinks they made a single called She's Madonna?

dVTB · #13 Post by **dVTB** » Mon 11 Jun 2007, 9:10 pm

Vince · #14 Post by **Vince** » Tue 12 Jun 2007, 6:39 pm

Ronald42 wrote:
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Perfect Day.
I like this one actually.

Me too!! its a perfect song

Janet Street-Porter · Tue 12 Jun 2007, 8:20 pm

Absolutely fabulous still remains a total mystery to me. It was as though they were drawing a line under their consistent brilliance and admitting that they couldn't keep up the standard for ever so here's a dodgy 'comedy/charity' record. We'll disappoint you before you get disappointed.

It was also the harbinger of their showbiz years as they evolved from the effortlessly cool Discography epoch into a rather more hit-and-miss 'here's Elton, where's Neil?' cult of celebrity.