10 Worst Music Lyrics Of The '80s
7. Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid
Yes I know it is churlish to nit-pick at something as worthy as the Band Aid record and live event, given the enormous amount of money that was raised. Notwithstanding that important fact, there is a line in this song of such questionable taste that it just begs to be exposed.
Remember the context; this is a bunch of extremely rich pop stars without any worries in the world beyond where their next hit is coming from, gathered together to highlight the plight of the starving in Africa. All of a sudden, a minute and a half in, Bono yells, 'Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you'. I'm sure we were all counting our blessings, but to put it out there in such a blunt fashion seemed more than a touch insensitive.
Bob Geldof was the co-writer, with some serious form on the bad lyrics front. Check this one out for sheer awfulness: ''Still the blood it clots, and the heart gets stricken, see everybody's searching for that attitude chicken'. Rhyming dictionary madness.