I mean i like it as a song but as a concept its naive and patronising and no surprise thought up by that arch wanker bob geldof
"And it's a world of dread and fear" - er no its not
"Where the only water flowing
Is the bitter sting of tears" - mawkish arrant nonsense
"Are the clanging chimes of doom" - i mean, really
"Well tonight thank God it's them
Instead of you" - well that is slightly odd
!And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life" - thast because apart from the top of a montain and the odd time in SA thee is no snow you stupid eejit and there are whole swathes of "Africa" who have a decent standard of living, most cities in fact so terribly patronising again.
"Where nothing ever grows
No rain or rivers flow" - like the Nile?
Just the worst type of misguided handringing liberal claptrap from an era that thought that a few popstars could change the world, they didnt and instead they bought more cars, houses and tried to avoid paying tax.
