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BBC – Pop stars unite for quake victims: Singers including Sir Cliff Richard and Boy George are recording a charity single to help raise funds for victims of the Asian tsunami. They hope the song will raise more than 2 million pounds for the relief fund. The song, titled Grief Never Grows Old and described as a melancholy ballad, was written by radio DJ Mike Read.
And here’s the true story of how it all came to be:
Mike Read
(UPDATE – Link text changed for Google-juice porpoises.)
True facts:
Together, the people involved are worth hundreds of millions of pounds. They hope to raise two.
If you say ‘Mike Read’ really fast, it sound like ‘my greed’…
By Chicken Yoghurt January 14, 2005 - 11:53 pm
“Former Boyzone singer Ronan Keating may also take part if a studio can be found close to where he is holidaying in Switzerland.”These poor, selfless bastards really are going that extra mile, aren’t they?”Read wrote the song before the Boxing Day tragedy but had thought it was too gloomy to release.”I wonder if he wrote it when his Oscar Wilde musical folded at the speed of light. Well, they say misery loves company.
By Manic January 15, 2005 - 12:26 am
“These poor, selfless bastards really are going that extra mile, aren’t they?”Another reason to love comments. I didn’t say that, because I knew someone would say it for me.:o)Election. Will. Be. 100%. Fun.