Bob Geldof Talks To Sky News About Band Aid 30 Criticism
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- čas přidán 16. 11. 2014
- Bob Geldof speaks to Sky's Jayne Secker about Band Aid 30 and is asked about criticism of the charity single, which is raising money to fight the spread of Ebola in Africa.
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There is nothing I enjoy more than being emotionally blackmailed, and being told how to spend my money, by a multi-millionaire tax evader.
Never thought he could make me hate him so much. They 'gave up an afternoon' WOW.
They create a problem then come with the solution. I am disappointed in Bob asking poor people once again to donate money why don't he sell all his shares and investments he has in Africa and donate it. These so called humanitarian has been pulling the wool over our eyes for to long stop donating money let them put their hands in their on pockets first.
He clearly has done that already..
i think your talkin bollocks
Bob Geldof was asked about criticism of the Band Aid 30 charity single. Here's what he had to say. More here: bit.ly/1uxYQw5
well tonight thank God it's him, instead of me.
Bob has had, some of the most awful personal issues, but he still wants to raise awareness about Ebola yes we as human beings, should help! !!!!!!
Andy Dawson thats always been my issue. Bono is that far up his own arse and in love with himself its embarrassing to watch. Rather than giving his album away on itunes to stroke his own ego he'd have been better off selling it and donating the money to this
Apparently on last check Bono has a £600+ million fortune the tax dodging fraud!
And this is what Google says about Big Bob...
Bob Geldof is a rich man. According to the Sunday Times rich list he is worth £32 million and like most rich people he is understandably keen to hang on to his fortune. That's why, very sensibly, he gives no more of his money away to the Government than he has to.
Spend your own money Geldof!!
this has been Bob Geldof's act for the past 30+ years. He comes up with naive plans that help no one but himself, gets on TV, and if anyone questions his motives he shouts profanity. "Do They Know It's Christmas" has always been a crappy song. Live Aid was a great concert but the money they raised went to the very warlords who created the famine. And the criticism is valid -- many of these artists are tax exiles who could chip in their own fortunes. He couldn't respond to it.
I completely agree, the awful truth about Live aid, as good as intentions were, didn't help much to relieve the famine crisis at the time. Instead it unfortunately made the situation worse as the funds went straight into the hands of the Ethiopian dictator, Mengistu, who used those funds to slaughter the very people the charity event were trying to save.
It's terrible what happened and Bob Geldof was apparently warned to hold on to the funds until they could be released in a safe way to the people who needed it, he ignored the warning and the money went straight to Mengistu to fund his army and the purchase of weapons from Russia.
Hearts were in the right place place for Live Aid but it ended up escalating an already horrendous situation that was going on at the time.
Wow Bono cancelled a tv interview !! what a guy
Good man Bob. Well done for doing something, while others sit on there hands and do nothing but complain.
Naive idiot..
1:36 bono gives up a tv show but he wont pay tax ?
What the hell did sky expect & what was Bob supposed to do with those questions ?
Most would have asked how much money has been raised so far, what was the target, what will the money would be spent on.
But no, Sky want to talk about singers not paying tax
Well done Sky then.
johnphilbill
But the interview wasn't supposed to be about singers paying tax.
Same old sky, trying to make news instead of reporting it
jackie boy This is the issue with the mainstream media, they don´t care about what's true or what's good. They want controversy and they cater to the lowest cretins of society like johnphilbill and some of the other commentators here on youtube.
Mark Llewellyn It was Bob that was speaking like a "cretin of society" with his language. I wish they had let him fully explain his position on tax avoidance. This mans a millionaire as is Bono (600 million) and could fully fund a medical response against Ebola in a private donation with dignity. Instead he has to demand money from the tax paying public and act controversial in order to keep his name relevant. To clarify there is nothing wrong with the cause or fundraising, only if its not conducted by hypocrites.
"What the hell did sky expect"
Well when they specifically asked him not to swear, they might have expected him not to swear.
Bob Geldof... Possibly the most uncaring and self-centered egotist the world has ever seen. Oh sorry, I thought we were commenting on him as a person rather than the character he plays whenever Band Aid and Live Aid are mentioned.
George Osborne should have been standing outside the recording studio haranguing the stars with 'GIVE US YOUR FOOKING MONEY!';
Geldorf tax Dodger and has caused more trouble in Ethiopia
Anyway...Geldof is a knob. Adele gave a large donation to Oxfam. If they just did that it would be over. I know there's a lot of people worse off than me, but there's also a lot better off than me and none of them buy charity records etc to pay my debts.
do they know there is tax offices after all..feed the world
Typical of sky news really. Cut off his mic during the questions and ask him about everything other than what he's trying to achieve with this single.
The agenda of news is to probe and question. Not to blindly assume that a 'charity' single is for the good.
Comment Post Yet, they appear to "blindly assume that a 'charity' single is for the" bad. Double standards and of absolutely no help to any cause but sensationalism. Journalism is dead.
Turned Around Not really blindly, the previous Band Aid singles have been examined with criticisms about how the money raised is spent and the message they portray (one that is belittling to Africa as a continent).
Some of the key people involved in the single have been exposed tax evading and not paying their fair share within their own society. So it seems highly hypocritical of them to try and rally people to contribute to solve problems globally when they don't do it locally themselves.
I agree Sky News will want to create a story for themselves but this isn't unfounded. Bono and Bob Geldof provide a wealth of material to throw back, as they are both extremely sanctimonious, raising questions whether they do they do this for themselves or for the plight of people in need, they are also very condescending about 'Africa', the people they 'attempt' to help and very sketchy regarding their tax affairs.
This awareness and research of the situation (as mentioned above) is what drives them to these questions, they didn't arrive blindly (even if this probing matches their agenda to sell stories and create these narratives).
I will accept that sometimes it can SEEM a news agency arrives blindly to a situation but on those occasions it is usually to drive home their own agenda by discrediting and individual and promoting their own message. On this probably not the case. There is just something too fishy about Mr. Geldof.
Turned Around But he and Bono have ripped millions off people. Also I think it's a bit over the top to suggest people would think he was a criminal it wasn't that probing.
*****
Now that I can agree with, as well as their continued silence on Gaza, they are useless celebrities who have no idea how to use their voice for the good of others who are suffering.
It wouldn't have been so bad if he had written a new song, the song wasn't great in 1984. When he did this first time round hardly any one could remember who he was, his music career was all but over.
Even people in Africa in hospital dying of ebola are moaning about Bob Geldof doing another band aid single.
A man like him should be a shame of himself.
What a shame!!!
id say your talking bollocks
Complete load of bollocks
I do not like Christmas records generally. Part of my soul dies when I hear the same music every year.
Imagine being a tax evading millionaire and having the balls to demand money of ordinary people
Come on bob, show us the colour of YOUR money.
I like the menacing grin that says: "I'm going to use the word 'bollocks' as many times as I can get away with."
Its great banter it really is.
Totally uncalled for. She was being nice to him.
She should have said: "...but Mr Geldof, this music sucks! It sucks so so much!"
I don't have much time for Sky but these are the sort of questions that need to be asked. Charity and government are one and the same, in most instances charity picks up the bill that government does not. If certain wealthy individuals don't pay tax, and then raise money for charity in song they are effectively plugging the gap they have created. Like a redistribution from poor to rich.
hypocrisy of a scruffy millionaire
a scruffy millionaire that does what for a living ? Yes making money out of hypocrisy.
I never bought it in 1984 or gave money to it in 1985. Geldof was forgotten until he started this is 84,
Nice career move for him.
Haven't heard this song, don't want to hear it and certainly won't buy it. The original Band Aid money was mismanaged with the trust being harshly criticized by other charities for cooperating with the Ethiopian government and military rather than established charities that would use the money quickly and where needed. In fact the Red Cross claim the mishandling of the Band Aid funds during 1985/86 resulted in more deaths than the 1984 famine that prompted the original Band Aid.
The 2005 Live 8 concerts were a pathetic failure that only served to dilute the message of the campaign, Make Poverty History, that it was nominally supporting.
Maybe this attempt will be third time lucky and the money will actually have a genuine positive effect but I don't care, I don't trust Geldof or the Band Aid Trust to do the right thing. Well done Adele for not believing the hype.
EDIT: Just watched it. It's pretty poor, not Band Aid 2 (1989) piss poor, just poor.
All of these stars can not come up with a new song?? And tbh sky got a point there they do not pay fair bit in taxes so i have no sympathy to that lot at all.
Ooh thankyou all sooo much for your precious time I hope someday these celebrities will pull their heads out of their asses long enough to taste reality
Why do people criticise someone trying to help the world. They need to look in the mirror would they like what they see. Well done sir bob a brave and caring person
He has done very well out of it, very well
down with this sort of thing!!
Look after our own simple
It is rediculous to talk about Adele, because all that matters is the CAUSE!!!!!
she is probably working on the next bond song
They perpetuate a system that allows these entirely preventable diseases from spreading. They would have far more effect by not supporting corporations from sucking all the wealth from these countries and consuming the majority of foreign aid that we, the taxpayer (so probably not these "musicians"), pay for.
Exactly! Also, she's taking time off, which means that she can spend more time with her son. :)
What is the Cause and how do I know that my donation goes directly into helping Africans combat Ebola rather than going into Bob's pockets?
@@lucasboden probably to dictators
OMG they really cut off his microphone... Glad, that Bob always tells the truth, even in uncomfortable situations.
But does he ? . . . . There's a few versions of all the 'ins 'n' outs' relating to LiveAid with his one being demonstrably false.
Gotta say this Secker bird handled it brilliantly. The funniest bit is trying to make out Bob's muted words.
Legend
this was ridiculous. bob was trying to talk through half of that but his mic was out. wtf. and when his mic was on, the news caster was echoing. sky news needs to get their act together.
Watch out he doesn't like Mondays.
movin to the country gonna eat a lotta peaches
Well said Bob
Anyone else see this on Russell Howard's Good News?!
Waht about the PLUSSES??? Good grief as usual the flipping media only want to talk negative
and sir bob has never said anything negative (from his mansion)
Millions raised for band aid etc..Mr geldof has not made any records since ....well..."I don't like Mondays" so where did he get all his money?
Good point.
Sir bobby could do with taking a small percent of the money and sort them tired eye bags out. He looks knackered.
Good on him! What did the news reader expect?
It has nothing to do with the cause Galdof was promoting though.
WTF is everybody complaining about? don't like it then don't buy it, I personally prefer the original but I don't blame Bob for his reaction.
After Band Aid we had several new millionaires over here and very little money went abroad!! .. Geldof is very rich today as well... Band Aid money Goes into bank accounts here not Food trucks in Africa... They should be arrested and thrown into jail, Crooks!!...
In 1984 there was a famine in Ethiopia but it wasn’t a visitation of fate, it was a man made famine. And the men who made it were Africans.
Screw haters, Alfie and Joe were in Band Aid 30!!
To paraphrase George Carlin:
It's the _context_ that makes the words good or bad.
Let's assume that the mentality of the viewing public is somewhat beyond that of a giggling schoolgirl, not bat an eyelid at the utterance of a mere profanity, and push for him to elaborate on his answers, instead of allowing him the easy way out of reasonable questions which bring a bead of sweat to his brow.
Look at the state of this plonker
Pity he didn't care about his daughter as much as Africa.
Why oh why did she ask the second question after the first bollocks?
I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore
Its not "Bollocks" as he says; he knows Band Aid made things much much worse.
How many water pumps did band aid put in? where did all the money go
Can't beat the original Band Aid. #80s
Bono gives up a tv show...the sacrifice that poor man makes for all the little people.😅
Wow, they cancelled the opportunity to MAKE some money, instead of donating money themselves... Sterling effort guys, I'm in awe...
Or perhaps not.
it most definitely was a snub.
I thought Geldof gave the last two answers the gravitas they deserved.
why is she focusing on only the negative?? WTF?
Bob what a legend good on him
Hon bob
What a legend!
Why ?
Can't say I blame Prince for refusing to join USA for Africa.
I'm just curious as to why people think if these singers 'paid' proper taxes how it would help the situation?
Perhaps I'm to stupid to understand...
If there anything that will make people talk politely it's to make those other words taboo. Yeah that ALWAYS works.
Does the money go towards buying Bob Geldof a haircut?
I didnt think bollocks was that a offensive of a word.
17th Nov? Well we all know he doesn't like mondays
I'd say their talking bollocks
I don't know how many times I've heard that word on top gear...
Sky are so sensitive. I am glad for bob answering absolutely stupid questions in that way!
Good on bob for making the effort ! Obviously not with his hair!
Great article in the Telegraph today:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/ebola/11236278/Why-Adele-was-right-to-ignore-Bob-Geldof-and-Band-Aid.html
Well said, Bob Geldof. And also, I don't feel like Adele not taking part necessarily means that she didn't want to. I'm sure she wants to help the cause just as much as the next person.
Sir Bob showing his classlessness once again
Hey sir Bob what dictator ya gonna help buy russian weapons this time???
At least try and be articulate in answer to reasonable questions!
articulate ? give us the fuckin money
She is right all these celebs with buckets full of cash. The fact of the matter is, we could stop ebola now if celebs actually did something. Not saying all don't give anything, but their is a large amount which don't...
Look at the state of him old man
I think bob geldolf was 100% right in what he said there sky news
Glad we don’t see much of Geldof on British tv anymore finger wagging the British taxpayer to give their hard earned money to Africa.
Scruff.
pay your taxes bob
why didnt he just say ''give us your fecking money now?'' i would of would of said get a bath and a haircut.
Are there any expert lipreaders in here who could reveal what he said during the muted parts, obviously excluding b*ll*cks twice, 'cos that was clear as day, lol.
I think there talking bollocks!
Wow, so this is the thanks he gets for his hard work...
a knight hood
That asshole geldof is worth 96million, if he said that he gives his interest from that 96million away to aid in africa, then i might have some respect for him. Then he tells the presenter load of bollox about taxing rich, which would involve him. Finally to rub salt in the wound, he should have taken care of his own first, before running out the door to save the world.
I would like to know apart from there time how much money are these singers giving to the cause bono alone is a multi millionaire
What about the thousands in the uk who are dying in abject poverty because they cant afford to live what about asking them DO THEY KNOW ITS CHRISTMAS.its more like do I know when I will
Be eating again do I know were I will be sleeping
We need aid to help with eating and heating it shouldnt be like that now or ever in this country
Very poor interview by Sky News, completely designed to negate the track and its intentions. What on earth has (supposed) tax evasion, whether certain stars did or did not take part in the recording of the track, and the logo of the single got to do with anything? Ridiculous. I'm not surprised Geldof reacted as he did. I hope Secker feels idiotic.
All Geldof has ever wanted is for mugs to give him their foooking money!
More people should talk to the media like this! (y)
I don't buy it,so I didn't
I like Jane Secker but she's just towing the company line.
Looks like Bob smoked the same stuff as Howard Marks - only his was the rough version. !
Complete load of bollocks!
Can't take these guys...........
Is it ironic that Bob Geldof has saved many lives in Africa but was unable to save the life of his own daughter?
she was in a cult
David Wardrop He didn't save any lives in Africa.