You know what we need, we need another Self Aid benefit concert.

Fromthetrees

Self Aid

Self Aid was a benefit concert held in Dublin, Ireland on 17 May 1986.
The purpose of the concert was to highlight the chronic unemployment problem in Ireland at the time, with nearly 250,000 people unemployed. The 14 hour concert was the largest that had ever been staged in Ireland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMK9e-_tgJA

Just like we've always done, lets make the unemployment and emigration problems we have vanish, by drinking and singing them away.

So we'll get Louis Walsh to organise it, we can have Westlife, Sharon Corr and if there's any surviving Dubliners left to play for 14 hours, that'll fix everything.

Who's with me???

wuzziwig

Oh I'm in. I like a good piss up as well as the next person. We could get yer man from the Eurovision to headline.

Duckworth_Luas

I can build a house
I can dig a hole
I can bend a fuse
I can climb a pole

wuzziwig

"The telethon raised millions of pounds for a job creation trust fund as well as over 1000 job pledges"

I wonder is there any info on what actually happened to the money and if those jobs ever came to fruition?

Specialun

is there anything to be said for another mass!

wuzziwig

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

I can build a house
I can dig a hole
I can bend a fuse
I can climb a pole

Is that from that awful Christy Moore song that was written for Self Aid? I vaguely remember it. Me being so young and all.

Firefox11

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

I can build a house
I can dig a hole
I can bend a fuse
I can climb a pole

Property Boom Mk 2....let's make it work!!

kneemos

I remember the last one and I'd rather soak my feet in battery acid than listen to it again.Don't know if anything was gained or where the money went for that concert.

Wacker The Attacker

"Any chance of a start?"

"no"

"ok"

ow a deedle doe

Duggy747

Get a few lorry trailers, pack a safe country tribute band on them, some dodgy folk to sell cowboy hats and flashy crap, and hand out some Mr. Freezes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncbdW9bI27o

mikom

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

I can build a house
I can dig a hole
I can bend a fuse
I can climb a pole

"I can bend a fuse"

Was boy George playing?

IM0

the telethon song!

Duckworth_Luas

mikom wrote: »

"I can bend a fuse"

Was boy George playing?

Boy George was over in America with the A-Team at the time!

SEPT 23 1989

The way things are going at the moment we would probably lose money doing it

Scruffles

get everyones favourite irish personality; bono presenting it.

wuzziwig

Health and Safety would never allow it these days.

Dravokivich

With almost twice as much unemployed, do we get a 28hr concert? Sure that's as long as a festival weekend. Why don't we re-brand Oxygen or something? It worked for Witness.

fishy fishy

could we not just dress up as the moving mary statue and hit up the tourists for a few quid - much better craig

kneemos

fishy fishy wrote: »

could we not just dress up as the moving mary statue and hit up the tourists for a few quid - much better craig

Who's craig?

who the fug

wuzziwig wrote: »

"The telethon raised millions of pounds for a job creation trust fund as well as over 1000 job pledges"

I wonder is there any info on what actually happened to the money and if those jobs ever came to fruition?

Mickey D pledged some jobs, thinks Slatterys has a boost in sales afterwards

Wacker The Attacker

Scruffles wrote: »

get everyones favourite irish personality; bono presenting it.

With Amanda Brunker on bass guitar

kneemos

At least with this recession there's plenty that still have money to spend,the eighty's were pure misery.

Red Kev

Fromthetrees wrote: »

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So we'll get Louis Walsh to organise it, we can have Westlife,

Scruffles wrote: »

get everyones favourite irish personality; bono presenting it.

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

With Amanda Brunker on bass guitar

I'd rather the recession thanks..........

Yamanoto

Scruffles wrote: »

get everyones favourite irish personality; bono presenting it.

You obviously missed his self-aid version of 'Maggie's Farm'.

Never again.

Elmer Blooker

wuzziwig wrote: »

Health and Safety would never allow it these days.

Indeed, those 80s mullets would never be allowed now.