Bob Geldof tells Band Aid 40 critics to ‘shut up’ as he declares charity single is ‘perfect’

Bob Geldof defends Band Aid 40 charity single after backlashBBC Radio 2

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00:00It is the history, it is the arc of British rock and roll over 40 years on one three and a half

00:05minute track and David Bowie introduces us and then wishes us all a happy Christmas at the end.

00:12Perfect! It's perfect! Shut up!

00:18What an extraordinary record. It is.

00:23Yeah there's there's you know you hear Sinead's voice and then you hear David

00:28and you know. Tom York on piano, Paul on bass. Oh and those guitars when they come in the strings.

00:36Johnny Greenwood, Midyar, Gary Kemp, Paul Weller. Yeah I mean it's I think it's a work of art.