I am driving my tween to school, and we are listening to his music.

“Yeah, you try to come wrong ’bout this shit, we poppin’ ya tires, hol’ up… fein’- fein’-fein’-fein …”

I am trying so hard not to sound like a Boomer right now. (I was born in 1971, so I’m classic Gen X, but you get my drift.) I hold my tongue. But I cannot help but compare this to what I was listening to at his age.

What was I listening to? Music that protested against poverty and injustice. Music that demanded change, demanded that we part with our cash because people were starving in Africa.

Forty years ago today: The assembled artists of Band Aid who collaborated on Do They Know It’s Christmas?

Today, November 25, marks the 40th anniversary of the moment that the biggest names in British and Irish pop music joined forces as Band Aid to record Do They Know It’s Christmas? The song went straight to No.1 in 14 countries, raising millions in aid in the first year of sales.

I recently reflected on the impact of this historic event on my 13-year-old self when I had the very great fortune to be part of a small........

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