February 21, 2006

Live Aid || Dia Evil

Okay, so I had an idea this morning for new musical benefit concert. It's partly tied to Live and Evil being mirror images of each other, and partly to the news that Mladic might be arrested soon. So here's the idea:


  • Evil Aid, a benefit from, for, and by dictators and their top minions
  • Increasingly, former dictators are not having a chance to live in Paris or the Upper East Side, they're being called in front of courts, and thrown (gently) behind bars. They have legal expenses! Needs. And feelings too.
  • Can't you imagine Idi Amin belting out The Rainbow Connection? ("Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, The lovers, the dreamers and ME!")
  • Oh, Idi Amin is dead?
  • Okay, so Milosevic sings the Ethnic Cleansing Blues ("Woke up this morning, felt around for my shoes That's when I knew I had them old Ethnic Cleansing Blues..."
  • We find some of the Duvalier clan to come together and sing Ca Plane Pour Moi (King of the divan)
  • Fujimori and Kabila do a tender duet at the piano (No, I will not name the song!)
  • Generalismo Franco is still dead
  • Kissinger and Pinochet together again for a poignent take on Ain't Misbehavin' ("I'm savin' my love for you.")
  • Hey, Iraqi Interim Authority, can we borrow President Hussein? Just for a couple of songs? (Check out the music videos here! We definitely need his production company at least.)
  • And for the final number, as always, we have everyone join in singing We are the World (World Dictators 'R Us)

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Posted by duver001 at February 21, 2006 12:55 PM | TrackBack
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