What do Halloween, UNICEF, Elvira, Beck, Feist, Sparks, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Devendra Banhart, Malcolm McLaren, the Arcade Fire, Sonic Youth and Gino Washington have in common?

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Why yes, they're all connected to the National Hallowe'en Prevention Inc.'s charity single, "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?".

Out on Vice in October, written by The Unicorns' Nick Diamonds, and Adam Gollner, it's almost certainly the weirdest release of the year. Like, really weird. Throat-singing and Smoosh and Buck 65, and David Cross, together at last.

The full lineup:

ARCADE FIRE'S WIN & REGINE
BECK
BUCK 65
DAVID CROSS
DEVENDRA BANHART
DESSERT’S LIANE BALABAN
ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK
FEIST
GINO WASHINGTON
LES SAVY FAV'S SYD BUTLER
ISLANDS' J'AIME
MALCOLM MCLAREN
NARDWUAR THE HUMAN SERVIETTE
PEACHES
POSTAL SERVICE'S JIMMY TAMBORELLO
REDD KROSS’ STEVE MCDONALD
R.E.M’S JOEY WARONKER
RILO KILEY'S JENNY & BLAKE
ROKY ERICKSON
SLOAN'S CHRIS MURPHY
SMOOSH'S ASYA & CHLOE
SONIC YOUTH'S THURSTON MOORE
SPARKS' RUSSELL MAEL
SUBTITLE
SUM 41'S STEVO
TAGAQ
THAT DOG’S ANNA WARONKER
WOLF PARADE'S DAN & SPENCER
YEAH YEAH YEAH'S KAREN O

Full info (and stream of the song) here, with who's-singing-what breakdown here. I've also put up an mp3-rip of the stream at StG.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Friday, 19 August 2005 06:12 (twenty years ago)

"this really isn't funny" - david cross

― The Ghost of Dean Gulberry (dr g), Friday, 19 August 2005 06:23 (twenty years ago)

When Vice sends the money to UNICEF, are they going to put it in a sack of dogshit or something to keep their "edge"?

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 19 August 2005 07:13 (twenty years ago)

"SPARKS' RUSSELL MAEL"

Ron, otoh, is presumably all in favour of halloween.

http://www.musikbibliotek.dk/images/84/2056-3440.jpg

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 19 August 2005 07:33 (twenty years ago)

Roky Erickson is by far the most incongruous name on the list.

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Friday, 19 August 2005 08:17 (twenty years ago)

the official 'Do they know it's halloween?' thread

it's only like 7 items down the page!

― brokenfuses (brokenfuses), Friday, 19 August 2005 08:27 (twenty years ago)

hahaha! oops. i browse the site by 'new answers' and when i woke up this morning, it was way down in yesterday so i didn't see it.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Friday, 19 August 2005 08:38 (twenty years ago)

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