In November '88 my brother died of AIDS. Since then I’ve organized or taken part in fundraisers each World AIDS Day (Dec 1st)
This year my band have written and recorded a single which is available to download on iTunes and Amazon, and in 1 week’s time on Android.
It’s by Bandcamp! and Bob and it’s called ‘Fuck AIDS’
I’ll explain the title.
My 22 year old son - who never met the dead uncle after whom he is named - was playing a set at at last year’s fundraiser when he launched into a speech about having raised money for AIDS his whole life and how he was sick of the shadow it had cast over us ‘and you know what - let’s end this shitty disease; - fuck AIDS!’ He then had the whole audience chanting, ‘F.U.C.K.A.I.D.S. - Fuck AIDS!’ which made me simultaneously laugh and cry. So in the following months, that coalesced into the disco joy that is this year’s fundraising song.
If you’d like to buy a copy, thank you, that would be great as all money will go to HIV/AIDS charities.
If you would like to watch our video for the song you can see it here F_AIDS by Bandcamp! and Bob! - YouTube
If anyone feels this is in poor taste or too frivolous - I had no wish to cause offence and I’m sorry if it causes any. This was an honest attempt to make something good out of something bad.
I asked for and was given moderator permission to post this here in Cafe Society.
Thanks for reading.
MiM