1985 Songs: After the Fire

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Ah, here’s where we can get confused. There was a band called After the Fire, who did the hit “Der Kommissar.” This isn’t related to them or it. And you know me: if there are certain people I can use, I will. So here he is. After the Fire - Roger Daltrey That’s two in a row, right? After Robert Palmer, we get another doll-baby! Pete Townshend originally wrote this as a song for The Who. However, they didn’t get to record and play it at Live Aid, so Roger Daltrey did it solo on his planned release Under a Raging Moon. Townshend said he wrote it explicitly about the hunger situation in the countries throughout Africa, which Live Aid sought to address through fundraising. Although it wasn’t specifically a Who song, with the primary songwriter writing it and the primary lead singer singing it, it might as well have been a Who song. It’s a powerful song, that’s for certain. After the Fire Written by Pete Townshend Recorded by Roger Daltrey From Under a Raging Moon, 1985 Laughing at Dom DeLuise: