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deastman · Post by **deastman** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 5:18 am

el-bo (formerly ebow) wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2019 2:15 am
deastman wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2019 1:50 am
Aliens wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2019 1:10 am Duran Duran - View to a kill (I think) - Le Bon's hilarious squawked note.
Best live world wide audience f**k up ever
I only got to watch little bits off and on. I think my dad was watching football or something. All that mattered to me was that I got to see Duran Duran... I was a huge fan. Even if he did mess up that one bit, it was a real thrill for me to see them perform. I’ve seen them live a couple of times since then, and it never gets old. I can’t recall which other parts of Live Aid I watched that weekend, but I’ve seen most of it on YouTube since then.
I remember at my school it wasn't the done thing for males to admit to liking Duran Duran

Same at my school! I was only supposed to listen to Led Zeppelin or Def Leppard or Van Halen.

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:10 am

justin3am wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2019 4:04 am I was 2 in 1985, lol.

that wasnt the question!

DO YOU REMEMBER WATCHING IT

mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 4:41 pm

Like they say, if you can remember it, you weren't really there. Oh wait, that was the 60s.

Vortifex · Post by **Vortifex** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 5:00 pm

Bombadil · Post by **Bombadil** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 5:19 pm

I dunno why, but it really didn't make much of an impression on me. I remember where I was and what I was doing better than I remember the concerts.

elassi · Post by **elassi** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 5:38 pm

The London part was great, watched almost all of the show. The Philly part didn't interest me too much, probably due to being over'concerted' (and tired).

U2 and Queen burned into my brain that day.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:33 pm

I don't think I watched this.

We got our first color TV in like 1966, and we were not all that affluent. It wasn't all that great in its color. OTOH I remember a B&W little TV from college ca 1978.

telecode · Post by **telecode** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:42 pm

I watched the whole thing. (This might reveal how old I am

) WHere i was they mostly broadcast the London show and kept cutting back to the US show in between band changes in London.

I had no idea it was even on. I just happend to turn on the TV by chance and saw Status Quo playing and decided to hang out and watch a bit. Then Nik Kershaw came on and I was cool -- just keep watching. I was a big Kershaw fan when I was younger but think I had moved on by then. I watched the entire day. I think it was a Sunday wasn't it. I think at that point in my musical discovery journey I didn't really know who all the bands and musicians were. I knew very little about Bob Dylan, had no clue who Geldoff or the Boomtown Rats were, have even less clue who Led Zeppelin were..e.t.c. I think the Nelson Mandela concert a few years later made a bigger impression on my than Live Aid did. I guess I had discovered more music by then.

I remember watching the Queen performance. I wasn't that impressed by them because I didnt really know much of their back catalog. I only new them as the band of old farts that made the Radio Ga Ga song that everyone made fun of. Michael Jackson and Prince were a much bigger deal with my generation at the time.

I remember watching Dylan with Ron Wood and Richards. I thought they looked really weird and sounded weirder.

I remember watching Phil Collins who I knew because he had had a bunch of solo his -- but didn't know Genesis or that background, so I had no idea that he knew how to play drums so I didn't understand why a singer is constntatly playing drums.

I do recall Rick Springfields performance. And also Madonna but I can't remember which whom she played with.

I remember watching Led Zeppelin and thinking I fail to get why this is a big band.

Deep Purple · Post by **Deep Purple** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:57 pm

A British friend whose path I crossed very often at work was working for one of the organizations that promoted the concerts. As an employee of one of those organizations she was offered tickets to the London concert, but her schedule wouldn't let her attend. I knew I *might* be able to attend, but at that time there was no definite lineup, so I didn't take her up the offer when she asked if I wanted her tickets.

I have been kicking myself all these years for not taking her up on the offer and making the effort to attend, especially as I think most of the highlights were during the London concert.

telecode · Post by **telecode** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:16 pm

Deep Purple wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:57 pm A British friend whose path I crossed very often at work was working for one of the organizations that promoted the concerts. As an employee of one of those organizations she was offered tickets to the London concert, but her schedule wouldn't let her attend. I knew I *might* be able to attend, but at that time there was no definite lineup, so I didn't take her up the offer when she asked if I wanted her tickets.

I have been kicking myself all these years for not taking her up on the offer and making the effort to attend, especially as I think most of the highlights were during the London concert.

yup. that was definitely a missed opportunity on your part .

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:20 pm

We were filled with hope that the world could come together and solve anything.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:22 pm

Aloysius wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:20 pm We were filled with hope that the world could come together and solve anything.

and it might have worked if bono wasn't satan.

elassi · Post by **elassi** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:31 pm

vurt wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:22 pm
Aloysius wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:20 pm We were filled with hope that the world could come together and solve anything.
and it might have worked if bono wasn't satan.

el-bo (formerly ebow) · Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:44 pm

vurt wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:22 pm
Aloysius wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:20 pm We were filled with hope that the world could come together and solve anything.
and it might have worked if bono wasn't satan.

... and if it weren't for you meddling kids

resynthesis · Post by **resynthesis** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:45 pm

George Thorogood was good, the rest sucked ass

Who Remembers Watching Live Aid In 1985 ?