Live Aid - Was it really 40 Years Ago?

[Teddy Eagle]

Has anyone had to explain to their kids exactly why Howard Jones was "famous"?

 

[chris123]

Except for that Queen set.

Loads of other good stuff not least Paul McCartney Let it be?

 

[Stirlingsays]

Has anyone had to explain to their kids exactly why Howard Jones was "famous"?

No one is to blame.

But yeah....80s hippy....always a bit cringe.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Has anyone had to explain to their kids exactly why Howard Jones was "famous"?

Myself and the Mrs watched a couple of hours last night and she actually went to see him live three times, thankfully it was before we met so I wasn’t dragged along

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Except for that Queen set.

Never been a massive fan, but I think now I’m older and he’s gone I appreciate how good Freddie mercury was and we sat through their performance last night and it appeared no one got the crowd going like Queen did

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Never been a massive fan, but I think now I’m older and he’s gone I appreciate how good Freddie mercury was and we sat through their performance last night and it appeared no one got the crowd going like Queen did

He understood perfectly what the crowd wanted and gave it to them. I liked their earlier stuff (Brighton Rock, Tie Your Mother Down, etc) but lost interest as they got more poppy.
And Roger Taylor's songs made me want to self harm - Radio Ga Ga?
Also I'm in Love with My Car:
"Told my girl I had to forget her,
Rather buy me a new carburettor".
What else, Rog?
She gave me a nasty infection
Think I'll invest in fuel injection?
She worked for a very nasty pimp
But I saved her in my Hillman Imp?

 

[BromleyMonkey]

He understood perfectly what the crowd wanted and gave it to them. I liked their earlier stuff (Brighton Rock, Tie Your Mother Down, etc) but lost interest as they got more poppy.
And Roger Taylor's songs made me want to self harm - Radio Ga Ga?
Also I'm in Love with My Car:
"Told my girl I had to forget her,
Rather buy me a new carburettor".
What else, Rog?
She gave me a nasty infection
Think I'll invest in fuel injection?
She worked for a very nasty pimp
But I saved her in my Hillman Imp?

Syd Snot would’ve been proud of those lyrics

It's a load of furballs, it don't make sense
It's all off the wall at the local gents
You can listen if you want, I couldn't care less
The whole thing is a musical mess

 

[Forest Hillbilly]

The nostalgic romanticist in me, thinks that the 1980s was probably the best time for this concert. If you were in the crowd, it was difficult getting to the toilet and you had to dodge the odd plastic bottle of pl55. And those were the good points.
Nowadays tickets would be starting at £500 a pop (with dynamic pricing) and your marginal view would be blocked by a sea of camera phones.

 

[Hrolf The Ganger]

I watched it all over the weekend, including some stuff on YouTube that was not broadcast.

Queen get all the attention, but they were just doing what they normally did. I preferred them in the early seventies.
There was some poorly rehearsed and stripped down stuff that was a bit ropey, but I enjoyed the nostalgia time machine. It took me back to good times.

Jagger was solid. Judas Priest and Ozzy rocked out. Zeppelin got a lot of stick for their effort, but what did people expect? Jimmy Page was normally pissed, and they hadn't had time to get their act together. Bowie was going through a bland period and U2 were still taking themselves seriously. A lot of unintentionally funny moments that day.

The only acts that were totally dreadful were Patti LaBelle, with Dylan a close second.