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Topic History of: Ghastly Live Aid
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Rich |
Just returning to the Live8 points that were made about it not being very memorable in 2005 compared to Live Aid in 1985 which lives long in the memory, I think my previous post proved this quite unintentionally well actually because I wrote that it was in a stadium (meaning Wembley) when it was infact in Hyde Park!
As for Queen at Live Aid, I've still got a C90 cassette tape recorded live off Radio 1 of the whole set they did, but as a group Queen had already had a stellar previous year or so with a mini comeback of sorts with big hits from 1984's The Works following the poorly received 1982 album Hot Space. But despite that show stealing Live Aid set they did, there was no significantly dramatic boost in record sales in the months afterwards, One Vision late in '85 briefly made No7 and then there was the soundtrack album with A Kind Of Magic a year later and not a lot more for a further 4 years. No hits in 1987 or 1988 at all. They certainly didn't seem to capitalise on that triumphant appearance in the way you might imagine, and just a year later it was the final ever live Queen concert with Freddie.
It didn't help Geldof's record sales either, he had a very minor single a while after Live Aid but was never a force in music again really in terms of singles and album sales, so he got no boost at all, which i actually thought he might at the time, even with a reformed Rats. I remember the boomtown Rats at Live Aid and thinking they stood out like a sore thumb among the other mid 80's chart busters. You knew full well they were only there because of Geldof and would never have been on the bill otherwise. |
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Downing Street Cat |
So criticism equals jealousy now? lol. And let's not forget the hype--which is what it was--was down to there being zero internet--phones--games--Netflix. It was a unique and extravagant event which promised to change the world. It didn't. Freddie Mercury's strutting stole the show, which says a lot about the rest of it. Not knocking Queen btw, but have never really been into the big orchestrated sound. Radio Ga Ga always a show stopper as the audience can join in. |
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JK2006 |
Certainly not jealous of the fame, glory or wealth Bob got. Of course I'm in a minority. People fall for hype. |
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Blue Boy |
JK2006 wrote:
Not jealous at all BB - I was never a performer.
I meant you were jealous of the fame and praise that Bob received as a result of what he did
You are entitled to your opinion but on this subject you are in the minortity. In fact so much so I would describe you opinion of the quality of the concert as being a extreme outlier |
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Rich |
I remember the Live8 concert for more personal reasons, it was the date my father passed away in his fifties after a year long cancer battle just as the concert started. My brother went to it with his blessing and then had to be told the bad news by text as he was amongst the crowd in the stadium at the start of the show.
Late in the evening I seem to recall Pink Floyd as I sat and watched for a while, almost forgetting the loss we'd had for a few minutes. There is nothing else about the show I could even tell you. I'm just pleased it wasn't me in the stadium on that day having to watch it having just been given such bad family news. |
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