40 years after and I still get goosebumps. Nowadays nobody would join for any good cause. Our society is sadly divided. A moment in music history like this one hasn't happend ever again and it doesn't seem it ever will. I feel thankful for having lived that golden decade.
No miming, no autotune, no backing tracks, just real music, plug in and play, todays "pop stars" wouldn't be able to pull off a concert like this, what a day
I was there , an incredible day , I turned 21 on my way home from the show , yesterday I turned 60 , doesn’t seem possible … a memory I’ll never forget….
I was there too, stood near to the mixing hut, I still have my t shirt although it is a lot tighter these days 🙂 a day I will never forget, I nearly didn't go but my mates talked me into it, can you imagine if I hadn't !!!!!!!!!
Remember watching and although i had heard of U2 i remember wondering why there were so many U2 flags in the crowd but after i seen them perform i understood why.
I'm 65 and I saw it. I promise you with all my heart you would be ashamed right now if you really knew what was going on. All the money for the intended "sufferers" was stolen by the collaborators. A giant marketing project for the big names. Nothing, zilch, nada for the poor starving people. NOTHING. We are a sick race.
I was 23 yrs old at that time. Wish I had the foresight to realize it's eventual historical impact and significance in my life. I would have stopped at nothing to attend 1 of the venues.
It was a scorching hot day, A few of my friends brought a big tv and a big van battery up to our local forest, we drunk beer, danced, sang, all day watching live aid, a great memorable day.
This has to be the single most important concert ever to have been played to the world. I remember moving TV and HiFi set of my parents to my room, having the best friends over and watching this from the first to the last minute. What an unbelievable and elevating day it was.
In 1985 I was 14 years old and I remember every moment of that day and that night spent in front of the television. I'm grateful to have been there and I will keep that emotion in my heart forever
Yo también nací en 1971 y también pasé todo el día delante del televisor....fue una experiencia emocionante. Creo que antes éramos mejores personas....sin tanta puta tecnología 😢
Same age here 😃, same experience🥲! Still get goosebumps seeing the public going wild when Status Quo starts playing and the first time in my life I understood the universal powers of music!
I remember it well....I was 16 years old...and I had my VCR set up and my dual-cassette stereo set up next to the TV. It was an outstanding day for music. I remember it being stifling hot that day in both London & Philadelphia.
Ditto! Except you were fancier than I - I had a single tape deck, and had to stand by to flip and change tapes. lol. Plus, it was Saturday, and mom was not too keen on us being inside watching tv during the day, so I kept sneaking in from yard work.
@@pjeno007 I wasn't too fancy...my combination stereo receiver/turntable/dual-cassette deck was from Sears....but it was pretty cool and got me thru my teens 🤣
I remember watching the Live Aid concert on TV as a 9-year-old kid in Kentish Town, London... l have great memories of the fantastic,epic concert, and an equally fantastic day, and all for such a great cause... Especially when Queen came on, at the Wembley Stadium, London side of the concert - one of the best ever moments of the event!
I missed much of this on TV as my family had no VCR and I, as a teenage musician, was booked to play a family friend's wedding. So I persuaded by dad to take me back home every couple of hours to turn over the tapes on the two cassette decks I had set up to record the FM stereo audio that turned out very nicely. Thanks dad!
Live Aid, and the two, 3-day weekend US Festivals (82 & 83) all had phenomenal line ups. Aside from going back in time to meet my dad's parents, those 3 festivals are what I would love to get to go back and witness.
I was 21 at the time and this is the greatest concert of all time. 39 years have passed and we have lost so many of these. RIP Princess Diana, Paula Yates, Janice Long, Tommy Vance, Mel Smith, Rick Parfitt, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, George Michael, Tina Turner, Teddy Pendergrass and others I may have forgotten.
@@Somewhere.in.Cologne hahah 'That' ;) Look it up: there's a couple called 'Bob and Midge'. Yet, they didn't achieve so much as did that óther Bob and Midge ;)
Also from NZ, was 21, our local nightclub with 500 people was open all night and broadcast live from around midnight or so, was brilliant,,I remember watching Queen & Bowie about 8am in the morning watching, eating breakfast, been up all night...the 80s were awesome and Live Aid was a huge part of that
What a great day. This day was special to me not only because of the concert ,but because I got married on 13th July 1985 .i was 24 years old then . We had a big screen to watch it at our reception too 🎶😁 Cannot believe it's 39 years ago . We are still together . Queen were the highlight of this concert , Freddie the ultimate showman . Great to see this back at age 63
Queen were undoubtably the band of the day, whichever side of the pond your were from and hard to believe for 33 of the last 39 years since, Freddie has not been here,...what a bloody shame. The whole event will never be surpassed...
Born in 2003 and I’ll forever be envious to whoever got to see this.. this is real music, actual talent.. id give anything to be the age I am now and see this with my friends.. we watch live aid every July 13th 🎉😂
Certainly is something else....something wonderful to witness such a huge audience, all having fun, and nobody is staring thru a phone, or trying to take a picture of themselves. All focused on each other, the music, and the event. How human of them.
Я тоже отлично это помню! В Советском Союзе трансляцию этого концерта показывали по телевидению (вероятнее всего, это была не прямая трансляция, а видеозапись концерта) . Я тоже тогда сидел возле телевизора с магнитофоном и записывал звуковую дорожку концерта (видеомагнитофона тогда у меня не было). Это было эпохальное событие для меломанов в СССР! Просто взрыв мозга! До сих пор слушаю этих исполнителей!
Я слушал по радио (русская служба ВВС вроде) , и был в полном отпаде. Уже намного позднее приобрел издание этого эпохального события на DVD: периодически пересматриваю.
thank you we must never forget this LIVE AID philanthropic event which no longer exists today....Sir Elton John, George Michael, QUEEN, U2....9 hours of happiness🇬🇧🇺🇲😊
It went down hill circa 1987. Lol In a way, I look on Live Aid (July 1985) as the culmination of classic 80's pop. There was a lot of good, innovative music in the 1990s...outside of Brit Pop. Albums like Bjork's, Debut (July 1993). Primal Scream's, Vanishing Point (July 1997).
Oh, how i wish i could time travel back to 1985. I was 20, and my first child was due in December. I was a clueless guy and sat on my parents' doorstep in London. We lived next door to the parents of Steve Norman of Spandau Ballet. Then, listening to Spandau live among other brilliant acts. Blaring out the Live Aid concert both in London and contemplating life. Great occasion in days that seemed kinder and more loving.
What a phenomenal day. Just unbelievably brilliant... the music, the vibe, the unequalled achievement and, of course, the money raised for Africa. Bob, Midge, Harvey, Andrew, Bill G, the BBC and everyone... you are still my heroes. Thank you.
You all Freakin 🎉🎉 wanna punch 👊 uuhGh!! FyI Bob Guildoff hepled create Band Aid, British acts mostly!! thus Band Aid Album Chrismas 1984. The Live Aid !!
I was so excited to watch the concert, and drum with them at the same time as the songs. I remember very well this wonderful concert I watched live when I was a teenager.
This day will never be eclipsed and it was a privilege to have been part of it.... this was a proper concert with a proper cause and superb line up of worthy acts...but hunger still goes on and contraception is still not present in many of these starving nations!
I want to thank you for posting this, for the Anniversary weekend, I was fortunate to have been their on this historic day, and to think the entire concert cost just £5 with a mandatory donation of £20, it really didn't get better than this. One the strength of this concert I booked to see Queen the following year AT Wembley, as it turned out it was another Memorable day.
Thank you Live Aid, what a wonderful humanity act to save lives. And thanks to all the artists who gave their time and love to perform on that day. Freddie Roger Brian and John were our favorite performers; Queen, they were fantastic! Freddie’s charismatic stage presence was truly amazing!!
has it really been 40 years already...some of them are no longer there...they live in our hearts...George Michael, 1:301:32 Freddie Mercury love forever!!!
I was 22 and in Philly that day with my girlfriend. It was 96 degrees, no shade, and by the end of the night it took me an hour to figure out where my car was. It was a full 24 hours round trip from NY. Great memories.
I never get tired of watching videos about this greatest moment in music history!!!! They really made a difference opening our brains and hearts thanks for sharing!🥰🥰🥰
Can't believe it is nearly 40 years ago. I was 17 in 1985, took a sickie from my Saturday job at Dixons to go to Wembley. Been to loads of concerts since then, but none come close to this.
I was 17 in 1985 as well. I am in Canada and saw the show here. We got a lot of the Philadelphia show - which I wasn’t as impressed with as the British show. I wish we could have seen that
@@janbaukespoelstra6839I would love the entire Live Aid collection being put on Vinyl. Would cost a lot, but then you get something. All proceeds go to Bans Aid, ofcourse
Good luck getting Led Zeppelin and Santana to agree to be included. Plus there's also the issue of missing footage of Simple Minds and The Who (lost to technical faults), and Sade and The Pretenders (not known to have survived)
Little 13 year old me sat in Australia and watched it, the most live TV I ever watched in one sitting, only interrupted by phone calls with friends hahaha. It was the event of a lifetime and it was all we talked about at school. And it started us all doing individual fund raising for African Aid. Which then lead us all into raising funds for all sorts of things. And on the music side of things it was just incredible for a little girl who lived inside music. Music was my everything, still is ❤
I got to meet Bob Geldoff very briefly in Ottawa the year after Live Aid. His security tried to rush him past but he took the time to sign autographs. I am pretty sure he was wearing the same thing as he did for Live Aid too😆. A global treasure
I had the BEST time 🎉🎉🎉 what a picnic as Freddie rightly said 🤩🤩🤩 it was our way of feeling we could help our poor brothers and sisters starving on the other side of the world
@@Abcdefg-lz5sq I sincerely pity all of you who call this event a spectacle. I did not notice that Africa became happy and full. All traces of this event should be erased. Big, BIG FARCE...🤮🤮🤮🤮👎👎👎👎
Thanks for posting. Remember like it was yesterday. In fact when it was shown again in 1995 it seems like decades ago. Nice, like yesterday. To think Neil Young was only 39 !!!! I'm now 53. Jesus wept !
Because at least five of them are dead. I’m not sure about the soul artist with Hall & Oates on backing vocals, but if I were a betting man, I’d bet he’s no longer with us.
What a time that was to be young. So much change in the 80s by the artists of the time. Not just Live aid and the records but artists sang against the apartheid regime in South Africa. Unlikely many today, all sang live too.
Impressive, still gives me the shivers. I have an enormous amount of admiration and respect for Bob Geldof and all the other people who first imagined and then created this incredible event; I'm so deeply sorry he lost his daughter Peaches; no matter what you do, whether good or bad, life can be unpredictable and cruel. Love you Bob.
Queen hace 39 años!!, es impresionanate el concierto historico que hizo en el Wembley, una maravillosa banda que quedara para la historia de la música✨✨
@maryjones0147 you had to be there it was al great but mostly I enjoyed the togetherness in the stadium. Well at that time queen was best and ofcourse status Q
@@metavandermeer8106 it is incredible how it all began. From the Michael Burke report and Bob watching the news! Love it! Love them all and happy that I can watch the video again and again and...
Next year will be the 40th anniversary of the best concert of all time. I hope someone does something special via social networks. Cheers from this side of the pond
agree! class, style, cool. mode of the society to give more attention to the shouting, crazy boys, but there is something timeless and gorgeous in Sade.
Phenomenal compilation. Totally enjoyed that. It brought me right back to the day watching it on TV. It felt like a fleeting moment at the time, and I remember trying to savor every bit of it, knowing it was most definitely a once-in-a-lifetime happening. The world should come together this way more often. We really need it now -- more than ever.
I remember watching this and not being able to stay awake for U2, what I did see during the other performances were all of the U2 flags being waved around. I have to say though, Queen stole the show. What a performance. The entirety of Live Aid was such an amazing undertaking. Does anyone else remember all of the Back to the Future commercials during Live Aid?
you could judge this entire day of music from a million different angles and the same answer will always be that it was queen's night no matter who tries to judge differently
39 years since Live Aid and 20 years ago this year I brought the Live Aid Dvd Boxset. I wonder if there will be a Blu Ray release next year for the 40th.
Ich war damals im englischen Kanal unterwegs und habe das durch Zufall im Fernseh miterleben dürfen.Einen Tag vor meinem 18.Geburtstag. Was geileres gab es noch nie,ein vorgezogenes Geburtstagsgeschenk. Kann mich am besten noch an George Thorogood erinnern und an Freddy Mercury. Da war die Welt noch in Ordnung (auch wenn das gar nicht stimmt😉) ich würde die Zeit gerne nochmal zurückdrehen wollen und da verharren. Danke Bob Geldorf & an alle anderen Musiker ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Я помню этот день, шла прямая трансляция по всему миру, этот концерт транслировали даже в Советском союзе! Чего никогда не было и вероятно не могло быть ... Я не верил своим глазам и не мог понять что происходит, мне было 22 года... Огромное уважение Бобу Гелдофу за всё что он сделал, респект всем выступавшим, за их участие в концерте, я знаю, что условия для выступлений были совсем не идеальными, многое делалось на ходу, было много проблем, но музыканты не испугались трудностей, не испугались звучать не очень хорошо или выглядеть нелепо, а сделали достойно своё дело и теперь это история! Respekt!
25 años y en Paterna de Ribera en Cádiz....lo vi entero y aún sigo viéndolo.....Un verano apoteósico ...musica ...música ....hachis , cerveza y playa...
Actually watched that Madonna performance all the way through about 5/6 months ago in the name of musical science, since it was live and early on in her career. Being a Zeppelin man and all that not really into pop but growing up with her being part of the furniture, although a lot of these songs bring back good memories of when I was 10. I thought she did great, was pretty impressed you can tell she's got talent, like a performer. Well done Bob and Midge.
Naj običnija smrdljiva farsa. Iza scene su tekli potoci alkohola i kilogrami ušmrkanog kokaina. Gospoda "umetnici" zaradili titule britanske imperije a nesretni narod u Africi od tada do danas je umro u milionskom broju. Jako su bili brižni, hvala im ali sve u svemu, nisu uradili NIŠTA. E, to je prava istina, ljutio se neko ili ne...
It’s a mark of History that if you weren’t there you can always comment but to live it was something else. The whole day was like an English FA cup final. The build up , the sensation moving through the airwaves . We weren’t connected in a modern world but it didn’t matter , we all felt it.
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40 years after and I still get goosebumps. Nowadays nobody would join for any good cause. Our society is sadly divided. A moment in music history like this one hasn't happend ever again and it doesn't seem it ever will. I feel thankful for having lived that golden decade.
No miming, no autotune, no backing tracks, just real music, plug in and play, todays "pop stars" wouldn't be able to pull off a concert like this, what a day
@@retro423 I agree and the sad part is that they make tons of money with no talent.
And no bloody smartphones in the crowd.
OK boomers...
No phones or social media makes everyone there and in the moment
I was there , an incredible day , I turned 21 on my way home from the show , yesterday I turned 60 , doesn’t seem possible … a memory I’ll never forget….
Happy Birthday mate.
@@danielsavard5977 lucky lucky you😆
Happy Birthday!!!!
You lucky person, I was taken to a church fete instead, I missed it lol
I was there too, stood near to the mixing hut, I still have my t shirt although it is a lot tighter these days 🙂 a day I will never forget, I nearly didn't go but my mates talked me into it, can you imagine if I hadn't !!!!!!!!!
I'm 18 and I would pay so much to go back in time and see this show...especially U2 and Queen's performances
Remember watching and although i had heard of U2 i remember wondering why there were so many U2 flags in the crowd but after i seen them perform i understood why.
Both bands stole the show. I became a U2 fan that day
They say this was Queens beat performance 👍🏆
If was magic Youngster just imagine you only had BBC,ITV no internet camera phones. It was exactly what you can imagine and some. 👌🏻🐐🥃🥃🥃🥃🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
I'm 65 and I saw it. I promise you with all my heart you would be ashamed right now if you really knew what was going on. All the money for the intended "sufferers" was stolen by the collaborators. A giant marketing project for the big names. Nothing, zilch, nada for the poor starving people. NOTHING. We are a sick race.
One of The Best Days
of Music History
and Our Youthness.
For Ever and Ever.
LOVE from ITALY.
❤
I was 23 yrs old at that time. Wish I had the foresight to realize it's eventual historical impact and significance in my life. I would have stopped at nothing to attend 1 of the venues.
Too right!!! live music and all the best pop and rock bands on one stage and for an amazing cause. Bob Geldof is a king
What a shame you can't see the real truth behind this sham
It was a scorching hot day,
A few of my friends brought a big tv and a big van battery up to our local forest, we drunk beer, danced, sang, all day watching live aid, a great memorable day.
This has to be the single most important concert ever to have been played to the world. I remember moving TV and HiFi set of my parents to my room, having the best friends over and watching this from the first to the last minute.
What an unbelievable and elevating day it was.
Freddie strutting it across the stage is one of the greatest televisual moments ever. God the world needs another Freddie.
The world needs another Bob Geldof to rally the population around a great cause. Having another Freddie would be awesome too!
In 1985 I was 14 years old and I remember every moment of that day and that night spent in front of the television. I'm grateful to have been there and I will keep that emotion in my heart forever
I was born in 1971, too.
Wonderful to completely
inhale the eighties ❣
Same age and i longed to have been in the crowd!!
Yo también nací en 1971 y también pasé todo el día delante del televisor....fue una experiencia emocionante. Creo que antes éramos mejores personas....sin tanta puta tecnología 😢
Same age here 😃, same experience🥲! Still get goosebumps seeing the public going wild when Status Quo starts playing and the first time in my life I understood the universal powers of music!
I remember it well....I was 16 years old...and I had my VCR set up and my dual-cassette stereo set up next to the TV. It was an outstanding day for music. I remember it being stifling hot that day in both London & Philadelphia.
Я тоже записывал концерт в СССР!
Ditto! Except you were fancier than I - I had a single tape deck, and had to stand by to flip and change tapes. lol. Plus, it was Saturday, and mom was not too keen on us being inside watching tv during the day, so I kept sneaking in from yard work.
@@pjeno007 I wasn't too fancy...my combination stereo receiver/turntable/dual-cassette deck was from Sears....but it was pretty cool and got me thru my teens 🤣
I remember watching the Live Aid concert on TV as a 9-year-old kid in Kentish Town, London... l have great memories of the fantastic,epic concert, and an equally fantastic day, and all for such a great cause... Especially when Queen came on, at the Wembley Stadium, London side of the concert - one of the best ever moments of the event!
"It's 12 noon in London, 7:00am in Philadelphia and around the world it's time for LIVE AID"🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥
@@Sgt.Peppers9 and then STATUS QUO 🥳🥳🥳🥳
And boy, did they rock.
Status Quo rocked it.
@@bhg6gs Coked up to their eyeballs, according to all accounts...
I missed much of this on TV as my family had no VCR and I, as a teenage musician, was booked to play a family friend's wedding. So I persuaded by dad to take me back home every couple of hours to turn over the tapes on the two cassette decks I had set up to record the FM stereo audio that turned out very nicely. Thanks dad!
Get me a time machine please, who else wants to come for a ride, what an awsome time it was in 1985❤
Live Aid, and the two, 3-day weekend US Festivals (82 & 83) all had phenomenal line ups. Aside from going back in time to meet my dad's parents, those 3 festivals are what I would love to get to go back and witness.
Just turn on Sirius/XM Satellite radio to First Wave There will be no visuals, but the rest is all there.
I’m in and I’ll bring my mk2 capri 1.6L…beige! 😂🎉
They all was Amazing!!! But Queen was something else!!! Love them ... listening... adore them ALWAYS!!!🇬🇷
Queen steal the show🩵🩵🐳🐬🐳
@@elifbor1079 Yes!!! I Agree!!!! 👍
Queen were amazing but were huge at that time where as U2 although not unknown really propelled themselves to a new level
well, zeppelin was the only one that didn't do well. they were terrible. sorry.
@@28sunshine218 super Queen! Lady Gaga took her name after watching this concert!🥰
Probably the very last time the World really was one community.
Just no words for what has happened since.
especially after yesterdays heinous act of violence
I was 21 at the time and this is the greatest concert of all time. 39 years have passed and we have lost so many of these. RIP Princess Diana, Paula Yates, Janice Long, Tommy Vance, Mel Smith, Rick Parfitt, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, George Michael, Tina Turner, Teddy Pendergrass and others I may have forgotten.
Their names will be uttered long after we are ashes and they deserve that for what they gave humanity.😃
Tell it like it is: This was the most important and greatest concert ever. And: Thank you Bob and Midge.
Now I've seen That '70s Show So Many times... but when are they mentioning this?
@@Tumke Which 70s Show? :)
@@Somewhere.in.Cologne hahah 'That' ;)
Look it up: there's a couple called 'Bob and Midge'. Yet, they didn't achieve so much as did that óther Bob and Midge ;)
When the UK ruled the pop charts and the world cared and we still had the beutiful Princess Diana.
amazing Im from NZ yay cant wait I was 14 when I watched this on our little tele we stayed up all night it, I will never forget it.
Я тоже не спал в СССР!
Also from NZ, was 21, our local nightclub with 500 people was open all night and broadcast live from around midnight or so, was brilliant,,I remember watching Queen & Bowie about 8am in the morning watching, eating breakfast, been up all night...the 80s were awesome and Live Aid was a huge part of that
Sitting here watching this with tears of joy and loss of what once was streaming down my face.
Many have passed on and many we still have making music. We will though however never see such Talent on this magnitude ever again.
What a great day.
This day was special to me not only because of the concert ,but because I got married on 13th July 1985 .i was 24 years old then .
We had a big screen to watch it at our reception too 🎶😁
Cannot believe it's 39 years ago .
We are still together .
Queen were the highlight of this concert , Freddie the ultimate showman .
Great to see this back at age 63
Queen were undoubtably the band of the day, whichever side of the pond your were from and hard to believe for 33 of the last 39 years since, Freddie has not been here,...what a bloody shame. The whole event will never be surpassed...
Big thing for me was that U2 were blistering with a set that was brilliant
Then Queen came on
Born in 2003 and I’ll forever be envious to whoever got to see this.. this is real music, actual talent.. id give anything to be the age I am now and see this with my friends.. we watch live aid every July 13th 🎉😂
I was there, had a day I'll never forget
Certainly is something else....something wonderful to witness such a huge audience, all having fun, and nobody is staring thru a phone, or trying to take a picture of themselves. All focused on each other, the music, and the event. How human of them.
Я тоже отлично это помню! В Советском Союзе трансляцию этого концерта показывали по телевидению (вероятнее всего, это была не прямая трансляция, а видеозапись концерта) . Я тоже тогда сидел возле телевизора с магнитофоном и записывал звуковую дорожку концерта (видеомагнитофона тогда у меня не было). Это было эпохальное событие для меломанов в СССР! Просто взрыв мозга!
До сих пор слушаю этих исполнителей!
+1
V Československu nic. Ani zmínka. Nechápu. Nedává to vůbec smysl.
Я слушал по радио (русская служба ВВС вроде) , и был в полном отпаде.
Уже намного позднее приобрел издание этого эпохального события на DVD: периодически пересматриваю.
Já jsem celou tuhle nádheru objevila až v devadesatkách @@janlala6599
Когда в Сов. Союзе это показывали ???
thank you we must never forget this LIVE AID philanthropic event which no longer exists today....Sir Elton John, George Michael, QUEEN, U2....9 hours of happiness🇬🇧🇺🇲😊
@@pianoman6512 actually 16 hours
@@tobywankenobi103 yes exact 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. in London and 7 hours in Philadelphia
E qui, ridotta in un'ota
That moment at 10:35 when Geldof says 'How to die'....and then pauses....still gives me shivers up my spine. Thank you, Bob, for caring so much!
QUEEN!!!!
The best .....
It's so sad so many legends gone.😢 The 80's was the best. I'm so glad I was a teenager in the 80's. The best music all went downhill in the 90's. 😮
It went down hill circa 1987. Lol
In a way, I look on Live Aid (July 1985) as the culmination of classic 80's pop.
There was a lot of good, innovative music in the 1990s...outside of Brit Pop. Albums like Bjork's, Debut (July 1993). Primal Scream's, Vanishing Point (July 1997).
Queen was the BEST Performer at this live performance. Miss you, Freddie!
Oh, how i wish i could time travel back to 1985. I was 20, and my first child was due in December. I was a clueless guy and sat on my parents' doorstep in London. We lived next door to the parents of Steve Norman of Spandau Ballet. Then, listening to Spandau live among other brilliant acts.
Blaring out the Live Aid concert both in London and contemplating life.
Great occasion in days that seemed kinder and more loving.
I think this is the greatest musical event in the whole human history ever!
ほぼ、同じ時期にBAND・AID（LIVE・AID）とUSAフォー・アフリカが行われた。８０年代は偉大な時代。
I was 15, there will never be anything like it again. QUEEN what more can I say
When every singer had the same hairdresser, lol. I still remember the day, it was so big, so impressive. Thx for this fine revisit!
Queen stole the show by far!!
Jon they stole it,and hid it away!!
U2
What a phenomenal day. Just unbelievably brilliant... the music, the vibe, the unequalled achievement and, of course, the money raised for Africa. Bob, Midge, Harvey, Andrew, Bill G, the BBC and everyone... you are still my heroes. Thank you.
What’s even more cool is that this is debuting on Saturday July 13 2024 at 12 pm the 39th anniversary of live aid. A great way to celebrate 39 years
Live Aid was GenXs Woodstock and for a day it was beautiful
최고의 뮤지션들 그리고 최고의 1984
Can't wait for 40
You all Freakin 🎉🎉 wanna punch 👊 uuhGh!! FyI Bob Guildoff hepled create Band Aid, British acts mostly!! thus Band Aid Album Chrismas 1984. The Live Aid !!
Se è come questo puzzle striminzito, evito proprio la delusione
I was so excited to watch the concert, and drum with them at the same time as the songs. I remember very well this wonderful concert I watched live when I was a teenager.
This day will never be eclipsed and it was a privilege to have been part of it.... this was a proper concert with a proper cause and superb line up of worthy acts...but hunger still goes on and contraception is still not present in many of these starving nations!
I will always remember the events of that day.
It was my 18th birthday
何年経っても、見ますね。
I want to thank you for posting this, for the Anniversary weekend, I was fortunate to have been their on this historic day, and to think the entire concert cost just £5 with a mandatory donation of £20, it really didn't get better than this. One the strength of this concert I booked to see Queen the following year AT Wembley, as it turned out it was another Memorable day.
Next year it would be great to put it on BBC the full concert 40 years on ❤
Thank you Live Aid, what a wonderful humanity act to save lives. And thanks to all the artists who gave their time and love to perform on that day. Freddie Roger Brian and John were our favorite performers; Queen, they were fantastic! Freddie’s charismatic stage presence was truly amazing!!
has it really been 40 years already...some of them are no longer there...they live in our hearts...George Michael, 1:30 1:32 Freddie Mercury love forever!!!
"Heroes". Long life to rock!!! From Brazil.
I was 22 and in Philly that day with my girlfriend. It was 96 degrees, no shade, and by the end of the night it took me an hour to figure out where my car was. It was a full 24 hours round trip from NY. Great memories.
I was there as well. While it was an incredible day, I think the heat and humidity really stifled the crowd's enthusiasm compared to Wembley.
I never get tired of watching videos about this greatest moment in music history!!!! They really made a difference opening our brains and hearts thanks for sharing!🥰🥰🥰
Me too, especially when Queen was on stage.
@@MiceSlave that was UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Can't believe it is nearly 40 years ago. I was 17 in 1985, took a sickie from my Saturday job at Dixons to go to Wembley.
Been to loads of concerts since then, but none come close to this.
You're doing well being 17 in 1885 😅
@@Moonwalk992 That's what happens when I try to multitask 🤣
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I was 17 in 1985 as well. I am in Canada and saw the show here. We got a lot of the Philadelphia show - which I wasn’t as impressed with as the British show. I wish we could have seen that
Thanks for giving us the pleasure tu remember this Live Aid!
I was home in the UK on this iconic day.
GOD I MISS THOSE YEARS ❤
Quo and Queen. Two unforgettable performances 👍
I'm smiling here. People were different back then. I'm very happy with that thought.
Amazing day! There will never be another concert that will top this.
Just transported myself back to 18 years old, great memories. What I would do to be that age again, magic time. ❤️
I hope they reshow the entire show next year for the 40th anniversary
Maybe online or a new physical copy ?
@@janbaukespoelstra6839 yeah something like that would be really cool
@@janbaukespoelstra6839I would love the entire Live Aid collection being put on Vinyl. Would cost a lot, but then you get something. All proceeds go to Bans Aid, ofcourse
It will not be the same
Good luck getting Led Zeppelin and Santana to agree to be included. Plus there's also the issue of missing footage of Simple Minds and The Who (lost to technical faults), and Sade and The Pretenders (not known to have survived)
Little 13 year old me sat in Australia and watched it, the most live TV I ever watched in one sitting, only interrupted by phone calls with friends hahaha. It was the event of a lifetime and it was all we talked about at school. And it started us all doing individual fund raising for African Aid. Which then lead us all into raising funds for all sorts of things.
And on the music side of things it was just incredible for a little girl who lived inside music. Music was my everything, still is ❤
I got to meet Bob Geldoff very briefly in Ottawa the year after Live Aid. His security tried to rush him past but he took the time to sign autographs. I am pretty sure he was wearing the same thing as he did for Live Aid too😆. A global treasure
U2 were simply amazing here
I had the BEST time 🎉🎉🎉 what a picnic as Freddie rightly said 🤩🤩🤩 it was our way of feeling we could help our poor brothers and sisters starving on the other side of the world
Farce...🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
@@stevabobic I was 12 mate
I was there with nothing BUT good intentions
What do you know about it???
@@Abcdefg-lz5sq I sincerely pity all of you who call this event a spectacle. I did not notice that Africa became happy and full. All traces of this event should be erased.
Big, BIG FARCE...🤮🤮🤮🤮👎👎👎👎
Merci 😘 beaucoup pour nous remémorer Le Live Aid. Avec les Plus Bon Chanteur de notre Existence. ❤❤❤😅😮..
Thanks for posting. Remember like it was yesterday. In fact when it was shown again in 1995 it seems like decades ago. Nice, like yesterday. To think Neil Young was only 39 !!!! I'm now 53. Jesus wept !
What a line up! Could never be replicated again. Sad...but thank God I was alive for this!
Because at least five of them are dead. I’m not sure about the soul artist with Hall & Oates on backing vocals, but if I were a betting man, I’d bet he’s no longer with us.
1985. The pinnacle of Rock n Roll..
Fan of Queen reporting in
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@@williamcciwdym no
too right. massive Queen fan.
So you’re one of 5 trillion👍👍👍🏆🏆🏆🏆🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
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What a time that was to be young. So much change in the 80s by the artists of the time. Not just Live aid and the records but artists sang against the apartheid regime in South Africa. Unlikely many today, all sang live too.
Wir schreiben 2024..
Wie wäre es mit einem Friedens Concert ..in diesem Rahmen wie Life Aid..?!
I've been waiting for almost 40 years.
Impressive, still gives me the shivers. I have an enormous amount of admiration and respect for Bob Geldof and all the other people who first imagined and then created this incredible event; I'm so deeply sorry he lost his daughter Peaches; no matter what you do, whether good or bad, life can be unpredictable and cruel. Love you Bob.
Soul is nothing without Sade, this was the decade of top pop and rock! 🙏
Queen hace 39 años!!, es impresionanate el concierto historico que hizo en el Wembley, una maravillosa banda que quedara para la historia de la música✨✨
I was 12 when this happened, we live in Phila, and it was an awesome experience to see and hear!
A lot of talent from these concerts are now in the rock and roll band in heaven ❤
I was there. Singing do they know it's Christmas time in July was so great with the whole Wembly stadion . I never forget.
@@metavandermeer8106 lucky you!!! 😁
Which performance you liked the most?
@maryjones0147 you had to be there it was al great but mostly I enjoyed the togetherness in the stadium.
Well at that time queen was best and ofcourse status Q
@@maryjones0147 wel thanks to a friend who came up with the idea to go 😁
@@metavandermeer8106 it is incredible how it all began. From the Michael Burke report and Bob watching the news! Love it! Love them all and happy that I can watch the video again and again and...
Excelente! Parabéns! Que Dia históricos para a Música mundial e também para a humanidade
Como está fazendo falta essa união nos dias de hoje!
I was 11 and remember it being a boiling hot day, Status Quo kicked things off at 12pm. I am now 50 and looking forward to seeing the highlights
They kicked it off with 'Rockin' All Over the World'...if I recall correctly.
Мы ровесники! Я смотрел этот концерт в СССР!
@@aleplo2653 👍🏻
Next year will be the 40th anniversary of the best concert of all time. I hope someone does something special via social networks. Cheers from this side of the pond
SADE set the whole mood during her set. A great performance that nobody talks about.
agree! class, style, cool. mode of the society to give more attention to the shouting, crazy boys, but there is something timeless and gorgeous in Sade.
Phenomenal compilation. Totally enjoyed that. It brought me right back to the day watching it on TV. It felt like a fleeting moment at the time, and I remember trying to savor every bit of it, knowing it was most definitely a once-in-a-lifetime happening. The world should come together this way more often. We really need it now -- more than ever.
What an event. I doubt we will ever see another one like it. Simply brilliant line up of our beloved pop stars of the time.
In the words of Bob, "the dying continues so the giving can't stop". An iconic day!
A few days later it stopped....
Amazing,the likes of it will never happen again,the amount & quality of acts at their peak simply don't exist anymore
I remember watching this and not being able to stay awake for U2, what I did see during the other performances were all of the U2 flags being waved around. I have to say though, Queen stole the show. What a performance. The entirety of Live Aid was such an amazing undertaking. Does anyone else remember all of the Back to the Future commercials during Live Aid?
U2 rules
I worked at Philadelphia for 3 weeks and have lots of memories... looking forward to 40th anniversary !
you could judge this entire day of music from a million different angles and the same answer will always be that it was queen's night no matter who tries to judge differently
ラスト・ナンバーが格好良い!名曲です。✨ステージ上の全員が格好良い!!❤LOVE＆PEACE☮️この偉大なロックンロール・フィスティバルを今の時代にもう一度やってほしいです。❤
39 years since Live Aid and 20 years ago this year I brought the Live Aid Dvd Boxset. I wonder if there will be a Blu Ray release next year for the 40th.
I own it also. I still put it on now and then. So many great live sets from the biggest bands of the time...!!!
And all money goes to hungry African people...."oh, yes"...
Ich war damals im englischen Kanal unterwegs und habe das durch Zufall im Fernseh miterleben dürfen.Einen Tag vor meinem 18.Geburtstag. Was geileres gab es noch nie,ein vorgezogenes Geburtstagsgeschenk. Kann mich am besten noch an George Thorogood erinnern und an Freddy Mercury. Da war die Welt noch in Ordnung (auch wenn das gar nicht stimmt😉) ich würde die Zeit gerne nochmal zurückdrehen wollen und da verharren. Danke Bob Geldorf & an alle anderen Musiker ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Я помню этот день, шла прямая трансляция по всему миру, этот концерт транслировали даже в Советском союзе! Чего никогда не было и вероятно не могло быть ... Я не верил своим глазам и не мог понять что происходит, мне было 22 года... Огромное уважение Бобу Гелдофу за всё что он сделал, респект всем выступавшим, за их участие в концерте, я знаю, что условия для выступлений были совсем не идеальными, многое делалось на ходу, было много проблем, но музыканты не испугались трудностей, не испугались звучать не очень хорошо или выглядеть нелепо, а сделали достойно своё дело и теперь это история! Respekt!
25 años y en Paterna de Ribera en Cádiz....lo vi entero y aún sigo viéndolo.....Un verano apoteósico ...musica ...música ....hachis , cerveza y playa...
I was there that day.. front row. A day which will be etched in peoples memories forever
Can't wait to see the Phil Collins and Sting duo👌
Una fregatura, solo un pezzettino di Phil collins da solo. Niente buetto con Stimg, né con Robert plant. Niente Guns's Roses, ecc.
Thank you very much great artists great people
Actually watched that Madonna performance all the way through about 5/6 months ago in the name of musical science, since it was live and early on in her career. Being a Zeppelin man and all that not really into pop but growing up with her being part of the furniture, although a lot of these songs bring back good memories of when I was 10. I thought she did great, was pretty impressed you can tell she's got talent, like a performer.
Well done Bob and Midge.
Legendarni, legendarni koncert, obožavam ga, gledao direktan prenos i poslije puno puta naravno
Naj običnija smrdljiva farsa. Iza scene su tekli potoci alkohola i kilogrami ušmrkanog kokaina. Gospoda "umetnici" zaradili titule britanske imperije a nesretni narod u Africi od tada do danas je umro u milionskom broju. Jako su bili brižni, hvala im ali sve u svemu, nisu uradili NIŠTA. E, to je prava istina, ljutio se neko ili ne...
It’s a mark of History that if you weren’t there you can always comment but to live it was something else.
The whole day was like an English FA cup final. The build up , the sensation moving through the airwaves . We weren’t connected in a modern world but it didn’t matter , we all felt it.
indeed the day music change the world,still watching july 2024.
I was my honeymoon and spent watching it on tv distant my day worth watching it was brilliant x