The Live Aid DVD comes out on Tuesday. My memory is fuzzy- it’s been over 19 years since I’ve viewed any of this footage. Is this going to be really cool, or is it just that I remember that it was really cool in 1985 when I viewed the event through the eyes (and ears) of a ten year old?
Will all of the performances be included on the DVD? If so, is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Also, did the money that was raised ever make it to the people who needed it the most?
If we did this today, what artist would be most likely to perform in London, then get on a plane, and perform in Philadelphia the same day?
I was at the Philadelphia concert. I remember a rather pointed lack of interest in Phil Collins’s set when he arrived. When I got home and watched the videotapes that my friends had made (from the MTV coverage) and saw how big a deal was made of it, I laughed heartily.
I’m buying the DVD because the videotapes (which were Beta!) are long gone, and I really want another chance to see the performance which essentially caused the collapse of (the 1985 version) of my favorite band.
Led Zeppelin have cut their performance out of the DVD as it was, frankly, pants.
They are donating the royalties from the “No Quarter, Unledded” DVD instead (which is a good thing for Band Aid.)
Also here in sunny blighty we are going to remake the Band Aid single “do they know it’s christmas” with modern popstrels instead. It comes out next week I think.
Yeah, I watched the entire thing (including the Oz sets) at my sisters place because in 1985 she was the only one I knew who had cable. Woof.
U2 completely stole the show. The look on Bono’s face when he drops the mic and starts (in his not-too-bright-while-performing way) trying to get to the audience is one of the defining moments in rock and roll. Anyone who wants to front a band should be forced to watch that so they know where they should go.
My wife got the DVDs on Friday. And has been playing it all (4 disks!) for the entire weekend. :mad: :rolleyes:
I’m disappointed in the coverage of the US concert (don’t know if there’s going to be a US version with a different bias). No Tracy Chapman, for example. Phil Collins was a bit of a side-event, though it was cool to see Concord buzz the stadium in London before dropping him off.
Some great performances, and the documentary on the situation - which should be mandatory watching - made us cry still. It allows you to realise the true consequences of macropolitical and economic decisions made in the west. Nobody should have to starve in this world. My respect for Geldof has gone through the roof. He was no bullshitter, and still isn’t.
Buy it - even if you didn’t see it the first time. The money’s going to a seriously brilliant and able charity.
Who’s going to drive you home will destroy you, too.
Duran Duran, and following that performance, the original incarnation of the band did not perform together again until 2002. The reasons for this aren’t entirely clear, but they’ve described getting together on that day and performing (underprepared and absolutely burnt out on one another) as the catalyst for the disintegration which followed over the next 8 months or so.
