Deanburn Dave Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 As a 57 year old I remember watching it on TV. Most of the performances ranged from poor to mediocre. Queen were excellent that day. Freddy Mercury was different class. My mate travelled down to be at the event and said the sound quality was terrible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperDee Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Gaz said: I have always thought that Bowie too was overrated drivel. f**k off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, Deanburn Dave said: My mate travelled down to be at the event and said the sound quality was terrible. Outdoor large live gigs then were often woeful. Today with the big money in festivals there has been an incredible improvement in sound engineering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, Deanburn Dave said: As a 57 year old I remember watching it on TV. Most of the performances ranged from poor to mediocre. Queen were excellent that day. Freddy Mercury was different class. My mate travelled down to be at the event and said the sound quality was terrible. How the f**k old are you now? 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, Tony Ferrino said: How the f**k old are you now? Nice touch coming into this thread with Freddie Mercury as your avatar. Well played sir. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Is it true that super c**t Geldof switched slot times with Midge Ure so the boomtown rats could play to Royalty? I also understand that Charles and Di only squeezed in about 30mins. What was oh so fucking important that you had to leave and go to? I highly doubt anything going on that day was ahead of live aid on importance scale and is just another reason why the royal family are a complete bunch of c***s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 10 minutes ago, SweeperDee said: f**k off. He was pish for most of the 60s, brilliant in the 70s and fell away after that. Even the 70s he benefited from the influence of The Stooges and Velvet Underground. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Just now, Gaz FFC said: Is it true that super c**t Geldof switched slot times with Midge Ure so the boomtown rats could play to Royalty? I also understand that Charles and Di only squeezed in about 30mins. What was oh so fucking important that you had to leave and go to? I highly doubt anything going on that day was ahead of live aid on importance scale and is just another reason why the royal family are a complete bunch of c***s They did well to last as long. I'd have sold my ticket and went to the pub. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: Nice touch coming into this thread with Freddie Mercury as your avatar. Well played sir. Meddie Fercury? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Sergeant Wilson said: They did well to last as long. I'd have sold my ticket and went to the pub. Maybe on there way out they did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 I was probably looking forward to U2 most having bought their Pride single. And they then didn't play due to Bono being an arse as mentioned. Which to be fair I have seen Bono confess to later (possibly in the documentary others are talking about). Mojo or Q magazine did a retrospective feature and actually got hold of the girls Bono danced with. One of them said something along the lines of "I was a big fan, but he was really sweaty and stank. I went right off him after that" I did think Queen stole the show, although I really wanted to see The Who, but the live feed went down during their set and we were left with the sight of loads of similarly pissed off fans in Philadelphia shouting "bull shit bull shit" at the blank big screens. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperDee Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Just now, Sergeant Wilson said: He was pish for most of the 60s, brilliant in the 70s and fell away after that. Even the 70s he benefited from the influence of The Stooges and Velvet Underground. I'd say they all benefitted each other; Bowie arranged quite a few of Iggy and Reed's tunes. He had some patchy output after the 70s but the last few albums he did like The Next Day and Blackstar are pretty good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 9 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: Nice touch coming into this thread with Freddie Mercury as your avatar. Well played sir. I thought it was Paddy from Phoenix Nights. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, SweeperDee said: I'd say they all benefitted each other; Bowie arranged quite a few of Iggy and Reed's tunes. He had some patchy output after the 70s but the last few albums he did like The Next Day and Blackstar are pretty good. They did, but he drew on them to move from a bit of a drip to space man rock star. The Stooges and Velvet Underground were playing a completely different type of music from mainstream 60s bands. He was able to refine it and then return the favour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonsrock Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 I was there, can be seen clearly when Quo were on. Amazing atmosphere in the stadium then the Style Council came on.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 My dads 32nd birthday this was. And 2 months before I was born. Bob Geldof is a cunt. Midge Ure is sound. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musketeer Gripweed Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Queen didn't steal the show, they just seemed to understand the concept of the global jukebox better than most of the other bands. They sold themselves really well with their set. From what I remember the second one in 2005 was better. We must be due another one soon as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Sonsrock said: I was there, can be seen clearly when Quo were on. Amazing atmosphere in the stadium then the Style Council came on.. Fucking musicians, ruining it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engelbert_humperdink Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 6 hours ago, The Skelpit Lug said: And they stole a couple of Marx Bros film titles for albums. Unforgivable. Both Albums absolute classics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 6 hours ago, gogsy said: Well Lennon wasn't an option and I'm not sure if Harrison or Starr would have sold tickets. Harrison did the Concert for Bangladesh which I think was one of the inspirations for Live Aid. I think Macca's hit around that time had been the sodding Frog Chorus... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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