Live Aid on Beeb 2

[Darran]

None of those stupid fucking flags and no political bollox.

Peace & Love.

 

[Darran]

Oh and Freddie Mercury is without doubt one of the biggest music losses in the history of the world.

 

[jack123]

Oh and Freddie Mercury is without doubt one of the biggest music losses in the history of the world.

Awesome wasn’t he.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

None of those stupid fucking flags and no political bollox.

Peace & Love.

No political bollocks

 

[Darran]

No political bollocks

You know what I mean,fuck off.

 

[BlackaPearl10]

It was an historic day, I watched it all live and have since been fortunate to have access to the off air masters of the entire show both US and UK feeds and watched it all again.

A time of great optimism in 1985 in a world increasingly dominated by Cold War, Proxy Wars, Thatcher and Reagan, but sadly like the Concert for Bangladesh in '71 the money largely never went where it was needed to be used...

From "Give us your f******g money" to "What happened to the f******g money?"

Quote : "Five years ago a magazine sent me out to Ethiopia to write about what effect Live Aid had on the people it was intended to benefit. In Tigray Province I talked – through an interpreter – to some subsistence farmers who had been young people at the time. Did Bob Geldof’s work make any difference? The interpreter, an Ethiopian who had spent most of his adult life working the European aid agencies, looked at me and asked: “Who’s Bob Geldof?”

I recall Frank Zappa turning down the offer to play calling it "The biggest cocaine laundering scheme in musical history". Not sure what Frank knew but he was a very astute and intelligent guy that saw through the BS of the record/entertainment industry....

 

[Darran]

Awesome wasn’t he.

And Bowie too.

 

[Vetchonian]

And Bowie too.

But no Cheap Trick

 

[Darran]

But no Cheap Trick

Go away.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Oh and Freddie Mercury is without doubt one of the biggest music losses in the history of the world.

About the only thing that I've ever agreed with you.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Awesome wasn’t he.

Elton doing his bit now, superb.

 

[Darran]

About the only thing that I've ever agreed with you.

Thank you my friend.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

A concert that was literally born out of politics has no political bollocks. Only in Prosser World.

 

[Niigata Jack]

A concert that was literally born out of politics has no political bollocks. Only in Prosser World.

It doesn't matter how it was born really, it served a purpose and it was entertaining and we shouldn't really look any further into it.

In my opinion of course, being a simple man who rarely looks further than the product on offer

 

[exiledclaseboy]

It doesn't matter how it was born really, it served a purpose and it was entertaining and we shouldn't really look any further into it.

In my opinion of course, being a simple man who rarely looks further than the product on offer

Completely agree. It’s not our fault Prosser is as thick as a canteen mug.