ggo1 18.02.2020 15:57 |
Not going to Live Aid is still one of my biggest regrets. I could have got tickets but i was already going to see Springsteen the week before and thought two trips down to big London in a week was too much. Instead i watched Live Aid on a 12 inch black and white tv in a caravan in North Wales. Watched the whole thing except for Sade. We washed the caravan while she was on. I remember walking round the campsite about midnight? Maybe later and every caravan had the concert from USA on. Duran Duran were playing and I saw some of it in colour for the first time through someone else's window. I had set up the VCR at home to record the 4 hours around Queen and finally saw it in colour when I got home. Still got that tape somewhere. Though I'm on a different continent with no way of playing it. |
Jake12 18.02.2020 16:22 |
If you can find that tape I can transfer it for you! |
Kuijpy 18.02.2020 21:20 |
George Michael, Elton John, U2, Queen, Status Quo, Paul Young, David Bowie, Ultravox, Spandau Ballet, The Police, Phil Collins, Dire Straits and The Who or Bruce Spingsteen hahahahahaha! What a bad bad bad choice! |
stevelondon20 18.02.2020 23:00 |
Sade were awesome. |
ggo1 19.02.2020 01:53 |
I'm feeling the love. Was hoping to trigger some others memories not just remind me what a poor choice I made. To be fair, at the time I didn't realise how iconic the show would be. Also I don't think Queen were confirmed when tix went on sale. I do remember thinking its hardly worth the hassle for 20 minute sets. History makes that a terrible choice. Also I was a poor student without endless funds. The tickets were expensive, 25 quid each. That was a fortune back then. My local record store had 50 tickets to sell, sold 40 immediately but still had 6 left the next day. Hard to believe how different the sales methods were back then. Pre printed tickets from independent record shops, or send a stamped self addressed envelope and a cheque to the venue. For me, going to Wembley meant getting a bus at 5am, getting to the venue around 11, going I to the venue, see the show, bus home afterwards. (2 hour wait in the car park Before it could go anywhere. Get back to the city centre about 5am and then find a way home, unless I was lucky enough for the coach to take the runcorn bridge instead of the M62. Then I could get him to drop me off at Aigburth Vale on the way into town. God I miss those days sometimes. |
ggo1 19.02.2020 01:53 |
I'm feeling the love. Was hoping to trigger some others memories not just remind me what a poor choice I made. To be fair, at the time I didn't realise how iconic the show would be. Also I don't think Queen were confirmed when tix went on sale. I do remember thinking its hardly worth the hassle for 20 minute sets. History makes that a terrible choice. Also I was a poor student without endless funds. The tickets were expensive, 25 quid each. That was a fortune back then. My local record store had 50 tickets to sell, sold 40 immediately but still had 6 left the next day. Hard to believe how different the sales methods were back then. Pre printed tickets from independent record shops, or send a stamped self addressed envelope and a cheque to the venue. For me, going to Wembley meant getting a bus at 5am, getting to the venue around 11, going I to the venue, see the show, bus home afterwards. (2 hour wait in the car park Before it could go anywhere. Get back to the city centre about 5am and then find a way home, unless I was lucky enough for the coach to take the runcorn bridge instead of the M62. Then I could get him to drop me off at Aigburth Vale on the way into town. God I miss those days sometimes. |
Kuijpy 19.02.2020 12:30 |
So who cares what u must do for it to go to wembley, you just got the opportunity to BE in the BIGGEST show ever haha. |
philip storey 20.02.2020 12:13 |
I wonder how much money Live Aid actually made and what the money was spent on,did it really make a difference in Africa ? I hope it did do some good. |
Thistle 20.02.2020 12:26 |
Kuijpy wrote: So who cares what u must do for it to go to wembley, you just got the opportunity to BE in the BIGGEST show ever haha.Were you there? |
kosimodo 20.02.2020 21:29 |
I just heard it first after my hiking trip on a tdk cassette.. just recorded from the radio.. it sounded just like it is: fantastic. i played it again and again til montreal :) |
splicksplack 22.02.2020 19:57 |
ggo1 wrote: I'm feeling the love. Was hoping to trigger some others memories not just remind me what a poor choice I made. To be fair, at the time I didn't realise how iconic the show would be. Also I don't think Queen were confirmed when tix went on sale. I do remember thinking its hardly worth the hassle for 20 minute sets. History makes that a terrible choice. Also I was a poor student without endless funds. The tickets were expensive, 25 quid each. That was a fortune back then. My local record store had 50 tickets to sell, sold 40 immediately but still had 6 left the next day. Hard to believe how different the sales methods were back then. Pre printed tickets from independent record shops, or send a stamped self addressed envelope and a cheque to the venue. For me, going to Wembley meant getting a bus at 5am, getting to the venue around 11, going I to the venue, see the show, bus home afterwards. (2 hour wait in the car park Before it could go anywhere. Get back to the city centre about 5am and then find a way home, unless I was lucky enough for the coach to take the runcorn bridge instead of the M62. Then I could get him to drop me off at Aigburth Vale on the way into town. God I miss those days sometimes.I'm with you there. I too decided not to bother for a lot of reasons, not least financial. I had just moved to London in March '85 and didn't have much spare cash. I had lost interest in the band in the 2 years between HS and The Works but would still have loved to be there. My music fandom was (and is) wide so there were a lot of people I wanted to see. In 1985 a pint of lager in a West End club I went to was £1 so £25 a ticket was a lot. So me and my flatmates got loads of buffet food and booze in and watched it live on TV with the sound on FM stereo radio. Loud. It was superb. I didn't miss not being there (except possibly for bragging reasons). It was a ridiculously hot day and being stuck in the middle of that crowd must have been torturous. How the hell did you get out for a piss or more drinks? And then find your way back to your mates. When we went out for more booze you could hear the concert coming out of every window and car. There was a massive feeling of oneness in London. In the evening we got a cab into the West End and as we passed the Hard Rock Cafe near Hyde Park corner, they had a screen outside and Brian and Freddie where doing 'Is This The World We Created?". It was an incredible day. My Dad recorded the whole thing for me on VHS back home. |
splicksplack 22.02.2020 19:57 |
ggo1 wrote: I'm feeling the love. Was hoping to trigger some others memories not just remind me what a poor choice I made. To be fair, at the time I didn't realise how iconic the show would be. Also I don't think Queen were confirmed when tix went on sale. I do remember thinking its hardly worth the hassle for 20 minute sets. History makes that a terrible choice. Also I was a poor student without endless funds. The tickets were expensive, 25 quid each. That was a fortune back then. My local record store had 50 tickets to sell, sold 40 immediately but still had 6 left the next day. Hard to believe how different the sales methods were back then. Pre printed tickets from independent record shops, or send a stamped self addressed envelope and a cheque to the venue. For me, going to Wembley meant getting a bus at 5am, getting to the venue around 11, going I to the venue, see the show, bus home afterwards. (2 hour wait in the car park Before it could go anywhere. Get back to the city centre about 5am and then find a way home, unless I was lucky enough for the coach to take the runcorn bridge instead of the M62. Then I could get him to drop me off at Aigburth Vale on the way into town. God I miss those days sometimes.I'm with you there. I too decided not to bother for a lot of reasons, not least financial. I had just moved to London in March '85 and didn't have much spare cash. I had lost interest in the band in the 2 years between HS and The Works but would still have loved to be there. My music fandom was (and is) wide so there were a lot of people I wanted to see. In 1985 a pint of lager in a West End club I went to was £1 so £25 a ticket was a lot. So me and my flatmates got loads of buffet food and booze in and watched it live on TV with the sound on FM stereo radio. Loud. It was superb. I didn't miss not being there (except possibly for bragging reasons). It was a ridiculously hot day and being stuck in the middle of that crowd must have been torturous. How the hell did you get out for a piss or more drinks? And then find your way back to your mates. When we went out for more booze you could hear the concert coming out of every window and car. There was a massive feeling of oneness in London. In the evening we got a cab into the West End and as we passed the Hard Rock Cafe near Hyde Park corner, they had a screen outside and Brian and Freddie where doing 'Is This The World We Created?". It was an incredible day. My Dad recorded the whole thing for me on VHS back home. |