| Mr.Jingles 17.11.2004 13:39 |
Too many songs missing, and not just the Led Zeppelin ones. I understand that Led Zep was totally dissapointed with their performance (I don't think it was that bad, though), but at least they should have included the whole sets of the other bands and artists performing. It might have taken 2 or 3 more extra discs, but it would still be worth it. Queen, no doubt about it... (and not because I'm a fan) blew every other band out of the water. I still can't understand how can some people say that U2 or Bowie gave better performances. |
| brENsKi 17.11.2004 13:54 |
queen's was easily the best performance on the day - but their set was about "giving everyone a great time" U2 and Bowie were very emotional sets and by far much more "sweeping people up in the tide, of what the day was about" |
| agneepath! 11994 17.11.2004 14:08 |
As Queen fans we can't really have too many complaints about the Live Aid boxset... Regarding Queen's performance... no body came close to touching them. U2 were good but when Queen were on there was a definate buzz... reasons why they were so good? they rehearsed and used every second of their allocated time. They also chose the best songs... Their performance is even better on DVD! |
| Mr.Jingles 17.11.2004 14:55 |
Did U2 plan playing more songs? It seems to me like Bono was so concerned with bringing those chicks out of the crowd that he wasted more than 10 precious minutes where he could have performed 'Pride', or 'New Years Day'. Also, did anyone catch Phil Collins missing a note on the piano while playing 'In The Air Tonight'. You could have seen that the expression on his face said... FUCK! I MESSED UP! |
| Liquid Scream 17.11.2004 15:10 |
They left out a couple of good performances. Overall I'm happy with it. Too bad there was no Santana included or more of George Thorogood & the Destroyers. Thankfully they left some stuff out. In all honesty do we really need more of Nik Kershaw or the Style Council?? As for U2, the only thing I think I disliked more than their performance was Bono's mullet. |
| Giacco 73 17.11.2004 15:20 |
I love the Live Aid DVD set! Queen that day as always were on another level for everyone and Freddie performance was totally out of this world... Best frontman and live band ever! Luckily it is fully released. On the other hand I'm totally disappointed for the incomplete inclusion of the set of Judas Priest and Black Sabbath. But what's more important is that I could give my contribution in still saving lives... |
| deleted user 17.11.2004 15:21 |
Ozzy's pathetic effort to move the American crowd earned my thumbs-down. |
| agneepath! 11994 17.11.2004 15:29 |
Mr.Jingles79 wrote: Did U2 plan playing more songs? |
| Giacco 73 17.11.2004 15:30 |
...but Tony Iommi's immortal riffs deserves the world respect IMHO! By the way I'm not a particular Ozzy Osbourne fan as a singer,I prefere by far Ronnie James Dio or even Tony Martin as Sabs singers even if I admit Ozzy vocals perfectly suited the evil lirycs of Sabbath's 70's efforts. |
| deleted user 17.11.2004 15:33 |
Black Sabbath IS Ozzy, Iommi, Ward and Butler. Nothing else. As for Live Aid, it was probably the summer heat that did them no good. |
| KevMull 17.11.2004 17:37 |
Don't forget that not ALL of the show was recorded and archived by the BBC (Bob himself didn't even want it recording!) and I believe some of the DVD is made up of stuff that MTV had recorded. This probably explains the reason why it's incomplete. QUESTION... Is the entire concert in DTS and/ir DD 5.1? Somebody told me that only some of the extras are! |
| deleted user 17.11.2004 17:45 |
I haven't bought it yet! And I still need Queen's latest dvd release! NOOOOOO! Need...more...money... $_$ |
| Mayboy 17.11.2004 17:47 |
I havent got this yet either, will definately be on my christmas list! Im only going to get it for the 20minutes of Queen, so what the rest is like doesnt bother me :P |
| Daburcor? 17.11.2004 18:46 |
Mr.Jingles79 wrote: Your thoughts on the Live Aid DVD setI don't have it. |
| Natisse 17.11.2004 19:00 |
I haven't seen it yet, but I CAN'T WAIT to get it!! I've heard all about the 10CD set and that's at the top of my wishlist ;) |
| Adam Baboolal 17.11.2004 19:00 |
Just got it through the door today. Literally. When I came down from slumber, I was shocked to find the parcel wedged in the letter box! That's the bloody postal service in the UK these days. Bastards. No thoughts to the fact that anyone could've seen that and nicked it. And as a result of pulling the box through, I believe it dented 2 corners of the box. Aggggghhhhhh! Sorry, needed to vent that anger. Anyway, I've begun watching the first disc and am pleasantly surprised at some performances from the day. I've never watched it all the way through, so it's interesting to discover all the new (to me) stuff. Btw Kevo, what do you mean, "I believe some of the DVD is made up of stuff that MTV had recorded"? It says in the booklet that MTV came to the rescue with their hours of footage in a box! So, there's no doubt about it. It's a shame that there wasn't much thought payed to archiving the entire concert. At least some people didn't take Bob's word on not wanting to record it. "Some performances are still missing and that's because the tapes just don't exist. Other performances were lost on the day because of satellite or power failures: The Who played 4 numbers but only 2 were broadcast because the generator blew up." etc. etc. It goes on about other things missing. But does say that there are a few performances that have never been broadcast. So it's not all bad. I look forward to getting through the set over the next week. Just hope I've got the time! Peace, Adam. |
| KevMull 17.11.2004 19:09 |
"Btw Kevo, what do you mean, "I believe some of the DVD is made up of stuff that MTV had recorded"? It says in the booklet that MTV came to the rescue with their hours of footage in a box!" That's what I meant. I don't have the boxset (yet), i'm just goin off a brief conversation I had with a work colleague ths morning. |
| deleted user 17.11.2004 23:12 |
All (well, most of it) the missing parts were dutifully explained in the accompanying booklet. |
| Jjeroen 18.11.2004 07:22 |
Yeah... too bad about Sabbath indeed, specially cauze when you see their full show they leave a much better impression then with Paranoid alone! Cildren of the grave is just kick-ass! And yes, it was not superb because they did not rehearse, they were still very much fighting eachtother (Ozzy and Iommie could not stand eachother) and it was just a one-off reunion. Besides: Ozzy in those days was that much of a heavy drinker that his voice suffered a lot!! Trust me: his voice on Live Aid was much better then during the average Ozzy-show in those days. (Don't know about Priest, I don't have their full show) But overall: great to have the set. Especially to finally get to see Is This The World We Created! (The one and only reason for me to buy this set... well not entirely ;-) |
| twowaymirrormountain 18.11.2004 07:31 |
I don't have the DVD yet, but I recently dug out my vhs tapes of the event. If I was in Led Zeppelin, I wouldn't want that shown either. Plant isn't singing well and Page's guitar is out of tune. Queens set is great, though there are commercial interuptions of CLTCL on my old tape. Hammer to Fall is especially good. |
| Fenderek 18.11.2004 08:11 |
Mr.Jingles79 wrote: Also, did anyone catch Phil Collins missing a note on the piano while playing 'In The Air Tonight'. You could have seen that the expression on his face said... FUCK! I MESSED UP!there's no piano in the "In The Air Tonight"... there is one in "Against all Odds" which he played @ Wembley and indeed fucked up a note... And smiled... Wasn't "In The Air Tonight" sang from behind the drum kit...? (haven't watched the whole thing yet- 2 discs to go...) |
| Jjeroen 18.11.2004 08:49 |
Darling Fenderek, there's indeed piano in In The Air Tonight. As a matter of fact it's nothing BUT voice and piano! (At Live Aid that is...) |
| Fenderek 18.11.2004 12:14 |
jeroen wrote: Darling Fenderek, there's indeed piano in In The Air Tonight. As a matter of fact it's nothing BUT voice and piano! (At Live Aid that is...)Well, as I said- 2 more discs to go... :) But I was at least half right- he fucked up "Against All Ods"... :) |
| mamamia 18.11.2004 13:04 |
I havn't seen it yet, I want it for Christmas, but it looks fantastic to me. |
| Rotwang 18.11.2004 13:55 |
I think it's great. I wish they would have included the entire set by The Cars. All I can say is it's about time. |
| Adam Baboolal 18.11.2004 16:06 |
Just got to the Queen bit. It makes a difference when you've watched all the acts prior to Queen because what Bob says was true. They had it together and Freddie really had that crowd in the palm of his hand. Btw, did anyone else notice that at the end of their set, the picture looked really bad? I.E. interference in the picture. Also, watching it back, I don't think Rien's screens really show the true nature of the material. It's not as good as I thought it was compared to Rien's shots. Probably due to the resolution of Rien's screenshots. Peace, Adam. |
| NOTWMEDDLE 18.11.2004 17:51 |
Queen's performance was ignored sadly by the Americans whom were cut off in favor of Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis of all people. Although Queen kicked ass, Americans missed out. For most Yanks, Led Zeppelin's reunion(as bad as the surviving Zeps said it was) was the highlight in the US. Even poor David Gilmour of Pink Floyd had guitar troubles at Live Aid while playing with Bryan Ferry. His sunburst Strat didn't work so he used his red Strat(the same one he uses today) for the two songs that are on the DVD. Pink Floyd didn't reunite for Live Aid cos Roger Waters despises Gilmour and Rick Wright! |
| queenfan100 18.11.2004 18:44 |
I think the live aid box set is brilliant, queen really did stole the show and freddie just looked on top form. I also like ultravox's performance and phill collins, o that mistake on the piano. I,m glad they didnt edit it out or overdubb it, this is what makes it original. |
| twowaymirrormountain 18.11.2004 22:29 |
NOTWMEDDLE said "Queen's performance was ignored sadly by the Americans whom were cut off in favor of Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis of all people. Although Queen kicked ass, Americans missed out. " This is largely true. I think the only song in its entirety on my old vhs copy of this is Hammer To Fall. The Queen footage has certinly held up better, for my tastes, than many of the other acts. Phil Collins, Sting, Dire Straits, Madonna and others I can't recall right now come off as really half-assed. I like the Judas Priest footage, though. Two Questions: 1. On my tape, Bob Geldof's voice dissappears at some point during the Boomtown Rats' set. Is it there on the DVD? 2. Who the fuck is Nik Kershaw? |
| twowaymirrormountain 18.11.2004 22:32 |
While not a fan, I'll agree that Ultravox were respectable. The Pretenders(Time The Avenger especially) and the Style Council were also good. |
| Adam Baboolal 18.11.2004 23:38 |
"On my tape, Bob Geldof's voice dissappears at some point during the Boomtown Rats' set. Is it there on the DVD?" In the missing section of the booklet, it explains that while Geldof was singing "Rat Trap" - he "wrenched the microphone cable from it's socket and his vocals were lost." This is probably the part you're talking about. Peace, Adam. |
| goinback 18.11.2004 23:44 |
If you didn't have MTV in 1985, you got the 3-hour version with Dick Clark on ABC. Queen wasn't even mentioned. I didn't even know they were at Live Aid until a couple years later. |
| deleted user 18.11.2004 23:44 |
As I've said, read the fucking leaflet. |
| slightly mad 22 19.11.2004 04:12 |
i haven't got it yet, as Queen are only in 20min set plus wwc MK got priority on payday no rush i still have them on vhs from the day!!! tapes gettin a bit thin now though |
| Lord Blackadder 19.11.2004 10:33 |
Bowie's wasn't that good a performance. 'Heroes' sounds better with guitars than just synths so that version wasn't great, until the crowd really kicked in near the end. U2's performance was out standing. Especially 'Bad'. The guitar sounds amazing. But of course Queen took it by the balls and showed how it's done. The camera men didn't seem to know Queen had a drummer though. Needed more Brian, John and Roger shots. When there's a guitar solo, why follow Freddie. GO TO BRIAN! Status Quo was very good to I feel. Alot of the songs may sound similar. but you can't sit still to those riffs. Macca's Let It Be is to slow and is rubbish. Now he plays those songs abit faster and they sound much, much better. Elvis Costello's 'All You Need Is Love' is good with the fans singing along for the absent instruments. Boomtown Rats wern't bad but I've seen better 'I Don't Like Mondays' performances. Elt wasn't bad or great. Beach Boys were O.K, as were Sabbath. Apart from that it wasn't that great a Concert. Still would have loved to have been there. The feeling must have been great. However, the finale was great. Really good song, 1000 times better than America's. The American concert didn't seem to have quite the same feel as U.K's. (Zeppelin's performance is available to listen to at link |
| Roger_in_Tigerskin_Trousers 19.11.2004 13:36 |
Very good for Queen. The reason why so many performances are not included is that they simply didn't have the footage any more. Led Zeppelin were crap. |
| rhapsody__87 19.11.2004 15:07 |
I enjoy it a lot, especially seeing the documentary that Bob Geldof saw about Ethiopia. It really opened my eyes to a part of the world I knew nothing about and Live Aid just seemed so much more inspired. Of course, I love Queen's performance! But here's my question: After or before what performance does Bob Geldof come out and say, "give us your fucking money!" because in Q magazine, in some special edition, there was an article about Live Aid saying how he did that, but they didn't say where. Rambling... sorry! |
| NOTWMEDDLE 19.11.2004 16:49 |
Lord Blackadder wrote: Bowie's wasn't that good a performance. 'Heroes' sounds better with guitars than just synths so that version wasn't great, until the crowd really kicked in near the end. U2's performance was out standing. Especially 'Bad'. The guitar sounds amazing. But of course Queen took it by the balls and showed how it's done. The camera men didn't seem to know Queen had a drummer though. Needed more Brian, John and Roger shots. When there's a guitar solo, why follow Freddie. GO TO BRIAN! Status Quo was very good to I feel. Alot of the songs may sound similar. but you can't sit still to those riffs. Macca's Let It Be is to slow and is rubbish. Now he plays those songs abit faster and they sound much, much better. Elvis Costello's 'All You Need Is Love' is good with the fans singing along for the absent instruments. Boomtown Rats wern't bad but I've seen better 'I Don't Like Mondays' performances. Elt wasn't bad or great. Beach Boys were O.K, as were Sabbath. Apart from that it wasn't that great a Concert. Still would have loved to have been there. The feeling must have been great. However, the finale was great. Really good song, 1000 times better than America's. The American concert didn't seem to have quite the same feel as U.K's. (Zeppelin's performance is available to listen to at linkZep's performance was a highlight for my mom and older sister as they were Zep fans. I think Queen and Zep were the highlights at Live Aid |