Live Aid Concert on BBC2 now

I saw Queen in 1973, they were playing in a very small student venue. During the interval they joined us in the bar! Such a good memory.

We were staying overnight with a lovely now retired woman who had been mr i’s secretary, she’d retired to Derbyshire. Webstayed over with our nine month old daughter and our German shepherd dog, on the way to mr i’s parents on the south coast.
We had the to on and watched Live Aid managing dog, baby, catch ups and food somehow between us. It was a fantastic concert, it brought people together in compassion to raise huge amounts for the starving babies and people high lighted by Michael B’s tv reports

No mobile phones then either - everyone just loving the occasion and living in the moment! Now at gigs, every second person is recording it on their phone.

I watched it all day, it made a big impression. I was a couple of weeks away from finding out I was pregnant with my first child.

I watched it with my 16 and 14 year old daughters

Where have those 40 years gone ?

Incredible to think that my parents, looking back on the previous 40 years at that time in 1985, were recollecting the end of WWII

Time does indeed fly

What I always find poignant is that he couldn't possibly have known anything about AIDS' existence when he wrote Bohemian Rhapsody (nobody did), yet the words sound like they were written by a sufferer. It's uncanny.

Doodledog

*Freddie wasn’t diagnosed until 1989, 4 yrs after live aid.*
I know, (and I knew someone would correct me ) which is why I added an immediate second post to clarify that:

I meant that I know what Freddie's fate would be - luckily he didn't at that time.

I do wish we had an edit button so we could clarify posts when we realise the wording might be ambiguous.

Ahh I know what you mean doodledog.
He probably had it but maybe didn’t know!

Freddie wasn’t diagnosed until 1989, 4 yrs after live aid.
I know, (and I knew someone would correct me ) which is why I added an immediate second post to clarify that:

I meant that I know what Freddie's fate would be - luckily he didn't at that time.

I do wish we had an edit button so we could clarify posts when we realise the wording might be ambiguous.

Brilliant concert, I don’t think we will see the likes of anything else coming close to it.

Although fabulous talented musicians no longer with us 😿

Doodledog

Oh, here's George 💕.

His performance pf Somebody To Love at the Freddie Mercury tribute is the other one that makes me cry every time, as his partner was in the crowd and had just been diagnosed with the utterly dreadful AIDS.

I would make a comment on he and Elton singing Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, but only on other forums 😉

Has everyone else gone to bed?

Freddie wasn’t diagnosed until 1989, 4 yrs after live aid.
The bio-pic film of Queen was wrong.

I’ve been dipping in and out of it.
I was 26 then and was decorating aour living room with my x bf . I remember it was very hot and we kept stopping to watch live aid . The part that really got to me was the song Drive by The Cars . It was played during a very harrowing video . And even now when I hear that song , it takes me back to live aid .
My DH was there and we were both at the Bruce Springsteen concert the previous Saturday , although we didn’t know each other then .
It’s so sad that many of those great singers are no longer with us .

Oh

Let It Be must be the finale?

I did see it the first time round, but would have been 24 or so, which is longer ago than I care to admit

Phil Collins is on here now, maybe wrapping up, or will that be left to Bob Geldof?

It was interesting that Neil Young performed separately from CS&N. I enjoyed both.

I have dipped in and out as there are other things I wanted to watch, enjoyed Queen, Mick Jagger and David Bowie.

Oh, here's George 💕.

His performance pf Somebody To Love at the Freddie Mercury tribute is the other one that makes me cry every time, as his partner was in the crowd and had just been diagnosed with the utterly dreadful AIDS.

I would make a comment on he and Elton singing Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, but only on other forums 😉

Has everyone else gone to bed?

Is that Andrew Ridgley? I've been saying 'that must be Pepsi and Shirlie' all night, but have been wrong . I was sure they were backing David Bowie, but he introduced different vocalists.

I am 15 minutes behind, so wondered how merlotgran had seen Elton John. He's coming on soon in my house - Black Sabbath are on now.

I meant that I know what Freddie's fate would be - luckily he didn't at that time.

We've been watching all night, but Mr D has given up and gone to bed, the lightweight .

Freddie was amazing, and it brought tears to my eyes to hear him sing Bohemian Rhapsody and We Are The Champions, knowing what his fate would be. He could really play a crowd, couldn't he?

I am staying up to the end, although I've given up second guessing who will be next - there have been a lot of big hitters since 10.00 or so.

Bono is such a prat, isn't he? That poor girl was manhandled into the stage area, by which time he'd hugged a different one and he abandoned her to be manhandled back again! Wazzock.

The Who are excellent - I love Won't Get Fooled Again.

I’m watching it too- Id just turned 26 first time round…My problem is this is how I remember all these stars, and when I see them on tv now I think ‘wow haven’t they aged’ quite forgetting that I too am now a 66 year old granny

Elton John. Just brilliant!

Queen, without doubt, gave the best performance. There will never, ever be another Freddie.

Oldbat1

Yes watching again as we did 40years ago. Tickets were £5 with a £20 donation. It was a beautiful day then too. I can remember the kids playing in the paddling pool.

My ticket 😎

And the fabulous Alison Moyet.

We are watching it on iplayer