As much as I LOVE Queen and their performance - I do agree with that. I think U2 was talked about more in it's time. Their performances are very different - U2 has that spiritual aspect - and Queen is pure showmanship - which is great, and not a put down at all. They were truly the 2 best bands of the day.
There was plenty of praise for both. My personal favorite performances were Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits) and Heroes (Bowie, with Thomas Dolby on keyboards.)
I remember exactly where I was when this aired live. When Bono dropped the mic, motioned for the fans to move forward and then jumped down I lost it!!! SO AMAZING!!!
Fifteen year-old me sitting crossed-legged on the living room floor in front of our small family tv in Kent (England) watching my favourite band on this historic (and sweltering hot!) July afternoon.... Happy days!!
Had the privilege of seeing U2 on the "Joshua Tree" tour, and it was an amazing scene. At the beginning of "Bullet The Blue Sky" an airliner flew RIGHT OVER JFK Stadium in Philly where the concert was being held, the same venue as the U.S. portion of Live Aid. It was packed, well over 100,000 people. Bruce Springsteen came out for the encore, and they sang "Stand By Me", insane and very emotional.
U2’s “rooftop concert” got shutdown, but they got off one song before the cops pulled the plug. “Where The Streets Have No Name” official video shows that amazing scene, filmed in downtown LA.
Saw them in October twice, the second show was my 21st u2 concert. Wait until the official footage of the Sphere co Ea out, grown men in tears, me included. The first night was the most emotional concert my life and I do t really know why. I had recently read Bono’s book and learned he nearly died with an faulty aortic valve, maybe the thought of never seeing or hearing his voice again was deep in my soul of what might have never been.
Made my day Shawn, thanks. Bono is known for riffing and adding parts of other artists' songs during his live shows. He opened the song referencing "Satellite of Love" by Lou Reed, then towards the end "Ruby Tuesday" and "Sympathy For The Devil" by The Rolling Stones and "Walk On The Wild Side" by Lou Reed. They were supposed to close with their recent hit 'Pride (In The Name of Love)", which is about Martin Luther King, but couldn't because Bono extended his performance and they ran out of time. The heat was brutal that day and they were using hoses to try to cool down the crowd but lots of people were still passing out, especially the ones in the front who were packed like sardines and getting crushed against the barricades. In a later interview the girl that he danced with said that he had saved her life by pointing her out to security, they gave her water and got her temperature down.
Bad is my favourite song, and this is a memorable performance of it. I remember when I first saw it: we'd dragged a mattress onto the living room floor so we could watch Live Aid through the night on our crappy old black and white TV. Every act up until U2 had stayed way up on the stage, far away from the crowd, so Bono making physical contact with the audience was like an electric shock. It was like he was reaching out to everyone watching. It's what he does, bless him. Great reaction, Shawn!
...check out the guy who is manning the mic stand, running it to Bono or grabbing it when he drops it. His name is Greg Carroll, he was a good friend of Bono's and a roadie for the band until he was killed in a motorcycle accident. Bono wrote ONE TREE HILL, a beautiful song, in his memory. One Tree Hill is a very important place in Auckland, New Zealand, where Carroll was from. Definitely worth checking out (It gets me emotional). Here's a great live version from Auckland, he dedicated this performance to miners who had died in a recent accident, one of the worst in New Zealand: th-cam.com/video/Lp8ru3MpoBo/w-d-xo.html
Really enjoyed your response to this and the level of appreciation you have for U2; it's been fun watching you discover them. Others have mentioned it, but this was a very significant performance not just for U2's career, but in rock history. The Live Aid performance of Bad has its own substantial Wikipedia page that covers a lot of the context other commenters have mentioned, but goes into more detail and is worth a read. U2 became the biggest rock band on the planet when The Joshua Tree hit, but it was this performance that really broke them into the mainstream at a high level. It cannot be overstated how big they blew up after this, and I think you understood why. They're just magnetic and captivating live. I saw a mention or two already, but to echo it: strong recommendation for Love is Blindness (studio) followed by the Zoo TV performance. It's an incredible song but the transformation live is similar to the studio version of Bad vs. Live Aid. The Edge was going through a divorce when the song was composed and he poured the anguish he felt into the song, and especially the live performance. One of his rare prolonged solos and it's deeply affecting. (Bono in MacPhisto costume may require some explanation...) Enjoy the journey.
Yes, studio then Zoo for LiB - good call! The whole band was on the brink of breaking up during the making of Achtung Baby. I think it's their masterpiece. Speaking of MacPhisto, I saw U2 at the Sphere in December and the two guys seated right next to me were dressed, one as Edge in the red 7 t shirt that I really really want a copy of and AB beanie, and the other was as MacPhisto, down to the makeup and every little detail!
Definitely my favorite as well. Daniel Lanois brought a dreamscape sound out of them. I remember listening to it when it first came out, barely a teen. Wide Awake was the other I really liked, live EP from the tour.
I first saw U2 in 1983 at the Palladium in NYC. He jumped off the stage, grabbed a girl, pulled her up on stage, and danced with her. He used to do that all the time! I’ve seen them many times over the years, they are always amazing in concert
Have seen them numerous times live always great shows. In 1987 saw them in Iowa City was standing offstage in a hallway and as they passed by was handed Larry mullen jrs drumsticks which still hang in a glass case on my wall. More U2 reactions please . Zoo Tv live in Sydney has some excellent live videos. Great reaction young man!
I highly recommend you do the ZooTv version of Love is Blindness - not because it's a favorite, but because it has one of Edge's rare solos, and you are such a big fan of his sound. Also, lyrics; you said you need to get into their lyrics, and I have to say Bono has some of the *absolute best* lyrics to their songs I have ever come across in music, period. One of dozens of examples: Every artist is a cannibal. Every poet is a thief. All kill their inspiration and sing about the grief.
Love Until and NYD too - perfect! I just love the ZooTv performance and would give my eye teeth to have been around to be able to have gone to that!@@goatnuts624
@@lauraallen55 She is Australian and I believe at the show. The video is bad here but still worth watching as Bono releases a kite during the song. th-cam.com/video/uCKMmFN0AUs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Oa3BT1dbJxz-sDpS U2 also has just the audio of it on their channel.
That was real, honest energy and passion, unique and brilliant at the time, although U2 always involved the audience in a similar way before and later - not in a cheap way. U2's brilliant concerts: Red Rocks 1983; Paris Joshua Tree 1987; Sydney ZOO TV 1993. Yes, in the evening the veterans came with their uniform "military show": they had been badmouthing the Live Aid idealists in advance, but needed a comeback in their home country in the mid-80s, so they performed anyway.
U2 live really is an experience. Saw them 20 times, with my most recent being 9/30/23 at The Sphere. Total mind blowing night. The Electric Co from Dortmund Germany 1984 is a definite reaction.
During the 2019 JT tour of Australia, Australia was being ravaged by wild fires, during an emotional delivery of Bad, Bono sang Waltzing Matilda, a massive Australian folklore song and to hear 55 thousand Aussies sing it in unison with Bono in a time of need was a moment I’ll never forget. I was second from rail at the end of the Joshua Tree haled runway stage where they sang this song, brings goosebumps and emotion just describing it. Love Bono and U2! It Started raining that night, I believe we brought on the rain!
I think, in my head anyway that u2 at Live Aid... might be one of the best live performances ever. Period. Hate on them all you want.... this is incredible.
Yes! O Queem já era uma banda consagrada e de vários sucessos! Eles estavam a muito tempo sem se apresentar e fizeram um ótimo trabalho! Mas o U2 estava se tornando naquele momento com essa apresentação a maior banda do mundo! A canção Bad nem era conhecida e os caras simplesmente arrasaram! Que versão fantástica!
INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE of such a great, great song. I know you had to put that filter on for the obvious copyright issues. I've seen this many times. Including when it aired live. Hopefully, people will be encouraged to watch it unfiltered on their own. Anyway, this is in no way to take anything away from your great reaction. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ruby Tuesday/Sympathy For The Devil (Rolling Stones), Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed) thrown in for free. Great concerts that feel like these don't happen anymore. Great reaction.
What was going on was Bono somehow spotted one person in trouble in that sea of people and was gesturing and pointing to security to help her and get her out of there. The woman said later that she felt that he had saved her life from getting crushed to death. Bono has a way of drawing in all the energy from everyone in the crowd and sending it back out again. He is electric in person.
U2 gave Queen a run for their money. But no one can really top Queens live aid performance. Bad is my favorite U2 song from my favorite album The Unforgettable Fire. Thanks for this!
There were 2 performances that day that any aspiring rock star or musician should watch because they are both clinics in rock and roll and it’s U2’s and Queen’s Bono and Freddie Mercury were on a different level to anything. They were outstanding. Queen were already a huge global band. U2 were big but not at queens global status. This performance propelled U2 so much. Then they released the Joshua Tree and they were eating at the top table. True story this song wasn’t supposed to go this long and because it did U2 couldn’t play their new single Pride. They had to cut it from the set. The band had a big argument about this , Bono thought he had blown his bands chance infront of billions. Little did they know it would become a thing of legend. Great review, u2 live are like no other band.
This blew my young mind, watching this on TV live, seeing what a live rock concert could be, how it could move you. Forever grateful to U2 for this performance.
This is probably my favorite U2 song - which is tough because so many are close to my heart. I read a biography of them (my grandmother had bought for me probably more because the writers last name was our family name on the Irish side.) and they were VERY Christian - almost born again. This song, to me has themes of rebirth, resurrection - transcendence and salvation. Bono in this performance walking through the crowd like Jesus. LOL. Absolutely incredible in every way. My little 15 year old self seeing this in 1985 - just blown away and moved to tears.
I watched Live Aid on TV, that day in July 1985. My family had a Beta Video, and my brother and I recorded most of the concerts. The Beta packed-in, a few years later. Originally, as Live Aid was a one-time charity, the Bob Geldolf and a few, got in motion -and all donations went to fund the famine relief in East Africa, and the musicians and crew all donated their time and effort,...Geldolf didn't want the concerts and music bootlegged (which, of course, they were!) There was an order to the TV broadcasters, by the Live Aid trust, to erase or destroy their broadcast tapes of the concert (BBC, MTV, etc),....some tapes, some parts of the concerts do not officially exist, yet do in bootleg. Geldof round a bootleg set in a street market,or music shop, around 2000. He realized, if money could still be made off the concerts, he'd rather that it still go towards charity. It was discovered that the BBC, MTV, a few others did have official and originals video -assembled, mastered and sold as a DVD set of like 4 discs in late 2003 (I recall buying it at the same time as the one season of "Firefly, on DVD). ....where a lot of the concert, shown on the internet, got its video and sound 🤔🤫
Filmed on Giedi Prime with that black sun I guess? Queen ruled the day and with good cause, but I think U2 really opened up the crowd and it was great to see these legends in their early days taking command and moving the people. I remember watching this live on TV back in the day, what an event.
He thought, and so did the rest of the band, that he had blown their big chance when it shot them into the stratosphere of popularity. He saved her life according to the girl who was getting crushed that he went down and pointed out to security.
Can't wait to see your reaction to any "Where The Streets Have No Name" Live version.... you'll cry my dude... I recomend you the "Running to stand still - Where the streets have no name Live Zoo TV" version or the "All I want is you - Where the streets have no name - Live Slane Castle" version. Both are unreal...
Next day - everyone was talking about U2 not Queen. There has been a rewrite of history. There were people that liked Queen but it wasn't widespread thing that people make it out to be. People were certainly 100 times more into the led zeppelin and impressed by U2s performance than anything pertaining to queen.
Bad is about heroin addiction. Bono always thought it was unfinished but Edge told him it was perfect. The band almost split up over what happened here because they all thought that Bono had ruined their big chance to make it as a well-known act with him having disappeared and ultimately then helping the girl in the crowd and prevent her from being crushed. The rest of the band didn't know where he'd disappeared to for so long, and were very professional to keep playing as they did. Bono told them he'd leave the band for having ruined things for all of them. To the contrary, what happened during their performance of this song got them worldwide recognition. They thought they were done for because each act had 15 minutes, and no more, to do their songs, and because they spent so long on this one, they couldn't do one of their planned for songs. Bono is known for ad libbing from other songs live - like here Lou Reed's Satellite of Love and Walk on the Wild Side, Stones Sympathy for the Devil and Ruby Tuesday. U2 is one of the most dynamic and passionate live acts there ever has been. The best I've ever seen. Yes you must do much more U2. They have a huge catalog and they reinvented themselves every few years. So worthwhile to get into! Thank you for doing this one. :)
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And this was the performance everyone talked about, not Queen. That’s been a rewrite of history the past decade.
As much as I LOVE Queen and their performance - I do agree with that. I think U2 was talked about more in it's time. Their performances are very different - U2 has that spiritual aspect - and Queen is pure showmanship - which is great, and not a put down at all. They were truly the 2 best bands of the day.
There was plenty of praise for both. My personal favorite performances were Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits) and Heroes (Bowie, with Thomas Dolby on keyboards.)
I remember exactly where I was when this aired live. When Bono dropped the mic, motioned for the fans to move forward and then jumped down I lost it!!! SO AMAZING!!!
Ditto...!!
He actually threw it down. He was pissed off at the lack of reaction from the fans
Fifteen year-old me sitting crossed-legged on the living room floor in front of our small family tv in Kent (England) watching my favourite band on this historic (and sweltering hot!) July afternoon.... Happy days!!
Had the privilege of seeing U2 on the "Joshua Tree" tour, and it was an amazing scene. At the beginning of "Bullet The Blue Sky" an airliner flew RIGHT OVER JFK Stadium in Philly where the concert was being held, the same venue as the U.S. portion of Live Aid. It was packed, well over 100,000 people. Bruce Springsteen came out for the encore, and they sang "Stand By Me", insane and very emotional.
I was at that same concert! Bono's arm was still in a sling. And then Bruce himself showed up.
I was there 2. Awesome
U2’s “rooftop concert” got shutdown, but they got off one song before the cops pulled the plug. “Where The Streets Have No Name” official video shows that amazing scene, filmed in downtown LA.
Love love love this band!! Saw them recently in Vegas and they are still amazing!
Saw them in December and yes, they were fantastic!
Saw them in October twice, the second show was my 21st u2 concert. Wait until the official footage of the Sphere co
Ea out, grown men in tears, me included. The first night was the most emotional concert my life and I do t really know why. I had recently read Bono’s book and learned he nearly died with an faulty aortic valve, maybe the thought of never seeing or hearing his voice again was deep in my soul of what might have never been.
Made my day Shawn, thanks. Bono is known for riffing and adding parts of other artists' songs during his live shows. He opened the song referencing "Satellite of Love" by Lou Reed, then towards the end "Ruby Tuesday" and "Sympathy For The Devil" by The Rolling Stones and "Walk On The Wild Side" by Lou Reed. They were supposed to close with their recent hit 'Pride (In The Name of Love)", which is about Martin Luther King, but couldn't because Bono extended his performance and they ran out of time. The heat was brutal that day and they were using hoses to try to cool down the crowd but lots of people were still passing out, especially the ones in the front who were packed like sardines and getting crushed against the barricades. In a later interview the girl that he danced with said that he had saved her life by pointing her out to security, they gave her water and got her temperature down.
One of the top 10 live performances of all time. Queen got the hype, but this is easily the best show.
yes!! Finally!..
This brought U2; to the World, and back then , it meant something!!
Bad is my favourite song, and this is a memorable performance of it. I remember when I first saw it: we'd dragged a mattress onto the living room floor so we could watch Live Aid through the night on our crappy old black and white TV. Every act up until U2 had stayed way up on the stage, far away from the crowd, so Bono making physical contact with the audience was like an electric shock. It was like he was reaching out to everyone watching. It's what he does, bless him. Great reaction, Shawn!
He's always loved connecting with the fans. Just love them!
...check out the guy who is manning the mic stand, running it to Bono or grabbing it when he drops it. His name is Greg Carroll, he was a good friend of Bono's and a roadie for the band until he was killed in a motorcycle accident. Bono wrote ONE TREE HILL, a beautiful song, in his memory. One Tree Hill is a very important place in Auckland, New Zealand, where Carroll was from. Definitely worth checking out (It gets me emotional). Here's a great live version from Auckland, he dedicated this performance to miners who had died in a recent accident, one of the worst in New Zealand: th-cam.com/video/Lp8ru3MpoBo/w-d-xo.html
Really enjoyed your response to this and the level of appreciation you have for U2; it's been fun watching you discover them. Others have mentioned it, but this was a very significant performance not just for U2's career, but in rock history. The Live Aid performance of Bad has its own substantial Wikipedia page that covers a lot of the context other commenters have mentioned, but goes into more detail and is worth a read. U2 became the biggest rock band on the planet when The Joshua Tree hit, but it was this performance that really broke them into the mainstream at a high level. It cannot be overstated how big they blew up after this, and I think you understood why. They're just magnetic and captivating live.
I saw a mention or two already, but to echo it: strong recommendation for Love is Blindness (studio) followed by the Zoo TV performance. It's an incredible song but the transformation live is similar to the studio version of Bad vs. Live Aid. The Edge was going through a divorce when the song was composed and he poured the anguish he felt into the song, and especially the live performance. One of his rare prolonged solos and it's deeply affecting. (Bono in MacPhisto costume may require some explanation...) Enjoy the journey.
Yes, studio then Zoo for LiB - good call!
The whole band was on the brink of breaking up during the making of Achtung Baby. I think it's their masterpiece.
Speaking of MacPhisto, I saw U2 at the Sphere in December and the two guys seated right next to me were dressed, one as Edge in the red 7 t shirt that I really really want a copy of and AB beanie, and the other was as MacPhisto, down to the makeup and every little detail!
The Unforgettable Fire is my favorite U2 album. 🏄♂️
Mine is Achtung Baby!
Definitely my favorite as well. Daniel Lanois brought a dreamscape sound out of them. I remember listening to it when it first came out, barely a teen. Wide Awake was the other I really liked, live EP from the tour.
Can't beat Daniel Lanois, and Brian Eno!@@3John16
I first saw U2 in 1983 at the Palladium in NYC. He jumped off the stage, grabbed a girl, pulled her up on stage, and danced with her. He used to do that all the time! I’ve seen them many times over the years, they are always amazing in concert
Have seen them numerous times live always great shows. In 1987 saw them in Iowa City was standing offstage in a hallway and as they passed by was handed Larry mullen jrs drumsticks which still hang in a glass case on my wall. More U2 reactions please . Zoo Tv live in Sydney has some excellent live videos. Great reaction young man!
ZooTv is the ultimate to see for reactions!
U2 ruled the world in the 80’s ! Owned the radio airwaves 🎸
I highly recommend you do the ZooTv version of Love is Blindness - not because it's a favorite, but because it has one of Edge's rare solos, and you are such a big fan of his sound. Also, lyrics; you said you need to get into their lyrics, and I have to say Bono has some of the *absolute best* lyrics to their songs I have ever come across in music, period. One of dozens of examples: Every artist is a cannibal. Every poet is a thief. All kill their inspiration and sing about the grief.
@lauraallen55 totally agree best version of that song. Also Until the end of the world into New years day
Love Until and NYD too - perfect! I just love the ZooTv performance and would give my eye teeth to have been around to be able to have gone to that!@@goatnuts624
Another great Edge solo is the extended version of Kite in Sydney where he dedicates it to Cate Blanchett.
@@musicaddict5076 I haven't heard that. I'll have to check it out. Why was he dedicating it the her?
@@lauraallen55 She is Australian and I believe at the show. The video is bad here but still worth watching as Bono releases a kite during the song. th-cam.com/video/uCKMmFN0AUs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Oa3BT1dbJxz-sDpS U2 also has just the audio of it on their channel.
I hope that when you come back to U2 you will check out their songs "One" and "New Year's Day", both are awesome.☮
A great live performance for sure.
That was real, honest energy and passion, unique and brilliant at the time, although U2 always involved the audience in a similar way before and later - not in a cheap way.
U2's brilliant concerts: Red Rocks 1983; Paris Joshua Tree 1987; Sydney ZOO TV 1993.
Yes, in the evening the veterans came with their uniform "military show": they had been badmouthing the Live Aid idealists in advance, but needed a comeback in their home country in the mid-80s, so they performed anyway.
👍👍Old School Gooooodnesssss!! 🖖❤
U2 live really is an experience. Saw them 20 times, with my most recent being 9/30/23 at The Sphere. Total mind blowing night.
The Electric Co from Dortmund Germany 1984 is a definite reaction.
During the 2019 JT tour of Australia, Australia was being ravaged by wild fires, during an emotional delivery of Bad, Bono sang Waltzing Matilda, a massive Australian folklore song and to hear 55 thousand Aussies sing it in unison with Bono in a time of need was a moment I’ll never forget. I was second from rail at the end of the Joshua Tree haled runway stage where they sang this song, brings goosebumps and emotion just describing it. Love Bono and U2!
It Started raining that night, I believe we brought on the rain!
Highlight of Live Aid for me although Queen were pretty good too 🙂
The guitar work is very percussive… As a drummer, I always liked that. 👍❤️
U2 in my top 3 bands and this my favorite song by them! But I couldn't get the sound? Anyway thanks to you all ❣️
For me this was THE performance of Live Aid. Much more exciting and unpredictable than the Queen performance.
I think, in my head anyway that u2 at Live Aid... might be one of the best live performances ever. Period. Hate on them all you want.... this is incredible.
Yes! O Queem já era uma banda consagrada e de vários sucessos! Eles estavam a muito tempo sem se apresentar e fizeram um ótimo trabalho! Mas o U2 estava se tornando naquele momento com essa apresentação a maior banda do mundo! A canção Bad nem era conhecida e os caras simplesmente arrasaram! Que versão fantástica!
INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE of such a great, great song. I know you had to put that filter on for the obvious copyright issues. I've seen this many times. Including when it aired live. Hopefully, people will be encouraged to watch it unfiltered on their own. Anyway, this is in no way to take anything away from your great reaction. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ruby Tuesday/Sympathy For The Devil (Rolling Stones), Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed) thrown in for free. Great concerts that feel like these don't happen anymore. Great reaction.
Don't forget the first one: Satellite of Love!
What was going on was Bono somehow spotted one person in trouble in that sea of people and was gesturing and pointing to security to help her and get her out of there. The woman said later that she felt that he had saved her life from getting crushed to death. Bono has a way of drawing in all the energy from everyone in the crowd and sending it back out again. He is electric in person.
U2 gave Queen a run for their money. But no one can really top Queens live aid performance. Bad is my favorite U2 song from my favorite album The Unforgettable Fire. Thanks for this!
I’ve been waiting for this since you reacted to the studio version. This is one of the most beautifully improvised moments in live music.
There were 2 performances that day that any aspiring rock star or musician should watch because they are both clinics in rock and roll and it’s U2’s and Queen’s
Bono and Freddie Mercury were on a different level to anything. They were outstanding.
Queen were already a huge global band. U2 were big but not at queens global status. This performance propelled U2 so much. Then they released the Joshua Tree and they were eating at the top table.
True story this song wasn’t supposed to go this long and because it did U2 couldn’t play their new single Pride. They had to cut it from the set. The band had a big argument about this , Bono thought he had blown his bands chance infront of billions. Little did they know it would become a thing of legend.
Great review, u2 live are like no other band.
U2 live is insanely good - and yes, like no other!
Good to hear it would have liked to have seen it which is the point of showing a live performance.
This blew my young mind, watching this on TV live, seeing what a live rock concert could be, how it could move you. Forever grateful to U2 for this performance.
The Edge has the most readily recognizable guitar sound in rock history. All it took was a little delay pedal.
And, a very thick dimpled plectrum turned round the wrong way - where a good portion of the chime-y sound comes from!
THIS! SMILEY FACE! watched live aid live when i was in Japan and recorded it!
This is probably my favorite U2 song - which is tough because so many are close to my heart. I read a biography of them (my grandmother had bought for me probably more because the writers last name was our family name on the Irish side.) and they were VERY Christian - almost born again. This song, to me has themes of rebirth, resurrection - transcendence and salvation. Bono in this performance walking through the crowd like Jesus. LOL. Absolutely incredible in every way. My little 15 year old self seeing this in 1985 - just blown away and moved to tears.
Yes! Since you did the studio version I've been waiting fir theblive version. Thanks.
You could really trip out by doing their song Zooropa next.
Check out "Kite" by U2. Very cool song.
I watched Live Aid on TV, that day in July 1985. My family had a Beta Video, and my brother and I recorded most of the concerts. The Beta packed-in, a few years later.
Originally, as Live Aid was a one-time charity, the Bob Geldolf and a few, got in motion -and all donations went to fund the famine relief in East Africa, and the musicians and crew all donated their time and effort,...Geldolf didn't want the concerts and music bootlegged (which, of course, they were!) There was an order to the TV broadcasters, by the Live Aid trust, to erase or destroy their broadcast tapes of the concert (BBC, MTV, etc),....some tapes, some parts of the concerts do not officially exist, yet do in bootleg. Geldof round a bootleg set in a street market,or music shop, around 2000. He realized, if money could still be made off the concerts, he'd rather that it still go towards charity. It was discovered that the BBC, MTV, a few others did have official and originals video -assembled, mastered and sold as a DVD set of like 4 discs in late 2003 (I recall buying it at the same time as the one season of "Firefly, on DVD). ....where a lot of the concert, shown on the internet, got its video and sound
🤔🤫
Never saw this
Unbelievable!!
I loved it and his voice is incredible
Filmed on Giedi Prime with that black sun I guess? Queen ruled the day and with good cause, but I think U2 really opened up the crowd and it was great to see these legends in their early days taking command and moving the people. I remember watching this live on TV back in the day, what an event.
Simply awesome
Lou Reed, atta boy Sal!...so much in this performance, in a crowd of 70 plus thousand, ..
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He may be a bit of a one-trick pony but The Edge can make some beautiful sounds with his guitar.
❤️❤️❤️
Listen to Sunday Bloody Sunday from this concert. Ehat a classic!!!
Or from Red Rocks!
great reaction !!! greetings from australia
Bono was King of the World at that moment.😊
He thought, and so did the rest of the band, that he had blown their big chance when it shot them into the stratosphere of popularity. He saved her life according to the girl who was getting crushed that he went down and pointed out to security.
The opening of this is a Lou Reed song Satellite Of Love.
Magical, eh? It was then and it seems so much more now.
Can't wait to see your reaction to any "Where The Streets Have No Name" Live version.... you'll cry my dude...
I recomend you the "Running to stand still - Where the streets have no name Live Zoo TV" version or the "All I want is you - Where the streets have no name - Live Slane Castle" version.
Both are unreal...
This isn't bad. It's good.
Next day - everyone was talking about U2 not Queen. There has been a rewrite of history.
There were people that liked Queen but it wasn't widespread thing that people make it out to be. People were certainly 100 times more into the led zeppelin and impressed by U2s performance than anything pertaining to queen.
Choose any live performance from ZooTv and you will not be disappointed. :)
The weekend Queen said goodbye and U2 said hello.
So much better live
THIS was the moment that everyone was talking about. Not Queen. Both were epic performances but Bono stole the show.
Bad is about heroin addiction. Bono always thought it was unfinished but Edge told him it was perfect.
The band almost split up over what happened here because they all thought that Bono had ruined their big chance to make it as a well-known act with him having disappeared and ultimately then helping the girl in the crowd and prevent her from being crushed. The rest of the band didn't know where he'd disappeared to for so long, and were very professional to keep playing as they did. Bono told them he'd leave the band for having ruined things for all of them. To the contrary, what happened during their performance of this song got them worldwide recognition. They thought they were done for because each act had 15 minutes, and no more, to do their songs, and because they spent so long on this one, they couldn't do one of their planned for songs.
Bono is known for ad libbing from other songs live - like here Lou Reed's Satellite of Love and Walk on the Wild Side, Stones Sympathy for the Devil and Ruby Tuesday. U2 is one of the most dynamic and passionate live acts there ever has been. The best I've ever seen.
Yes you must do much more U2. They have a huge catalog and they reinvented themselves every few years. So worthwhile to get into! Thank you for doing this one. :)
If Freddie Mercury was the best Live Aid singer, Bono was the second❤
The song is about battling drug addiction
Hope us out there in this mean ass old world, are Wide Awake.,..with being Woke.
There is a freaking difference. ❤
So much better live