I lost my Saturday job as a teen to watch this, they wouldn't let me have the day off, so I watched it and got another Saturday job somewhere else after.
I was two weeks away from my 18th birthday. I stayed home all day and got up early not to miss a second. Watched entire show. One of the best and most memorable days of my life. I'm now two weeks away from turning 53. Lol I just stumbled upon this sitting at a bus stop killing time. Anything from this day is always good to watch and can cheer up my worst day or moods. God bless...
Incredible excitement I felt as a 16 y.o. guitarist/music fan and to top it off, my parents and sisters all went on vacation -empty house, 16, and Live Aid...I was glued to the TV...
Look how happy and humble they all were. They were all about to take their place, in one of the biggest events of all time. What a line up. Great times.
The moment with Paula & her little girl when they go to their seats is just so freaking raw & beautiful. Amongst all of this.. you see a Mum & her daughter & you know what happens & it just makes you weep for what could have been x
@@maryhughes6372think they are mixing up the children. This was Fifi Trixibelle who is still alive. I suspect the original poster thought the girl may be Peaches who sadly passed in 2014. Peaches was born in ‘89 four years before Live Aid in ‘85
"It's 12 noon in London, 7am in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid". Shortly after this, the guards played and then Status Quo lit the fuse. As an 11 year old kid, I cried watching a stadium of people jump to Rockin' All Over the World on the grandparent's rented TV. Music is a pretty good reason for living.
I was 12 and remember it like it was yesterday. I hear all the money raised went into the pockets of the African Govt. Great cause but horrible result of donations
I was also 7 years old then and my recollection was being pissed that my saturday morning cartoons were not on. Just a bunch of bands playing and not even knowing what for. Then you grow into your fandom. And now, it's a huge inspiration for the charity crusade I'm involved with now.@@walkingtheboogie
How many times in history does that much talent end up in the same space? Like the event or not, this is an incredible piece of footage, not to mention seeing the artists acting more casual than ever.
That was one of the more wonderful concerts ever, I watched it from home in Madrid, can't forget that day, it meant a lot to me to see all these musicians, that I loved and love, together. Thank you all for making that weekend so special.
I was there, very close to the front of the crowd in Wembley Stadium that day. My friend and I went there the night before and waited all night in the line to get in. It was general admission, so to be up close you had to be there early. It was definitely worth it. One of the most amazing days of my life. It's cool to see how remembered it is all these years later.
I was in the middle of Minnesota, Lucky enough to have cable and a rather new "Stereo TV" from RCA, 27 in and my Marantz stereo , I watched this for 13.5 hours . All alone , no other noise , just me and my TV . It was a trip . And this day was one of the best things I ever watched on a Television. And listened to in stereo. It was imateted but nothing ever matched this concert and "We are the World" what a classic say . I will never forget.
There will never be a concert like this again. Not only because we have lost some of the finest influential artists of our time. But the sheer genuine love and giving from the artists to the person sat at home watching. It was fantastic raw emotion from the crowd and artists alike.
Never again will anyone witness this amazing get together of iconic musical artists together!!! This Live Aid performance of these artists is epic and will forever be remembered! Forever and forever👍👍👍🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼
@@wylierichardson-tu6zs We have lost Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster, Garry Roberts, Freddie Mercury, John Entwistle, David Bowie, three of the Four Tops (Levi Stubbs, Obie Benson and Lawrence Payton), Jam Master Jay, David Crosby, Carl Wilson, Nickolas Ashford, Teddy Pendergrass, Tom Petty, Ric Ocasek, Benjamin Orr, Eddie Kendrick, David Ruffin, Tom ‘T-Bone’ Wolk and Tina Turner.
That was an amazing piece of footage to see! Look at the beautiful princess Dianna how young she was, and all of the great performers seeing them outside of their performances just interacting with each other. Thanks for posting this up for the world to see
Paul Young how you doing,looking forward to seeing you again live,have the tickets for September shows are you up for getting back on stage hope not too much comfort eating,Paul and Raevadee,last saw you at pizza express,Holborn,London great show.
Indeed. Would like to talk to that 16 year old kid. Do like seeing McCartney 6:05 , I can imagine a scenario with Paul closing London and if only...Lennon closing Philadelphia.
Never has there been a collection of artists coming together like this, and I doubt I’ll see it again in my lifetime. It was like the world stopped to see the power of music. It’s now 2022, and with the amount of crap going on in the world today, we could sure use another moment like this one. God bless all of these artists for helping such a great cause and bringing our global family together to smile and create such a remarkable moment in rock and roll history.
there's too much hate and selfishness in the world now by intolerant Fascist Republicans scorning this kind of Social awareness & empathy. Even if the proceeds went to corrupt entities, it was still a time when love ruled. Now hate has taken hold and darkened the world.
Money raised for causes? Sure. Actual music? Less clear....This concert in particular ranged widely in quality. Which wasn't really surprising under the circumstances.
@@gummiesrule88 Actual music in the 80s? It is renowned as the most influential and diverse era of music in history. The bands of the 80s and its genres are the main ones influencing todays music with some 60/70s mixed in.
Y'all are lucky! I've never seen any band live, and I was GOING to see Motley Crüe/Joan Jett/Def Leppard/Posion this year but I guess that's not going to happen
Wow!!!It's cool!!!I was born and grew up in the USSR.I was 17 in 1985 and I watched this consert on a video tape.Now,when I am 52,it's very nice to watch it again on TH-cam.Thank you very much!!!You the Best!!!
As our modern Western civilisation is coming to an end, it's comforting to have TH-cam as a time machine where one can easily, yet comprehensively look back at the golden era of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and a bit of the 90s as well. Nothing is ever perfect, of course, but we had it good in so many ways and it truly was a blast. You don't know what you've got until it's gone.
Bob GELDORF & the top.bands. Great artists (Bowie, McCartney,.Phil Collins, Brian May...and so on !...) Such an "Happiness & Magic Backstage ! Where QUEEN and Freddie Mercury stole the greatest show ever). Thanks a lot for this video. It's amazing. A kind of Magic. God bless them all & the audience all over the world. I was 24 years old. Memories. Friendly from France ❣💔✈🚁😿😻😍🙂😘👋👍👍👍👍🚁👌🌟🌈🎼🎶🎙🎹🎸🎤🎷🥁🌞🙏👑👑👑👑
One mad, glorious, unforgettable day which all these years on still gives me goose bumps thinking of it. Wonderful to get an insight of what was going on behind that famous stage.
The "Let's go home" at the end sounds so incredible, given Bob Geldof had just organized a worldwide charity event featuring the greatest artist at that time.
Very poignant. You can sense the mixed feelings from Quo & Geldof - excitement tinged with a sense of anti-climax. They'd been on stage for one of the greatest shows ever and yet it all was so brief for them. They just wanted to go back on stage and play.
No doubt no the best and biggest charity event that has happened in the world. Bob Geldof had this brilliant initiative. Brought together the best musicians and bands of all time. I miss all these phenomena. 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
ammar shamsul one is actually being made and is supposed to come out this year (but will probably be delayed to 2021 because of the pandemic). Although, it is not detailing is whole life and just when did his first tour in the US.
35yrs ago, today at this time (8:00AM) I came out from shower and took my enduro bike riding to my high school to attend my final oral examination, a (supposed) 45min meeting with all my teachers. I had the white sweater "USA for Africa" and sunglasses on since I'd been watching 17yrs long all Live Aid concert (Simon Le Bon's wrong note included!!!). After a 1hr and a half (mainly discussing about national, UK & USA literature and Italian policies vs. Africa) I came out with a 59/60 result. My friends are parents brought me Spumante (Italian champagne) & salami to celebrate outside the building. Amazing Day I will never forget!!!
I was there 35 yrs ago, what a day, there's never been another like it. I have some amazing black and white photos taken by Murray Sanders, a photographer with a Portsmouth newspaper who I got chatting to, he let me climb his step ladder and look through his long lens while U2 were on stage, totally amazing, and I still have my Live Aid t shirt, a bit faded and tatty around the edges, but I'll always treasure it, it would be lovely to reminisce with others who were there and compare our memories
Ugh I can Imagine...Cardi B (itch) and Lizzo whobbling their fat arses all over the stage..Ed Sheeran boring us all to death, Luis Capaldi doing the exact same, and hosted by an unfunny twat like Jack Whitehall. Ugh...
I watched the Live Aid concert, from my house in a suburb of Philadelphia, where the American half of Live Aid was being held. The only bad part of that great day, was my grandmother (who had just come to live with me & my parents) insisting she wanted to make potato salad, and making me miss part of the concert, because I had to run from store to store looking specifically for "red potatoes", that she just had to have. I was so angry! Lol
@@shawndamccormick278 Thank you. It really did bring back memories of being so excited for the concert that day and also being so mad about that potato salad. Lol
I'll never forget that day. I watched at home in Amsterdam. Just turned 18, parents were away for the weekend, so had the house and TV for myself to watch (and tape!) all of it. Magical memories.
Me too! Just turned 18 and watched at home in Duivendrecht, just a few meters away from Amsterdam. My parents were working Saturday in the barbershop, so I was alone too. Wish we could have seen it together, that would have been great fun!
I watched it on TV and recorded on VHS. Still have the tapes, but no player :(. What a great concert. I still remember Phil Collins coming out on stage in Philadelphia and saying "I was in England this afternoon". He had flown over on the Concorde to play both sides of the concert. That was amazing.
@ILL SUBZ corporate everything has ruined everything equally. youtube, Internet, music, movies, news, etc, etc. They used to just make the cookie cutter products to mass produce, now they make you fit the cookie cutter and control everything said about it.
George Michael's sister at 2:08. Diana meeting Paula at 2:28 Two tragic women hounded by the media. Elton John with his wife before he was gay at 2:45 .
That is what happens when you dont let dems win every election. They own the media and are puppeteering your misery..oh i mean they care for your health! All bs for the election because biden cant fill a library let alone an arena.
Either they carefully edited out any rock star-ism or this was genuinely a powerfully positive group of down to earth people who happen to be incredibly famous. XO.
David Bowie could have done anything and everyone would have loved him. Bowie was the hero in the UK that day. Nobody had marked a generation in that country more in the last 15 years. He was a hero. Queen were his apprentices.
@@OnlyGoodMusic_ I’m not hating on Bowie - he’s one of my musical heroes. Just saying having to go on stage after a masterpiece performance like Queen at Live Aid is a tough ask. Even for a legend like Bowie.
I was on holiday on a tiny Greek island with my girlfriend and we weren’t sure if we could find a tv to view live aid on, so before we left the uk I gave her Mum a dozen VHS tapes and said “Record EVERYTHING”, and god bless her she did. I’ve still got those VHS tapes..........but lost the girlfriend 30+ years ago, oh well 😜
@@straitusquo .........small world, it was Zakynthos (Zante) where we were, staying just outside of Laganas, it was a nice quiet island 36 years ago. We searched everywhere to find a hotel or bar where Live Aid would be shown on TV, we never found one. I guess satellite transmissions weren’t quite up to it back then. I watched all of the VHS tapes literally back to back once we got home.
this is more insightful than the concert itself, a valuable piece of music history. The guy doing portraits backstage on a full manual rolleiflex, amazing.
The 80's were definitely the best decade ever! The world was good...people respected one another and for the most part....we all had smiles on our faces
7:05 Watching Paul Young being photographed while the Dire Straits are performing "Money for nothing" in the background... it was a completely normal thing that particular day.
All the musicians who participated in this unbelievable event, where they all came together for an unbelievable worthy cause. Sooooo proud. You are all magical. God Bless all of you. Lovies Shona 🧡🧡🙏🙏🙏🙏
Others have been more around but good to see Status Quo. Seeing Paul Young signing for Phil Collins' kids is also fun. Happy that I saw this concert in my youth.. god everyone was so younger then
Yeah she was a bit of a nutjob though ...I bumped into her on a secluded beach in the south west of Western Australia when she was hiding out from the press when all the drama was happening with her affair with Michael Hutchence and I said hello to her ! and she asked me who I thought she was " do I know you " kinda thing and I said I used to watch her on Morning TV show she presented when I was living in London ! we had a bit of a chat and then moved on ...Not long after she was dead !
Bob Geldof, you are a great human. Thank you for everything, for helping world. I wish I could meet you someday. I'm brazilian and I'm trying master degree and my studies are about you, about your personality because you are 'the one ', 'the great guy'. ❤ Oh, and by the way, Boomtown Rats is coming back in great style with this new album!!!
Wonderful to see this backstage footage. This was the biggest music event ever, I remember seeing it live back in the day on a little black and white TV set. It was a beautiful day!
Wow! Reading comments and here you are. I'm blown away. I sometimes forget that performers are real people too. We owe you more than words can say. I hope you read this and thank you..
This is so lovely to see. Would be wonderful to get ALL the footage together from all the 16mm cameras and all the still and make one big blu ray of the whole day at wembley. with as much in sequence time wise as possible.
The most iconic bit is Elton John talking with Nils Lofgren, who was probably wandering around unnoticed, but in reality probably one of the real unsung heroes of rock (and much more).
elton was in a mood considering that his begonias were blown away by the helicopter that was to pick him up. MY FUCKING BEGONIAS!!!!!!! I JUST PLANTED THEM!!!!!!!
Listen to it again, then go to 5:05 of this video of Dire Straits & Sting, which is the exact moment on this video. th-cam.com/video/JcqhvPNiJzo/w-d-xo.html
The second of two beautiful summer days in July when the whole world knew it was watching the same thing at the same time. Probably impossible in today's media landscape. That era has begun and ended. Live Aid was the biggest shared experience between Apollo 11 and 9/11.
![Queen - Live Aid (July 10th, 1985) [Definitive Rehearsal]](/img/n.gif)
I lost my Saturday job as a teen to watch this, they wouldn't let me have the day off, so I watched it and got another Saturday job somewhere else after.
Best choice man!
Good for you for sticking it to the man!!!
hahah yer i did that once to go to gatecrasher. They wouldn't give me the weekend off so I just went and found another job after
OneThrough8 Did you move on
Best life decision ever
I was there as an 18 year old, the most incredible and unforgettable day of my life.
I was two weeks away from my 18th birthday. I stayed home all day and got up early not to miss a second. Watched entire show. One of the best and most memorable days of my life. I'm now two weeks away from turning 53. Lol
I just stumbled upon this sitting at a bus stop killing time.
Anything from this day is always good to watch and can cheer up my worst day or moods.
God bless...
@@markvaught672 I was also a couple of weeks away from my 18th Bday, In my opinion, the greatest era to be in your teens.
Incredible excitement I felt as a 16 y.o. guitarist/music fan and to top it off, my parents and sisters all went on vacation -empty house, 16, and Live Aid...I was glued to the TV...
Must've been exhausting tho
Lucky b*gger! It must've been amazing! I watched it on the telly, sigh
Look how happy and humble they all were. They were all about to take their place, in one of the biggest events of all time.
What a line up. Great times.
Geldof, humble?! Lol I know what you mean though. Much better than the shit we have today.
So humble arriving in their helicopters and hoovering up a load of coke/free booze. God bless them all.
@@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261 Can you imagine Kanye coming in today, makes these guys look like humble binmen
@@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261 they all hoovered up blow during the making of the record the previous November
Yea Phil collins just kept picking at his nose.. I was like eww!!😂
The moment with Paula & her little girl when they go to their seats is just so freaking raw & beautiful. Amongst all of this.. you see a Mum & her daughter & you know what happens & it just makes you weep for what could have been x
Excuse my lack of knowledge but what happened? “…for what could have been”
@@maryhughes6372think they are mixing up the children. This was Fifi Trixibelle who is still alive. I suspect the original poster thought the girl may be Peaches who sadly passed in 2014. Peaches was born in ‘89 four years before Live Aid in ‘85
"It's 12 noon in London, 7am in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid". Shortly after this, the guards played and then Status Quo lit the fuse. As an 11 year old kid, I cried watching a stadium of people jump to Rockin' All Over the World on the grandparent's rented TV. Music is a pretty good reason for living.
It was a good reason then Simon, ain’t worth 2 Bob now
@@flashdance5574 TRUE
I was 7 and have no recollection of the event. Perhaps I was too busy playing with my toys. If it was now, different story. Lol.
I was 12 and remember it like it was yesterday. I hear all the money raised went into the pockets of the African Govt. Great cause but horrible result of donations
I was also 7 years old then and my recollection was being pissed that my saturday morning cartoons were not on. Just a bunch of bands playing and not even knowing what for. Then you grow into your fandom. And now, it's a huge inspiration for the charity crusade I'm involved with now.@@walkingtheboogie
How many times in history does that much talent end up in the same space? Like the event or not, this is an incredible piece of footage, not to mention seeing the artists acting more casual than ever.
Not very many at all!!
How young everyone is. I think it's better to remember them the way they played their songs back then. Long live the eighties!
That was one of the more wonderful concerts ever, I watched it from home in Madrid, can't forget that day, it meant a lot to me to see all these musicians, that I loved and love, together. Thank you all for making that weekend so special.
Elton's hat, you can see why Freddie made fun of it. 'You look like the Queen Mother, Dear'.
guy wore a freakin duck outfit .. hes aware ..
At 8:45 speaking with Nils Lofgran of the E Street Band who were on break but at that moment on that day easily the biggest Tour in the world
I was there, very close to the front of the crowd in Wembley Stadium that day. My friend and I went there the night before and waited all night in the line to get in. It was general admission, so to be up close you had to be there early. It was definitely worth it. One of the most amazing days of my life. It's cool to see how remembered it is all these years later.
Best part is Phil Collins getting autographs for his kids
who's the guy signing photos?
@@JasieK0 Paul Young
Brian M. Butler
Worst part... Elton Johns mullet?
He’s not tho if I missed it tell me the time stamp
@@labenbyers2786 5:08 He even jokes and ask him to write ""To Simon, your dad's great!"
Watching this and see so many people who are no longer with us...
Life is beautiful..but it sucks as well
@sandymount1973 ye partner god bless them all for their time and effort all the ARTISTS PUT IN 💥💥💥💥👍💜💯%😇SAINT BOB 😇🇮🇪💥💥💥💥
When I saw Paula with Bob & the baby, thought oh no.
I still can’t believe George Michael isn’t here with us . RIP brother and we’ll see you on the other side .
Listen to "Time Waits for No one - Freddie Mercury"
I was in the middle of Minnesota, Lucky enough to have cable and a rather new "Stereo TV" from RCA, 27 in and my Marantz stereo , I watched this for 13.5 hours . All alone , no other noise , just me and my TV . It was a trip . And this day was one of the best things I ever watched on a Television. And listened to in stereo. It was imateted but nothing ever matched this concert and "We are the World" what a classic say . I will never forget.
Audiogeeks Vintage Sales Don’t forget Do They Know It’s Christmas, the British single that started it all.
i had a marantz :D we borrowed a TV nicked a loada coaxial cable n had a garden party ,8th of shit soap bar n a bottle of cider...LOVED IT!
There will never be a concert like this again. Not only because we have lost some of the finest influential artists of our time. But the sheer genuine love and giving from the artists to the person sat at home watching. It was fantastic raw emotion from the crowd and artists alike.
Never again will anyone witness this amazing get together of iconic musical artists together!!! This Live Aid performance of these artists is epic and will forever be remembered! Forever and forever👍👍👍🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼
Apart from Freddie Mercury, George Michael, John Entwistle, and Tina Turner, just about everyone who played at Live Aid is still alive as of 2023.
@@wylierichardson-tu6zs
We have lost Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster, Garry Roberts, Freddie Mercury, John Entwistle, David Bowie, three of the Four Tops (Levi Stubbs, Obie Benson and Lawrence Payton), Jam Master Jay, David Crosby, Carl Wilson, Nickolas Ashford, Teddy Pendergrass, Tom Petty, Ric Ocasek, Benjamin Orr, Eddie Kendrick, David Ruffin, Tom ‘T-Bone’ Wolk and Tina Turner.
There are moments in life when you can remember clearly where and what you were doing. Live Aid was such an event. Absolutely superb.
All day in my mate's lounge watching it on his "big" TV!
I recorded the entire event. Got the dvds when they were released. Now you can just stream it from TH-cam. We’ll never see another day like this.
Can u tell me who Elton John is talking with at the 8:00 mark in this video ???? .... Please and thank you .
Steve Williams good question. I thought I knew all the 80s pop stars. He looked more rock n roll though. I wasn’t into rock then.
@@stevewilliams9306 Nils Lofgren
You are right this will never happen again!!
Yep, I recorded the whole event as well. Thought it would be the only time to see it. Since dvd or youtube hadn’t existed yet. Who knew?!
That was an amazing piece of footage to see! Look at the beautiful princess Dianna how young she was, and all of the great performers seeing them outside of their performances just interacting with each other. Thanks for posting this up for the world to see
Such a wonderful day. The day I was introduced to U2, loved them since then. Watched from start to finish, so glad I did.
I grew up on THIS music. I had everyone of these artist's cassette back in the 80's.
Best memories
Most magical time ever ! They’ll never be another decade like the 80s and I’m so blessed to have been a part of it .
For anybody who did experience this live, you guys were lucky. This phenomenon won't ever happen again.
Nope. World's more divided now than it was before WWII. Didn't learn our lesson.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver You need to stop watching the liberal media
@@knockitofff You people scream that what you call "liberal media" describes the word as a global socialist paradise. Which is it?
What aspect of this type of event wont happen again?
@@subs4794 ALL of it
it's kind of cool seeing rock stars getting autographs from other rock stars
@@MattPhilipHale opinions vary
One thing they can't cover :)))
best part is Phil Collins getting Paul Young's autograph for his kids
when life was less complicated then.. good memories. and we will be forever thankful for these artists...
Isn't that the truth!
Paul Young how you doing,looking forward to seeing you again live,have the tickets for September shows are you up for getting back on stage hope not too much comfort eating,Paul and Raevadee,last saw you at pizza express,Holborn,London great show.
Indeed. Would like to talk to that 16 year old kid. Do like seeing McCartney 6:05 , I can imagine a scenario with Paul closing London and if only...Lennon closing Philadelphia.
Life has always been complicated!
Always life was complicated
Never has there been a collection of artists coming together like this, and I doubt I’ll see it again in my lifetime. It was like the world stopped to see the power of music. It’s now 2022, and with the amount of crap going on in the world today, we could sure use another moment like this one. God bless all of these artists for helping such a great cause and bringing our global family together to smile and create such a remarkable moment in rock and roll history.
there's too much hate and selfishness in the world now by intolerant Fascist Republicans scorning this kind of Social awareness & empathy.
Even if the proceeds went to corrupt entities, it was still a time when love ruled. Now hate has taken hold and darkened the world.
The 80's were the best! No other generation of music has done so much for mankind before or ever again.
Woodstock
Money raised for causes? Sure. Actual music? Less clear....This concert in particular ranged widely in quality. Which wasn't really surprising under the circumstances.
@@gummiesrule88 Actual music in the 80s? It is renowned as the most influential and diverse era of music in history. The bands of the 80s and its genres are the main ones influencing todays music with some 60/70s mixed in.
Joking right!!
@@subs4794yah not to mention MANY songs from 70s/80s classics were sampled starting in the 90s and onto the new millennium
I don't think i've ever seen such an incredible video - this is clearly historic
Well, the concert was pretty good, too!
its been 35 years also when i take a picture with queen and hugged freddie brian john and roger
i missed them
NGITI TV I’m jealous, I was never alive when Freddie was, I have seen Queen + Adam Lambert this year but never saw Freddie or John live😪
Y'all are lucky! I've never seen any band live, and I was GOING to see Motley Crüe/Joan Jett/Def Leppard/Posion this year but I guess that's not going to happen
NGITI TV I can’t believe it has been that long.
Logan Wingrave I never saw Freddie cause I was young back in the ‘80s and was a kid in the ‘90s. Lucky me Freddie was alive in my lifetime
I love queen one the best bands of all times and also led Zeppelin and Genesis with Phil Collins only, who, acdc.
Wow!!!It's cool!!!I was born and grew up in the USSR.I was 17 in 1985 and I watched this consert on a video tape.Now,when I am 52,it's very nice to watch it again on TH-cam.Thank you very much!!!You the Best!!!
Everyone looks nervous and Paul walks in like he's going to the post office.
He’s the veteran
Haha this made me cackle!
you are hilarious
@@oliver9549 exactly
Lol! Yeah. He’s a beetle, he doesn’t give a damn
Live Aid was just wonderful, I wish I could go back in time❤️
It seems like it was a different world in n 1985; I was 15 then.
As our modern Western civilisation is coming to an end, it's comforting to have TH-cam as a time machine where one can easily, yet comprehensively look back at the golden era of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and a bit of the 90s as well. Nothing is ever perfect, of course, but we had it good in so many ways and it truly was a blast. You don't know what you've got until it's gone.
So true fritha
Bob GELDORF & the top.bands. Great artists (Bowie, McCartney,.Phil Collins, Brian May...and so on !...) Such an "Happiness & Magic Backstage ! Where QUEEN and Freddie Mercury stole the greatest show ever). Thanks a lot for this video. It's amazing. A kind of Magic. God bless them all & the audience all over the world. I was 24 years old. Memories. Friendly from France ❣💔✈🚁😿😻😍🙂😘👋👍👍👍👍🚁👌🌟🌈🎼🎶🎙🎹🎸🎤🎷🥁🌞🙏👑👑👑👑
I enjoyed this so much that I didn’t want it to end.
One mad, glorious, unforgettable day which all these years on still gives me goose bumps thinking of it. Wonderful to get an insight of what was going on behind that famous stage.
The "Let's go home" at the end sounds so incredible, given Bob Geldof had just organized a worldwide charity event featuring the greatest artist at that time.
Indeed
Lol, are you Gonna Overlook Midge Ure? The One who started this All?
@@pierceelyhibionada342 I'm not, but it was Bob who said "Let's go home".
@@huviretki1 oh yep.
Very poignant. You can sense the mixed feelings from Quo & Geldof - excitement tinged with a sense of anti-climax. They'd been on stage for one of the greatest shows ever and yet it all was so brief for them. They just wanted to go back on stage and play.
No doubt no the best and biggest charity event that has happened in the world. Bob Geldof had this brilliant initiative. Brought together the best musicians and bands of all time. I miss all these phenomena.
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so there is a movie about elton john, movie about queen, now who gonna make a movie about david bowie?
ammar shamsul one is actually being made and is supposed to come out this year (but will probably be delayed to 2021 because of the pandemic). Although, it is not detailing is whole life and just when did his first tour in the US.
I want it
I want one about U2
Bowie said to his son not to let anybody make a movie about him
I will.
Listened on the radio. Have great memories from that time, I miss the 80s so much.
terriblita308 me too. A great decade!
I remember that day so well. It was amazing.
8:12 Elton chats to the great Nils Lofgren, I never knew he was there that day, exactly a week after he played that stage with Bruce.
35yrs ago, today at this time (8:00AM) I came out from shower and took my enduro bike riding to my high school to attend my final oral examination, a (supposed) 45min meeting with all my teachers. I had the white sweater "USA for Africa" and sunglasses on since I'd been watching 17yrs long all Live Aid concert (Simon Le Bon's wrong note included!!!). After a 1hr and a half (mainly discussing about national, UK & USA literature and Italian policies vs. Africa) I came out with a 59/60 result. My friends are parents brought me Spumante (Italian champagne) & salami to celebrate outside the building. Amazing Day I will never forget!!!
I love watching Phil Collins asking for autographs for family members. Endearing.
Yes he got Freddie's for his kids...Elton had built a big backstage area where Bowie Freddie and he hung out
All looking so young. How time flies.
I was there 35 yrs ago, what a day, there's never been another like it. I have some amazing black and white photos taken by Murray Sanders, a photographer with a Portsmouth newspaper who I got chatting to, he let me climb his step ladder and look through his long lens while U2 were on stage, totally amazing, and I still have my Live Aid t shirt, a bit faded and tatty around the edges, but I'll always treasure it, it would be lovely to reminisce with others who were there and compare our memories
Jane Willis there is a Facebook group called U2 is my life and they would love you to post those pics on there if you still have them.
I was there
Jesus, can you imagine with all the shite we have today. Glad I was alive to witness this era of music.
Ugh I can Imagine...Cardi B (itch) and Lizzo whobbling their fat arses all over the stage..Ed Sheeran boring us all to death, Luis Capaldi doing the exact same, and hosted by an unfunny twat like Jack Whitehall. Ugh...
@@desertrose1226 So true lol
@@desertrose1226 I must be old since I have no idea who any of those people you mentioned are.
We still have some great indie/alternative artists. Strokes, Muse, Arctic Monkeys and Tame Impala would make for a great show
@@jadedemotions9891 ... yes, but for every Muse we have hundreds of CardiB
Who else wanted to see Freddie Backstage so bad?😟
meeeeeeeeeee
And meeeeeeeeeee!
Me
Where was he?
@@marjol3in probably where the real party was at! xx
Unbelievable moment in rock history!❤️🎸🎶🎧
I watched the Live Aid concert, from my house in a suburb of Philadelphia, where the American half of Live Aid was being held. The only bad part of that great day, was my grandmother (who had just come to live with me & my parents) insisting she wanted to make potato salad, and making me miss part of the concert, because I had to run from store to store looking specifically for "red potatoes", that she just had to have. I was so angry! Lol
It's a great memory now tho, huh? It's a great story for me to hear. Thanks 4 sharing!
@@shawndamccormick278 Thank you. It really did bring back memories of being so excited for the concert that day and also being so mad about that potato salad. Lol
😂😂😂 Lisa what a great story. You always have to obey grandparents, no stomping of feet will change that. God bless you and your family.
@@elizabethtimothy4776 Thank you. All the same, to you and your family, too.
Freddie always stole the show.No words,but perfection.Bravo.
I'll never forget that day. I watched at home in Amsterdam. Just turned 18, parents were away for the weekend, so had the house and TV for myself to watch (and tape!) all of it. Magical memories.
Me too! Just turned 18 and watched at home in Duivendrecht, just a few meters away from Amsterdam. My parents were working Saturday in the barbershop, so I was alone too. Wish we could have seen it together, that would have been great fun!
@@carmenl163 Wow yes, that would have been fun! :D I lived in Osdorp at the time.
The best concert I have ever attended. Where did those years go................
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I watched it on TV and recorded on VHS. Still have the tapes, but no player :(. What a great concert. I still remember Phil Collins coming out on stage in Philadelphia and saying "I was in England this afternoon". He had flown over on the Concorde to play both sides of the concert. That was amazing.
Yep I remember watching it live too
Just wow ! Thanks for capturing and uploading these golden moments of music ! Respect ❤
I was glued to the tv that day - so fun to see some backstage action. A glimpse of Bowie and Linda - fab! ♥️🤘🏼♥️
Greatest collection of legends altogether the world has ever seen & will ♾ 💯
no legends these are music artists thats all
@ILL SUBZ corporate everything has ruined everything equally. youtube, Internet, music, movies, news, etc, etc. They used to just make the cookie cutter products to mass produce, now they make you fit the cookie cutter and control everything said about it.
George Michael's sister at 2:08. Diana meeting Paula at 2:28 Two tragic women hounded by the media. Elton John with his wife before he was gay at 2:45 .
@ILL SUBZ rave scene jungle house techno ? ...that's the shite that ruined music ..had to be off your tits on drugs to even listen to it.
If you like white middle of the road coked up superstars ..no wonder prince balked at the idea
I was 11 years old and now they're all younger than me... seems like another planet, beautiful.
This footage is priceless! Look at them, in a world of their own. I would honestly hate to intrude. Just happy to sit back and observe them all.
This video is made 35 Years ago but it looks so good
because it's film scan
Yes i know
DutchJack 16mm
Anything is better than 2020.
Shame Deaky and Mercury aren't in these clips...
So sad that now we're living in the twilight zone.
Depressing and antiseptic...
Yes you're right!😢
That is what happens when you dont let dems win every election. They own the media and are puppeteering your misery..oh i mean they care for your health! All bs for the election because biden cant fill a library let alone an arena.
we are all in Shitsville.
Demographics is Destiny.
Just look at Japan, no such issues.
Either they carefully edited out any rock star-ism or this was genuinely a powerfully positive group of down to earth people who happen to be incredibly famous. XO.
Well Elton still decided to wear his shades when the sun ...had...gone...down........over...him.
@@chrisfi3d Bob "dont mention the ethnic cleansing" geldof is there so.. not entirely down to earth.
They were surrounded by their peers, so any tantrums would have seen them kicked straight out.
You need to rewind and view again..
No Bono that’s why.
Wow that was a fantastic day. And to have this video about 'backstage' is brilliant.
Thanks for sharing
David Bowie - all smiles until he realizes he has to go on after Queen
Queen blew EVERYONE away that day!
Hahahaha yeah i would feel the same if i was him
nope. No one knew what was about to come. Queen went through a rough time until that night... And that's exactly why they "opened" for Bowie
David Bowie could have done anything and everyone would have loved him. Bowie was the hero in the UK that day. Nobody had marked a generation in that country more in the last 15 years. He was a hero. Queen were his apprentices.
@@OnlyGoodMusic_ I’m not hating on Bowie - he’s one of my musical heroes. Just saying having to go on stage after a masterpiece performance like Queen at Live Aid is a tough ask. Even for a legend like Bowie.
David Bailey photographing Paul Young with Dire Straits playing live in the background.
th-cam.com/video/JcqhvPNiJzo/w-d-xo.html GO to 5:05. It's the exact moment Bailey & Young were backstage in the video.
@@crashburn3292 True. Damn epic. I was 9.
Great to see something right before the best rock concert ever!
I'm happy I am subscribed to Live-Aid TH-cam channel
Me too! 🙌✌
Me three! 😊
Me four when I get around to it
Me 5
This is bloody great, everyone is so down to earth. Love seeing them just hanging out. Love Paula Yates, she was so cool 😎
WOW!!!the fashion, the hair, the icons (with hair)the ones we miss...xoxo thanks for releasing this footage
Thanks for uploading just sent to my friend Molly... her dad is Midge Ure!
wow!
That’s cool, but he’s only shown for a couple of seconds in the very beginning. 😞
@@ItIsJustJudy Yes, real shame about that. Man who practically made it happen got lost in the shuffle.
What a class act Lady Diana was.
Indeed
@Nilly Siggers seriously? Your judgment of character is way off.
Absolutely fantastic - wow wow wow, aged 16 when watching this live was unbelievable!!!!
I was on holiday on a tiny Greek island with my girlfriend and we weren’t sure if we could find a tv to view live aid on, so before we left the uk I gave her Mum a dozen VHS tapes and said “Record EVERYTHING”, and god bless her she did. I’ve still got those VHS tapes..........but lost the girlfriend 30+ years ago, oh well 😜
i was on a tiny Greek island (Zante) when it was on aswell!
@@straitusquo .........small world, it was Zakynthos (Zante) where we were, staying just outside of Laganas, it was a nice quiet island 36 years ago. We searched everywhere to find a hotel or bar where Live Aid would be shown on TV, we never found one. I guess satellite transmissions weren’t quite up to it back then.
I watched all of the VHS tapes literally back to back once we got home.
@@BazzerObama i was in Argassi 1 bar no tele..
Woww! Sounds like you should’ve dated the mom
What a good mum!
this is more insightful than the concert itself, a valuable piece of music history. The guy doing portraits backstage on a full manual rolleiflex, amazing.
This is really happened 35 years ago...13th July 1985...OMG I can't belive😱
It's magic to see these beautiful moments 😍
Thank you ❤
Someone please send me a time machine. I will pay well!!!
God, I was just thinking about a time machine also, then I read your comment.....summer of 1985, amazing time in history.
Sign me up too!
Steve Krishnan God yes!! I want to go back!!
The 80's were definitely the best decade ever! The world was good...people respected one another and for the most part....we all had smiles on our faces
your not the only one who wants go in the Time Machine
7:05 Watching Paul Young being photographed while the Dire Straits are performing "Money for nothing" in the background... it was a completely normal thing that particular day.
All the musicians who participated in this unbelievable event, where they all came together for an unbelievable worthy cause. Sooooo proud.
You are all magical.
God Bless all of you.
Lovies Shona 🧡🧡🙏🙏🙏🙏
I wish this was hours long i could watch 7 hours of this
Others have been more around but good to see Status Quo. Seeing Paul Young signing for Phil Collins' kids is also fun. Happy that I saw this concert in my youth.. god everyone was so younger then
i remember this we watched it on tv on the east coast of canada it was a beautiful sunny day.
How gorgeous did Paula Yates look back then, so sad what happened in later years to the family.
It’s not like Paula had nothing to do with it
Yeah she was a bit of a nutjob though ...I bumped into her on a secluded beach in the south west of Western Australia when she was hiding out from the press when all the drama was happening with her affair with Michael Hutchence and I said hello to her ! and she asked me who I thought she was " do I know you " kinda thing and I said I used to watch her on Morning TV show she presented when I was living in London ! we had a bit of a chat and then moved on ...Not long after she was dead !
And her cute toddler, walking around her Dad, clinging to him! Was that Peaches? So tragic things took a turn for the worse some years later.
@@shamspuri2493 no that was the oldest of the three Fifi
@@thecaptain3270 She's adorable.
13th JULY 2020 Marked 35 Years of one of the World's Most Historic Events.
I want come back at those days we was so Young Beautiful past ❤️🎤🎶🎸
Seeing Melanie and George was really emotional- still, the line about famous George from Mel made me chuckle!
Me too
OMG! I will have to go back and look! I didn't see this!
At 1.55
I loved it!
Bob Geldof, you are a great human. Thank you for everything, for helping world. I wish I could meet you someday. I'm brazilian and I'm trying master degree and my studies are about you, about your personality because you are 'the one ', 'the great guy'. ❤ Oh, and by the way, Boomtown Rats is coming back in great style with this new album!!!
Wonderful to see this backstage footage. This was the biggest music event ever, I remember seeing it live back in the day on a little black and white TV set. It was a beautiful day!
Amazing watching this. Just a shame we have lost so many great artists in the lat 35 years.
The footage is in excellent condition. It was a great moment in History...
Wow! I was there
Yes my dear Doctor May
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Brian may,you are still looking good my legend,hope you’re feeling good also,thanks for the memories and everything. X
Wow! Reading comments and here you are. I'm blown away. I sometimes forget that performers are real people too. We owe you more than words can say. I hope you read this and thank you..
Mmmm... Prove it!
Fake!
This is so lovely to see. Would be wonderful to get ALL the footage together from all the 16mm cameras and all the still and make one big blu ray of the whole day at wembley. with as much in sequence time wise as possible.
It's like looking through a lens to when music was at it's prime.
The most iconic bit is Elton John talking with Nils Lofgren, who was probably wandering around unnoticed, but in reality probably one of the real unsung heroes of rock (and much more).
Right?? Crazy seeing him there.
elton was in a mood considering that his begonias were blown away by the helicopter that was to pick him up. MY FUCKING BEGONIAS!!!!!!! I JUST PLANTED THEM!!!!!!!
nah, he sucks
Omg wow this is amazing 😍
Ian... We have to stop meeting like this folk!
More of this backstage stuff Pleeeeease
That’s what Elton John said
@@Dadaadad268 fair point
THANK YOU LIVE AID FOR HOSTING THIS EVENT!
Ahhhh great memories! Thanks for sharing this video, loved it. Paul Young just gorgeous!! Everyone so humble.
Real and human, unlike today's programmed insta-robots.
Mark Knopfler and Sting killing it at 6:53
Listen to it again, then go to 5:05 of this video of Dire Straits & Sting, which is the exact moment on this video. th-cam.com/video/JcqhvPNiJzo/w-d-xo.html
Damn, Illsley and Williams SLAMMING that groove beat!
Best part of it, was looking for dire straits thru the whole video
We dont have so cool bands now than in 1985😆😜👍😍🥰❤❤🌈🌞🎼🎶🎵🎤🎸🥁🔊🔊🔊"!! Rock it once more" 😄😁😅✌💯🥰😍😘💖💞💞👍👍"!!
I didn't know the great Nils Lofgren was there on the day. Nice of Elton to go and chat with him. Two genuine stars together.
Melanie Panayiotou ironing her “very famous” brothers shirt, made me sad...both gone, both now together ☹️
😔
actually, I never got the chance to her brother song
but this is a Memory
Was coming to comment the same...so much loss for the Panayiotou family. And for us.
Who was her brother and what happend to them both?
i am so happy to see all this guys , beautiful moment in music history , behind the concert
The second of two beautiful summer days in July when the whole world knew it was watching the same thing at the same time. Probably impossible in today's media landscape. That era has begun and ended. Live Aid was the biggest shared experience between Apollo 11 and 9/11.
Totalmente de acuerdo 🖒