Queen's performance of this set is perfection, everyone brought their "A Game" but Freddie really pushed it over the top. Queen used their 20 minute slot to pack in 6 hits that the audience would recognize and could sing along with, and Freddie got them all pumped up with the call and response (Ay-Oh) which was very smart. Also, Queen was used to playing large stadiums which was also to their advantage. Of course, Queen is a London band and that probably also helped since when the tickets for this event were sold, Queen was not scheduled for the event so this was not a Queen crowd. But nobody knew how to engage a crowd like Freddie Mercury, he was a genius as a Frontman. Queen stole this show, I watched the whole event on TV live on the day and it was a great concert, everybody who was anybody in rock was there performing either in London or in Philadelphia. The two were coordinated so that there was always music even during set changes. This was not a huge crowd for Queen there were only 72,000 to 80,000 people depending which number you believe. At Live In Rio, Queen played to crowds of around 300,000 each night, Hyde Park show was over 150,000 and huge crowds in Japan as well. It is hard to know which video to choose but this one is nasty because it cuts off at the end which seriously ruins the mood. I try to send the link for the right one when I suggest this concert. Thank you for your reaction.
Freddie sounded this amazing after having laryngitis the week before this concert. It wasn’t only Queen who realized they had been sensational. Paul Gambaccini, who was part of the BBC broadcasting team at Live Aid, recalled the awe among other superstar musicians watching backstage. “Everybody realized that Queen was stealing the show,” said Gambaccini. These were the very words Elton John uttered when he rushed into Mercury’s trailer after the set. “You bastards, you stole the show,” joked the charismatic star. “Queen smoked ’em. They just took everybody. They walked away being the greatest band you’d ever seen in your life, and it was unbelievable,” said Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters. “And that’s what made the band so great; that’s why they should be recognized as one of the greatest rock bands of all time, because they could connect with an audience.”
This is the best front man performance in the history of Rock. They focused on exactly what they should have..... Does not take away from the other band members at all.
The Bass never gets attention. I think John has been treated like an second class Queen member his whole career. With no one left to back John up on ideas, I can see why he left the band.
Hey Hon, I’m so SORRY you happened to react to the one “corrupted” version of the Queen Live Aid video that’s been circulating around YT this last year… That’s why it cut off early at the end. HERE IS A LINK to the FULL video of that last song “We Are The Champions”, through the end of the set: th-cam.com/video/FP808MiJUcM/w-d-xo.html
72,000 people in Attendance and 1.9 BILLION watching from around the world . Live Aid made 24 million dollars for famine in Africa . A lot of money back then .
9.48 is at the end of the whole show when Freddie and Brian came back to perform Is This The World We Created a song that they both composed in 1983 when they saw a footage of the famine which happened at the time in Ethiopia. Fantastic song with meaningful lyrics that so relevant today more than ever
Movie was a farse, too many false information. There was 72,000 in Wimbledon concert and 89,484 in the Philadelphia concert. The two shows were shown simultaneously with world wide TV coverage. There was a total of 75 acts between both show.
Keep an eye on Brian May in Crazy little thing. Starts with an acoustic guitar, switches to a black electric and then switches to his Red Special for the end
Unfortunatunately you hit that wrong link which misses that last few seconds of the song with of the woooooooooooorld note that Freddie holds perfectly even that he has problems to catch a breath just moment before.
Queen dressed down for that performance, just everyday clothes, nothing fancy, they got it and delivered. They knew the Importance of what they were doing. Bowie who went on after them said "How the F**k do I follow that?"
Sorry you got the version that cut off at the end, but it's okay... great video! If you haven't already, do watch their other most iconic performance - "Somebody to Love" Live at Montreal. It's from '81 but the picture & sound quality are perfect because it was shot on film for a documentary that didn't end up getting made, I guess. That's why it's perfect pic & sound. It has 80 million views... for a reason. th-cam.com/video/aA2IRoPFIn0/w-d-xo.html
You watched the wrong video. The one you selected has a glitch and breaks off at the end. You should have watched - th-cam.com/video/H3_0tcyWZQQ/w-d-xo.html. Then watch this video which is the performance of Freddie and Brian performing the Queen song, "Is This The World That We Created" towards the finale of the Live Aid concert - th-cam.com/video/riwDo7_GxjM/w-d-xo.html.
Queen's performance of this set is perfection, everyone brought their "A Game" but Freddie really pushed it over the top. Queen used their 20 minute slot to pack in 6 hits that the audience would recognize and could sing along with, and Freddie got them all pumped up with the call and response (Ay-Oh) which was very smart. Also, Queen was used to playing large stadiums which was also to their advantage. Of course, Queen is a London band and that probably also helped since when the tickets for this event were sold, Queen was not scheduled for the event so this was not a Queen crowd. But nobody knew how to engage a crowd like Freddie Mercury, he was a genius as a Frontman. Queen stole this show, I watched the whole event on TV live on the day and it was a great concert, everybody who was anybody in rock was there performing either in London or in Philadelphia. The two were coordinated so that there was always music even during set changes. This was not a huge crowd for Queen there were only 72,000 to 80,000 people depending which number you believe. At Live In Rio, Queen played to crowds of around 300,000 each night, Hyde Park show was over 150,000 and huge crowds in Japan as well. It is hard to know which video to choose but this one is nasty because it cuts off at the end which seriously ruins the mood. I try to send the link for the right one when I suggest this concert. Thank you for your reaction.
Freddie sounded this amazing after having laryngitis the week before this concert. It wasn’t only Queen who realized they had been sensational. Paul Gambaccini, who was part of the BBC broadcasting team at Live Aid, recalled the awe among other superstar musicians watching backstage. “Everybody realized that Queen was stealing the show,” said Gambaccini. These were the very words Elton John uttered when he rushed into Mercury’s trailer after the set. “You bastards, you stole the show,” joked the charismatic star.
“Queen smoked ’em. They just took everybody. They walked away being the greatest band you’d ever seen in your life, and it was unbelievable,” said Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters. “And that’s what made the band so great; that’s why they should be recognized as one of the greatest rock bands of all time, because they could connect with an audience.”
Forget just about everything you saw in the movie, very little of it was factual.
The entire band was on fire. I wish the camera showed a little more of John, Brian, and John's performances.
This is the best front man performance in the history of Rock. They focused on exactly what they should have..... Does not take away from the other band members at all.
I agree. We all love Freddie but we love the whole band is loved just as much.
The Bass never gets attention. I think John has been treated like an second class Queen member his whole career. With no one left to back John up on ideas, I can see why he left the band.
It was a very last minute thing for Queen to be at Live Aid
Hey Hon,
I’m so SORRY you happened to react to the one “corrupted” version of the Queen Live Aid video that’s been circulating around YT this last year… That’s why it cut off early at the end.
HERE IS A LINK to the FULL video of that last song “We Are The Champions”, through the end of the set:
th-cam.com/video/FP808MiJUcM/w-d-xo.html
10:29 I see you. Don't be shy we all fall pray to Freddie's control even after he went to Eternity.
72,000 people in Attendance and 1.9 BILLION watching from around the world .
Live Aid made 24 million dollars for famine in Africa .
A lot of money back then .
9.48 is at the end of the whole show when Freddie and Brian came back to perform Is This The World We Created a song that they both composed in 1983 when they saw a footage of the famine which happened at the time in Ethiopia. Fantastic song with meaningful lyrics that so relevant today more than ever
The movie was NOT a documentary . Just to let you know.
Movie was a joke. Well acted...... But the misinformation and rewriting of history was outrageous.
@@donny1960Loved your comment . I couldn’t have said it better💕💕
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Movie was a farse, too many false information. There was 72,000 in Wimbledon concert and 89,484 in the Philadelphia concert. The two shows were shown simultaneously with world wide TV coverage. There was a total of 75 acts between both show.
And it sucked. So much made-up crap trashing Freddie and John.
Keep an eye on Brian May in Crazy little thing. Starts with an acoustic guitar, switches to a black electric and then switches to his Red Special for the end
Unfortunatunately you hit that wrong link which misses that last few seconds of the song with of the woooooooooooorld note that Freddie holds perfectly even that he has problems to catch a breath just moment before.
thanks, Curly! I don't mind you singin' - the whole crowd was.. lol
Queen dressed down for that performance, just everyday clothes, nothing fancy, they got it and delivered. They knew the Importance of what they were doing. Bowie who went on after them said "How the F**k do I follow that?"
1.5 billion people around the world watched livevaid . . Awesome wkend . .
. . . wonderful set. I believe Freddie wrote Crazy Little Thing Called Love in 1977. His tribute to Elvis Presley who had died about 2 yrs earlier.
Elvis died in 1977 and Freddie wrote the song in 1979
@@michellesalgado6331 Thanks . . .I was confident it was @ 2yrs distant from his death...😍
Freddie is the best!
Queen❤❤❤❤ is the best band!
Sorry you got the version that cut off at the end, but it's okay... great video! If you haven't already, do watch their other most iconic performance - "Somebody to Love" Live at Montreal. It's from '81 but the picture & sound quality are perfect because it was shot on film for a documentary that didn't end up getting made, I guess. That's why it's perfect pic & sound. It has 80 million views... for a reason. th-cam.com/video/aA2IRoPFIn0/w-d-xo.html
You watched the wrong video. The one you selected has a glitch and breaks off at the end. You should have watched - th-cam.com/video/H3_0tcyWZQQ/w-d-xo.html. Then watch this video which is the performance of Freddie and Brian performing the Queen song, "Is This The World That We Created" towards the finale of the Live Aid concert - th-cam.com/video/riwDo7_GxjM/w-d-xo.html.
YESSSS… The link you sent for the Live Aid set is one of the BEST… EXCELLENT quality.🙏🏻
You got the crappy version that cut out some of the ending....There's even an HD version of this on YT
Stopped watching this because you don't stop start and talk through their performance disrespectful to queen