Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good (Live Aid 1985)

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  • @anthonylove821
    @anthonylove821 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    When life and times were much happier and if there was a Time Machine, I would leave 2025 to go back to the 1980s and stay there for an eternity 😊😊😊😊

  • @jamesloveswork1
    @jamesloveswork1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +475

    No sequencers, no backing track, no in ear monitors- simply a great band playing a great song. So good. 👌🏻

    • @nickycotton6137
      @nickycotton6137 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Aye, Synths though! That's what ❤'d about the 80's mainly & onwards.

    • @clouseau72
      @clouseau72 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not in this one, but they use séquencers in the rest of the songs at this gig, the pionniers of that matter

    • @mattskustomkreations
      @mattskustomkreations ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No smart phones

    • @Cinek400
      @Cinek400 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He have monitors in front of him

    • @ZaneTaylorMusic
      @ZaneTaylorMusic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah and he starts a clap and then plays out of time 🤣🤣

  • @stevendphoto
    @stevendphoto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1289

    Wouldn't it be good if they still made music like this?

    • @gmize78
      @gmize78 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Yes it sure would be! I was 13 then & remember like it was yesterday..this music festival was huuugge🎶🎶 I read somewhere that Nik Kershaw had terrible stage fright we he saw the crowd!

    • @axltobe2
      @axltobe2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      When the live version sounded like what you hear on Spotify.

    • @thomasvis
      @thomasvis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Wouldn't it be good if this was still the 80s?

    • @MikeD-bu6hr
      @MikeD-bu6hr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Nothing is stopping anybody still making music like this. If you think it should be made - make it.

    • @alanjones5786
      @alanjones5786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      So
      Agree with all of you, but no mullets please, I am 61 and bald!

  • @moshereish7500
    @moshereish7500 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Who’s listening Nik Kershaw in 2025❤?

  • @williamseay8842
    @williamseay8842 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +94

    I saw Nik Kershaw perform this song live once. It was this performance. I was there. I was with my Mum and Dad to Nik's left near the Royal Box. Live Aid was the most magical day of my life. I still have my ticket stub and programme. I so miss tese days.

    • @deirdregedlitschka1960
      @deirdregedlitschka1960 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Lucky buggggger

    • @lifesahellofaride
      @lifesahellofaride 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Live Aid was very unfortunate - for every single human that wasnt there. the devils got me there, im jealous

    • @literally-no-one-j7m
      @literally-no-one-j7m 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Luckyy!!! im 13 and i wish i was there so bad

  • @hbapower8947
    @hbapower8947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1298

    There is something magic, special, almost incredible, in the 80's and no one can deny that !

    • @jackallen83
      @jackallen83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      HBA Power they’d probably would say the same thing about 2000s. but I have to agree I wish I was born in the 80s.

    • @lisaboje3640
      @lisaboje3640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@jackallen83 I have a 16 year old son and he says he wishes he grew up in the 80s. He hears me talk about the simplicity of it, and even though he likes the advances of the modern age, I think he thinks that a simpler life would be better.

    • @colinmontgomery1956
      @colinmontgomery1956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lisaboje3640 , yeah, haha. 'Cause 1985 was 1730. Delusional...

    • @lisaboje3640
      @lisaboje3640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@colinmontgomery1956 no, 1730 would be a very difficult life.

    • @colinmontgomery1956
      @colinmontgomery1956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lisaboje3640 ...1985 was yesterday, practically. That's my point. You (or your son, I presume) are making it out like it was the dark ages. Don't be thick with me.

  • @BruceLee-zd9bw
    @BruceLee-zd9bw ปีที่แล้ว +238

    I'm just finishing off my time machine, I'm off back to the 80's.... Who's coming?
    👊😎✊

    • @hyena131
      @hyena131 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @BruceLee-zd9bw
      Don't be scared of the 21st century, grandma- it won't bite.

    • @mattyoz0
      @mattyoz0 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's got nothing to do with being scared. We have 100% gone backwards. @@hyena131

    • @rickogden204
      @rickogden204 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I finished mine years ago and I have been in 1985 ever since.

    • @zengobag5341
      @zengobag5341 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Already there, See you at Shugborough!

    • @zengobag5341
      @zengobag5341 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      For the people that search Shugborough.. Welcome..

  • @jenniferconley5793
    @jenniferconley5793 3 ปีที่แล้ว +579

    The 80s was such a magical decade and I’m so very blessed to have been a part of it .

    • @cathyabraham9110
      @cathyabraham9110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Me too! Graduated HS in 1987. Soooo miss those days. This type of music brings it all back.

    • @SimXtreme6
      @SimXtreme6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Me too! From 15 to 25 years old! Magic!

    • @jenniferconley5793
      @jenniferconley5793 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Sabah Zarid Yep , I was born in 72 and we really did have the best music , movies and TV shows hands down . No generation will ever top ours .

    • @garypayne3845
      @garypayne3845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jenniferconley5793 born in 69 but best tv ? Not in my opinion, music maybe, films ? Good and bad in every decade but on other things, 80s fashion very dodgy, Tech? Terrible, no mobiles, internet, HD tv, Gaming consoles, so overall prefer to be in the 21st century but nice to look back even with rose tinted glasses

    • @stevensmith5816
      @stevensmith5816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      born 77 so a true 80s childhood for me .... it was a brilliant time to grow up

  • @sonhopson1
    @sonhopson1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    I constantly tell my children how magical the 80’s were. They are beginning to understand and agree with me! God bless Gen X!!!🥰

    • @zoso73
      @zoso73 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Stranger Things helps us convince them we're not blowing smoke on this subject. They're able to identify with the synth-heavy sounds more easily.

    • @jamessearle2339
      @jamessearle2339 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      When music was real 100% 😊

    • @guitarjoe4580
      @guitarjoe4580 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hello sonya I totally agree this song is so catchy I enjoy that guitar play too👋🙂🎸

    • @andoletube
      @andoletube ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Modern pop is objectively lacking - no intros, no solos, little distinction between verses and choruses, no surprise factor, dumbed down melodies, no key changes. Music from the 80's was more sophisticated and will stand the test of time. Current pop won't.

    • @Kingfisher1215
      @Kingfisher1215 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I never thought the music was that great in the 80s. It was just producer driven evolutionary music, but what the times did have was a huge breadth of music and styles and no sound defined the times. In total, it really was a great time for music.

  • @Mel-qb6co
    @Mel-qb6co ปีที่แล้ว +30

    This is THE EVENT of the 20th century !!! 80's FOREVER

  • @SuperLegion52
    @SuperLegion52 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1741

    Wouldn't It Be Good if we had a time machine :) I'd go back to the 80's & never come back.

    • @xoxxobob61
      @xoxxobob61 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      The 80's were something truly special when it came to music

    • @RS-of1om
      @RS-of1om 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      It was easier to pick up chicks and talk to them not play some bullshit voicemail text games how most of them do today. Pathetic

    • @bimbajazz5979
      @bimbajazz5979 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      so would I

    • @jamiewesson898
      @jamiewesson898 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      50s 60s 70s thats were id go 80s was begining of the end

    • @user-kj3qg3kv2l
      @user-kj3qg3kv2l 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@RS-of1om True dat

  • @davidwebb091370
    @davidwebb091370 5 ปีที่แล้ว +720

    wouldn't it be good if every July 13th, all the radio stations/music-streaming sites in the entire planet will play only '80s music?

    • @darkhalo1111
      @darkhalo1111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      There’s a radio station that plays 80’s music only 24/7 it’s called “absolute 80’s”

    • @0005120
      @0005120 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      In honour of what was trying to be achieved by a generation that cared.

    • @signalenergie
      @signalenergie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      1985 was a good year for the music.

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They have either Absolute or Heart's 70s and 80s stations on often at my place of work.

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      1984 and the first half of 1985 was one of the best eras for pop music. There was lots of good music to be found throughout that decade,especially the first half.

  • @coldbreeze6344
    @coldbreeze6344 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +153

    No politics no mobile phones no internet no hatred for each other just good fun and love for eachother

    • @GuyNoirPrivateEye875
      @GuyNoirPrivateEye875 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      The 80s was a pretty intense time politically, especially in England.

    • @jensaccount2010
      @jensaccount2010 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

    • @howardsternisbatman
      @howardsternisbatman 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Plenty of hatred to go around even back then.

    • @edcracknell
      @edcracknell 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Plenty of politics and hatred in the 80s lol. Not having the internet was rubbish. This is a great song. People still make great songs 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @CruceEntertainment
      @CruceEntertainment 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      No politics???? Lol. Ok

  • @Fossilsunleashed
    @Fossilsunleashed ปีที่แล้ว +340

    look at all those happy people with no phones

    • @mattyoz0
      @mattyoz0 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      It's sad isn't it?

    • @zengobag5341
      @zengobag5341 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      That was life!!!!

    • @zengobag5341
      @zengobag5341 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      but without phones now you wouldn't have this video..Enjoy.. We did.. Peter Cox (Go West) - King of Wishful Thinking @ Shugborough Hall, Milford, Staffordshire, 2010
      th-cam.com/video/yqrhbV7sCec/w-d-xo.html

    • @cheeseandonions9558
      @cheeseandonions9558 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      LOL, well spotted

    • @LostBoy-ry3rg
      @LostBoy-ry3rg 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      its true better life with no phones

  • @countrystix
    @countrystix ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Wouldn't it be good to live in a world like the '80's were, today? #2023

    • @gageguy
      @gageguy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Look up 'Every time you cry' by The Outfield. Live version. That's more '80's than anything to me.

    • @bubbles4905
      @bubbles4905 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It would be awesome! 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤.

    • @futuristica1710
      @futuristica1710 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You miss the Cold War?

    • @countrystix
      @countrystix 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@futuristica1710 downer

  • @brokl26
    @brokl26 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    The 80s spoiled us. Proof.
    I make this comment each and every time I find a song that proves my point. Nik is live for crying out loud.

  • @dougsteeleguitar
    @dougsteeleguitar 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Saw him live tonight in Melbourne. Dude still has it. It was so good to see him live. Inspiring songwriter without a doubt!!

    • @nvna1111
      @nvna1111 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He's a really strong fluid performer for his age

  • @davidrider2264
    @davidrider2264 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Totally underrated performance. This is pure 80s magic.

  • @davidkarecki9044
    @davidkarecki9044 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    I miss the 80s. Want to go.back. wouldn't it be good?

    • @greg19670
      @greg19670 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If it were for just one day...

    • @happypetstuff
      @happypetstuff 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      will be amazing :-)

    • @BABE_RUTH_3
      @BABE_RUTH_3 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I Hate cell phones

  • @WATERDOG300
    @WATERDOG300 5 ปีที่แล้ว +982

    The 80's were some of the best years of my life but at the time I wasn't fully aware of just how great those years were. I'd love to go back the 80's and appreciate them for the fantastic times that they were.

    • @wayneo1269
      @wayneo1269 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeah I totally agree

    • @swedejohanson7739
      @swedejohanson7739 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Yeah def. I was a kid in the 80’s. It was great. Stayed outside all day, only played Nintendo at night. MTV was the shit and played nonstop music 24 hours a day. Rode my bike or skateboard everywhere I went. Girls had big ass hair and the radio was dominated by bands like Motley Crue and Ratt. Truly a great time to be alive

    • @gavinc74
      @gavinc74 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Very true

    • @hudsonsirheshicks2653
      @hudsonsirheshicks2653 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This stuff was taken for granted then. Nowadays everyone’s trying to emulate it.

    • @yasminabelmelat5622
      @yasminabelmelat5622 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Sleeping no i don t think so.2019 is just pure shit

  • @littlemisss74
    @littlemisss74 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    when it used to be sunny in July in England! Oh those were the days! Fantastic memories

    • @anglonig1
      @anglonig1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Now we are chemtrailed to death.

  • @AnAdorableWombat1
    @AnAdorableWombat1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    He has such a unique and modern voice for the 1980s!

  • @kenmoreSF
    @kenmoreSF ปีที่แล้ว +21

    If I could only go back to this time, right when I just finished high school and do it all over again. I would cherish every single moment of this decade.

  • @annak8666
    @annak8666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    "Hello Mum" on the snare drum makes me smile 🙂Oh, and I want a time machine. The 80s were incredible in music and everybody looked good without filters

    • @kenrehill8775
      @kenrehill8775 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      With Two Tier Starmtrooper ruling us, we’d all go back there in seconds. But you all voted for him.

  • @scousebusters1989
    @scousebusters1989 5 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    Spandau Ballet, Howard Jones, Nik Kershaw the list is just endless. Wasn't the 80s a great era for pioneering revolutionary music. This was one of my favourites, a lot of young people listen to Nik these days and enjoy his music as much as we did.

    • @southtexashustler
      @southtexashustler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Depeche Mode, OMD, and Breathe…🙏🏾👍🏾

    • @hesssabine6697
      @hesssabine6697 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good song 👌 🦋💚2022//^^^

    • @mariaorisso3463
      @mariaorisso3463 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Es verdad!!! Son unicos en su genero.... mis saludos.

    • @michaelmoore1386
      @michaelmoore1386 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Simple Minds, Human League, ABC, Gary Newman, Kajagoogoo, Cutting Crew, Men at Work, Tears for Fears, INXS.

    • @007ndc
      @007ndc ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thompson Twins , Bryan Ferry, INXS , Tears For Fears, UB40 on and on

  • @nigelsmith721
    @nigelsmith721 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    That drum intro needs a special mention.

  • @acw072
    @acw072 5 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    The decade of using synthesizers, drums ,guitars all together plus raw talent, love it

    • @HouseholdDog
      @HouseholdDog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Actually synths weren't really a that new.
      It was more the digital synths that gave that classic 80s sound.

    • @dr.seytan4310
      @dr.seytan4310 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HouseholdDog synths have been popular since hammond novachord synthesizer in the early 1940s

    • @christophergaudreau9265
      @christophergaudreau9265 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yamaha DX-7 in FULL FLIGHT 😊

  • @kennysender6804
    @kennysender6804 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    One of the best intro’s and mid break in any song ever created . Nik is a musical genius

  • @darrenspence2516
    @darrenspence2516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    A very underrated performer globally...always had success in Oz...the world needs to listen more to Nik Kershaw....

  • @samweisberg9200
    @samweisberg9200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    I'm 21 but I can already see humanity officially peaked in 80s.. oh what I'd do to experience that decade

    • @djdudemanhey
      @djdudemanhey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Sam Weisberg hey great to hear that...The boomer in me can confirm....the 80’s up until the mid 90’s and the birth of The www. and the death of Kurt Cobain were the glory years of rock music

    • @steffanhoffmann8937
      @steffanhoffmann8937 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice 👍 mate! 🇬🇧

    • @mytahiti1004
      @mytahiti1004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Clothing was colorful. Not dull black & white 90s no color age.

    • @kbflorida888
      @kbflorida888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That was sweet post. No, the 80’s weren’t “better”, they were great bcs I was young. You’re 21 now, this is YOUR decade. Make lots of love, you’ll have happy memories for later in life.

    • @kristoffernilsen-grahame838
      @kristoffernilsen-grahame838 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im 20 and I agree

  • @pa3997
    @pa3997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    3:00 the whole stadium singing along with him and millions more on the TV screen on this hot summers day - it must be one of the greatest moments in his professional life.

    • @MikeD-bu6hr
      @MikeD-bu6hr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nope, he forgot the words and was embarrassed by this performance.

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MikeD-bu6hr He has not said he was embarrassed in any of the interviews I have read about it.

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cinarsovany He did forget some of the words and has said so in interviews that I have seen. On reflection it is reasonable to infer at least some embarrassment about this as opposed to in regard to the entire performance. Difficult to know precisely what the poster above meant.

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cinarsovany Ok, understood. It is a great song and Live Aid was an amazing concert. Have a good day.

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cinarsovany Sorry to hear about Covid. I had it in October/ November 2021 and it was awful, despite having taken every possible precaution to avoid it since early 2020 and being fully vaccinated. Get well soon.

  • @mattmccann8805
    @mattmccann8805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    I'd still argue that the start of this song is one of the best guitar riffs of all time.

    • @davidovics92
      @davidovics92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      it's not an iommi riff, but yeah, it's still pretty f-cking amazing

    • @forumchatter09
      @forumchatter09 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@davidovics92 Weird Sabbath plug

    • @willemdegrebber7227
      @willemdegrebber7227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No argument here 🤘🏻😉

    • @ogam5
      @ogam5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@forumchatter09: ESPECIALLY since he used to COVER some of THEIR songs.....

    • @lestercombs1871
      @lestercombs1871 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wish he made more music

  • @reboot_2.00
    @reboot_2.00 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Still gives me goosebumps when they break into the bridge.

  • @TripleZme
    @TripleZme 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +180

    its 2024 and we're still listening...

    • @janedoe3897
      @janedoe3897 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yessss !!

    • @plataleijajavierernesto4206
      @plataleijajavierernesto4206 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why not ? 😊

    • @rogerkay8603
      @rogerkay8603 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Always loved this, decades change and tastes but I come back

    • @edp2506
      @edp2506 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Definitely. Very cool song and sounds.

    • @dane3938
      @dane3938 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Love it

  • @Petermusic1965
    @Petermusic1965 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    never forget that day in July 1985 .Nik Kershaw was and still is a great songwriter and did a great job that day .respect

  • @dawnedwards2213
    @dawnedwards2213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +643

    Back to a simpler time,no cell phones,live music,everyone watching the act on stage and not on a small screen.Bring back the 80s.

    • @83K5Blazer
      @83K5Blazer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Dawn Edwards they really weren’t simpler times.. I mean, I spent a ton of time grooming my mullet.. very complicated procedure..

    • @dawnedwards2213
      @dawnedwards2213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@83K5Blazer I was too young to have a mullet!!!😁

    • @JorgeFernandez-ww2np
      @JorgeFernandez-ww2np 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or 90s too

    • @joinizwe
      @joinizwe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes please 👍👍

    • @elkhair7
      @elkhair7 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don’t forget those forgettable mullets.

  • @michaelokeefe8905
    @michaelokeefe8905 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    coming of age in the 70's and 80's was Magic.Thank You God

  • @PamelaMiller-bx7rr
    @PamelaMiller-bx7rr ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Music is no longer made this way anymore, unfortunately! Not only was this a great song, the 80’s era was one of a kind!

  • @lellul760
    @lellul760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I'll never forget this song in my life. Nik Kershaw sings so good.

  • @EdZimmerman
    @EdZimmerman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +390

    I remember that day. I was 19 years old and full of dreams, sitting with my buddies in my room and watching the whole concert on german tv. And drinking beer of course.😎

    • @franiagrzanka719
      @franiagrzanka719 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I remember too

    • @PowerandLuxury
      @PowerandLuxury 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No doobies?

    • @genesis1765
      @genesis1765 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      A little caring society was created after this. The wall came down Mandela was freed and the nuclear arms race took a pause.

    • @rimmel65
      @rimmel65 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ed Zimmerman same age

    • @johnlampe3348
      @johnlampe3348 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ed Zimmerman i

  • @darthroon1
    @darthroon1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +457

    Sat in bed watching this now 46. Wishing I was young again really upsets ya knowing them days gone

  • @lisaboje3640
    @lisaboje3640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    I was 17 and had just graduated high school. I remember this day like it was yesterday. What an amazing day of great music! I loved the 80's. I just wish I had known it at the time. It was a great time to grow up. I wish I could go back knowing what I know now. I would cherish every moment.

    • @stellacastella4527
      @stellacastella4527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I feel the same way... :/

    • @bash8257
      @bash8257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I agree. Great memories

    • @daninusa5297
      @daninusa5297 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      every human says this in the western world, mabye the whole world

    • @warrenfrankel1054
      @warrenfrankel1054 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So well said

    • @simonamercuryjackson1874
      @simonamercuryjackson1874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was 17 too but in Italy we graduate high school on 18...I was an eye on TV an eye on books that wonderful summer

  • @antonioquepasa3474
    @antonioquepasa3474 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    La calidad del sonido no hace justicia a esta obra, aún así, no le quita mérito. La dedico a todos los padres que por diversas causas no pueden estar con sus hijos. ❤

  • @annelavigne4797
    @annelavigne4797 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was 19 what a awsome time

  • @kelseymariel2127
    @kelseymariel2127 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of the best summers in my life. 19 years old with my whole life in front of me. I still listen to this song, what magic this all was.

  • @alyssaadeline5208
    @alyssaadeline5208 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I keep coming back and watching this over and over. Such a good live rendition.

    • @coolbreeze5683
      @coolbreeze5683 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's crazy how I felt like listening to this today then I noticed the date on the banner above the stage...July 13th which is today's date!

    • @Jacen13
      @Jacen13 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too! I love this song & I named my baby girl Alyssa! (:

  • @mandimitten1918
    @mandimitten1918 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    80's was the best decade to grow up in, it will never happen again :(

    • @Wwg1wga48
      @Wwg1wga48 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No no… 60s by far the decade of immense change.. so much original music.. unreal…80s don’t compare

  • @oliverbuettner1988
    @oliverbuettner1988 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    can't get enough of these 80ies performances. great great great! wish I could have been a popstar in the 80ies!

  • @ntc12345
    @ntc12345 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    39 years ago next week. Jesus. I remember watching this on MTV as a 10 year old kid back in 1985 😢

  • @JimmyMarrow
    @JimmyMarrow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    One of the best live performances right here. Not a huge Nik fan but this song and performance is just unreal.

  • @lorireece1970
    @lorireece1970 6 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    This song gives me chills, even after all these years! I sooooo miss my decade!

    • @jp3492
      @jp3492 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know *exactly* what you mean. SE England 1980's epic.

    • @antoinegriezmann959
      @antoinegriezmann959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This song remind my 1st girlfriend never felt the same again vive me chills alzó beatiful song

    • @lostinspacerobinson1527
      @lostinspacerobinson1527 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes , very beautiful........

    • @fernando8549
      @fernando8549 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      80 is magnific

    • @wendyraye
      @wendyraye 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Lori Reece SAME - I had the record and listened over and over and over....no internet to surf - was fully immersed in listening to it.

  • @alansmith9412
    @alansmith9412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    simple times no phones or social media just good music

  • @TheJavocat
    @TheJavocat ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ahhhh what a day that was ...

  • @dp7534
    @dp7534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Never knew he played Live Aid- Have loved this song since the 80’s- Best time to grow up and the BEST music!!

    • @rojaktar3509
      @rojaktar3509 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh he did-apparently he was so nervous he ended up repeating the first verse twice

  • @lemongris3208
    @lemongris3208 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    It's one of those songs that remind you of a bygone time, Nik Kershaw is truly underrated

  • @SKF358
    @SKF358 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Every household should have this album and play it everyday

  • @RadekLess
    @RadekLess ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Feel so bad when I see where the world is heading to on current days. Music back than had soul and love.

  • @drstephenwoods
    @drstephenwoods 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I'm 60...a young 60 because of the 80's positivity. I played drums with a band for a living while in college in St Louis and met and opened for several 80's artists including The Romantics, The Alarm, Night Ranger etc and I get a heaviness in my chest and welling of tears when I think about this modern day Renaissance in music and culture

  • @rpp4150
    @rpp4150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I was 12 then and still feel the same listening to this, sooo good!! Happy great 80s music forever!! Coolest trousers n boots nick!!

    • @DeevraNorling
      @DeevraNorling 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was also 12 at the time. Wish I could have been at Live Aid! Bring back the 80s!

    • @fuchsia5899
      @fuchsia5899 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wasn’t born for another 21 years yet I’m here lol

    • @kellyisraels2763
      @kellyisraels2763 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Check out the live version of this song with Nik Kershaw and Howard Jones.

    • @rpp4150
      @rpp4150 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellyisraels2763 cool ty!!

    • @rpp4150
      @rpp4150 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fuchsia5899 yayy lets rock :)

  • @CF71960
    @CF71960 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I wish I could enter a Time Machine, and go back to the 80s to see all of these great concerts. That would be a dream come true!

  • @EclecticMinecraftBuilds-ky9rt
    @EclecticMinecraftBuilds-ky9rt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    One of the few musicians who actually sang in key that day, a real pro

    • @alwaysright3718
      @alwaysright3718 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Except he forgot the words...

    • @jrhodes69
      @jrhodes69 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alwaysright3718no one noticed at the time tho! He just about styled it out 😂 I’m a big Nik fan and must have heard that song a thousand times and still can’t remember which way round those bits are in the song.

  • @CosmopolitanFools
    @CosmopolitanFools 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    He had the look, he made the demands of instrumentation & melody, singing like a champ & laying a knockout song onto an unsuspecting world . . . & a message that resonates through the decades. Nick Kershaw . . . the thunder rumbled, lightning flashed, & God said, "Thou shall ROCK." And lo, Nick did Rock. HE STILL ROCKS.

  • @racheleastwood5588
    @racheleastwood5588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Nik was a bloody good artist and held his own on this spectacular day 😎😎

  • @dazronch5450
    @dazronch5450 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The 80s were the best I know I was there Nick was great .

  • @jagna15
    @jagna15 5 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    I'm addicted to listening to this song 😍😍 this is a masterpiece

    • @markusantonio4866
      @markusantonio4866 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The video is great it reminds me of Take On Me, but these songs were around the same time.

  • @metzielkiamco6676
    @metzielkiamco6676 5 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    80's the most colorful era and you could memorize the lyrics even without the copy because they sang clearly.

  • @irwinwesley8297
    @irwinwesley8297 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    14 years old and glued to the tv watching live aid in TORONTO...best years of my life...didnt know how good music was and took it for granted...today's music as young people today tell me is crap

  • @jonkonuk5929
    @jonkonuk5929 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    We were happy really happy back then!!!!

  • @jamesjournalist3919
    @jamesjournalist3919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I was there at Live Aid and Nik Kershaw was one of the openers before some unknown acts like u2, Queen, Elton John and the Who followed him. What a day, what an amazing concert, the greatest concert of all time.

    • @myxgroupmyx8896
      @myxgroupmyx8896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lucky of You 💕

    • @merahkesumba
      @merahkesumba 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lucky. How old were you then?

    • @DeevraNorling
      @DeevraNorling 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah I’m jealous. I wish I could have been at Live Aid. But I was only 12 at the time and in another country!

    • @scotterwin9445
      @scotterwin9445 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm jealous

    • @lisaboje3640
      @lisaboje3640 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And don't forget Phil Collins, who played both concerts!

  • @myheartisinjapan3184
    @myheartisinjapan3184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    What a fantastic look Nick had. What lyrics...for these times! Wow.

  • @danjones7365
    @danjones7365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    No mobile phones recording........ people living in the moment! A better time

    • @ceeaitch11
      @ceeaitch11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      🙄🙄 a better time yes but that’s got nothing to do with phones. I will never get you people. What’s wrong with making the moment last forever?

    • @Sean-me4fv
      @Sean-me4fv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would never wish to go back to days before mobile phones. It’s great being able to stay in touch with family members, and able to call for help. I would go back for the music as music today is shit in comparison.

    • @stevenixx3595
      @stevenixx3595 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ceeaitch11 everything is recorded, you dont need to do it yourself - put the fucking phones away.

    • @jermainewilliams7108
      @jermainewilliams7108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dan Jones. the 80’s was about capturing the moment of Music, Films, Special Occasions, Family, Friends, Cartoons and Video Games 🎮

    • @boomshanka4667
      @boomshanka4667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      when humans were human.

  • @meisterlymanu5214
    @meisterlymanu5214 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "i was completely out of my depth, deer in the headlights. The devil was inside my head telling me i would mess up the lyrics and did a little bit. But when i watched it back ten years later, the terror wasnt there on stage at all. You couldnt tell. I was on at about 2.30pm so i could sit in the royal box for the rest of the day, watching my heroes. I saw Queen later and thought "ah, thats how you play to 80,000 people"... NK.

  • @nigeljames9193
    @nigeljames9193 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The whole world is watching and he nails it , true legend 👌

  • @danfuerthgillis4483
    @danfuerthgillis4483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    1985 - Come out, save lives!!
    2021 - Stay home, save lives!!
    World is upside down..

    • @jrmetmoi
      @jrmetmoi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You’re right

    • @flowerpetals1396
      @flowerpetals1396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It always has been.

    • @EgoShredder
      @EgoShredder 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Inverted on purpose by the ruling "elites". Sadly even this 1985 event was a globalist sham. The musicians were doing it for the right reasons (except for maybe Bono and Geldof), but had no idea of what was actually going on.

    • @JulieRushworth
      @JulieRushworth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Two of the biggest cons ever

    • @danfuerthgillis4483
      @danfuerthgillis4483 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JulieRushworth Agree!

  • @michaelcave7138
    @michaelcave7138 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Now, this is a real concert! No fancy stuff, no iphones, just the most awesome concert ever!

    • @michaelcave7138
      @michaelcave7138 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Sleeping Hehe yeah but 80s fancy is the real fancy ;)

  • @staceymckelvey1686
    @staceymckelvey1686 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    This is LIVE AID FOLKS..the biggest concert next of Woodstock.. this was huge, and the best time to be a 16yr old!! Miss it, love it and glad I was part of it!!

    • @jeffersonjeffo8457
      @jeffersonjeffo8457 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was just 16 then...

    • @dacsus
      @dacsus 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      1972 here, i was just 13 old, but remember every bit of it (i watched it on Austria television - ORF, lol, in Bratislava, in former Czechoslovakia)

    • @marionfitness5509
      @marionfitness5509 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      me too. 24 and just married. Wonderful time to be alive. still am married to the same guy. only 17 in my head though haha!

    • @stevent9179
      @stevent9179 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      16 too and headed to 11th grade that fall.

    • @nemesisut8793
      @nemesisut8793 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lucky....

  • @thescarletandgrey2505
    @thescarletandgrey2505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The sound quality before digital came along was so much better than the digitally compressed crap of today

    • @supgizmo5021
      @supgizmo5021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The days before autotune

  • @stewartsnape2936
    @stewartsnape2936 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great song, I remember Nik singing this on radio in 1984

  • @gigideb6371
    @gigideb6371 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    and Bob said, who wants to open the concert? and everyone else in chorus... Nick!!!! the brave

  • @lucalone
    @lucalone 6 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    awesome live performance! and this is REAL LIVE and no playback!

    • @FrancisArven
      @FrancisArven 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      in other tone :/

    • @ThePsmith1985
      @ThePsmith1985 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Deserves far more views!

    • @DICKTURPIN1976
      @DICKTURPIN1976 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Most of the live aid performances from everyone who performed are seriously top quality! Todays artist dont compare.

  • @Lou.ps.
    @Lou.ps. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +269

    Take me back to the 80s just for one day😍

    • @deslandes311
      @deslandes311 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me leva com vc! 😁😉👊

    • @vladasrebric3822
      @vladasrebric3822 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Take me back to the 80s just for one life 😁

    • @nemesisut8793
      @nemesisut8793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1 day ??? I would do unimaginable things just for a few hours to relive 80s

    • @robertrodriguez7131
      @robertrodriguez7131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’ll go with you.thanks 😊🥂🍾

    • @GabaHazvina
      @GabaHazvina 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I want back to the 80's too. 😌

  • @SirManfly
    @SirManfly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    this was the Woodstock of my youth !!

  • @andredizon5805
    @andredizon5805 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:53 this scene, the camera angle capturing the keyboard being played with Nik, the crowd and wembley with the bright sky in the background, even that blimp flying by with the iconic riff playing is just absolute Perfection. and it still gives me overwhelming chills down my spine
    Just a damn shame how underrated this performance was, being over shadowed by Queen's performance.

  • @williamcrabb2381
    @williamcrabb2381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This just makes you feel good, I'm 61 loved it first time I heard it , like "yesterday"f--- yeah!!!

  • @stephenwinters6859
    @stephenwinters6859 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Who els absolutely loves Live Aid? ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @TheAggroculture
      @TheAggroculture 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Completely.just magical.the uk is just the best

  • @novaestrella2571
    @novaestrella2571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The magic era of the 80s, my heart makes a jump for joy every time I hear a nice eighties song and sometimes a tear jumps in my eye. Am I getting old?

    • @gitarist25
      @gitarist25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes my friend.. Same feeling here

    • @bobjohnson1587
      @bobjohnson1587 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, you are! Lol

    • @novaestrella2571
      @novaestrella2571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bobjohnson1587 true bro, my soul is still 22 but the rest is almost 70 years now. Still rockin' though.

    • @raulparracofre2861
      @raulparracofre2861 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fué una de las lindas épocas de los 80's. Qué recuerdos aquellos.

  • @mattma96
    @mattma96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The 80's - Amazing blend of music, fashion, creativity, aesthetics & happiness.

  • @CDmusic10
    @CDmusic10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a 25 year old, I absolutely love this song

  • @gailflora1835
    @gailflora1835 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    All the elements of a great band. Listening in 2925 is proof.

  • @РомаИгнатов-т9ъ
    @РомаИгнатов-т9ъ 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Music unites a magic medicine. I am in favor of holding such festivals so that people would say forty years later, but it was time.

  • @bobinscotland
    @bobinscotland 6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Hats off to Midge Ure... very much the unsung hero of that great day.

  • @artisquid4110
    @artisquid4110 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    He looks so handsome when he whas young and his music is one of the best things that I ever heard. Absolutely love it.

  • @stevedavie4480
    @stevedavie4480 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I was there with my future wife and brother. A totally unique experience. Never be anything like it ever again. A wonderful, wonderful day.

  • @CruceEntertainment
    @CruceEntertainment 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Great to see nobody with cell phones recording. But dang, I’m glad somebody did record it!

    • @steffanhoffmann8937
      @steffanhoffmann8937 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would be the BBC and its American equivalent.
      It was on TV all day.

  • @guybarkay2445
    @guybarkay2445 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I cry when i see it. Time flies. Those were different times, much better times than now. Wouldn't it be good to go back to the 80s?

    • @Raptuza
      @Raptuza 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Definately...you re right

  • @TheTrance69
    @TheTrance69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Loved Nik as a teen, still love him now, What a talent and intelligent song writer

  • @mikefisher4557
    @mikefisher4557 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Not a recording device in sight !! Awesome !!!

  • @markedman9522
    @markedman9522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There may not have been Facebook, smartphones, iTunes let alone the internet but an incredible time to be alive!

  • @edbullard748
    @edbullard748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have not heard this song in decades until I walked into the Grocery store this morning. How blessed some of us were to come up in this age of music.

  • @glennjoe4511
    @glennjoe4511 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +386

    Whose listening to this in 2024?

    • @RexAbu
      @RexAbu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I'm listening right now

    • @taylor-ug5rt
      @taylor-ug5rt 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Still listening forty years later

    • @lolagranola8591
      @lolagranola8591 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@taylor-ug5rt Me too

    • @bungasujatmo1439
      @bungasujatmo1439 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      May 22, 2024, me in Indonesia, love to all

    • @cheeseandonions9558
      @cheeseandonions9558 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bungasujatmo1439 I'm from 2025, but hi there!