Live Aid

[petebassist]

Didn't see it all first time - started watching it in a pub in Ambleside in Cumbria, then hitched back to Co Durham and caught the end at home. Those were the days...

Watched bits of the replay at the weekend. Musically, I enjoyed Simple Minds, Sting, and Dire Straits with Sting on BVs - brilliant. Queen obviously.

Funny to see the mic-lead minders who had to crouch at the front of the stage to stop people tripping - at one stage a bloke ran on stage and had to loop one right over Adam Clayton's head, though I don't suppose anyone now wd've minded if Bono tripped - what a palaver over giving someone in the crowd a kiss. I might give that a try at my gigs this weekend 😉 

 

[HeadlessBassist]

It was always going to be the Queen and Quo sets for me at Live Aid.

 

I just watched Madonna performing Like a Prayer at Live Aid and whoever the bassist was, it felt very thin and empty without Guy Pratt and his Octaver.

 

Edit: Duh! I was watching "Live 8" some years later. 🤣

Edited 8 hours ago by HeadlessBassist

[TheGreek]

18 hours ago, ezbass said:

Likewise. 
 

I was just thinking that the pitch at Wembley took a hammering that year, what with Live Aid and Springsteen.

 

I'd have to ask friends who were at Live Aid but at the Mandela concert there were tarps covering the pitch.

[TheGreek]

18 hours ago, ezbass said:

 

Ooops..double post!!

 

Edited 5 hours ago by TheGreek

[Stub Mandrel]

22 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

I don't think they were..?

They were just beginning their 'Long, drawn out arrangement' phase.

(edit)
I will say that it sounds like their TV feed was mixed by a drummer...

 

Terry Williams said he was very pleased when he rewatched it.

[ezbass]

1 hour ago, TheGreek said:

 

I'd have to ask friends who were at Live Aid but at the Mandela concert there were tarps covering the pitch.

There were tarps at Springsteen, but that’s still an awful lot of traffic. That said, grass is very resilient and it was no doubt in tip top condition for whatever the next big footie game was.

[MacDaddy]

2 minutes ago, ezbass said:

There were tarps at Springsteen, but that’s still an awful lot of traffic. That said, grass is very resilient and it was no doubt in tip top condition for whatever the next big footie game was.

 

Wasn't the stage lent to Live Aid by Springsteen? 

[ezbass]

1 hour ago, MacDaddy said:

 

Wasn't the stage lent to Live Aid by Springsteen? 

No idea, possibly. 

[Stub Mandrel]

Just now, ezbass said:

No idea, possibly. 

 

I read it was.

[BigRedX]

Bruce Springsteen's stage was offered but deemed too small and a three part revolving stage was constructed, which allowed one band to perform while another was being set up and the previous band's equipment packed up. The stage movement was supposed to be motorised but technical problems meant that it had to be rotated manually.