Live Aid - 6pm BBC2

[NooNakedJacuzziness]

I’m getting snacks and drinks in and watching the whole thing while pretending I’m 12 again. Can’t wait for the Quo to kick it off in half an hour! Anyone else gonna watch?

Adam went for a big grey shirt instead of white

Wow - that puts things in perspective

My DH was there and yes they watched the US acts on screens, he said that actually it made it better as it was 15min between each UK act as the stage was changed.

Never mind the mullet, Bono’s knee high heeled boots, Lordy!

Bono makes me smile, remembering a story I read online about U2 in concert in Scotland. He clapped his hands every few seconds and said “everytime I clap my hands a child in Africa dies. Some scottish fella in the crowd shouted “well stop doing it then you evil bxxxd!

Oh god.

Yes. WW2 was still in everyone’s memory because our grandparents fought in the wars. It feels so very long ago now. What’s the saying: those who don’t remember history are doomed to repeat it?

Bono’s boots 🤣

Adam Ant was awesome. As were the other Ants. I saw them live in the early 80s and they rocked.

And I only learned a few weeks ago that the Beach Boys are a) singing hurache sandals and b) that is how you pronounce that word having seen it written down for years.

Bono is magnificent isn't he. Those boots though

@SwedishEdith 😳

I was born in 1968 and still think of Beatles/Rolling Stones as OLD music, even though they were still actually going when I was born. Duran Duran is positively modern :)

If live Aid was today who do you think would perform?

Ooh anyone see Bono’s boots! I was 11 when this was on but him in his leathers and those boots, very Adam Ant!

My friend (who was there as a teenager) told us last night that, while Madonna was on, the Wembley crowd were busy batting around a massive inflated ball.

I have just rewound - do we still say that? - to Paul Young and Alison Moyet. I had to take the dogs out as it’s finally cool enough. Got back in to see U2 when they were great. They will be great again, after Alison Moyet though.

At the time, we didn’t realise how massive U2 would become.

Grandparents? Parents if you were a teen/20 something in 1985!

No filters, no autotune - not sure any of them would be up for it.

Everyone getting crushed 😬

Edge, Larry & Adam freestyling while Bono went walkabout.

Oh no! Now I feel really old.

I was 13

My grandparents were born in the late 20s and too young to fight in the war. My parents were born in 1949/1951. They were young when I was born.