Live Aid watch along part 2

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Following on from previous thread

It really is a funny old world Phil! 😀

The product placement in the US version is noticeable.

They mainly sing so well- I'm not convinced today's act would

George was very shy and self conscious, Andrew was gorgeous and very confident.
Andrew was the driving force behind Wham, and George repeatedly acknowledged this. Without Andrew, George wouldn’t have developed into the musical genius he became.

Andrew now lives a quiet life out of the limelight. Was he a great musician? No, but without his drive, connections and ambition in the early days, George would still be Yog, and the music world would be a sad place.

I just had a look at what was in the US top ten at the time

I just want him to get up and play the drums

Yeah a lifetime ago.
I was there and it's weird thinking and knowing where I was sat that I was 19, keep trying to see if it pans on our section.

And the family I was with who are no longer here.

Boyfriend and I went on holiday to Sri Lanka and whilst we were waiting our turn to take off, I looked out the window and said "oh look, there's a miniature version of Concorde ahead of us".

Turns out that WAS Concorde. I never realised until then just how small it was! 😂

Met Andrew Ridgeley at his book signing a few years back, was totally star struck 🤩

Clapton is a bore and has a said some pretty unpleasant stuff in the past. I think he mainly appeals to blokes who play a bit of guitar themselves and love guitar solos.

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Why? Did he do something to their instruments or something?

Still can't get over how popular Phil Collins was in America!!😂

It easy to forget just how white the entertainment industry was back then. I was talking to my DD about the very socially acceptable levels of homophobia and racism at that time, and the number of gay artists who were married to women. She couldn’t fathom that same sex marriage would have been illegal to the point where it wasn’t even a question in the collective public mind.

I can't get over him being popular anywhere

Until Genesis released "Jesus He Knows Me" 😂

Concorde flew over our house when it was doing its sort of retirement last flight. Made me feel quite emotional. I also saw it at JFK and was surprised at how tiny it was.

The only good bit in this song was the drum solo

Lots of Big Deal ballads and film theme songs imo

I bloody love Phil Collins. Always have. Doesn’t fit in with the rest of my taste at all, but his love songs give me goosebumps.

According to Wikipedia, he was playing with them as a drummer (as they needed one, just like he's helped out Clapton with drums), and Jimmy Page was not happy with his contribution. From what I can gather they had bigger problems though. It's about halfway down this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Aid#Performances

How so ?

I've just answered above your post, it might not have come through when you posted.

Yes so many "lavender marriages" @Jellycatspyjamas . Still not great in the world of sport. ☹️

Prince and Michael Jackson were both HUGE at this time. Can't understand why they weren't there? Especially as MJ was on We are the World...

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Macca with his puppy dog eyes. Loving this.