Live Aid

Watched like you on TV recall Quo and Rockin all over the world , it elevated Queen to cult status it not only offered great entertainment but raised awareness at a time of great suffering , did it change the world , yes for a while but sadly the same issues and more remain.
 
You don't really realise just how unique and life changing such a massive event was until you look back.....I actually look back in awe at the whole day.....the line ups on both sides of the Atlantic.....the logistics involved to stage such a mammoth event.....I feel TRULY BLESSED to have witnessed it live......and it is so scary that it was 40 years ago !!!!!...WHERE DID ALL THAT TIME GO ?????....we all forget how old we all are !!!....after all...I saw Sting performing in Liverpool on Sunday.....and he is........73 !!!!!!!!.
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Sting - 73 years old and still singing, despite all the abuse his voice must have suffered from performing rock music. In 2009, he released the album, If On a Winter's Night. Quieter music with lute accompaniment, among other instruments. You could hear the damage, but the underlying vocal quality was still there.
 
Watched Sting at Isle of Wight last weekend on Sky Arts he can still sing , reinvented some of his hits but to be fare the crowd seemed ambivalent most of the set, didn't seem to identify with him at all even Edith Bowman seemed to struggle to enthuse in that gushing manner you associate with festival TV presenters. I read an article and many many performers, such as Jennifer Lopez , Dua Lipa, and it suggested that they cannot sing live without the use of autotune which denigrates their status considerably. Interested what you thought of the gig Mr Blue?
 
It was good mate !!...it was spoilt a little because the drummer of The Christians had a heart attack ON STAGE whilst they were playing before Sting !!!...thanks be to God he is okay.
The vast majority of the crowd knew everything he played....everyone was going nuts when he sang The Police songs....and my FAVOURITE by him....."Fields of gold"......his voice was good but for obvious reasons he toned his vocal range down a little.
I was just so happy to see him live again.,.....for probably the last time [and remember...I watched him with Dire Straights singing "money for nothing" AT LIVE 40 YEARS AGO !!!.]
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captain clutterbuck said:
Watched like you on TV recall Quo and Rockin all over the world , it elevated Queen to cult status it not only offered great entertainment but raised awareness at a time of great suffering , did it change the world , yes for a while but sadly the same issues and more remain.
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Queen had been at a low ebb for a few years before they released the album The Works in 1984, which I think yielded 5 hit singles beginning with Radio Ga Ga. I saw them at Wembley Arena in September 1984 and it's still the best live music show I've ever seen. I wasn't even a massive fan at the time, I just fancied seeing a big band in a big arena for the first time. Freddie Mercury was truly incredible on stage. He filled the place with his charisma and his voice was amazing. I don't think they ever played an arena in Britain again, it was Wembley Stadium for their next tour in 1986, and it sold out before I could get a ticket.
 
Memory lane for me Ferret when I was working we had a conference in a large hotel in Pott Shrigley effectively a jolly up and I have an abiding memory of about an hour after they opened the free bar and one of the most senior managers being carried out absolutely plastered after downing red wine , his closing address next day was a tad shaky :)
 
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