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@JG-fv9bv

Жыл бұрын

On the strength of this performance they sold out Wembley Stadium the following year ( 1986 ) on their Kind of Magic Tour , check,out that its really good . Queen Wembley 1986

@JG-fv9bv

Жыл бұрын

The encore Freddie and Brian came back on later in the evening to perform is called .. "Is This The World We Created"

@paulmaxey6377

Жыл бұрын

The extra song was Is This The World We Created....? and only version I can find of them preforming it at Live Aid is on the Official Live Aid channel so not sure if you can react to it without it getting blocked. But if you want to see it or try to react to it as it is very short: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pJ2rptFwj6remrA.html

@paulmaxey6377

Жыл бұрын

Thanks again for doing this video and glad you enjoyed it. Freddie was suffering from a throat infection and told by his doctor not to perform the show but obviously he refused. That is probably why his voice started to sound a bit strained towards the end of the spot. The shows in the UK and US if I remember right were staggered with the obvious time difference but slightly overlapped. According to Wikipedia 72,000 attended the Wembley one and just under 89,500 attended the Philly one. "The concert began at 12:00 British Summer Time (BST) (7:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)) at Wembley Stadium in the United Kingdom.[21] It continued at John F. Kennedy Stadium (JFK) in the United States, starting at 13:51 BST (8:51 EDT). The UK's Wembley performances ended at 22:00 BST (17:00 EDT). The JFK performances and whole concert in the US ended at 04:05 BST 14 July (23:05 EDT). Thus, the concert continued for just over 16 hours, but since many artists' performances were conducted simultaneously in Wembley and JFK, the total concert's length was much longer.[21]"-Wikipedia. Queen's sound engineer alledgedly when Queen went on stage turned the speakers to maximum, against the concerts permission, so they were louder than any of the other bands. The actual donations were quite low in the UK before Queen went on but after the donations rolled in. Whether that was because of Queen or Bob Geldolf (co-organiser and member of the Boomtown Rats) who at the same time was shouting in the BBC studio for people to donate is part of the Urban Legend. Status Quo was a rock band. Their songs were quite poppy I suppose you could say and a lot were quite similar. I will link one of there best known ones below. Live Aid was the first concert/concerts to be broadcast using satalites live in people's homes and quite a feat for the time. Queen Works was the name of a Queen album. Order of songs in this set are: 1. Bohemian Rhapsody (meaning of the song is not official known as Freddie was one to let the listener have their own opinion on what the song was about.) 2. Radio Gaga (the song that Lady Gaga got her name and came from the drummer's daughter pointing to the radio and going 'gaga') 3. Hammer to Fall (I always thought it was about the Cold War, but according to Brian May (lead guitarist) it is about life and inevitability of death and only 1 verse is about the Cold War, the one with the mushroom cloud) 4. Crazy Thing Called Love (Elvis tribute) 5. We Will Rock You and 6. We Are The Champions. Status Quo: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mq6mpKSEoKzFqrw.html

@paulmaxey6377

Жыл бұрын

Bohemian Rhapsody and We Will Rock You are shortened because of the time limit each act had. They only had 20 minutes, so Bo Rap is cut to just the start up the the opera section and We Will Rock you to just first verse and chorus (full song is 3 verses but still quite a short song and normally done like here back-to-back with We Are The Champions).

Someone asked Mercury what instrument he played - he answered "The audience".

@sicknote1558

Жыл бұрын

Lol 😂 😆 🤣

@Vexelpops1

Жыл бұрын

woooow doooood 2deep4me

@razvanboghi7502

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@johnmcaleer7099

Жыл бұрын

Mic in one hand audience in the other

@johnmcaleer7099

Жыл бұрын

One after the other And phil collins took concorde uk-usa

Freddie doesn't impersonate people, he doesn't have to, he's a legend 🙂

@edbad85

Жыл бұрын

Although, he said himself he wrote Crazy Little Thing Called Love to impersonate Elvis. Granted, he ended up sounding a billion times better than Elvis but there you go

@d1specdrifter

Жыл бұрын

Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track is featured on their 1980 album The Game, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits in 1981.

@benjames9158

14 күн бұрын

@@d1specdrifter chat got response

queen stole the show that day , and freddie proved he was the greatest showman ever to set foot on a stage .

@Isleofskye

Жыл бұрын

...and his Doctor begged him not to perform...

@teringlijer4202

Жыл бұрын

@@Isleofskye doctor was probably right but didnt knew that history had to be made

6 years after this performance Freddie died, what a great shame we lost such a brilliant performer.

@albin2232

Жыл бұрын

He seemed like a really nice guy.

@Metzwerg74

Жыл бұрын

much too early...

@martinyeomans3319

Жыл бұрын

To right ,saw him and queen twice live, RIP Freddie and thank you.

@d1specdrifter

Жыл бұрын

​@@Metzwerg74 we all pass when its our time. Never too soon too young,nor too old. We just temp renting life here.

I've never associated Freddie with Elvis - he was absolutely one of a kind. When you watch a few more Queen shows you'll realise that although Elvis was a great singer, Freddie outshines him and all the others.

@geerttaelemans657

Жыл бұрын

But freddie was a hig Elvis fan

@roberthudson1959

11 ай бұрын

First of all, Elvis and Freddie played different roles. Elvis was a solo act, while Freddie fronted a band. Second, there is no way in the world that Freddie had a better voice than Elvis. While they won't explicitly say it, both Sir Brian May and Roger Taylor have used "musicspeak" to say that Lambert's voice is better than Freddie's.

What's more amazing about Freddie's performance was he had a serious throat infection at the time and his doctors had advised him not to go on stage. Queen wrote all of their own songs. Queens music has been used in so many films, tv shows, talent shows, adverts and other stuff that you have probably heard loads of their songs without realising it.

@highpath4776

Жыл бұрын

One can hear a little re-working of the tuning and notes on Bohemian, which in no way reduces it, it probably improves

@blackbob3358

Жыл бұрын

What was even more amazing, mr "Cummings", he put some cummings in to a bloke knowing he had aids.

@roverwaters3875

Жыл бұрын

folktale

@artemisfowl66

Жыл бұрын

The drink he had on the piano was actually honey and lemon

It's amazing that, despite not being a Queen audience, they all knew what was expected of them.

Freddie wrote Crazy Little Thing Called Love as a tribute to Elvis and Sir Cliff Richard, two of his musical heroes. It was written in 1979, just two years after Elvis' death.

@Hard-Boiled-Bollock

9 ай бұрын

Cliff was one of his heroes?!

3:54 "He crossed the Atlantic on a Concorde. Collins admitted in later interviews that some people perceived him negatively as "showing off" by playing both venues in one day. He was the only participating Live Aid performer to accomplish this unique feat."

@simonoleary9264

Жыл бұрын

If you read his autobiography, he was originally supposed to be only playing a set in Wembley, but the Live Aid guys kept adding things and he didn't like to say no.

@clivewilliams3661

Жыл бұрын

Why would you condemn anyone for showing off at Live Aid?????? It was the greatest charity event to have ever been staged, all the performers performed for free and I expect PC to have used his own money to make something special by flying Concorde to participate in two concerts in two parts of the World in one day. Whatever PC got out of it it was dwarfed by the added entertainment value that generated £££££/$$$$$ for the cause. I have the video recording of the whole concert from start to finish but unfortunately its on V2000 tape and my machine died years ago.

@TheEnigma64

Жыл бұрын

The Zeppelin/Colins gig in Philly was a disater though tbf! Colins is a great drummer and can play everything...but he aint John Bonham. They didn't have enough time to practicr together...and Phil's schedule was a bit hectic!

he was actually suffering from Laryngitis when they did this and for him to sound like this with a bad throat shows how good he really was

I think the big takeaway here is that the crowd was not a Queen audience and yet Freddie held them all in the palm of his hand no doubt gaining so many more fans after this concert. Such a legend!

20 plus minutes of sheer genius by the greatest frontman in history, a voice unmatched in range and emotion.

I think it is important to note that Freddie Mercury is universally hailed as possibly the greatest singer/performer of all time.

At the time of Live Aid I was serving in the British Royal Marine Commandos in a refugee camp in Ethiopia, whilst the Bands were raising money for the people we were there to help and protect. We listened to it on the radio. We were surrounded by the full horror of the Famine, but when Queen came on the radio those poor soles who were there even reacted in a very positive way. I remember that a lot of us Royal Marine Commandos were crying watching some of the children dancing along, I'm teary eyed just remembering. I looked around at men I had fought alongside, who were tough, hardened Royal Marine Commandos who had fought a life and death war against Argentinian's in 82. Before Queen it was really just like listening to normal radio, but by the end of Queen's set we were dancing with the children. It went along way to help build their trust in us. The famine is only one of many terrible memories I have from my years of active service, and helping with the feeding of such weak children as well of a lot of baby's, of which so many didn't make it. But when I remember the smiles on the children's faces, and their laughter at the terrible way we danced always reminds me that it was their humanity and strength of will that helped them find their way through even the worst of times. I only watched it for the first time about two years ago, my son put it on the TV. A lot of memories came back and a lot of tears. All the songs were Queen originals, even the one that sounded like Elvis which Freddie wrote in a bath. Freddie was advised against appearing at Live Aid as he was suffering from a nasty throat infection, yet he was still able to put on the greatest vocal performance of the entire event. My amazing Wife took me to see Queen at Wembley, in 1986 two weeks after I got back from Ethiopia as a surprise, we also went to the last Queen concert they ever did. I saw Queen live eight times in all (my wife only six ha ha), they were incredible live. And yes, I am an old fart. When I was fifteen I bugged one of my older brothers and his wife to go and see Queen's "The Game Tour" in 1980 at the Wembley Arena. It was a Christmas present to my girlfriend (now wife and owner), it was our second date. I'd seen them on their "Crazy Tour" the year before so I knew what a hell of a show they put on, plus I was trying to lure the Boss to the dark side :)). And like all good couples we have a song, which we danced to at our wedding, "You're My Best Friend", a song written by John Deacon. In 2007 I was walking in a part of London called, Putney, with two of my fellow service members. We were on our way to see an ex member of our Troop when I spotted a man I recognised, but I couldn't think of where from. Suddenly I realised who it was and shouted out "your John Deacon"! He nearly jumped out of his skin, and I immediately apologised for scaring the crap out of him. My two colleagues thought I'd lost my mind, until I told them who he was. I'd listened to Queen on Base and when we were Posted to Iraq, Afghanistan and a lot of other places all the time. Mr Deacon invited us for a pint at his local pub, which I said yes to, as fast as giving an order on Parade or when under fire. So there I was having a beer with a Legend, Queen's Bassist, talking about all the times I had seen Queen live, starting as far back as 1977 when I was fourteen, and also that my wife and I had "You're My Best Friend" as our song. I told him the impact that hearing Queen at Live Aid had on the refugee's who could hear it at the camp in Ethiopia in 1985. And how It was Queen that actually got some of the children dancing, how they showed us up and ended up dancing with them, and after that moment the children and some of the women started to trust us. The fact that we were able to build on that basis, and in other Country's being able to use music as a way to break down barriers that people who had suffered so much naturally build. Then my colleagues decided to tell him that I had a habit of singing Queen and songs from other bands like the Electric Light Orchestra, Earth Wind and Fire, Motorhead, Thin Lizzy and so on when we were in combat, and how it would help calm the younger Trooper's and soldiers. I just wanted to become invisible at that moment, but he asked me what I sang, so I ran of quite a long list, he said I had good taste. After a couple of pints we went on our way, I had the autograph for my wife. He was a humble and incredibly nice man, and I have such a great memory in meeting one of my hero's. However, as soon as we were out of sight, my colleagues ran for their lives. I caught them, lets just say it was a painful moment for them.

@nyghtmoon

Жыл бұрын

This brought a tear to my eye. You are a good bloke. 👍

@anna-majandersson6716

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this beautiful story! Greetings from Sweden! 💕 🇸🇪

@MICKEYISLOWD

Жыл бұрын

It has always been a dream to meet and share a drink with a hero. You must of been feeling like you won the lottery that day. John Deacon was an incredible Bassist and songwriter. You Are My Best Friend is a beautiful song and it gives off such loving and warm vibes. I hope he says healthy and strong in the world and for yourself also:)

@RPGMendrol

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, sir.

@keithg7254

Жыл бұрын

WELL DONE ROYAL!

If you haven't heard it before, listen to Bohemian Rhapsody the official video. This was a very abridged version. Lady GaGa took her name from Radio GaGa. Crazy Little Thing Called Love was a homage to Elvis. Freddie reportedly wriote in just a few minutes while taking a bath :D

If you liked this, you should see the Green Day audience singing Bohemian Rasphody. It was not a Queen concert, there was no band onstage, and Freddie had been gone for years at that point, but the crowd sang every word perfectly.

@MsGeoffh

Жыл бұрын

excellent idea!

@Galantus1964

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely.. that crowd performance is out of this world

@roberthudson1959

11 ай бұрын

I used to joke that children in the UK learned "Bohemian Rhapsody" before they learned their national anthem. After seeing that video, I am not sure I was joking.

If you want to see Freddie sing some thing more in a classical style try Barcelona which features Montserrat Caballe an opera singer. It was written to be the theme song of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but was replaced due to Freddie's death. Also Crazy Little Thing Called Love was written by Freddie Mercury in 1979.

@nightowl5395

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes, she would love 'Barcelona'....a remarkable song and an amazing performance from them both....I never tire of hearing it 💃

@CLMonster1

Жыл бұрын

@@nightowl5395 The live version in the park rather than the club

@candilumpkin1196

Жыл бұрын

Wow!!! I’m so jealous!!! I grew up listening to queen but was crazy young the last time they toured in the US and my mom wouldn’t talke me and I cried and cried. By the time I was old enough to go Freddie had passed a few years before. She still feels guilty

@colinp2238

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/ooR7l6aJYrW3is4.html live at Ibiza, Ku Club 1987.

Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 - 24 November was a British singer and songwriter, who achieved worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. Born in 1946 in Zanzibar to Parsi-Indian parents, Mercury attended English-style boarding schools in India from the age of eight and returned to Zanzibar after secondary school. In 1964, his family fled the Zanzibar Revolution, moving to Middlesex, England. Having studied and written music for years, he formed Queen in 1970 with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. Mercury wrote numerous hits for Queen, including "Killer Queen", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Somebody to Love", "We Are the Champions", "Don't Stop Me Now" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". His charismatic stage performances often saw him interact with the audience, as displayed at the 1985 Live Aid concert. He also led a solo career and was a producer and guest musician for other artists. Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS in 1987. He continued to record with Queen, and posthumously featured on their final album, Made in Heaven (1995). He announced his diagnosis the day before his death, from complications from the disease, in 1991 at the age of 45.

Just a little side note from an old git, you have taken me back to one of the most amazing days of my life. Yes I can proudly say" I was there!!!"

@nightowl5395

Жыл бұрын

I was there too....but only OUTSIDE the stadium 😅 I didn't have a ticket, but I was there at the beginning with a group of people handing out leaflets for the Vegetarian Society (sounds random now....but a connection to 'feeding the world' more efficiently I think...)

@JenMaxon

Жыл бұрын

Lucky you

@lizbignell7813

Жыл бұрын

I spent Live Aid day at the Llangollen International Eistedfodd. Not the same type of music at al!! Fortunately, my wonderful father recorded it all for me. Aren’t Daddies the best.

@ericadams3428

Жыл бұрын

I was there too. Unforgettable.

This has gone down in history as the greatest 22 minutes of live rock music ever. I remember seeing this on TV live with a beer in my hand, 5 minutes in my whole family were singing along wit Freddie. Later I saw them a year after Live aid.. They were awesome.. I briefly met Brian May and he was a real gent.

What an experience that concert must have been! I've never actually watched the entire Queen set, only clips. They really were the best at those giant stadium rock concerts. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is by Freddie Mercury, but I'm pretty sure he wrote it as a tribute to Elvis.

@paulmaxey6377

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, from what I have heard Freddie was a big Elvis fan and he wrote Crazy Little Thing as a tribute to Elvis. Freddie said "'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' took me five or ten minutes. I did that on the guitar, which I can't play for nuts, and in one way it was quite a good thing because I was restricted, knowing only a few chords. It's a good discipline because I simply had to write within a small framework. I couldn't work through too many chords and because of that restriction I wrote a good song, I think."

David Bowie was in after Queen , he was heard backstage saying .. "bastard's how the *uck am I supposed to follow that ! "

@rdouthwaite

Жыл бұрын

He still did a pretty good job mind...

@andrewgood4230

Жыл бұрын

It sounds like him, He wad worked with them before and knew what they could do. If he said those words it was to motivate his own performance, which was not a disgrace.

@craigavonvideo

Жыл бұрын

Yes, although I thought Bowie was the second best thing on the bill that night. His performance of Heroes is fantastic (with Thomas Dolby on keys) and then of course he cut his set short so that they could show the CBC TV video with The Cars "Drive" as the soundtrack. No-one was the same after that.

@JohnImrie

Жыл бұрын

@@craigavonvideo I'd invited some friends round to watch with me, after Drive I told everyone to empty their pockets.

The two "police" before Queen came on stage were, at the time, two of the most popular comedians in the UK. Check out Not the Nine O'clock News if you want to see more. The stadium was demolished a while after the Live Aid concert - so it's quite old fashioned compared to the new one. Freddie had a way of getting the crowd to eat out of the palm of his hand in a way that virtually no other performer either before or since could - he was totally amazing and so charismatic. The audience loved him like no other imho.

@peterjackson4763

Жыл бұрын

They had their own series too. A best of compilation is at kzread.info/dash/bejne/k4Blj8qah5zUoKQ.html

@DavidSmith-cx8dg

Жыл бұрын

Not the nine o clock news and Alas - Smith & Jones , Mel & Gryf are well worth checking out .

"Crazy little thing called love" is a Queen song written by Freddy & released in 1979

@dazza9326

Жыл бұрын

Yep, not an Elvis song at all.

@TheRealDarrylStrawberry

Жыл бұрын

@@dazza9326 its an Elvis tribute song. Freddie said so.

@dazza9326

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRealDarrylStrawberry But not an Elvis song.....

@TheRealDarrylStrawberry

Жыл бұрын

@@dazza9326 yea i know. its an Ode to Elvis. You basically commented "wrong" in so many words. Why not tell the young lady it was written in the name of Elvis? "WRONG. ERHHH, NEXT" (nobody likes those kinds of people)

@dazza9326

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRealDarrylStrawberry What are you going on about you Muppet? Who wrote it? Elvis? NO... Freddie did.... You're arguing with yourself you tool.

Yes, Freddie was having trouble singing. As said below, he had a throat infection and was advised not to perform. Freddie said it was like "gargling with glass". I would encourage you to check out more Queen songs. Based on your reaction to Freddie, I really think you will enjoy the journey. The band does so many songs that you've heard before and just don't realize. You can't put them into just one genre because they do it all. They truly are the best live band ever, IMHO and the more you watch/listen, I believe the more you will fall in love with this band. Every member of the band wrote hit songs and they are all excellent musicians. They are all fantastic but for me, it's Freddie Mercury that always puts a smile on my face when he's performing. I see you don't do many music reactions but if you decide to take that journey down the Queen rabbit hole, I'm sure many Queen fans would love to join you on your journey. I guarantee you Queen does not disappoint. One more thing, their Live Aid performance wasn't just considered the best of the day. It is still today considered the best live rock performance ever. Thanks for the reaction. If you want to check out more Queen, try Another One Bites The Dust live at Wembley 1986, Saturday performance. If you are into sports, you should recognize that one. Our marching band used to play it at our high school football games after a hard hit. I'll be back if you decide to take the journey.

Phil Collins performed in London in the morning, hopped on the Concorde which could get to NY in 4 hours, and played at JFK in the afternoon. Killed it

That was a unique day I'll never forget... glued to the TV all day watching London and Philadelphia ... fabulous music!

Freddie always said the song interpretation is up to the listener. He didn’t explain his music. He wanted each listener to create their own mental interpretation of his music. Each member of Queen wrote hit songs. But Queen was best seen live. Freddie’s voice was transforming. It was like he pulled energy from the universe and pushed it into the audience through his gorgeous voice and charisma. Listen to the lyrics and go down the Queen rabbit hole. You will hear songs performed by master musicians dripping with talent. Freddie was the most charismatic rockstar I’ve ever seen. In this show each act had only 20 minutes. Queen was one of the few bands to rehearse using timers so that they played 6 songs plus Freddie’s short call and response with the audience. So fun!

Hi Sarah! To answer some of your questions at the end. Crazy Little Thing Called Love was written by Freddie as a tribute to Elvis. All the amps on stage - When you see a band with lots of amps and cabs on stage most of them will be dummies and just there for show. A guitarist will typicallly use 1-3 amps on stage, usually one set to a clean sound, one set to a slightly distorted sound or 'rhythm guitar' sound and one very distorted for lead and guitar solos. The 'camera pavillion' is called The Mixing Tower and its where the mixing desk for the up-front sound that the audience hears lives and is controlled from. Finally I'm not surprised that you don't know much about Queen as in the eighties MTV 'banned' them because of their song 'I Want to Break Free'. In the video all four members dressed up as women Freddie Mercury as a bored housewife, John Deacon as a grumpy grandmother, Brian May as a Mother-in-Law and Roger Taylor as a VERY naughty teenage schoolgirl! After this the execs at MTV refused to play any of their songs until after Freddie's death.

A great Queen song to react to would be Somebody To Love live from Montreal 1981, the studio version is worth watching too.

@gaztl1000s

Жыл бұрын

As good as that is, the buzz from the crowd at Milton Keynes is better, but Montreal is still great 👍👍

The more often I watch this the more amazed I am by Brian May's lead guitar.

Four of them; just FOUR! No backing singers. The vocals were brilliant, especially the falsetto assistance from Roger! A simply stunning set, beamed live around the world. That's a band - and that's the greatest frontman ever!

A friend of mine was in the Met Police at the time and worked backstage throughout the concert, he’s got a programme signed by most of the acts that performed at Wembley

‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ was written by Freddie as a tribute to Elvis. He had the most amazing ability to mimic the voices of others, including a variety of styles.

The short mic stand happened to be a thing for him by accident in their very early gigging days while they were still an unknown band. During an early performance, the bottom half of the stand fell off ad became a better tool to perform with just the top half. It really helped Freddie develop his live-stage behaviour and style so he decided to keep it that way. In effect, he became the most famous 'air guitarist' of all time! Crazy Little Thing Called Love was written in tribute to Elvis Pressly & was released two years after his death in 1979. It was written using acoustic guitar while Freddie was taking a bath. The second song Radio Ga Ga is probably the 2nd most loved song of Queen's for UK fans. The video is very good too, the track itself is a synth song with very little guitar work in it. Hammer to Fall surprises me that it is not well known in North America, it never charted well there so has little airplay if at all. We will rock you was just one verse as they rehearsed so well that their set literally fitted the 20 minutes allotted time right down to the second. Champions and Rock you were released as a double A-Side and always traditionally ended the majority of Queen gigs together. It is fitting that they are both used for Sports.

@GraniteOwlBear

Жыл бұрын

In fact Lady Gaga came up with her stage name from the song Radio Ga Ga

@bluebell3720

Жыл бұрын

Mic stand happened when Freddie was with Ibex/ wreckage

@clarenceflam

Жыл бұрын

@@bluebell3720 much early on...cool!

@bluebell3720

Жыл бұрын

@@clarenceflam A guy from the band explained it hadn't been fixed in ptoperly and came away No one to fix it so carried on Next time he chose to keep it that way Asked why Freddie replied well everyone has a gimmick well now this is mine!

@snick260

Жыл бұрын

@@bluebell3720 that's true, was at my daughters school, end of year performance when it happened

They were magic-simply the best rock group ever.

What a lot of people forget is that many of the people in the crowd were not Queen fans. They came to see other acts. Queen were going through a low phase in their popularity at the time and were almost considering breaking up only weeks earlier. Dire Straits were on before them and David Bowie was on after.

@nightowl5395

Жыл бұрын

Yes, interesting.....I do forget that background to them appearing, so thanks...

@gaztl1000s

Жыл бұрын

I keep reading people say that queen weren't popular at that time, or that they were going to split,or the greatest bit of bull from the film was that they hadn't performed for ages, and that live aid was them coming back together,well that's utter rubbish, they started a world tour in August 1984 and ended in may 1985, that also took in the rock in Rio festival where they performed to 250,000 people, they were still a popular band, even after performing in South Africa and ending up on the black list of artists

@paulmaxey6377

Жыл бұрын

Was it Bowie who as Queen was walking off stage at the end of their set turned to Freddie and said "You bastard" because he had to follow them?

@greypossum1

Жыл бұрын

@@paulmaxey6377 That's right.

@greypossum1

Жыл бұрын

@@gaztl1000s Never saw the film. Saw them live at the end of 1984 and they were pretty tired. By the time of Live Aid, their "Works" album had been out for almost 18 months with Radio GaGa, Hammer To Fall and I Want To Break Free, the only songs to have success. But they certainly came out and nailed it on this afternoon.

Freddie always said that he loved his connection with the audience. I saw Queen live and we loved it too. I was at the same stadium a year later (1986) for a gig on Queen's last tour, best time ever.

@paulguise698

Жыл бұрын

Hiya David, I've got the concert on CD, just to let you know

Good to see you all back - I'm watching from your latest vlog to the earliest. I've been a massive Queen fan since 1974 (I'm that old) If you want to check out Queen further I would suggest Seven Seas of Rhye and Killer Queen. I watched Live Aid at home until 6pm and then went to the local pub to watch the rest. Live Aid came alive when Queen appeared on stage... we didn't have mobile phones back then so the pubs phone had queues to use to donate to Live Aid.

@martinbell3302

Жыл бұрын

Was at sea for the concert, a mate taped it and i watched it 2 weeks latter.

@alansmithee8831

Жыл бұрын

@Karina Bailey. Is this the right channel? Where's Joel?

Due to time differences, the concert in Philadephia was several hours behind the one in Wembley, and Phil Collins flew Concorde to appear at both, arriving at JFK for his 2nd flight some time (about an hour, IIRC) before he left Heathrow. Freddy had laryngitis during this show and had been advised not to perform by his doctor. So yes, he had trouble with the high notes, but it was a minor miracle that he was performing at all. Brian May (now Dr. Brian May, with a PhD in astrophysics and successful collaborations with NASA deep space missions - using doppler radar to map the asteroid belt was the subject of his thesis) on guitar was playing the guitar he built himself as a teenager, the "Red Special" which has been very extensively studied in attempts to reproduce its resonance, which has never been successfully copied although several special edition versions have been made - part of it came from the mantlepiece in his parents' house, which was removed during renovations, and was therefore available to him as scrap wood - it is centuries old. The body has cavities to resonate with the monitors, the first fully electric guitar to be designed specifically to do that. It is played through an amplifier designed by the bassist, John Deakin (Deaky) who is an electronics engineer. Queen blew the rest of the performers off the stage, and that included some of the top bands and artists of that time. Allegedly, David Bowie said "You Bastards" (with a grin) as they came off stage. Nobody could follow that set. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is Freddy's tribute to Elvis, so you pretty much nailed that. Roger Taylor (drums and backing vocals) is fully qualified as a dental surgeon. He was responsible for "Radio Gaga" possibly the only song ever to have inspired another artist's stage name. "We Will Rock" You was written for the audiences to be able to clap and sing along to - the thought was that when crushed together in a venue, stamping and clapping was all most could do - so Freddy and Brian each wrote a song to address that restriction - Brian came up with that one, and Freddy with "We Are The Champions". Both are written for stadia, not really smaller venues (although still work in larger arenas, at least). Just four of the most brilliant artists ever to take the stage, in one group together. Brian attributes much of their success to how their voices all complemented each other - all four being great vocalists as well as instrumentalists. Freddy, rather famously, described his main instrument as the audience. They headlined more than once at "Rock in Rio" to several hundred thousand fans. That is well worth seeing (and hearing, of course)! Also, without Freddy, there is the memorial concert in aid of aids charities, held after his death from that disease. Many famous artists of the time gave their services for free at that concert, as they all did in this one. Finally, Live8, held in Hyde Park 8 years after this and to coincide with the G8 summit and calling on the richest nations to give more help to the struggling ones, was the event which brought Pink Floyd together again which had been thought to be something their fans would never see.

@citizenpb

Жыл бұрын

Some good info there, but Cocteau Twins, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Madness, Radiohead and The Sisters of Mercy are just a few of the many, many artists that are named after another artist's songs.

@phillee2814

Жыл бұрын

@@citizenpb I'm not sure about all of those, and certainly some are not, but all are groups, (where you have to come up with a collective and hopefully catchy name) not stage names of an individual artist (who can just use their real name), which is what I stated.

@Grizzly01

Жыл бұрын

Dr. May's thesis used a Fabry-Perot Spectrometer in Tenerife to study the Zodiacal Dust Cloud. John Deacon. Roger Taylor started studying dentistry, but then became bored with it, so changed to biology and obtained a BSc in it. He is not a qualified dentist.

@citizenpb

Жыл бұрын

@@phillee2814 In that case, I give you Johnny Thunders. If you disagree with that one, or any of the groups, please take it up with wiki-p 😀

@phillee2814

Жыл бұрын

@@Grizzly01 ok, I sit corrected on Dr.May's thesis - but it was his interest in mapping asteroids in which he collaborated with NASA. And I missed his promotion to CBE. Fair enough on Roger. I do wonder though if the amount of dentistry he did do improved the precision of his fills 😁

Great reaction. Freddie Mercury was unwell the week of this concert with a bad throat and was advised to pull out by the doctors!

Thank you for reacting to my favorite band and sharing it with the rest of the world, sharing Freddie's remarkable stage presence, charisma and musical talent with another generation of music lovers in the world. Yes, as others have said in the comments below, Freddie wrote the "Crazy" song in tribute to Elvis, whom he loved, but also sang covers of other artists as well in their earlier concerts, such as "Jailhouse Rock".... etc. His impromptus with the audiences were legendary, also... at every concert, it was different. There is also a long story behind the "mooning" of the audience... check out "Death on Two Legs" and explore the backstory to that, you'll understand... Yes, please do more Queen, you will never regret it... "Bo Rhap" was such an iconic classic by the time of this concert, everybody could have sung it with him, check out Green Day concert at Wembley, amazing... AND Last but not least, this concert was broadcast on national television and satellite cable and radio stations to an estimated TWO BILLION people around the world simultaneously... quite a feat, never been done before... Also, I would like to give a special thank you to Mr. K in the comments below, as one of your other commenters replied, I have NEVER read such a beautiful and heart-warming tribute to Queen and their humanity, as your comment was! Thank you for your service and God bless... Kinda reminds me of David Bowie, singing "Heroes" at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, another great Queen concert we can all cherish for years to come. Thanks again SoGal, I'll be waiting anxiously for the next Queen song, just subbed... Blessings! P.S. Here's your next Queen song to react to... kzread.info/dash/bejne/pJ2rptFwj6remrA.html it's called "Is This the World We Created?"... it's the other half of the Live Aid concert... TY

Those amps at the front of the stage are what we called 'monitors', and were the way the band could hear what they were playing, before the days of earpieces. The main speakers would most times be out in front, so hearing your own instrument was difficult.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track is featured on their 1980 album The Game, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits in 1981.

I saw Queen live at Ellland Road, Leeds on the 29th May 1982. I was 16, they were phenomenal.

@Isleofskye

Жыл бұрын

It's good to see some entertainment at Elland Road😀

@rdouthwaite

Жыл бұрын

@@Isleofskye Oh no, I'm not having that 😆 #MOT #LUFC

@Isleofskye

Жыл бұрын

@@rdouthwaite Are Albert Johanneson and Rod Belfitt and Mick Bates still in the team?😶

@niallstranix5412

Жыл бұрын

I was at the same concert. Only went to see 'Heart', but got to say 'Queen' were epic.

@rdouthwaite

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@@niallstranix5412 Heart were excellent too. Teardrop Explodes not so much... got to say I felt quite sorry for them 😉

I've never really been a Queen fan, but they were really good at Live Aid.

@lorenzsabbaer7725

Жыл бұрын

they were absolutely spectacular every time they went on stage.....

@GilesMcRiker

Жыл бұрын

@@lorenzsabbaer7725 This. Live Aid was exceptional because Queen had the opportunity to not only show off their craft to the entire world, but also, in jiust 20 minutes, to establish themselves as THE preeminent live act from all the other artists who performed on both sides of the atlantic. However they performed at this level at every single one of their concerts

@gaztl1000s

Жыл бұрын

They were the best, and definitely the best on the day,I remember watching it and everyone sounded poor,I figured that in a concert like that you can't do a sound check to get the sound right, but queen had a secret weapon, they had their sound engineer there, with them having so much experience of performing in stadium the sound guy knew what to do, that's why they sounded so much better, they weren't louder, just clearer, and they used their 20 minutes to the full, the last minute or so you see the warning lights flashing at the front of the stage, that was to let them know when time was up, and after the last chord of champions you see the red light come on, that indicated power off to the amps, a few years later U2 became one of the biggest bands on the planet,but that day they were blown out of the water by queen, they didn't follow the plan and bono went off dancing with some woman and ran out of time to perform the new single, and missed out on the planet seeing it.

Later in the evening (about 9.48 pm) Freddie and Bryan May the guitarist came back (as a fill in while things were set up in Philadelphia) to sing the acoustic 'Is This the World We Created?'

Never tire of seeing this performance. Everyone only had 20 minutes to play so they managed to fit a lot in, especially since Freddie had laryngitis. Enjoyed seeing your reaction to his moves.

Queen stole the show because the band understood the purpose of the event. While the other artists took their time to play two or three extended versions of their songs, Queen chose to do compact versions of several of their biggest hits at the time. In addition, the group took advantage of their experience in performing in soccer stadiums to encourage audience participation at all times.

There are a couple of reasons why Queen was so good at Live Aid compared to many of the other performers. - Queen had taken their performance very seriously, they planned everything out and practiced over and over again during the previous days. For many others this was just a big charity event and there was no main act, and very short sets, so little incentive to push it to the max. Queen pushed it anyway. - The situation on stage was very difficult, you had no time to set up your gear on stage, no time to tune, no sound checks, just plug in and go, it was one act after the other and Queen was very good at minimizing the effects of that, while many other performers just accepted that it wouldn't be as good. - Freddy seemed to shine brighter the bigger the live audience was, and this time he had a world-wide live audience of 1.9 billion people in stadiums, watching it on TV or listening on the radio.

The constables at the start are Mel Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones, aka Smith & Jones, a sketch comedy pair. The former (died 2013) went on to direct the Mr. Bean films and the latter went on to be one of the Three Men In A Boat.

This was the best set for Live Aid. Queen was in top form as a band at this time. They had a new album and the band was getting along. Queen did a shorter set later that night. The band had rehearsed their sets for days in London before this epic performance. They did a great series of shows in the same stadium the next summer of 1986. One of those is still on KZread.

9:42 "What's this song about?" ... 5min 55secs (and the record company didn't want to put out a single that long). One of Freddie's DJ friends (Kenny Everett) "got hold" of it and played it many times on his radio show, and it worked. The single was Number 1 in the UK charts for 9 weeks The song was basically three songs melded into one by Freddie. According to Wikipedia "Mercury refused to explain his composition other than to say it was about relationships; the band is still protective of the song's secret". There has been a lot of in depth analysis, many theories and hypotheses. Take your pick. Whatever you want it to be. There is a thought that he is talking about his death due to HIV, but he did not know that he had it at this point, but his death from AIDS in 1991 helped to focus people on what needed to be done. BTW: Bohemian Rhapsody written by Freddie Radio Gaga written by Roger Taylor (Drummer) Hammer To Fall written by Brian May (Lead Guitar) Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Freddie We Will Rock You - Brian May We Are The Champions - Freddie again However, Queen are the only group (as far as I am aware) where all four of the members wrote hits. John Deacon (Bass player) wrote "Another One Bites the Dust" (kzread.info/dash/bejne/gIp9xKWvls61Y6g.html) and "I Want To break Free" (kzread.info/dash/bejne/mGiBxY-HibOukbQ.html)

@lk-music

Жыл бұрын

The only hypotheses that makes sense I have found is that it is about coming out (without actually coming out, since he never officially did.)

@joecuthbert8637

Жыл бұрын

@@lk-music Yeh his girlfriend/best friend said it was his way of coming out to his mother who was very old world traditional.

@ingiford175

Жыл бұрын

@@lk-music That is one hypotheses. Mama just killed a man, pulled MY trigger and now he is dead. Basically some say that he is trying to say that he is killing part of himself to satisfy his family.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love written by Freddie Mercury within 10 minutes. As a tribute to Elvis. The song Hammer To Fall representing the Hammer of the Soviet Union during the time of the Cold War. This concert was watched by 1.9 billion people what's a legend Freddie Mercury was a great vocalist songwriter and showman with Crowd Control like no other and queen always amazing checkout Wembley 86 and Freddie Mercury's favourite song that he wrote somebody to love Montreal 81 live HD

@paulmaxey6377

Жыл бұрын

I always thought that about Hammer to Fall, but actually according to Brian May who wrote it it is about life and inevitability of death. Only one of the 4 verses is about the Cold War, I am guessing the 'mushroom cloud' verse.

@astraboots

Жыл бұрын

Hammer To Fall goes with the world we created back in 1986 was widely understood to be about the Cold War and the world we created. I know in 2006 Brian May said it was a song about general death and the song Hammer To Fall was not entirely about the Threat from the Soviet Union it was referenced as you said under the Shadow of the mushroom cloud. X

@roverwaters3875

Жыл бұрын

The coverage was estimated to reach 1.9 billion people The estimation for viewing was 400mil

@astraboots

Жыл бұрын

@@roverwaters3875 13 satellites beamed to 110 countries over a billion people viewed and at the time there was only 5 billion people in the world.. amazing.x

I came from NYC to see Freddie and Queen at Live Aid I was 17. I cannot tell you what it was like but Amazing to have been there. I had seen Queen on their first US Tour at MSG in NYC and in also in Canada. That was the best show I have ever seen. Some of the best musician I have ever seen live in my life. RIP Freddie

You are listening to one of the best artists the world has ever seen

YOU CAN FIND THE ENCORE SEPARATELY ON THE OFFICIAL LIVE AID YT CHANNEL: "IS THIS THE WORLD WE CREATED?" "What's this song about?" Good question! Most people think it's about Freddie's "killing of his old self" ie his heterosexuality and coming to terms with being bisexual. HOWEVER, Fred always insisted that it didn't mean anything and it was just three songs he put together... to which guitarist Brian May would roll his eyes and say "Yeah RIGHT, Freddie!"😄 BTW, ABOUT FREDDIE'S PIANO MIC: (I think you asked if they clean them after each show?) I read that - after each show - THEY ACTUALLY THREW AWAY FREDDIE'S PIANO MIC and just replaced it with a NEW one for the next show, because he spit all over it so much!😅 After this set was over, Freddie said that his throat "felt like he'd been GARGLING WITH SHARDS OF GLASS" (because of his throat infection, which I'm sure lots of other people have already commented about). An interviewer backstage asked drummer Roger Taylor, later, if Freddie was normally so wild onstage, or if he was hamming it up more than usual for the event.... Roger replied "OH, we (the other band members) thought he had TONED IT DOWN quite a bit!"😂

The best response Freddie Mercury had was one time at a party when he met a woman who had no idea who QUEEN were, so she asked him which instrument did he play, to which Freddie responded with...'The audience!' THAT was Freddie Mercury!

Interesting to note that the brilliant lead guitarist, Brian May, has a doctorate in Astrophysics. A truly versatile musician, he also made his own guitar, the Red Special, from an old fireplace mantlepiece.

Oh the huge and incomparable Freddie. "Cada día canta mejor": every day that passes it sounds better.

Watch Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) with Rami Malek the Freddie Mercury biography its excellent

Amps on stage are used as a monitor for each guitarist so they can hear themselves, plus there's a signal going to the main front speakers, singers/drummers who use microphones, they get floor speakers to 'monitor' what they're doing.

@sergeinester6261

Жыл бұрын

They don’t have earwigs like they do now

@sergeinester6261

Жыл бұрын

KAtie Perry heard Killer Queen and wanted to become a popstar. LAdy GAGA named herself after Radio GAGA (Which was orgiginally Radio CACA (Shite in French). I’d do Killer Queen, Best Friend, You and I, It’s A Kind Of Magic, Under Pressure if you like the more middle of the road style of music - in a Queen style naturally

I'll remember this day for the rest of my life. I was there. Still got my 1985 Live Aid Ticket today all nicely laminated and stored in a safe. That evening he performed the backstage Dr recommended he didn't go on. Freddie was suffering with a Throat Infection. He was great when he came back onto the stage later that night.

Watch Highlander. Queen did the soundtrack and it’s amazing

Phil Collins flew by Concorde

@hellobanking802

Жыл бұрын

Some people at the time wanted the plane to crash.

Wowwww what a voice he had ,you are right about Elvis as complete showmen 🙂 may they both R.I.P By the way with respect you really do show your young age and me my old age .😁

Hi Sarah I remember watching this live on tv it was amazing queen smashed it out of the park great to see it again this performance relaunched their career excellent video 👍👍

What’s the song about? Holy crap, i just saw a Martian… Going to sit back and toast some sausages on the flames from this thread..

Your experience with Queen is normal. I was into their music my entire childhood, then when I was 14 their Greatest Hits came out and I realized they wrote almost every song I loved.

As someone who was only 2 when this concert happened I can't help but feel robbed never to be able to experience this amazing band live. I'm just happy it's been immortalized for us younger fans to enjoy. We didn't deserve Freddie but I'm glad we got him even if for a short time. Crazy Little Thing called love was a tribute to Elvis that Freddie wrote I think it was said in 10 minutes while in a bathtub.

So great to see you back!

Hi SG, USA For Africa’s charity song We Are The World was America’s response to the Band Aid charity record Do They Know It’s Christmas which was released around November 1984 comprising mainly British & Irish recording artists, Bob Geldof of Irish group The Boomtown Rats saw a BBC News report of a famine of biblical proportions sweeping through Ethiopia, Africa and felt moved to do something to help. He called Midge Ure of the group Ultravox and together they wrote the song. They managed to gather a myriad of artists together to record the record (an original song) which meant no royalties would have to be paid and all funds would go to the cause. They estimated that they might raise 100K but soon found that they could not keep up with demand, record stores were selling out daily! Within a year they had raised £1 million off record sales alone!! So We Are The World which was released in March ‘85 was essentially USA’s response to what Band Aid had achieved. Midge Ure produced the British record, Phil Collins played drums, other artists included U2, George Michael, Boy George, Paul Young etc. Not satisfied with what the records had achieved Bob Geldof created Live Aid. Phil Collins did achieve playing both venues, when he came off stage in London he was whisked to Heathrow Airport where he boarded the now retired Supersonic aircraft, Concorde, the fastest passenger plane ever built 😊

Phil Collins performed at Wembley stadium and was then driven straight to Heathrow airport where be boarded Concord and flew across the Atlantic to perform in Philadelphia. Concord was the only supersonic passenger airliner and the only aircraft that would get him there on time. It had 4 Olympus engines with afterburners, just like the Avro Vulcan nuclear bomber. You will definitely be interested in making a video about Concord. It could super cruise at over twice the speed of sound (mach 2) but was banned from breaking the sound barrier over land because the sonic boom could break windows and cause structural damage to houses. Once over the ocean, away from land it could travel at 3 times the speed of a regular passenger airliner. Because of the 5 hour time difference between the UK and the East coast of the USA, and the flight time of under 3 hours (record time = 2 hours and 53 minutes), passengers kind of went back in time, arriving in the US before they left. Needless to say, the Americans were jealous of Concord and did everything they could to ban it from using US airports. Every excuse they could think of, including noise pollution and other lame excuses. Concord would routinely fly over south east London where I live and would set off car alarms with the loud roar from its engines.

Phil Collins flew the Concorde to perform at Philly after he had done his gig at Wembley. The supersonic speed along with the time difference allowed him to perform at both places.

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!!

Heyyy wow, just found you. I watched both concerts on tv. I was lucky I saw Queen twice, 75-76 San Diego. U.S.Navy Vet. Texas.🇺🇸⚓️ I couldn’t keep my eyes from our Freddy. 3 hrs, twice

Dr Brian May, PhD, former Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University, on guitar. Back then he was just Brian May of Queen, but he returned to his academic work after Freddie died.

Brilliant entertainer. Has an amazing voice, that can actually sing opera beautifully, check out his appearance with the Spanish opera diva, Monserrat Caballe, absolute goose bump stuff. singing" Barcelona" a huge treat. .

The Queen rabbit hole is amazing with all styles of music. We still love out beautiful Freddie.

Love your research. Subscribed

Hello SoGal and Roger. I missed this as I had pre booked tickets for a rail trip round Europe for a month, though I passed through London that day, setting off. I said "It is just a concert". I remembered Queen releasing albums I enjoyed ten years earlier, but I had moved on in taste. A few years later I tried to explain to co workers, who went to the memorial concert for Freddy, that I preferred dance music. This video reminds me that I just subscribed to Its JPS channel. That in turn makes me think my favorite 70s band at the time was Be Bop Deluxe, who did "Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape" which for Joel and Midwest Americans that I have watched whilst you have been quiet on KZread seems appropriate. Full Marx for the video and I hope nobody is too Groucho with my music tastes. Best not Harpo on any longer.

Probably the best showman ever!!!

Great stuff! 👍👍👍

How are YOU doing? I hope you're doing well. Thanks for the great uploads as usual.

@SoGal_YT

Жыл бұрын

Getting back into the swing of things!

@DrumsTheWord

Жыл бұрын

@@SoGal_YT I'm pleased to hear it :)

Crazy Little Thing Called Love is a Queen original song that's tribute to the rock n' roll era. It's often times incorrectly credited as being written by other artists, mostly commonly Elvis, which is why Freddie injects a few Elvis references to his performances.

Im surprised you didn't get who queen were SoGal really shocked , possible one of the biggest performers ever , you must be very young, I've never been anywhere in the world on holiday without hearing a queen song in a bar or basically anywhere they have music on , live and learn sister to that voice live. Xx

Great reaction!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Great video. So nice to know young people are interested in this historic event. Young people then were so united for a common good. Love and peace and down with divisive rhetoric ❤️

Thank you for your reaction to this g.o.a.t.band and their awesome songs in the charity event 💖💯...

Smith and Jones, who introduced Queen, were a very popular comedy double act in the UK. If you’ve ever watched National Lampoon’s European Vacation, Mel Smith is the one who plays the owner of the grandly named “The Royal Imperial Windsor Arms Hotel” in London that the Griswolds stay at!

I saw this on another KZread channel in the comments section And I quote " for 27 minutes in 1985 the island of Britain was ruled by an entirely different queen " I was 8 years old when this was aired and even back then I knew that I saw something special

Hi loved the Queen live aid video. To answer your question. Phil. Collins travelled from one venue to the other in the famous Concorde. Not sure which way though. keep up the good work. Allan.

Always a joy to watch that. One reason that it stole the show on the day is that they turned the volume up a couple of notches. Originally the organisers had been told to keep it in check because it's in a residential area. Queen were having none of that! Freddie is a consumate showman, probably the best front man a band could wish for. He's from Zanzibar in East Africa, and I can never remember his birth name. The lead guitarist is Brian May. He's got a degree in astro-physics. He and his dad made the guitar that he usually plays on stage. It has a distinctive sound. Roger Taylor is the drummer, he's pretty good on vocal additions too. John Deacon played bass, and also wrote some of their hits. If you watch the original videos that go with their records, you'll find them very entertaining, they put a lot of effort into making them worthwhile to watch. That's how the crowd knew all the gestures and moves on Radio Ga-Ga. Crazy little thing called Love was written to appeal to Americans as they weren't having much success there. Yes it was a tribute to Elvis too. One other reason they did well at Live Aid, is that they'd spent a lot of time touring South America, playing large crowds in football stadiums. So this was a familiar environment for them. Two policemen at the start were well known and well liked comedian's, Mel Smith, and Gryff Rhys Jones ( he's Welsh) Their joke about Status Quo. The Quo had actually opened the concert. They were a long established denim rock band, who'd been around since the 60s. Competent rockers, some were considering that they were getting past their sell by date. Which was a shame, they were good. Good video. Can never have too much Queen!

@amandab4978

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@John Ashtone Farrokh Bulsara 😉

Status Quo opened Live Aid with Rockin all over the world - well worth checking out!

Freddie was working on writing three different songs when he had he genius inspiration to combine them into this epic masterpiece. One of the three was originally going to be titled "The Cowboy Song" and is where the shooting references come from.

Sir elton John had a concord from England to use was 3 hours 15 seconds from landing to playing

Never realised before and I saw this live as it happend, but when Freddie Mercury plays the piano, the keys don't go down. He is mime playing.

I was very fortunate to be in the audience on the day, I didn't care for Queen then but was absolutely amazed by this performance. For 22 minutes, he had the old in the palm of his hands. The whole stadium were bouncing during and after. It was a hot humid day in the stadium and many, including myself were tiring and more than a little dozy. The whole band lifted the spirits of 90,000 people. My son had video recorded it and viewers definitely had the best view IMHO. I saw them twice in the following years and was never disappointed. In todays class money they charity raised £60 Billion.

@pikles2608

Жыл бұрын

Hey Steve I was there also luckily I was 10ft from the front and we were getting sprayed by the security with garden hoses lol what a day I honestly dont know how we drove home afterwards.

I've seen a lot of these reviews of songs and bands etc I have to tell you this yours has been the best one for the visual side of it. Most of the other ones the reviewer or reviewers take up too much of the space and show such little screen. That you would need a magnifying glass to see them. Not to mention you're kind of easy on the eyes