Live Aid is a double-use concert venue held on July 13, 1985, and an ongoing music-based fundraising initiative. The original event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds to eliminate the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Billed as a "global jukebox", the event was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom (attended by 72,000 people) and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (attended by about 100,000 people).
On the same day, the initiative-inspired concert took place in other countries, such as the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan, Yugoslavia, Austria, Australia, and West Germany. It is one of the largest satellite and broadcast television channels of all time; global audience estimates of 1.9 billion, in 150 countries, watched live broadcasts. If accurate, this would be nearly 40% of the world's population at the time.
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The Live Help Concert of 1985 was conceived as a follow-up to the success of the charity "Do They Know It's Christmas?" which is also the idea of ​​Geldof and Ure. In October 1984, images of millions of people starving to death in Ethiopia were shown in Britain in BBC News Michael Buerk's report on famine in 1984. The BBC News crew was the first to document hunger, with Buerk's report on Oct. 23 describing it as "biblical hunger in the 20th century "and" the closest thing to hell on Earth ". The report shocked the UK, motivating its citizens to flood aid agencies, such as Save the Children, with donations, and to bring the world's attention to the crisis in Ethiopia. Bob Geldof also saw the report, and called Midge Ure from Ultravox, and together they quickly co-wrote the song, "Did They Know It was Christmas?" in the hope of raising money for hunger relief. Geldof then contacted colleagues in the music industry and persuaded them to record a single entitled 'Band Aid' for free. On November 25, 1984, the song was recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, and released four days later. It stayed at number one for five weeks in England, was Christmas number one, and became the bestseller ever in England and raised Ã, Â £ 8 million, than Ã, Â £ 70,000 Geldof and Ure were originally expected. Geldof then directs his attention to the big concert staging to raise further funds.
The idea to hold a charity concert to raise more funds for Ethiopia originally came from Boy George, the lead singer of the Culture Club. George and Culture Club drummer Jon Moss took part in the recording "Did They Know It was Christmas?" and in December 1984 the Culture Club toured the UK, which peaked in six nights at Wembley Arena. On the last night at Wembley on Saturday 22 December 1984, an impromptu meeting of several other artists from Band Aid joined the Culture Club on stage at the end of the concert for the "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Encore. George was so distressed by the occasion that he told Geldof that they should consider organizing a charity concert. Speaking to the British music magazine Melody Maker in early January 1985, Geldof expressed his enthusiasm for George's idea, saying, "If George organizes it, you can tell him that he can call me anytime and I'll do it. is the logical development of the record, but the point is you are not just talking about it, you go ahead and do it! "
It was clear from the interview that Geldof had an idea to hold a two-point concert and how the concert should be composed:
"The show should be as big as possible in humans.There is no point in just 5,000 fans coming up at Wembley: we need to have Wembley connected to Madison Square Gardens and the whole show to broadcast around the world.It's great for Duran to play three or four points at Wembley and then flick to Madison Square where Springsteen will play.While he is on stage Wembley can be prepared for subsequent England action like Thompsons or anyone.With so many actions can be shown and television rights, tickets and so on can raise phenomenal amount of money It's not an impossible idea, and certainly worth exploiting. "
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Organization
Among those involved in organizing Live Aid were Harvey Goldsmith, who was responsible for Wembley Stadium concerts, and Bill Graham, who collected American legs.
The concert grew in scope, as more action was added on both sides of the Atlantic. Tony Verna, the inventor of an instant replay, was able to secure the John F. Kennedy Stadium through his friendship with Philadelphia Mayor Goode and was able to earn, through his connections with ABC's chief timer John Hamlin, a three hour prime time slot on ABC Network and, a long program through meetings that resulted in the addition of ad-hoc networks in the US, covering 85 percent of TVs there. Verna designed the required satellite scheme and became Executive Director and Co-Executive Producer along with Hal Uplinger. Uplinger came up with the idea of ​​producing a four hour video editing from Live Aid to be distributed to those countries without the satellite equipment needed to reload live feeds.
Collaboration effort
The concert begins at 12:00 British Summer Time (BST) (7:00 Eastern EST (EDT)) at Wembley Stadium in England. It continues at John F. Kennedy Stadium (JFK) in the United States, starting at 13:51 BST (8:51 EDT). Wembley show in UK ends at 22:00 BST (17:00 EDT). JFK performances and all concerts in the US end at 4:05 pm BST July 14 (23:05 EDT). Thus, the concert continued for over 16 hours, but as many artist performances were performed simultaneously at Wembley and JFK, the concert total was much longer.
Mick Jagger and David Bowie are meant to perform an intercontinental duet, with Bowie in London and Jagger in Philadelphia. The problem of syncing means the only practical solution from a distance is to have one artist, perhaps Bowie at Wembley, a pantomime along with a previously recorded vocal recording as part of a direct sound mix for Jagger's performance from Philadelphia. Veteran music engineer David Richards (Pink Floyd and Queen) was brought in to make the recording and mixed sounds of Jagger and Bowie performing in their respective places. The BBC then had to make sure the recordings and sound recordings were aligned while also doing a live sound mix from the recordings from both places. The combined recordings must then be reflected back by satellites to various broadcasters around the world. Due to the time lag (the signal will take a few seconds to broadcast twice across the Atlantic), Richards concludes that there is no way for Jagger to hear or see Bowie's performance, which means there can be no interaction between the artists, essentially defeating the essence of practice. On top of this, both artists object to the idea of ​​imitating what is considered a historic event. In contrast, Jagger and Bowie worked with Richards to create a video clip of the song they were going to do, a cover of "Dancing in the Street", which was shown on the second screen of the stadium and broadcast as part of the coverage of many TV networks.
Each of the two main parts of the concert ended with their continental anti-hate hatred song, with Band Aid "Did They Know It was Christmas?" closing the UK concert, and US for Africa "We Are the World" closing the US concert (and thus the entire show itself).
The concert organizers later said they were very interested in ensuring at least one surviving member of the Beatles, ideally Paul McCartney, taking part in the concert because they felt that having an 'old statesman' of British music would provide greater legitimacy in the eyes of the political leaders who his opinion the players are trying to shape. McCartney agreed to appear and said it was "management" - his children - who persuaded him to take part. In the event, he is the last player (apart from Band Aid suffix) to get on stage and one of the few that will be hit by technical difficulties; his microphone failed for the first two minutes of his "Let It Be" piano performance, making it difficult for television viewers and it was impossible for them in the stadium to hear it. He then joked by saying he had been thinking about changing the lyrics to "There will be some feedback, let it be".
Phil Collins performed at Wembley Stadium and JFK, traveled by helicopter (driven by British TV personality Noel Edmonds) to Heathrow Airport, then by Concorde to New York, and with another helicopter to Philadelphia. Aside from his own set in both places, he also plays drums for Eric Clapton, and plays with reuniting Led Zeppelin members alive at JFK. In Concorde's flight, Collins meets actress and singer Cher, who does not know the concert. Upon reaching the US, he attended a Philadelphia concert and can be seen performing as part of the "We Are the World" concert finale.
Broadcast
Broadcaster Richard Skinner opens Live Aid concert with the words:
This concert is the most ambitious international satellite television business ever attempted at the time. In Europe, feed is supplied by the BBC, whose broadcasts were presented by Richard Skinner, Andy Kershaw, Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Andy Batten-Foster, Steve Blacknell, Paul Gambaccini, Janice Long and Mike Smith and included numerous interviews and chats among various acts. BBC television's voice feed is mono, like all English TV audio before NICAM is introduced, but BBC Radio 1's feed is stereo and sync in sync with TV pictures. Unfortunately, in a hurry to prepare transatlantic bait, a sound ball from Philadelphia was sent to London via transatlantic cable, while video feeds via satellite, which meant lack of sync on British television receivers. Due to the constant activity in London and Philadelphia, BBC producers eliminated the reunion of Crosby, Stills, Nash & amp; Young from their broadcast. The BBC, however, does supply 'clean bait' to various television channels in Europe.
ABC is largely responsible for US broadcasts (although ABC itself only broadcasts the last three hours of concerts from Philadelphia, hosted by Dick Clark, with the remainder displayed in syndication via Orbis Communications, acting on ABC's behalf). A completely separate and simultaneous AS feed is provided to MTV's cable viewers, whose broadcasts are presented in stereo, and accessible as such to those with stereo television. At that time, before the sound of multichannel television was enforced nationally, very few televisions were reproducing stereo signals and some television stations could be broadcast on stereos. While the broadcast was run without ads by the BBC, MTV broadcasts and syndication/ABC included ads and interviews. As a result, many songs are eliminated due to commercial breaks, as these songs are played during this slot.
The biggest problem of the syndication/ABC coverage is that the network wants to keep some of the biggest actions that have been previously played on that day for certain points throughout the broadcast, especially in the last three hours in prime time; thus, Orbis Communications has several sequences replaced by others, especially parts of concerts that act from London and Philadelphia playing simultaneously. For example, when the London/Wembley final takes place at 22:00 (10:00 pm) London time, syndicated viewers see previously recorded segments, so ABC can show the final part of the UK during its prime time section. In 1995, VH1 and MuchMusic aired a re-edited ten-hour broadcast of the concert for the 10th Anniversary.
At one point in the middle of the concert, Billy Connolly announced that he had just been told that 95% of televisions around the world were tuned for the event, although this certainly could not be verified.
Live Aid concert in London is also the first time that the BBC outside the broadcast sound equipment has been used for such scale events. In contrast to the mirror sound system commonly used by rock band tour technicians, with two 40-48 channel mixing consoles in front of the house, and another pair for monitors, the BBC's sound engineer must use some 12 channel tables. Some people consider this as the point at which the mainstream entertainment industry is aware that the rock concert industry has overtaken them in technical expertise.
Wembley Stadium
The Coldstream Guards band opens with "Royal Salute", "God Save the Queen". Status Quo started their set with "Rockin 'All Over the World", also played "Caroline" and fan favorite "Do not Waste My Time". "Bob told me," It does not matter what you hear, as long as you're there, "guitarist and singer Francis Rossi said." Thanks for the honesty, Mr. Bob. "This will be the band's last appearance with bassist and founding member Alan Lancaster and drummer Pete Kircher, although the predecessor Lancaster and Kircher John Coghlan briefly reunited with Rossi and Rick Parfitt for two short tours in 2013 and 2014 under the name "Frantic Four." Princess Diana and Prince Charles were among those present at the concert.
The Queen's appearance has been selected - by more than 60 artists, journalists and music industry executives - the biggest live performances in rock history. The lead singer of Queen Freddie Mercury sometimes leads the crowds together, and her continuing notes during the acappella section became known as "The Note Heard Round the World". The 20 minute band set opens with "Bohemian Rhapsody" and closes with "We Are the Champions". Mercury and fellow band member Brian May later sang the first of the final three parts of the Wembley show, "Is This The World We Created...?"
Other performances that were well received on that day included those by U2 and David Bowie. The Guardian quotes Live Aid as the star making event of U2. The band plays a 14 minute "Bad" rendition, in which vocalist Bono jumps off the stage to join the crowd and dance with a girl. The length of "Bad" limits them to two songs; the third, "Pride (In the Name of Love)", should be dropped. In July 2005, the girl she danced said that she was actually saving her life at the time. He is destroyed by the person who pushes forward; Bono sees this, and gestures frantically to the officer to help him. They do not understand what he's saying, so he jumps down to help himself. David Bowie's appearance has been described by Rolling Stone as "Bowie's last victory in the 1980s".
Bob Geldof performs with the rest of Boomtown mice, singing "I Do not Like Monday". He stopped right after the phrase "Today's lesson is how to die" to a standing ovation. He finished the song and left the crowd to sing the last words. Elvis Costello sang the Beatles version of "All You Need Is Love", which he introduced by asking the audience to "help [him] sing this old northern British folk song".
US acceptance of US feeds failed several times and was resolved throughout the US concert by intermittent intermittent sounds on audio from the US (see John F. Kennedy Stadium section for more details) and also failed during their Japanese concert relay, which blackened most of the Off Course tracks "Endless Nights".
In addition, the transatlantic broadcast from Wembley Stadium experienced technical problems and failed during The Who's performance of their opening song "My Generation", soon after Roger Daltrey sang "Why do not you all fade..." (the last word "Away" Cut off when the fuse broke off causing the Wembley stage TV feed to temporarily fail). The broadcast is finally returned when the last stanza of the Pinball Wizard is played. John Entwistle's bass will not work at the start, causing an awkward delay or more than a minute before they can start playing. The band played with Kenney Jones on drums and it was their first performance since disbanding after the 1982 'farewell' tour. The Who's performance, including a sometimes chaotic version but "Will not Get Fooled Again", was described as "rough but true" by Rolling Stone , but they will not perform together again until the 1988 BPI Award.
While performing "Let It Be" near the end of the show, Paul McCartney's piano microphone failed during the first two minutes of the song, making it difficult for television viewers and stadium audiences to hear it. During this performance, TV viewers are better, wiser than stadium audiences, because the sound of TV is taken from another microphone near McCartney. Stadium attendants, obviously unable to hear electronic sounds from this microphone, unless they have portable TVs and radios, drown out what sounds a little from Paul's voice during this part of his performance. As a result, the organizers and players Bob Geldof, accompanied by previous players David Bowie, Alison Moyet and Pete Townshend returned to the stage to sing with him and support him (as did the stadium audience though he could not hear much), by then, Paul's microphone had been fixed.
At the end of the Wembley show, Bob Geldof grew up on the shoulders of guitarists Who's Pete Townshend and Paul McCartney.
John F. Kennedy Stadium
The host of the concert television section in Philadelphia is actor Jack Nicholson. The opening artist Joan Baez announced to the crowd, "this is your Woodstock, and it's long overdue," before leading the crowd in singing "Amazing Grace" and "We Are the World".
When Madonna climbs to the stage, despite the ambient temperature of 95 ° C (35 ° C), she proclaims "I will not die today!" referring to the latest releases of her original nude photos in Playboy magazine and Penthouse .
During the opening number, "American Girl", Tom Petty turned his middle finger to someone from the stage about a minute into the song. Petty stated that the song was a last-minute addition when the band realized that they would be the first player to play the American side of the concert after the final in London and "because of this, after all, JFK Stadium".
When Bob Dylan broke the guitar string, while playing with Rolling Stones members Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, Wood took off his own guitar and handed it to Dylan. The wood is left standing on stage without a guitar. After shrugging the audience, he plays an air guitar, even imitating Who Pete Townshend by swinging his arms in a wide circle, until the stage stage gives him a replacement. The show itself was included on DVD, including the guitar switch and Wood talking to the stage, but many of the recordings used were close-ups of either Dylan or Richards.
During their duet on "It's Just Rock 'n' Roll", Mick Jagger rips part of Tina Turner's dress, leaving her to complete the song in what, effectively, as a tricot.
The JFK section includes a Crosby, Stills, Nash & amp; Young, the original Black Sabbath with Ozzy Osbourne, Beach Boys with Brian Wilson, and surviving Led Zeppelin members, with Phil Collins and Power Station (and former Chic) member Tony Thompson sharing assignments on drums replacing the band's late drummer John Bonham (though they was not officially announced by their group name from the stage, but was announced as Led Zeppelin on the 10th anniversary of VH1 which was reproduced in 1995).
Teddy Pendergrass made his first public appearance since his nearly fatal car accident in 1982 that crippled him. Pendergrass, along with Ashford & amp; Simpson, doing "Reach and Touch".
Duran Duran performed a set of four songs which was the last time the five original band members would perform together in public until 2003. Their set saw a faint and vague falsetto tone that was attacked by frontman Simon Le Bon during "A View to a Kill". The mistake was paralyzed by many media as "The Bum Note Hearing Round the World", in contrast to Freddie Mercury's "Note Heard Round the World" at Wembley. Le Bon then remembers that it was the most embarrassing moment of his career.
The English TV feed from Philadelphia was hit by regular regular ringing of sounds when Bryan Adams's turn was on stage and continued less frequently during the remainder of the American concert reception in the UK and both audio and video feeds failed entirely during the show. and during the Simple Minds show.
Phil Collins, who had appeared in England the day before, started his solo game with sarcasm, "I'm in England this afternoon. The old world is funny, right?" to cheer from the Philadelphia crowd.
Fundraising
Throughout the concert, viewers are urged to donate money for Live Aid assistance. Three hundred phone calls are manned by the BBC, so members of the community can make donations using their credit cards. Phone numbers and addresses that viewers can send to repeat every twenty minutes.
Nearly seven hours before the London concert, Bob Geldof asked how much money had been collected; he was told Ã, Â £ 1.2 million. He is said to have been very disappointed with the number and marched to the BBC commentary position. Reinforced further by the appearance by the Queen who was then called "truly exceptional", Geldof gave an interview where he used the word "fuck". Conducting interviews, BBC presenter David Hepworth has attempted to provide a list of addresses to which potential donations should be sent; Geldof interrupted him in the middle of the stream and shouted, "Screw the address, let's get the numbers." Although the phrase "give us your damn money" has turned to folklore, Geldof has stated that it was never spoken. Private Eye Magazine makes a huge capital out of this explosion, emphasizing Geldof accent which means profanity sounds as "fock" or "focking". After the explosion, it gives an increase of up to Ã, Â £ 300 per second.
Later in the evening, after David Bowie's set, a video captured by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was shown to audiences in London and Philadelphia, as well as on television around the world (though no US feeds chose to show the movie), showing hunger. and sick Ethiopian children are set to "Drive" by The Cars. (This will also be shown at the London Live 8 concert in 2005.) The rate of giving becomes faster as soon as the video moves. Geldof had previously refused to allow videos to be shown, due to time constraints, and only succumbed when Bowie offered to drop the song "Five Years" from his set as a trade-off.
Geldof mentioned during the concert that the Republic of Ireland contributed the most per capita, despite being under the threat of a serious economic recession at the time. The biggest contribution comes from Al Maktoum, which is part of the Dubai ruling family, who donated Ã, Â £ 1M in a phone conversation with Geldof. The next day, news reports claim that between Ã, Â £ 40 and Ã, Â £ 50 million have been raised. It is now estimated that around £ 150 million has been raised for famine relief as a direct result of the concert.
Important presence
Bruce Springsteen failed to perform at the Wembley Live Aid concert despite his massive popularity in 1985, later stating that he "did not realize how big the whole" was. She has expressed regret when she refused Geldof's invitation stating that she can play some acoustic songs because there are no slots available for the full band performances.
Michael Jackson refused to perform. Joan Baez claims she has heard a rumor that Jackson and Stevie Wonder have boycotted the show because of "black superstar politics." However, Jackson's press agent Norman Winter released a statement saying that Jackson "works all the time in the studio on a project that he is making a big commitment to," and as a result can not afford enough time to practice and perform in Live Help. Winter adds, "Michael just stayed in the studio, practicing and recording, I know what could be bigger than Live Aid, but Michael can not reverse his responsibilities to the people he works with, which affects jobs for many people." Jackson started filming Captain EO two days after Live Aid.
Prince did not play, but sent a pre-taped video of the acoustic version of "4 the Tears in Your Eyes", which was played during the concert. The original version appeared on the album We Are the World, while the video version was released in 1993 on Prince's The Hits/The B-Sides compilation. He wrote the song "Hello" about the criticism he got for rejecting it.
Billy Joel, Boy George, Waylon Jennings, Krisdayanti, Tears for Fears, Huey Lewis and News and Paul Simon were all included in the initial promotional material for the Philadelphia concert, but failed to show up. Paul Simon and Kwik Lewis received a request to play in Philadelphia but then issued a press statement stating that they had chosen not to show up after all, citing disagreements with promoter Bill Graham. The last poster for the Philadelphia show featured the actions of Peter, Paul and Mary and Rod Stewart (also featured in the Philadelphia concert program). Peter, Paul and Mary had to join Bob Dylan to bring the song "Blowing In The Wind", after recording a cover version in the 1960s - but Dylan called the organizer a few days before the show said he would play with Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards instead (Bill Wyman apparently told Geldof before he did not approach the Stones because 'Keith does not care'). Stewart did not tour at the time and ultimately was not able to collect the band in time for the concert, like Billy Joel who actually did not like the idea of ​​doing solo up front like a big stadium audience. Geldof claims, "Stevie Wonder finally agreed to show up, but then he called me and said, 'I will not be the black token on the show'".
Cliff Richard can not perform because he is committed to a gospel charity concert in Birmingham.
Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears commented that Bob Geldof "gave us so many gips to not show up on Live Aid.All the millions dying, that's our mistake.I feel bad.I tell you I know how Hitler must have felt. "The group was created for their absence by donating the proceeds from several of their world tour shows that year, as well as donating a recording of" Everyone Wants to Master the World "(entitled" Everyone Wants to Run the World ") for Sport Aid's Geldof Sport Aid event of the year 1986. The single reached the Top 5 in the UK, although the band's original version had been a hit only a year earlier.
Cat Stevens wrote a song for a concert, which she never did. According to the official book released after the event, he arrived at Wembley Stadium that day without any prior warning, and Geldof was unable to put him on schedule.
Liza Minnelli, Yoko Ono, and Cyndi Lauper were bugged to attend the JFK Stadium, but retreated. Lauper does appear in ads for "Live Aid Book" that aired during the concert.
Deep Purple reunited also because it emerged from Switzerland via satellite, but was pulled out after guitarist Ritchie Blackmore refused to take part. Eurythmics was scheduled to play Wembley but was canceled after Annie Lennox suffered a serious throat problem. Deep Purple (minus Blackmore, who left the band in 1993) appeared in Geldof's Live 8 sequel 20 years later, performing in Toronto on the show while Lennox performed at London and Edinburgh Live 8 concerts.
Frank Zappa was invited to perform but refused because he believed that the money raised by Live Aid did not address the core problems facing developing countries and instead helped the developed countries by providing ways to get drugs, calling the "biggest cocaine money laundering scheme of all time" concert.
A sighting of George Harrison arriving late Wednesday at Heathrow Airport led to widespread speculation that the reunions of three surviving Beatles are under construction. Approached by Geldof to join Paul McCartney in "Let it Be", he replied, "Paul did not ask me to sing it (Let It Be) ten years ago, why did he want me now?" Frustrated by the bombardment of the Beatles reunion question, Geldof said: "It's just something you have to answer.I feel silly that with all these actions and the concrete goals of the concert, one thing people suddenly know is," The Will the Beatles be reformed? ' Who cares? Besides, they can not reform - or have not people read the newspaper the past five years? "(reference to John Lennon's death).
Bill Graham is said to have rejected the Stranger and Yes because there is no free space on the bill for them.
The British rock band Marillion, riding high on the British summer charts with their Misplaced Childhood album and single "Kayleigh", missed an invitation to perform at Wembley because their manager thought it was worthless for the Fish singers to participate in "Do They Know It's Christmas?" single. Fish was quoted: "When it comes to billing for the concert we missed."
Participate in "Do They Know It's Christmas?" The finals at Wembley are Justin Hayward and John Lodge from The Moody Blues, Stewart Copeland of The Police and members of the Big Country. On the other hand, Lionel Richie, Harry Belafonte, Dionne Warwick, Melissa Manchester, Sheena Easton and Cher all appeared at the JFK final show featuring "We Are The World".
Diana Ross, Van Halen, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, The Smiths, Talking Heads and Donna Summer also rejected a request to appear. Depeche Mode, one of the most successful English-language bands in the 1980s, was not invited. Alan Wilder, a member of Mode at the time, said: "I highly doubt that we will accept the invitation, have we been asked.One personal view is that giving to 'chariddy' should be a wholly private gesture, from which there is no personal gain To be made, it is undeniable that almost all artists who participated in Live Aid achieved huge sales increases and became cynical I wonder how much of the profits from that sale actually ended Ethiopia. " UB40 vocalist Ali Campbell admitted that his band was also ignored by Geldof when planning a list of musical events on the British leg of the event: "We were not asked to do Live Aid because Uncle Bob did not like us. have a black act on the bill when raising money for Africa. "
Thin-keyboard player Lizzy Darren Wharton expressed regret about an unsolicited band to perform: "It was a tragic, tragic decision.That could have been and should have been a turning point for Phil (Lynott), and I think that Phil is pretty much that we were never asked to play, I mean Phil, had some problems then, but in the end, if he was asked to play Live Aid, it would be "It was a goal for him to clean up for the show. We were all very disappointed with the fact that we were not asked to do so. Because as you say, it is Geldof and Midge who Phil knows very well. I was surprised that we were not asked to do that. That would be a turning point, you know, for sure. I do not think Phil ever forgave Bob and Midge for that really. "
Neil Peart, Canadian rock band drummer Rush said: "Geddy is involved with the Northern Lights record here in Canada, though Rush is not invited to participate in the Live Aid event - especially since if you see the guest list , it's a very crowded situation.We do not refuse to take part because of any principle.Your minds, I would not be happy to be part of this scenario.is silent and only give them money if they are original.I remember that Tears For Fears, who made the musical and artistic decisions to withdraw from the concert, was later accused of killing children in Africa - how irresponsible and stupidly surprising Attitude to take towards the band But I have nothing bad to say about Bob Geldof, he sacrifices her health, her career, everything for something she believes in. But others around her are involved for their own reasons Some of them are involved in Northern Lights actually quo ted saying that their manager told them to get down to the recording sessions because that would be a good career move! What a joke! "
"I tried to walk to Live Aid," Roger Waters recalls, "but they do not want me but it's okay, I'm coming in. They ask me to put Pink Floyd back together and I say no but I'll bring my new band to play. "
Criticism and controversy
Bob Dylan's appearance caused controversy after he said, "I hope some of that money... maybe they can take a little, maybe... one or two million, maybe... and use, say, to pay mortgage on some farms and, the farmers here, owe the bank... "He's often misquoted, like on the Agricultural Help website, which says:" Would not it be great if we did something for ourselves farmers here in America? ". In his autobiography, Is That It? (published in 1986), Geldof is very critical of the statement, saying "He showed a complete lack of understanding of the issues raised by Live Aid.... Live Help is about people who lost their lives, there are differences that radical between losing your livelihood and losing your life, it incites Farm Aid, which is a good thing in itself, but it is a rude, stupid, and nationalistic thing to say. "Despite Dylan's criticisms, his comments were inspired by fellow musician Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp to organize a Farm Aid charity, which held its first concert in September 1985. The concert garnered more than $ 9 million for American family farmers and became an annual event.
Geldof is not happy about The Hooters being taped to the bill as the opening band in Philadelphia. He feels pressured by Graham and local promoter Larry Magid. Magid, promoting the concert through Electric Factory Concerts, correctly stated that the band was so popular in Philadelphia, their major label album Nervous Night released less than three months earlier was the original hit record. Geldof let his feelings be known during the interview for Rolling Stone by asking: "Who the hooters are?" In December 2004, Geldof appeared on the bill with Hooters in Germany as their opener.
Adam Ant then criticized the show and expressed regret about the play, saying, "I was asked by Bob to promote the concert, they did not know they could sell it, and in Bob's book he said, 'Adam is on a hill so I let him have one number. '... Doing that show is the biggest mistake in the world Knight made, Bono got it, and it was a waste of time.This is the end of rock' n 'roll. "Geldof stated in his autobiography that Miles Copeland, manager Adam Ant and Sting asked Geldof if he thought of asking Ant after Geldof contacted him for Sting to appear: "I have not, I think he's a bit outdated, but so is the Boomtown Rats, and each represents a particular part of pop history, so I agree, I also think that might entice him to encourage Sting, or maybe the three Police.
BBC co-host Andy Kershaw criticized the show in his autobiography No Off Switch, stating, "Musically, Live Aid is entirely predictable and boring.When they are thrown out - or rather suppressed by Geldof to play - it becomes clear that this is another parade of the same old rock aristocracy in a concert for Africa, hosted by someone who, when advertising his concern, and sympathizing with, the continent does not feel it worth celebrating or glorifying the place by including on the Live Help bill one African player. "Kershaw also described the attitude of Geldof and his show-mates as" irritating, superficial, self-righteous and complacent ".
Led Zeppelin Reunion
Led Zeppelin's reunion for the first time since the death of their drummer John Bonham in 1980 was less acceptable because of Robert Plant's hoarse voice, Jimmy Page was struggling with inappropriate guitars, lack of practice with two drummers taking Bonham's place and a non-functioning monitor. Plant described the show as "cruelty to us... It makes us look like crazy".
Page later criticized Phil Collins, who had played on Plant's first solo album, for his performance on drums. Page said: "Robert told me Phil Collins wanted to play with us I told him that it's okay if he knows the amount but in the end he does not know anything We play 'Whole Lotta Love', and he only there's a bashing go do not understand and grin.I think it's really a joke. "However, Collins said," It was a disaster, really, Robert did not match his voice and Jimmy got out of it, dribbled. If I can go I'll do it But then we'll all be talking about why Phil Collins is running from Live Aid - so I just stuck it out... I think it's just gonna be low and we'll all be together and have a game. But something happened between that conversation and that day - it was a Led Zeppelin reunion.I turned up and I was a square nail in a round hole. "Robert likes to see me, but Jimmy does not."
Due to their "sub-standard" performance, band members have blocked all possible broadcasts because and they withhold permission for it to be included on the official DVD release of the concert. Since then it has been chosen by Philadelphia as "one of the worst rock-and-roll reunions of all time". Victor Fiorillo writes: "I want to be able to blame all the misery on the weak Phil Collins, who sat on the drums, and Page himself then touched the Genesis drummer for messing up the set.But Collins is just the beginning of the bad.Please watch and remember. really terrible. "
Use of funds in Ethiopia
In 1986, Spin published a publication about the reality of Live Aid action in Ethiopia. Geldof responded by jeering at articles and medical aid organizations MÃÆ' Â © decins Sans FrontiÃÆ'¨res who had been expelled from the country. According to the BBC World Service, some of the funds are sucked by Mengistu Haile Mariam and his army (which includes the People's Liberation Front of Tigrayan). This coalition is fighting against Derg. The Band Aid Trust complained to the BBC's Editorial Complaints Unit about the specific allegations in the BBC World Service documentary, and their complaints were upheld. Despite his admirable admirer for the attention and attention of Geldof, the American television commentator Bill O'Reilly has been critical of Live Aid's monitoring of the use of the funds raised. O'Reilly believes that charitable organizations, which operate in recipient countries, must control donations, rather than the possibility of a corrupt government.
With the reason that Live Aid achieved good goals while inadvertently causing harm at the same time, David Rieff gave a presentation about the same concerns in the Guardian during Live 8. Tim Russert, in an interview about Meet the Press immediately after O'Reilly's comment, addressed to Bono. Bono replied that corruption, not disease or hunger, is the greatest threat to Africa, agreeing with the belief that foreign aid organizations must decide how money is spent. On the other hand, Bono says that it's better to spill some money into dangerous places for the people who need them, rather than disabling aid for possible theft.
Performance and setlist
London London, Wembley Stadium
Presenter:
- Richard Skinner - opens the show and introduces Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales
- Tommy Vance - introduced the Coldstream Guard, Quo Status, Style Board, Boomtown Rat, Nik Kershaw and Dire Straits
- Harvey Goldsmith - introduces Adam Ant
- Andy Peebles - introduced Spandau Ballet, Elvis Costello, Noel Edmonds, Howard Jones, Bryan Ferry, Paul Young, Griff Rhys Jones with Mel Smith and David Bowie
- Noel Edmonds - introduced Sting with Phil Collins
- Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith - introduce the Queen
- Jack Nicholson and Tommy Vance - introduce U2 and The Who
- Billy Connolly - introduces Elton John
- John Hurt - introduces Freddie Mercury and Brian May
Philadelphia, John F. Kennedy Stadium
Presenter: Bill Graham - introduced Jack Nicholson (before his first and last appearance), Chevy Chase with Joe Piscopo, Marilyn McCoo, Dire Straits, Santana, Bette Midler, Don Johnson, Eric Clapton and Dionne Warwick
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Presenter:
- Molly Meldrum - introduces Oz to Africa
- Mladen Popovi? - introduce YU Rock Misija
- Vladimir Posner - introduces Autograph and speaks in between their appearances
- Evelyn Selbert and Ken Janz - introduced the African Band fÃÆ'¼r
- Udo Lindenberg - made a speech between the African band fÃÆ'¼r performances
- Andy Kershaw - introduces Cliff Richard
Live Help Records
When the organizer, Bob Geldof, persuaded the artist to take part in the concert, he promised them that it would be an event that would never be seen again. That is the reason why the concert was never recorded in its original full form, and only secondary television broadcasts were recorded. Following Geldof's request, ABC even deleted its own broadcast recordings. However, before the syndication/ABC recording was deleted, a copy was donated to the Smithsonian Institution and is now suspected of missing. It should be noted here that ABC United States feed for Africa/Finale "Kami Dunia" does exist as a whole, complete with network end credits, and can be found as an additional feature on We Are The World: The Story Behind The Song DVD.
Meanwhile, MTV decided to save its broadcast recordings and eventually found over 100 Live Aid recordings in its archives, but many of the songs on this recording were cut short by MTV advertisers and presenters (according to the BBC). The BBC also decided to remove fragments from performance due to storage limitations, to pave the way for new programs. Many shows from the US are not shown on the BBC, and recordings of this show are missing. There are four separate Audio Trucks in Philadelphia provided by David Hewitt of Remote Recording Services. ABC has taken the decision that no multi-track tape recordings are allowed, so no remixing of the Philadelphia performances is possible.
Official Direct Aid DVD
An official 4-disc DVD set of Live Aid concerts was released on November 8, 2004. It contains a 10-hour partial recording of a 16-hour concert. The DVD is produced by Geldof company, Woodcharm Ltd., and distributed by Warner Music Vision.
The decision to finally release him was taken by Bob Geldof almost 20 years after his original concert, after he found a number of unauthorized concert copies on the Internet. There is controversy over the DVD release because the decision has been taken for a large number of songs not to be included in this edited version.
The most complete recording available is used from BBC sources, and this is the main source of DVD. During production on the official DVD, MTV loaned Woodcharm Ltd. B-roll and their alternate camera recording where MTV provides additional footage of the Philadelphia concert (where ABC has removed footage from Bob Geldof's command), and songs that are not littered with advertisements are used on official DVDs.
Working from BBC and MTV footage, some dramatic license titles were taken, to release a concert on DVD. For example, many songs on the official DVD have changed their soundtracks, especially in the order in which initially there was a microphone problem. In one instance, Paul McCartney had re-recorded his failed vocal for "Let It Be" in a studio the day after the concert (July 14, 1985) but was never used until the DVD release. Also, in late America, the original 'US for Africa' studio track for "We Are the World" was overtaken in places where the microphone was absent (consequently, it included vocals Kenny Rogers and James Ingram, two artists who did not even participate as well as in Live Aid).
Wise decisions are also made about which actions will be included and which are not, due to technical difficulties in the original show, the absence of the original recording, or for reasons of musical rights. For example, Rick Springfield, Four Peaks, Hooters, Power Plants, Billy Ocean, Kool and Gang and Crosby, Stills, Nash & amp; Young was among the remaining acts of the DVD. Many of the artist's songs performed are also omitted. For example, Madonna performed three solo songs in concert, but only two were included on DVD ("Love Make the World Go Round" was omitted). Phil Collins plays "Against All Odds" and "In the Air Tonight" at Wembley and JFK, but only the London performances of the former and the last Philadelphia performance were included on the DVD. JFK's "Against All Odds" performance was later included in Phil Collins' Finally... The First Farewell Tour DVD. Tom Petty performs four songs, and only two are included in the DVD. Patti LaBelle plays 6 songs but only 2 songs are included.
There is also a problem with the artists themselves. Two such players were left at their own request: Led Zeppelin and Santana. The former defend their decision not to be put on the ground that their performance is 'sub-standard', but to provide their support, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant promise to donate the proceeds from the DVD release page & amp; Plant: No Quarter for the campaign, and John Paul Jones promises a result of his American tour with the Mutual Admiration Society.
In 2007, Queen released a special edition of Queen Rock Montreal on Blu-ray and DVD formats containing their 1981 concert from The Forum in Montreal, Canada, and their complete Live Aid performances, along with Freddie Mercury and Brian May performing " Is This The World We Created...? "From the end of Live Aid UK, all mixed back in DTS 5.1 voice by Justin Shirley-Smith - this marks the first Live Aid material that was officially released in high-definition/Blu-ray format. Also included their Live Aid drills, and interviews with the band, from earlier this week.
At its launch, United Kingdom Treasury Secretary Gordon Brown decided that VAT collected on sale of Live Aid DVDs would be given back to the charity, which would raise  £ 5 for each DVD sold.
Certification
Unofficial recording
Since Live Aid broadcasts were watched by 1.5 billion people, most of the recordings were recorded on home consumer video recorders worldwide, in a variety of qualities. Many of these recordings are in mono, because in the mid-1980s most home video machines could only record mono sounds, and also because BBC Europe's TV broadcasts were in mono. US MTV broadcasts, ABC Radio Network and BBC 1 radio broadcasts are stereos. These recordings circulate among collectors, and in recent years, have also appeared on the Internet in file sharing networks.
Since the official Live Aid DVD release covers only a portion of this show, the unofficial distribution source continues to be the single most complete recording resource of the event. The official DVD is the only official video release that results directly into starvation aid, the cause of the concert was originally intended to help.
Technical
Wembley sound system
The Wembley speaker system is provided by Hill Pro Audio. It consists primarily of Hill J-Series Mixing Consoles, a Hill M3 Speaker System powered by Hill 3000 amplifiers. In an interview with Sound Studio in December 1985, Malcolm Hill described the concept for the system in detail.
Legacy
Live Aid has finally raised $ 127 million for hunger relief for African countries, and its generated publicity encourages Western countries to provide enough surplus grain to end the immediate hunger crisis in Africa.
Many artists and performers at Live Aid are well known and have a positive commercial influence. For all the cultural, charitable, and technological interests of Live Aid in 1985, its most rapid impact was on the charts. In the UK, for example, No Jacket Required by Phil Collins and Madonna's Like a Virgin jumps back to the top ten positions. Queen's three year old Greatest Hits climbed fifty-five places to the top twenty, followed by Freddie Mercury . Bad Guy . Every U2 album available at that time also goes back to the chart. In 1986, Geldof will be awarded the title of nobility by Queen Elizabeth II for his efforts.
See also
References
- Live Help: Rockin 'Worldwide - BBC2 documentary, remembers today, and the day itself; seen June 18, 2005.
- Live Aid: World Concert Book - Peter Hillmore with Introduction by Bob Geldof, ISBNÃ, 0-88101-024-3, Copyright 1985, The Unicorn Publishing House, New Jersey.
External links
- BBC News about Live Aid DVD
- Twenty Five Years... memories of Herald UK
- How Live Help is saved for history: BBC News
- Geldof foils 'Pirates Live Help': BBC News
- Philly.com: Live Help Philadelphia Photo Gallery
- In-depth interviews between Hal Uplinger, producer of "Live Help Concert", US show, and National Museum of American History (part of the Smithsonian Institution)
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