Live Aid at 40 BBC2
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I was there, right at the front with a mate, for the whole day/night.
He rang me in the morning and said he had two tickets to some gig at Wembley, and did I fancy coming
When I eventually got home, my mum was watching the Philadelphia bit on the telly.
'Where have you been all day?' she said 'You've missed this!'
He rang me in the morning and said he had two tickets to some gig at Wembley, and did I fancy coming
When I eventually got home, my mum was watching the Philadelphia bit on the telly.
'Where have you been all day?' she said 'You've missed this!'
I ve been reading the Wikipedia account of the event and all I can say it is sounding a lot better than their description of an unmitigated technical disaster and acrimonious ego fracas.
My neighbour at my previous house was a senior BBC sound engineer and staff tutor, and was on the crew that day. He once told me that half an hour before it started they were all bricking it, as nobody believed they could make it happen.
Then the Quo came on.
One round of “allo, ow are you, allright?” to make sure the mikes were working, and straight into “here we are and here we are and here we go” and everybody in the control room leant back in their seats and breathed out. It was going to work.
My neighbour also told me that when the Quo walked off stage everybody checked their watches and they were bang on their allotted time. Nobody else all day managed that.
(And as I write, I have just been staggered to find out that it was David Gilmour playing that great solo with Bryan Ferry - something that hadn t dawned on me in 40 years!)
My neighbour at my previous house was a senior BBC sound engineer and staff tutor, and was on the crew that day. He once told me that half an hour before it started they were all bricking it, as nobody believed they could make it happen.
Then the Quo came on.
One round of “allo, ow are you, allright?” to make sure the mikes were working, and straight into “here we are and here we are and here we go” and everybody in the control room leant back in their seats and breathed out. It was going to work.
My neighbour also told me that when the Quo walked off stage everybody checked their watches and they were bang on their allotted time. Nobody else all day managed that.
(And as I write, I have just been staggered to find out that it was David Gilmour playing that great solo with Bryan Ferry - something that hadn t dawned on me in 40 years!)
Midge Ure was interviewed on R2 this morning and he gave some background to the whole event. They were pushing everything from technology ( satellite linkage) and getting everybody together in the timeframe. No email, no mobile phones, no internet, no idea how to pull a concert together with two locations separated by 3000 miles and 5 hours. To pull it all together was an amazing feat and it’s one of those moments ( if you were alive) you remember where you were when you watched it.
Scaleybrat said:
Midge Ure was interviewed on R2 this morning and he gave some background to the whole event. They were pushing everything from technology ( satellite linkage) and getting everybody together in the timeframe. No email, no mobile phones, no internet, no idea how to pull a concert together with two locations separated by 3000 miles and 5 hours. To pull it all together was an amazing feat and it s one of those moments ( if you were alive) you remember where you were when you watched it.
The 3 part series available on the IPlayer discussed on this thread is worth a watch.https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
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