1. Originally posted by mickoafc:There was a great 2 part documentary about Live Aid on the BBC over the weekend just gone inc interviews with Bono and Larry. A really interesting program with some very funny moments. Geldof was quite a character! Both docs are on iPlayer for those who can get it.
    Thanks for letting us know about these documentaries.
  2. Originally posted by mickoafc:There was a great 2 part documentary about Live Aid on the BBC over the weekend just gone inc interviews with Bono and Larry. A really interesting program with some very funny moments. Geldof was quite a character! Both docs are on iPlayer for those who can get it.


    I presume this is the rerun of the documentary aired in 2005 to celebrate 20 year anniversary? I recorded both parts at the time on VHS,it’s knocking about somewhere in a cupboard lol When Geldof got a call the night before saying U2 we’re gonna pull out because they wouldn’t be allowed a sound check before going on,so he said ‘..f**k ‘em..’ No band were allowed a sound check to my knowledge.

    I also think they missed a trick at Live 8 in 2005,they should have opened with Pride (after doing Sgt Peppers with McCartney) to close the circle.Live Aid was most definitely a career projecting performance for them.

    My generations must watch TV live event of the 80’s I reckon,I did feel that even back then.I watched the Wembley show all the way through from 12 noon to the 10.30pm ish end,but not the Philly show after that.Boiling hot day if I recall too and stuck indoors glued to the TV.
  3. it is time to call bob geldof and bring it all out on vinyl in a box what a great show , and with cassete recorder and video and waiting for ...... yes now record
  4. Originally posted by gmc:[..]


    I presume this is the rerun of the documentary aired in 2005 to celebrate 20 year anniversary? I recorded both parts at the time on VHS,it’s knocking about somewhere in a cupboard lol When Geldof got a call the night before saying U2 we’re gonna pull out because they wouldn’t be allowed a sound check before going on,so he said ‘..f**k ‘em..’ No band were allowed a sound check to my knowledge.

    I also think they missed a trick at Live 8 in 2005,they should have opened with Pride (after doing Sgt Peppers with McCartney) to close the circle.Live Aid was most definitely a career projecting performance for them.

    My generations must watch TV live event of the 80’s I reckon,I did feel that even back then.I watched the Wembley show all the way through from 12 noon to the 10.30pm ish end,but not the Philly show after that.Boiling hot day if I recall too and stuck indoors glued to the TV.


    Nope Queen are was and always will be shat! U2 topped the day.

    Great BBC doc about the event,very insightful,didnt realise how unorganised the entire thing was.
  5. It’s 35 years ago but nothing changed at all
    In the era where we can buy a record from Japan in just one click,people still die for starvation and there is no water
    Doesn’t it make you think 🤔?....
    I can’t believe it
  6. But it's not just famine. More than 50 years after Selma and the assassination of MLK and we're still protesting that Black Lives Matter.
  7. Originally posted by Fly40:It’s 35 years ago but nothing changed at all
    In the era where we can buy a record from Japan in just one click,people still die for starvation and there is no water
    Doesn’t it make you think 🤔?....
    I can’t believe it
    Of course nothing much changed. What were you expecting? That an entire continent would suddenly elicit change because of the 'doings' of 'pop' stars in a 'pop' concert?? A continent that was/is morally and economically mechula and caused a lot of the continued starvation well after the goodwill of the Live Aid concert.

    Nevertheless, there has been change founded upon the global awareness of the situation since before the concert was even an idea in Geldof's mind.
    Since 2000...
    • There are eight million more AIDS patients getting antiretroviral drugs.
    • Eight countries in Africa have cut their malaria rate by 75%.
    • The same countries have 2.65 million fewer child deaths a year or 7,256 a day.
    • The number of people living in extreme poverty has reduced from 43% in 1990 to 21% in 2010.
    • At the current rate of decline, the number of people in extreme poverty would be close to zero by 2030

    Change wasn't going to happen overnight! Basic rule of commerce and economics. To effect change it will always be a progressive role and not expeditious. Economics and poverty are strange bedfellows and yet synonymous.

    Furthermore, a lot of the continents infrastructure was damaged thanks to the Europeans lest we forget...

    Africa's a wreck and it's not because it was hit by an asteroid. It's a wreck largely because it was hit by Europe.
    Naom Chomsky

    Foreign trade and commerce had played a big part in the scenes we saw hit our screens in 1984 of famine and pestilence which wasn't just down to the land's hydrology (or lack of).

    If you want to know more about the whole reason famine exists on that continent then I do recommend the following book by Alex De Waal titled Mass Starvation - The History And Future Of Famine.



    Africa's plight/story is a similar scene played out elsewhere in history where Europeans had subjugation of other subjugations.

    For man is subject to the same law
    Which governs all living things
    And this law dictates
    That every living thing maintained its existence
    Exclusively by depriving other living things of theirs

    So it has always been
    And so it shall ever be
    Man is a beast of prey
    History proves that man is a beast of prey

    The beast of prey conquers countries
    Founds great realms through subjugation of other subjugations
    Creates states and organizes civilizations
    Exclusively to enjoy his booty in peace

    Attack and defense, suffering and struggle
    Victory and defeat, domination and servitude
    All sealed with blood
    This state is the entire history of the human race


    Richard Wagner
  8. I just thought about it as simple as could be.i surely know that I couldn’t expect changes from day to day....but what makes me think,in the easiest way,is the fact that people don’t have food.i can’t believe it because everyone everyday has a huge mountain of things to waste.
    But I thank you for your explanation,I know Chomsky,and I will surely read Alex De Waal
  9. Nice footage with Bono appearing briefly, looking like he's just finished their set at 7Mins 30 secs in.