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I was travelling home from boarding school that day, remember seeing the Goodyear blimps over Wembley as the train pulled into London. Then watched/listened in the garden at home, whilst enjoying a BBQ. |
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By *ripfillMan 7 days ago
Paris, New York, Hong Kong and Havant |
The day I remember so well …
I was an instructor on an outward bound course at Tally bont on the Usk
We all got back off Cribyn to watch it
A great memorable day hot like today too ! |
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By *and12Couple 7 days ago
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Watching and remember the hubby going mad about everyone on the grass it's a football stadium not a fuck concert venue still rining in my ears and he just said the same thing all these years later miserable git |
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It was great see it all again, top trip down memory lane. I still have the VHS tapes as I recorded the whole the thing - Wembley and JFK - on but not seen the concerts for a long time.
Many years later I ended up touring with Midge Ure and he - chillingly - told us it almost all went wrong. It was actually on track to be a disaster and make no money at all, the opposite even. There was at one point panic. despite people working for free, certain expenses were still incurred.... with no one to pay them!
It was a first. Never anything like it attempted before and the public were just not used to being asked to ring in and pledge money and so they simply didn't. Midge said the phones were at times were dead!
Three things saved Live Aid in his opinion...
1) The video of Bowie & Jagger singing Dancing in the Streets was only scheduled to be played once. Folks rang offering money to see it again. So it was shown numerous times more.
2) Footage children starving in the camps in Ethiopia soundtracked by Drive by The Cars caused a surge in calls so was also played several times more than the original single planned airing.
3) A band, themselves waning in popularity, called Queen hit the stage just after half-six UK time... and.... well... we ALL know what their set was like!
Midge did say there were meetings with BBC producers later afternoon to maybe pull the broadcast. Or splice other programs in between (like they do with Glasto now) as complaints to the switchboard (a lot about U2's performance for one) were outweighing calls pledging money!
Of course the day was saved and the rest is history. But I found Midge's take scarily fascinating.
PS - Midge just reacted with a wry smirk when asked if Geldof really only cooked up the idea of Band Aid and Live Aid to try and boost The Boomtown Rats' rapidly declining popularity. Read into that whatever you like. |
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"It was great see it all again, top trip down memory lane. I still have the VHS tapes as I recorded the whole the thing - Wembley and JFK - on but not seen the concerts for a long time.
Many years later I ended up touring with Midge Ure and he - chillingly - told us it almost all went wrong. It was actually on track to be a disaster and make no money at all, the opposite even. There was at one point panic. despite people working for free, certain expenses were still incurred.... with no one to pay them!
It was a first. Never anything like it attempted before and the public were just not used to being asked to ring in and pledge money and so they simply didn't. Midge said the phones were at times were dead!
Three things saved Live Aid in his opinion...
1) The video of Bowie & Jagger singing Dancing in the Streets was only scheduled to be played once. Folks rang offering money to see it again. So it was shown numerous times more.
2) Footage children starving in the camps in Ethiopia soundtracked by Drive by The Cars caused a surge in calls so was also played several times more than the original single planned airing.
3) A band, themselves waning in popularity, called Queen hit the stage just after half-six UK time... and.... well... we ALL know what their set was like!
Midge did say there were meetings with BBC producers later afternoon to maybe pull the broadcast. Or splice other programs in between (like they do with Glasto now) as complaints to the switchboard (a lot about U2's performance for one) were outweighing calls pledging money!
Of course the day was saved and the rest is history. But I found Midge's take scarily fascinating.
PS - Midge just reacted with a wry smirk when asked if Geldof really only cooked up the idea of Band Aid and Live Aid to try and boost The Boomtown Rats' rapidly declining popularity. Read into that whatever you like. "
I met Gelfof once! He presented some of us with our Duke of Edinburgh Awards. He was the most arrogant man I’d ver met! They do say “never meet your heroes”!!!! And he stunk too!!! 😂 |
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I met Gelfof once! He presented some of us with our Duke of Edinburgh Awards. He was the most arrogant man I’d ver met! They do say “never meet your heroes”!!!! And he stunk too!!! 😂"
I have heard remarks before about his personal hygiene - or lack of - several times! |
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"It was great see it all again, top trip down memory lane. I still have the VHS tapes as I recorded the whole the thing - Wembley and JFK - on but not seen the concerts for a long time.
Many years later I ended up touring with Midge Ure and he - chillingly - told us it almost all went wrong. It was actually on track to be a disaster and make no money at all, the opposite even. There was at one point panic. despite people working for free, certain expenses were still incurred.... with no one to pay them!
It was a first. Never anything like it attempted before and the public were just not used to being asked to ring in and pledge money and so they simply didn't. Midge said the phones were at times were dead!
Three things saved Live Aid in his opinion...
1) The video of Bowie & Jagger singing Dancing in the Streets was only scheduled to be played once. Folks rang offering money to see it again. So it was shown numerous times more.
2) Footage children starving in the camps in Ethiopia soundtracked by Drive by The Cars caused a surge in calls so was also played several times more than the original single planned airing.
3) A band, themselves waning in popularity, called Queen hit the stage just after half-six UK time... and.... well... we ALL know what their set was like!
Midge did say there were meetings with BBC producers later afternoon to maybe pull the broadcast. Or splice other programs in between (like they do with Glasto now) as complaints to the switchboard (a lot about U2's performance for one) were outweighing calls pledging money!
Of course the day was saved and the rest is history. But I found Midge's take scarily fascinating.
PS - Midge just reacted with a wry smirk when asked if Geldof really only cooked up the idea of Band Aid and Live Aid to try and boost The Boomtown Rats' rapidly declining popularity. Read into that whatever you like.
I met Gelfof once! He presented some of us with our Duke of Edinburgh Awards. He was the most arrogant man I’d ver met! They do say “never meet your heroes”!!!! And he stunk too!!! 😂"
Maybe so, but he still raised millions of pounds and saved loads of lives so should be applauded not critercised. |
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"It was great see it all again, top trip down memory lane. I still have the VHS tapes as I recorded the whole the thing - Wembley and JFK - on but not seen the concerts for a long time.
Many years later I ended up touring with Midge Ure and he - chillingly - told us it almost all went wrong. It was actually on track to be a disaster and make no money at all, the opposite even. There was at one point panic. despite people working for free, certain expenses were still incurred.... with no one to pay them!
It was a first. Never anything like it attempted before and the public were just not used to being asked to ring in and pledge money and so they simply didn't. Midge said the phones were at times were dead!
Three things saved Live Aid in his opinion...
1) The video of Bowie & Jagger singing Dancing in the Streets was only scheduled to be played once. Folks rang offering money to see it again. So it was shown numerous times more.
2) Footage children starving in the camps in Ethiopia soundtracked by Drive by The Cars caused a surge in calls so was also played several times more than the original single planned airing.
3) A band, themselves waning in popularity, called Queen hit the stage just after half-six UK time... and.... well... we ALL know what their set was like!
Midge did say there were meetings with BBC producers later afternoon to maybe pull the broadcast. Or splice other programs in between (like they do with Glasto now) as complaints to the switchboard (a lot about U2's performance for one) were outweighing calls pledging money!
Of course the day was saved and the rest is history. But I found Midge's take scarily fascinating.
PS - Midge just reacted with a wry smirk when asked if Geldof really only cooked up the idea of Band Aid and Live Aid to try and boost The Boomtown Rats' rapidly declining popularity. Read into that whatever you like. "
I found your Midge Ure story very interesting. Especially the part about complaints over U2's set. They were supposed to play Pride ( In The Name Of Love), but because of Bono's messing about and trying to look edgy and cool, they didn't have time. The band, well Larry Mullen Jr in particular, basically sacked him after their performance backstage but Paul McGuiness, their manager at the time, persuaded them to rethink as it would look bad for all parties imploding at a charity bash. |
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