Live Aid DVD
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 5:39 amHas anyone else bought this yet? I watched a huge chunk of it last night after not having seen Live Aid since my old VHS tapes finally gave out in 1988. It could also be labelled "The Day Of A Thousand Mullets" as it seems every band had at least 2 or 3 members sporting them. Despite reading the accompanying booklet's apology for the varying sound and picture quality, it seemed just fine to me.
Without a doubt, U2 and Queen stole the show. U2 for just making that set a little more special by having Bono pull those fans out of the crowd and Queen...well, these guys just blew everyone else off the stage. I remember Bob Geldof saying that even if you did'nt particularly like Queen's music you had to admit they were the best band of the day. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed The Style Council and Paul Young as well (Paul Young brought out Alison Moyet and they sounded like they had rehearsed for weeks, probably did'nt). Ultravox and Spandau Ballet gave enjoyable but somewhat workmanlike performances. Bowie was great as usual. It seems that the lamest performances occured in Philadelphia. The Beach Boys, God love'em, were pretty sloppy and Bob Dylan seemed either drunk of stoned. The less said about Duran Duran's set the better (too bad they did'nt include "A View To A Kill" where Simon Le Bon's voice cracks).
Not all of the performances are on the 4 DVD set for various convoluted reasons but a few I had'nt seen before, INXS in Australia for example, were a pleasant surprise.
...oh and McCartney's mike is on throughout "Let It Be" but not synced up to the picture.
Without a doubt, U2 and Queen stole the show. U2 for just making that set a little more special by having Bono pull those fans out of the crowd and Queen...well, these guys just blew everyone else off the stage. I remember Bob Geldof saying that even if you did'nt particularly like Queen's music you had to admit they were the best band of the day. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed The Style Council and Paul Young as well (Paul Young brought out Alison Moyet and they sounded like they had rehearsed for weeks, probably did'nt). Ultravox and Spandau Ballet gave enjoyable but somewhat workmanlike performances. Bowie was great as usual. It seems that the lamest performances occured in Philadelphia. The Beach Boys, God love'em, were pretty sloppy and Bob Dylan seemed either drunk of stoned. The less said about Duran Duran's set the better (too bad they did'nt include "A View To A Kill" where Simon Le Bon's voice cracks).
Not all of the performances are on the 4 DVD set for various convoluted reasons but a few I had'nt seen before, INXS in Australia for example, were a pleasant surprise.
...oh and McCartney's mike is on throughout "Let It Be" but not synced up to the picture.