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By *ol_ie OP Man
over a year ago
Dublin west |
37 years ago today the Live aid concert took place.
In an era of social media and downloads will we ever see the like again..
And we got to see one of the greatest performances ever when Queen took to the stage..
For those of us old enough to remember it, where have those years gone and I bet you can remember where you watched it from. |
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I remember our local community centre showed it on a big screen and you donated upon entry. I was too young to be overly interested tbh but yeah, the Queen performance was phenomenal especially knowing the background to it. |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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Tramps disco bar in Crumlin....from 10.00 am in the morning to get a good seat watching on the big screens
Apart from the bands performances the main memory I have is when David Bowie stopped his set to introduce a video taken by a canadian News crew
Someone had put a soundtrack on it The Cars.....Drive
As they sang the line "who's going to hear you scream " A baby screamed in the video.....there wasnt one person not crying after that in the pub....incredible
The link is below if you've never seen it
https://youtu.be/9xIpHNd3hjU |
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I was working and visited about 15-18 bars that day within a 40 mile radius and saw Status Quo kick it off and snippets the rest of the day. I didn't see the Queen performance until years later but I thought Bowie was brilliant and the fact he defied the TV broadcasters and introduced the film about the reasons behind the event half way through his set said a lot about him as a person.
The broadcasters had threatened to go to a blank screen if they showed it between acts and Bowie said fuck it, I'll do it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Tramps disco bar in Crumlin....from 10.00 am in the morning to get a good seat watching on the big screens
Apart from the bands performances the main memory I have is when David Bowie stopped his set to introduce a video taken by a canadian News crew
Someone had put a soundtrack on it The Cars.....Drive
As they sang the line "who's going to hear you scream " A baby screamed in the video.....there wasnt one person not crying after that in the pub....incredible
The link is below if you've never seen it
https://youtu.be/9xIpHNd3hjU"
Where was that bar in crumlin I lived near crumlin village  |
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By *DSGCouple
over a year ago
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I was working and the bus driver has his radio on as he was driving had no idea there was a concert even on or reason behind it
Do remember Bob Geldof saying the F word when he asking people to donate and having to apologise after for saying such word as people complained  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I didn't watch it, was living at home at the time and my father controlled what was on the telly"
We were doing the weekly visit to the grandparents and it was banned there too |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
"Tramps disco bar in Crumlin....from 10.00 am in the morning to get a good seat watching on the big screens
Apart from the bands performances the main memory I have is when David Bowie stopped his set to introduce a video taken by a canadian News crew
Someone had put a soundtrack on it The Cars.....Drive
As they sang the line "who's going to hear you scream " A baby screamed in the video.....there wasnt one person not crying after that in the pub....incredible
The link is below if you've never seen it
https://youtu.be/9xIpHNd3hjU
Where was that bar in crumlin I lived near crumlin village "
The Submarine.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Tramps disco bar in Crumlin....from 10.00 am in the morning to get a good seat watching on the big screens
Apart from the bands performances the main memory I have is when David Bowie stopped his set to introduce a video taken by a canadian News crew
Someone had put a soundtrack on it The Cars.....Drive
As they sang the line "who's going to hear you scream " A baby screamed in the video.....there wasnt one person not crying after that in the pub....incredible
The link is below if you've never seen it
https://youtu.be/9xIpHNd3hjU
Where was that bar in crumlin I lived near crumlin village
The Submarine...."
It was a great spot
Fell outta many a night.. was better before they done it up |
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I was at my nephew's wedding in Essex - stuffed into my suit on a boiling hot day (or at least what we thought was "boiling hot" then before global warming started to bite). The reception was totally marred by a row between my nephew and his dad because of the latter's refusal to provide a free bar - they didn't speak to each other for at least 15 years afterwards. Families, eh? |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
I will never forget that Saturday afternoon; I was only ablt to dip in and out of that astonishing concert because I was finalising the proof of concept for a process I had been developing for nearly three years.
Heady days in so many fronts! |
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The cinema in Mosney, we were down for 2 week holiday, wasnt allowed to stay inside long cos the weather was gorgeous and god forbid you would be inside on a good day, room was packed with people and lots walking in and out too, real party atmosphere. |
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Watched it in the local...they did a fundraising breakfast that morning. Never ever will I see a pub full of people so early clapping like they did to radio gaga....and the roof was raised with We are the Champions...amazing day |
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"I remember our local community centre showed it on a big screen and you donated upon entry. I was too young to be overly interested tbh but yeah, the Queen performance was phenomenal especially knowing the background to it."
What was the background to it? |
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