Bowie - what a gent. A complete rockstar and celebrity in his own right and he is in no way pulling focus or trying to gain attention. Hes just happy to be performing, legend.
@@stevepafford5501 I'm fascinated by how genuinely Bowie seemed to believe in the cause of Live Aid. In interviews afterwards he suggested that it should be an annual event.
I swear if i was in 1985 I will work very hard just to watch McCartney,Led Zeppelin, Queen, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Elton John, REO speedwagon, and many more ;-;
Comparing Queen to The Beatles is like comparing a shiny apple to a slightly more shiny apple with is The Beatles at least on my opinion! both bands are GREAT!!!
Just thinking of Live Aid 1985 - Im getting chills. Can you imagine Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Queen, U2, The Who, Dire Straits, Phil Collins, Elton John, George Michael, Led Zeppelin, Bob Geldof on the same concert at the same time??? And thats just Wembley part - as in US part we have Mick Jagger, Madonna, Tom Petty, Tina Turner, Black Sabbath, Bryan Adams, Eric Clapton and may many more I dont remember! That mustve been the best gig in a history.
Paul was still the biggest star to take the stage at live aid, even with all the artists there. I’m not saying he had the best performance (obviously Queen did) or that he was even the most popular at the time, but he’s freaking Paul McCartney. A legend, an icon, a god. So glad he’s still with us 🙏🏼
I remember that concert like yesterday, I was a senior in high school and I thought I was late seeing great artists because I didn't get to see them in the 60s, now at 57 I know that I seen then in their prime and I'm the lucky one, I witnessed concerts throughout late 70s and 80s and 90s people can only dream about!
Who else thinks that The Beatles would have been the best in Live Aid (tied with Queen) if they played all together. It would have been better than the Led reunion. Unfortunately, for some crazy reason, one of them was dead at that point.
@@nicolasnunez4701 they could start with Revolution , Let It Be , Something , all you need is love , maybe something from the early years ...and they finish with Hey Jude imagine all wembley singing that famous Na Na Na ...they could top queen easily
Paul McCartney was singing to himself for nearly 2 minutes until 1:57 when the sound engineers finally switched McCartney's microphone and everyone scream because they finally hear it.
So how do we hear it? We are not listening to macca monitor. We are listening the main out speakers. you clearly can hear the reverb of the big stadium since the beginning
3:14 was the moment everybody thought a Beatles Reunion is happening. Even the TV commentator in Philadelphia totally lost it until they realised that "George" and "Ringo" were Geldof and Townshend. Lol But it would have been the most epic fuckin' shit ever :D
Crazy to realize he has been a performer so long that he's seen the rise, fall and even the loss of some amazing acts that he inspired in his time, and the fact he's lasted all these years himself so strongly is such a blessing.
How amazing is this concert? Queen, Paul Mccartney, Elton John, George Michael, and David Bowie! That is amazing as helllll. Also, imagine if Lennon was still alive and the beatles got to perform. That would be even amazing! May Freddie, Bowie, and George rest in peace.
The amazing thing is none of them were the most talented at their instruments. There were better singers than paul and john, better bassists then paul, better guitarists then george, and better drummers then ringo. The reason why the beatles are amazing is how good of songwriters they were and that's why they are the greatest band of all time
Don’t underestimate Macca’s vocal range. Check out songs like Monkberry Moon Delight, Golden Slumbers, Long Tall Sally, etc. and contrast them with something like For No One or Mother Nature’s Son. The man had pipes and a lot of range.
No one in the audience could hear his microphone until 1:58. That's why they went nuts when one of the stagehands found the problem and plugged it back in.
Freaking David Bowie casually doing backup singing for freaking Paul McCartney in Live Aid is what I freaking live for and I truly can't imagine what it must've felt being there.
Famously, Paul's stage monitor wasn't working during this performance so he couldn't hear himself singing. He must have perfect pitch to have been so in tune despite not being able to hear himself. He said in an interview that he almost stopped playing because he thought nobody could hear him, but then said to himself, this is the BBC so they have to be picking up my voice somewhere. Good thing he kept going.
It was Paul's consummate professionalism that made it possible for his performance to be recovered and enjoyed by us decades after the event. Not even a mic outage combined with a bad case of the nerves and gratuitous tickling could make him miss a beat!
@@anarchybreed - You sure can. This version is a lot more tidy vocally anyway, compared to even when the mic did come back on. Everything else you hear (like the piano, for example) is still taken from the night. Only the vocals were re-recorded.
In an alternate universe, John was alive and the Beatles agreed to play this show. Their set list was: -Don’t Let Me Down -We Can Work It Out -While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Several famous guitarists trade solos) -Hey Jude -Imagine
This song means a world to Paul McCartney,......... He wrote this song when his mother who have passed away when his 14 visited him in his Dream and She Said "JUST LET IT BE,PAUL""" 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Sorry, I guess I knows what you mean but the world was Not a better Place, do you remember the cold war, al the fears we wenn through bei that time? Ther where 2 men Who Had this phantastic Idea Midge Ure andBob Geldorf.
THIS is the best Live Aid perfomance. Such a great atmosphere. Night sky, the gentle sound of piano and spectacular Macca's voice. And also such a nice interaction with the crowd and with other great artist. Breathtaking.
Having read so many comments on this page I have to state that although 'Queen' were the best act on the day at Live Aid - Sir Paul McCartney was the biggest star at the event. By 1985 the Beatles were the biggest selling music act in history. 'Queen' regard the Beatles as one of their biggest influences. 'Queen' were huge fans of the Beatles. 35 years after 'Live Aid' Sir Paul is still having critically acclaimed and hit selling solo albums. His last album McCartney III went straight in at No1 on the UK charts Xmas 2020. His previous album 'Egypt Station' went straight in at No1 on the US charts. And the Beatles remain one of the biggest selling acts each year - despite having split up over half a century ago. Why? Because of those amazing songs.
Buzz Bates, at the time of the show, Dire Straits was the most popular. Geldof wanted them more than anyone else. He asked them first because he knew all the other acts who wouldn't commit would changed their minds if they knew Dire Straits would be there. At least that's what John Illsley said. Remember, this was the same year Brothers in Arms was released. The biggest selling CD in history at the time.
Even though I am a huge Beatles fan, I just knew that McCartney was part of Live Aid because the Queen movie mentioned him +) Also thanks to everyone letting me know that I’m not a huge fan. I never knew that I needed an approval from random arrogant youtube comments with unnecessary pride in their knowledge! I guess ten years of being a fan just isn't enough?
paul mccartney,queen,david bowie,elton john,U2,led zeppelin and sting in 1 concert no wonder this is called the greatest concert of all time and as queen outshone everybody on this big stage they have the greatest ever live performance
@@Ethantaieb6164 Great performance but he can do better. Bare in mind, he hadn't performed in 5 years because he'd become a recluse after the brutal death of his best friend, a guy called John Lennon.
I commented the same thing just imagine all the band's talking and then 2 door swing open and it's Paul McCartney. Everyone goes silent in shock completely wowed by seeing him. As Paul just looks at everyone give them nods and smiles
In a 1986 interview, Paul said that the mic went off at Wembley but it's on thru TV coverage, but the problem is Paul can't hear himself. To be able to basically hear nothing from himself and still perform this song is legendary as it shows his vocal chord knows every note, or at least every note in that tune.
The microphone wasn’t working correctly in the stadium until he sang “and when the night is clouded “ and you can hear the huge cheers almost midway through the song. There used to be videos on RUclips but they were all removed. This is a copy from MTV that was in a vault for years. I had a vhs of the broadcast but it got molded and destroyed at my Mom’s old house.
This is the most precious moment ever filmed. Just watching this makes me want to travel in time and just be there... Just imagine how many memories this performance must have brought up for Paul.
I love how chill Paul was about the others coming out and singing with him without him knowing there were technical difficulties, even if they clearly did not know what part of the song he was at lol.
But he DID know! He later joked by saying he had thought about changing the lyrics to "There will be some feedback, let it be." He is a true professional. He kept on going no matter what.
I have a fantasy where in an alternate universe, halfway thru Let it be, John George and Ringo all come on stage and they immediately go into “Get Back” and the crowd obviously goes completely crazy. It hurts me that John was gone at this point, because this would have been The Beatles reunion and it would be one for the history books.
Some context - this was Paul's first live performance since John Lennon was shot. All three Beatles were still very reclusive at the time. Which is why he gets such an unbelievable reaction, and also explains why he only did one song. Ringo and George both refused to attend, as they were still worried about their security, at such a high profile event. Lennon's death encouraged lots of copycats, and all three remaining Beatles received regular death threats throughout the 1980s.
I should have realised that but I didn't. I'm in the middle of watching the Britbox movie When Harvey Met Bob and I was pretty p***ed off with Paul that he had to be coerced into doing one song for Live Aid. Now I get it. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for Springsteen's excuse for not being there at all. I hope he regrets knocking back the greatest rock gig ever.
I had always been fascinated by this man's musical talents. He gave us glory for so many years now that I don't even care to count. He will remain within us forever. FOREVER, FOREVER, FOREVEEEEEEER!!!!!!
Alison did say that if she was going to perform a duet with anyone for a single and album track, she said it would be with David Bowie because and quote "Our voices would match up". Little did she know, that 1985 would be the only and closest time, they'd ever get to performing a 'duet'.
As the song suggests, May we all JUST come together, let it be and gratefully receive the positivity of this once-in-a-lifetime event? Please remember that Live Aid 1985 was a BENEFIT music-based initiative to GIVE AID to hundreds of thousands of people starving to death in Ethiopia. That we are alive and able to watch and re-watch it in 2023 - isn’t that sufficient to the day without wishing the format or performances or whatever could be better ??? ☮️💟 and 🎼
All of those performers queen, phil, bowie,madonna,elton. But when you hear paul mcartney, a piece of legendary band The beatles it really hits different. GOLD
At 15 I thought: how many artists in solidarity with the poor, a couple of years later I realized how much publicity they had done for themselves. I immediately fell in love with musicians who hadn't performed at Live Aid. I think it was my first experience with human hypocrisy masquerading as solidarity.
OK, after some decades of puzzlement over the lyric "let it be" I now hear it as "Let it be like that" - in other words, "Let it be done" / "Let there be an answer" - not as in "Leave it alone, don't do anything about it."
Lol. That's sadly funny if you look at it like that. Elvis Costello sings All You Need is love, Brian Ferry sings Jealous Guy, Dire Straights with Sting perform Money for Nothing, Elton chimes in with I'm still Standing and later Paul tells everyone to just Let It Be. 😁
I mean if you make it a trascendental meaning then you'll surely find an excuse to make that fit in with the whole theme but lol I hadn't even noticed that XD
I was there. Paul was having mike problems (you could only hear the piano) so Alison, Pete, Bowie and Bob came out to back him. I think Pete's had one too many haha, or his tumble on stage gave him quite a knock. They've edited this well.
Live Aid concert could only have happened in the 80s when there were still so many legends alive and performing. If they tried something like this with today's current artists it would be a shit show. Just the same reason this summers supposed 50th Woodstock tribute was scrapped, too many crappy artists scheduled to participate.
I remember this as it happened. Paul's mic went out early into the song, and he didn't realize, but the audience didn't miss a beat and just sang it anyway. That's why Geldof, Bowie, Townshend and Moyet went onstage. I guess they had the audio on a monitor track and fixed it for the DVD, but as it happened live with the crowd singing was even more amazing.
if John LENNON had appeared at live aid.you would have not needed any other band or singer,cos a beatles reunion at the stadium would have generated,(as bob geldof stated ) more money for africa then ALL of the rest of those at live aid put together,just the usa tv networks alone would have paid more then they raised through donations !
A partir de 1:58 a voz do Paul pode ser ouvida no estádio, após uma falha desde o início do canção, causando até vaias... Mas aí, vem a catarse! Que lindo.
I would have loved to see Paul play this solo then when the drums come in Ringo walks on stage and starts playing then when the solo comes in George walks in playing that would've been amazing
Totally unacceptable that the mic fail could have happened. I would have been checking and checking to ensure his mic and equipment was working properly for a performance of this magnitude. He was top of the bill after all, he had not been invited to make up the numbers.
"And when the night is cloud, there is still a light that shines on my. Shine until tomorrow, let it be. I wake up to tthe sound of music, mother mary comes to me" Ich kann nicht glauben dass diese musik ist unbekannt für manche Menschen
This song is about a dream that he had about his mom. She came to him in a dream and told him that everything will be okay and to let it be. He was going through a rough time in his life.
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Paul McCartney had not performed live for 5 years before live aid, they say he was extremely nervous
giri ginanjar Freddie
George also refused to sing Let It Be with Paul because Paul did not ask him to sing It the first time
It might have been the first time he performed live since Lennon died.
@@gegeharsyah9873 Freddie wasn't nervous :)
@Johann Speer More like Queen was on tour for the whole year before Live Aid
I like to believe if John had still been alive Live Aid would've featured the Beatles Reunion
David Freund facts the queen was lucky because the beatles was already gone that year
Paolo Bulacan My dude, they would be tied for stealing the show.
@@rockodoesstuff5329 no this is queen show and all people know live aid is queen
@@rockodoesstuff5329 no queen still the show no matter want happen
I think so
Paul, Elton John, Queen, David Bowie, all those people... One of the best concerts ever
@@SrLuzDeLuna Also the Beatles
Claton,bono, knopler the list goes on
not even to mention Freddie... greatest singer & frontman of all time
@@lemau8458 Freddie is already part of Queen🤷♂️
Merely legendary
Imagine John and Paul doing Imagine and Let it be together on the piano.
Why do you say this? I see paul playing it and John sitting on it, singing together, then george and ringo come out of nothing.
Imagine
Mouse And Monkey Gaming 😂
If only he was catious of his surroundings he'd still be with us...
That would be difficult
3:51 David Bowie wrong verse lol ..."Speaking....errr will be an answer..Let it Be."
Macon he is not from the Beatles
@@MariaLopez-wc3dm who said he is?
Also Geldof😂
Yup
Yes 😂
Imagine Ringo on drums, George on guitar, Paul and John on piano singing. Totally legendary concert.
Bass?
George, Ringo refused to sing as they were afraid that it would be seen as a “reunion”.
Wankers!
@@cancerandaids3822 Paul was bassist. Julian Lennon was expected to perform.
@@nuschlerclark895 nah the way Paul and John treated them...it's justified
And Billy Preston on the Hammond organ
Bowie - what a gent. A complete rockstar and celebrity in his own right and he is in no way pulling focus or trying to gain attention. Hes just happy to be performing, legend.
:)
Truth at its best!
Very perceptive! I've included it in my article this week. Superlative heheh stevepafford.com/carsdrive/
That’s called humility.
@@stevepafford5501 I'm fascinated by how genuinely Bowie seemed to believe in the cause of Live Aid. In interviews afterwards he suggested that it should be an annual event.
I swear if i was in 1985 I will work very hard just to watch McCartney,Led Zeppelin, Queen, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Elton John, REO speedwagon, and many more ;-;
I just queen
Dire Straits
We just born at the wrong time
Chris Anagn. If you have ever attended a concert the atmosphere is much different than watching it on RUclips
Many of us did. I sat by my boombox all afternoon while at a family barbecue. Had a brick pack of Maxell blank tapes and just recorded all day.
Best generation of musicians ever... McCartney, Bowie and Townsend on the same the stage - incredible.
You forgot Queen :)
Yes, but you have here McCartney, Bowie and Townsend on the same time on the same stage - and singing together Beatles Music. And that ist phantastic.
@@filipvarga14 yeah
J V can’t forget about Queen!
Yeah the best generation ever
David Bowie was so down-to-Earth! Being so popular, he just stood and sang his part, not wanting to attract any attention. Absolute legend.
David Bowie basically seems to be the Keanu Reeves of the music industry... but maybe it's the other way around :)
Absolutely true, but then again he was sat with an even bigger star paul mccartney
When you consider his lyrics in Under Pressure, no surprise. He understood the cause was bigger than any individual.
Alison Moyet said when she looked back at the footage she was mortified that she hogged the microphone from one of her icons ... David Bowie! :):)
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To all the people comparing the Beatles and Queen, there just simply isn't a comparison, it's like comparing apples to oranges
Jose Carbajal Wow, a smart, thought out comment on RUclips. Shocking lol
@@yeetusmymeatus4008 lol thanks, I try
hhh finally an intellect
Comparing Queen to The Beatles is like comparing a shiny apple to a slightly more shiny apple with is The Beatles at least on my opinion! both bands are GREAT!!!
The Beatles win any day, in terms of popularity. I prefer The Beatles, but I understand why people like Queen.
imagine george popped out and ripped a phat solo
SMILEY. This made me laugh 😂 that would of been sick
marty solo for the song is actually by McCartney
Lennon- McCartney who cares mate
luxi121 the solo included
Lennon- McCartney still, nobody cares
Wait you mean to tell me queen, and Paul McCartney same concert...Damn How is that not epic
Michael Wilber and elton john and David Bowie
And led zeppelin and david Bowie!!
Eh yes and about every other legendary rock band too
Just about every artist alive. 64 artists and bands across multiple venues, with some flown by Concorde between places.
Wait.. who said that's not epic?
Just thinking of Live Aid 1985 - Im getting chills. Can you imagine Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Queen, U2, The Who, Dire Straits, Phil Collins, Elton John, George Michael, Led Zeppelin, Bob Geldof on the same concert at the same time??? And thats just Wembley part - as in US part we have Mick Jagger, Madonna, Tom Petty, Tina Turner, Black Sabbath, Bryan Adams, Eric Clapton and may many more I dont remember!
That mustve been the best gig in a history.
Exactly but one correction: Zeppelin reunited at JFK in Philadelphia
It was!
Then, another thing is Phil Collins performed at both of them (if I remember correctly).
@@FatherAndTeacherTV True, thanks to the Concorde
And nick kershaw
3:50 David Bowie: "speaking... ups"
priceless :')
This song is lame
Hahahaha
Is like Homer Simpson: "Mono.... DOH!"
literally the most relatable thing ever
Paul was still the biggest star to take the stage at live aid, even with all the artists there. I’m not saying he had the best performance (obviously Queen did) or that he was even the most popular at the time, but he’s freaking Paul McCartney. A legend, an icon, a god. So glad he’s still with us 🙏🏼
Absolutely zero doubt.
20 #1 hits is always the answer to any silly questions!
Agree. Paul/Beatles are in a different stratosphere from any other act.
@@foxbodyblues6709 he technically has 32
exctaly!!!
@Pavel Sushko Queen, nor Freddie Mercury for that matter, weren’t even on the same planet as McCartney and the Beatles
Paul McCartney ladies and gentlemen. Keeping the stage full all by himself. After so many great names have marched on it that day.
3:51 DAVID ALMOST SAID "Speaking Words Of Wisdom" IM DYING
lol same
david's expression tho that was golden
So did Pete townshend
They all looked drunk out of their minds
He covered it rather well to be fair!
I remember that concert like yesterday, I was a senior in high school and I thought I was late seeing great artists because I didn't get to see them in the 60s, now at 57 I know that I seen then in their prime and I'm the lucky one, I witnessed concerts throughout late 70s and 80s and 90s people can only dream about!
Who else thinks that The Beatles would have been the best in Live Aid (tied with Queen) if they played all together. It would have been better than the Led reunion.
Unfortunately, for some crazy reason, one of them was dead at that point.
yes they would have topped Queen, but imagine if the microphone would have failed..sod's law..
Queen, that day was the best ...sorry
Love queen but the beatles would absolutely top them
Even if John was alive, I don't think they would reunite.
If they did, then even Her Majesty is not the best anymore.
But, only IF. Too much if.
@@nicolasnunez4701 they could start with Revolution , Let It Be , Something , all you need is love , maybe something from the early years ...and they finish with Hey Jude imagine all wembley singing that famous Na Na Na ...they could top queen easily
Paul McCartney was singing to himself for nearly 2 minutes until 1:57 when the sound engineers finally switched McCartney's microphone and everyone scream because they finally hear it.
That explains the huge ovation…amazing.
source?
@@lemau8458
Applesource.
lemaus. Source? Me and the millions watching. That’s why the crowd screamed well into the song. We could finally hear him
So how do we hear it? We are not listening to macca monitor. We are listening the main out speakers. you clearly can hear the reverb of the big stadium since the beginning
3:14 was the moment everybody thought a Beatles Reunion is happening. Even the TV commentator in Philadelphia totally lost it until they realised that "George" and "Ringo" were Geldof and Townshend. Lol
But it would have been the most epic fuckin' shit ever :D
Very perceptive! I've included it in my article this week. Superlative heheh stevepafford.com/carsdrive/
@@stevepafford5501 thanks
lmaaaoooo
Dude, if only
If only man...
Seeing Pete Townshend tickle Paul McCartney has gotta be one of the cutest, purest things I’ve ever seen
Queen and Paul McCartney at the same concert - just magic! I wish I lived in the '80s!
Crazy to realize he has been a performer so long that he's seen the rise, fall and even the loss of some amazing acts that he inspired in his time, and the fact he's lasted all these years himself so strongly is such a blessing.
How amazing is this concert?
Queen, Paul Mccartney, Elton John, George Michael, and David Bowie! That is amazing as helllll.
Also, imagine if Lennon was still alive and the beatles got to perform. That would be even amazing!
May Freddie, Bowie, and George rest in peace.
You forgot that Lennon should Rest In Peace too
not to mention bob dylan and led zeppelin
Rest in peace all the legends 🙏
The Beatles are one of the best music group to walk the earth change my mind
Can't. And won't. So let's all enjoy
The amazing thing is none of them were the most talented at their instruments. There were better singers than paul and john, better bassists then paul, better guitarists then george, and better drummers then ringo. The reason why the beatles are amazing is how good of songwriters they were and that's why they are the greatest band of all time
@@wilcramer7556 agreed
I don't plan to.
Impossible thing to do
Paul McCartney is some of the best vocal Ive ever heard
I think he's better songwriter than vocalist. Freddie Mercury is better vocalist but that necessarily doesn't make him a better singer.
Don’t underestimate Macca’s vocal range. Check out songs like Monkberry Moon Delight, Golden Slumbers, Long Tall Sally, etc. and contrast them with something like For No One or Mother Nature’s Son. The man had pipes and a lot of range.
No one in the audience could hear his microphone until 1:58. That's why they went nuts when one of the stagehands found the problem and plugged it back in.
@@wendywhoisit1819 paul has a wider range than mercury
@@bramsteenhoek2674 so
Freaking David Bowie casually doing backup singing for freaking Paul McCartney in Live Aid is what I freaking live for and I truly can't imagine what it must've felt being there.
This is also why I love 1985’s live aid. So many Legendary musicians performing for good
I am 68 and have been going to rock gigs since I was 15. Live Aid was definitely the best ever.
Two of my favorite musicians together: Paul and Pete! 🥲
Its awesome that the voice that most stands out is David's brilliant voice
Besides Paul obviously
@@thebookofeli849 yeah ofc, it’s just that David had a certain voice that just stands out
You can't really hear it much here can you?
Famously, Paul's stage monitor wasn't working during this performance so he couldn't hear himself singing. He must have perfect pitch to have been so in tune despite not being able to hear himself. He said in an interview that he almost stopped playing because he thought nobody could hear him, but then said to himself, this is the BBC so they have to be picking up my voice somewhere. Good thing he kept going.
It was Paul's consummate professionalism that made it possible for his performance to be recovered and enjoyed by us decades after the event. Not even a mic outage combined with a bad case of the nerves and gratuitous tickling could make him miss a beat!
Paul's vocals for this were re-recorded in the studio the next day as his microphone failed for the first half. The original is on RUclips.
Yeah you can hear the crowd cheer as his mic comes on
@@anarchybreed - You sure can. This version is a lot more tidy vocally anyway, compared to even when the mic did come back on. Everything else you hear (like the piano, for example) is still taken from the night. Only the vocals were re-recorded.
Yup. On the original TV broadcast you could hear the piano just fine, but initially in the stadium, there was just nothing
I haven't been able to find the original, care to link it?
@@Aimingtomisbehave95 - Part of it is featured in this documentary. Click on this link and scroll to 2:55... ruclips.net/video/IgplAyC2t0E/видео.html
I was there .. reminiscing one of the most memorable days of my life...slept on a pavement all night in Southampton for my tickets 😊😊
In an alternate universe, John was alive and the Beatles agreed to play this show. Their set list was:
-Don’t Let Me Down
-We Can Work It Out
-While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Several famous guitarists trade solos)
-Hey Jude
-Imagine
Imagine is not a beatles song. They would have done all you need is love instead
All you need is love
Imagine??
Remember that John would only sing with Yoko together. Every album and concert he included her
His voice is amazing, by far my favorite Musician of all time.
This song means a world to Paul McCartney,......... He wrote this song when his mother who have passed away when his 14 visited him in his Dream and She Said "JUST LET IT BE,PAUL""" 😭😭😭😭😭😭
But his name is james
Thank you so much for helping Africa,✨❤️✨❤️
I remember watching this televised live, nothing has come close to this event since. World was in a much better place back then ✌❤
i mean the cold war was still going on
Sorry, I guess I knows what you mean but the world was Not a
better Place, do you remember the cold war, al the fears we wenn through bei that time?
Ther where 2 men Who Had this phantastic Idea Midge Ure andBob Geldorf.
THIS is the best Live Aid perfomance. Such a great atmosphere. Night sky, the gentle sound of piano and spectacular Macca's voice. And also such a nice interaction with the crowd and with other great artist. Breathtaking.
3:51 Poor Bowie forgot the words, so precious
Having read so many comments on this page I have to state that although 'Queen' were the best act on the day at Live Aid - Sir Paul McCartney was the biggest star at the event. By 1985 the Beatles were the biggest selling music act in history. 'Queen' regard the Beatles as one of their biggest influences. 'Queen' were huge fans of the Beatles. 35 years after 'Live Aid' Sir Paul is still having critically acclaimed and hit selling solo albums. His last album McCartney III went straight in at No1 on the UK charts Xmas 2020. His previous album 'Egypt Station' went straight in at No1 on the US charts. And the Beatles remain one of the biggest selling acts each year - despite having split up over half a century ago. Why? Because of those amazing songs.
Buzz Bates, at the time of the show, Dire Straits was the most popular. Geldof wanted them more than anyone else. He asked them first because he knew all the other acts who wouldn't commit would changed their minds if they knew Dire Straits would be there. At least that's what John Illsley said. Remember, this was the same year Brothers in Arms was released. The biggest selling CD in history at the time.
Sir Paul & Bowie
Doesn’t get much better 🕺🏽
Superb performance by Paul. Certainly one of his best songs too. Classic.
We will never have this magnitude a music stars. You can consider being lucky to have lived to see this.
All what you have done for Africa is incredible. Thank you Paul and friends ❤
Even though I am a huge Beatles fan, I just knew that McCartney was part of Live Aid because the Queen movie mentioned him
+) Also thanks to everyone letting me know that I’m not a huge fan. I never knew that I needed an approval from random arrogant youtube comments with unnecessary pride in their knowledge! I guess ten years of being a fan just isn't enough?
I know right same for me. I guess Queen really did steal the show.
Samee
I knew he was there but I was not sure if he sings more songs than let it be
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A beautiful segment from the world's most amazing rock concert. RIP David Bowie - you are seriously missed. xx
paul mccartney,queen,david bowie,elton john,U2,led zeppelin and sting in 1 concert
no wonder this is called the greatest concert of all time and as queen outshone everybody on this big stage they have the greatest ever live performance
1985. What an amazing year! What incredible times!
Queen, David Bowie, U2, Paul McCartney, and many others... what a spectacular performance
Alison Moyer accompanying Sir Paul! Amazing times! Live Aid videos are one of the greatest things about RUclips.
Where we be without this man?
Wow I hadn’t heard much of Paul from this point in time. He sounds amazing
He truly does!!
He was the biggest star there at the time. I can imagine every musician going silent as maca walked by them in the corridors
Richard that's right...i agree..
Shitty performance
@@Ethantaieb6164 Great performance but he can do better. Bare in mind, he hadn't performed in 5 years because he'd become a recluse after the brutal death of his best friend, a guy called John Lennon.
I commented the same thing just imagine all the band's talking and then 2 door swing open and it's Paul McCartney. Everyone goes silent in shock completely wowed by seeing him. As Paul just looks at everyone give them nods and smiles
@@Ethantaieb6164 also I think there was technical issues
Possibly the greatest moments in popular music or more even?
The next time you see a show like this will be in that pie in the sky.
In a 1986 interview, Paul said that the mic went off at Wembley but it's on thru TV coverage, but the problem is Paul can't hear himself. To be able to basically hear nothing from himself and still perform this song is legendary as it shows his vocal chord knows every note, or at least every note in that tune.
What? He could hear himself and the piano because both are right near his own ears. One can sing without a mic, you know.
Paul lid my idol. My favorite singer is always gonna be Paul McCartney.
The microphone wasn’t working correctly in the stadium until he sang “and when the night is clouded “ and you can hear the huge cheers almost midway through the song. There used to be videos on RUclips but they were all removed. This is a copy from MTV that was in a vault for years. I had a vhs of the broadcast but it got molded and destroyed at my Mom’s old house.
Very sentimental, reminding us of our younger years. South Africa, Pretoria
Let it Be..and it is true Paul McCartney is a maestro of moving forward..love and happiness..xx
This is the most precious moment ever filmed.
Just watching this makes me want to travel in time and just be there...
Just imagine how many memories this performance must have brought up for Paul.
I love how chill Paul was about the others coming out and singing with him without him knowing there were technical difficulties, even if they clearly did not know what part of the song he was at lol.
But he DID know! He later joked by saying he had thought about changing the lyrics to "There will be some feedback, let it be." He is a true professional. He kept on going no matter what.
I have a fantasy where in an alternate universe, halfway thru Let it be, John George and Ringo all come on stage and they immediately go into “Get Back” and the crowd obviously goes completely crazy. It hurts me that John was gone at this point, because this would have been The Beatles reunion and it would be one for the history books.
Some context - this was Paul's first live performance since John Lennon was shot. All three Beatles were still very reclusive at the time. Which is why he gets such an unbelievable reaction, and also explains why he only did one song. Ringo and George both refused to attend, as they were still worried about their security, at such a high profile event. Lennon's death encouraged lots of copycats, and all three remaining Beatles received regular death threats throughout the 1980s.
I should have realised that but I didn't. I'm in the middle of watching the Britbox movie When Harvey Met Bob and I was pretty p***ed off with Paul that he had to be coerced into doing one song for Live Aid. Now I get it. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for Springsteen's excuse for not being there at all. I hope he regrets knocking back the greatest rock gig ever.
I had always been fascinated by this man's musical talents. He gave us glory for so many years now that I don't even care to count. He will remain within us forever. FOREVER, FOREVER, FOREVEEEEEEER!!!!!!
If John had been alive, we would have been able to watch a Beatles reunion on that day for sure...
This makes my heart feel all warm and fuzzy ♡
Seeing Alison Moyet singing with David Bowie behind the same mic is a dream come true to me!
Alison did say that if she was going to perform a duet with anyone for a single and album track, she said it would be with David Bowie because and quote "Our voices would match up".
Little did she know, that 1985 would be the only and closest time, they'd ever get to performing a 'duet'.
As the song suggests, May we all JUST come together, let it be and gratefully receive the positivity of this once-in-a-lifetime event?
Please remember that Live Aid 1985 was a BENEFIT music-based initiative to GIVE AID to hundreds of thousands of people starving to death in Ethiopia.
That we are alive and able to watch and re-watch it in 2023 - isn’t that sufficient to the day without wishing the format or performances or whatever could be better ???
☮️💟 and 🎼
All of those performers queen, phil, bowie,madonna,elton. But when you hear paul mcartney, a piece of legendary band The beatles it really hits different. GOLD
Wow this version is PURE GOSPEL...SPIRITUALY Beautiful
At 15 I thought: how many artists in solidarity with the poor, a couple of years later I realized how much publicity they had done for themselves. I immediately fell in love with musicians who hadn't performed at Live Aid. I think it was my first experience with human hypocrisy masquerading as solidarity.
Cuando este genio canta todo mundo cantan sus temas
What a gift Paul McCartney is to this world. Thank you.
We need Live Aid now more than before
Alison sang the first verse beautifully, so hardly anyone could notice that Paul's microphone is not working! :-)
Alison Moyet had a lovely voice.
Lol kind of ironic that they’re playing “let it be” when it’s a campaign to take action for the starvation in Africa
OK, after some decades of puzzlement over the lyric "let it be" I now hear it as "Let it be like that" - in other words, "Let it be done" / "Let there be an answer" - not as in "Leave it alone, don't do anything about it."
xD
Lol
Lol. That's sadly funny if you look at it like that. Elvis Costello sings All You Need is love, Brian Ferry sings Jealous Guy, Dire Straights with Sting perform Money for Nothing, Elton chimes in with I'm still Standing and later Paul tells everyone to just Let It Be. 😁
I mean if you make it a trascendental meaning then you'll surely find an excuse to make that fit in with the whole theme but lol I hadn't even noticed that XD
Imagine the entire venue singing hey jude...
the best live aid presentation, it hurts whoever hurts
One man ..A grand piano...Let it be ...Magic....
I was there. Paul was having mike problems (you could only hear the piano) so Alison, Pete, Bowie and Bob came out to back him. I think Pete's had one too many haha, or his tumble on stage gave him quite a knock. They've edited this well.
best concert ever. we will never have something like that ever again.
Live Aid concert could only have happened in the 80s when there were still so many legends alive and performing. If they tried something like this with today's current artists it would be a shit show. Just the same reason this summers supposed 50th Woodstock tribute was scrapped, too many crappy artists scheduled to participate.
Essas músicas não tem prazo de validade, continua atual nos dias de hoje.
Me sinto feliz por fazer parte dessa época
I would give my entire existence to witness this live
I remember this as it happened. Paul's mic went out early into the song, and he didn't realize, but the audience didn't miss a beat and just sang it anyway. That's why Geldof, Bowie, Townshend and Moyet went onstage. I guess they had the audio on a monitor track and fixed it for the DVD, but as it happened live with the crowd singing was even more amazing.
I just heard that, but I can't find the original video.
if John LENNON had appeared at live aid.you would have not needed any other band or singer,cos a beatles reunion at the stadium would have generated,(as bob geldof stated ) more money for africa then ALL of the rest of those at live aid put together,just the usa tv networks alone would have paid more then they raised through donations !
John Lennon was dead in 1985.
@@GlobalJoshua Read the comment, kiddo.
@@GlobalJoshua He died un 1980 no 1985 wtf
Or George Harrison
Just imagine.....as THE ultimate climax to the show.....Elvis & The Beatles & The Doors & Jimi & Janis
Jesus you just created an amazing picture in my head
Cara considero umas das lindas dessa banda fantástica! Um verdadeiro fenômeno dos anos 60. Como eu curti tudo isso!
This is magnificent ! You can see : love , passion , sadness , memories in his voice all mixed up together !
A partir de 1:58 a voz do Paul pode ser ouvida no estádio, após uma falha desde o início do canção, causando até vaias... Mas aí, vem a catarse! Que lindo.
A pesar de que no fue la mejor actuación de Paul, fue uno de los mejores conciertos de toda la historia de la música
Tal vez no la fue la mejor pero ni queen, ni bowie, ni elton john cerraron el show, fue sir Paul Mccartney.
@@jordi9698 Sii, él y George son mis beatles favoritos 😸💕
I would have loved to see Paul play this solo then when the drums come in Ringo walks on stage and starts playing then when the solo comes in George walks in playing that would've been amazing
Totally unacceptable that the mic fail could have happened. I would have been checking and checking to ensure his mic and equipment was working properly for a performance of this magnitude. He was top of the bill after all, he had not been invited to make up the numbers.
Estou assistindo em 2024, e digo... Nunca vi uma interpretação dessa música tão maravilhosa como está. Simples incrível!
"And when the night is cloud, there is still a light that shines on my. Shine until tomorrow, let it be. I wake up to tthe sound of music, mother mary comes to me"
Ich kann nicht glauben dass diese musik ist unbekannt für manche Menschen
No band needed. Just give me a piano. Genius!
This song is about a dream that he had about his mom. She came to him in a dream and told him that everything will be okay and to let it be. He was going through a rough time in his life.