This was such a Bowie move; at the height of his Let's Dance fame, expected to play a handful of the biggest hits at Live Aid, he opens up with 'TVC 15'. Legend.
@@trumanklaver9449 actually, it was the fact that it gave him phil collins' audience that was more into air supply than the velvet underground. yeesh...
he was truly 'phoning it in' with his comfortable life by 1985. but I get it, how long were you going to live uncomfortably for? Especially if you've plateaued in shape and form with your art
The Who, Elton John (plus guests Kiki Dee and Wham), a "solo" song from Freddie Mercury & Brian May, Cat Stevens (who for whatever reasons on the day chose not to appear), Paul McCartney and the all cast finale were all scheduled to appear at Wembley after Bowie had finished.
@@ajd8650 ---There are some people who don't know this FACT! Oh, well. My niece was in a club in South Africa, 20 yrs. ago, & David Bowie was there with a few people. A guy from my niece's party went to his table after everyone told him to leave DAVID BOWIE alone. He did interrupt a very private affair, but Bowie still shook his hand, & gave him an autograph, but 1st. said: "I hope you don't sale this on the Internet?" Do I need to tell anyone what Mick Jagger would have done?
@@patriciawright8786 what a legend! That guy was so lucky and so were you! If I wanna see a deceased artist it'd definitely be 100% David Bowie although sadly I got into him after his death so I never got to witness him 😔 I'm very glad you did though! I can only imagine how amazing that experience was! Also, I love Jagger too! I'm a fan of some of his songs!
@@ajd8650 --Thank You, I thought I wrote way too much before I read your comment. I have done that with a few artists too. Found them after they had gone to some other world. I have another personal David Bowie story to tell.
The choice of TVC15 was bold, brilliant, and fitting. Here's a concert trying to suck the TV viewer in to the experience and the aim, and Bowie performs a charismatic performance of a song about being sucked in to the TV. The song is a quirky, secretly romantic, kind of thing and it was gutsy to do it. It was like the Station to Station equivalent of What In The World from Low. It gives an interesting preview of where Bowie's mind may have been too - moving back towards an 'imperious' Bowie phase. There is a sense of the New Romantic about the piece as it progresses and, soon, Bowie give that flower again on his work on Labyrinth e.g. Underground and As The World Falls Down. He'd be very romantic for the rest of his career, really, inbetween the sonic and conceptual experiments. Romantic is something that he was only intermittently in his work during the 70s.
It's hard to believe that we are coming up to the 34th anniversary of the performance. I was in my early 20's and still remember that day in history...where I was and what I was doing! There were many great talents that day, but Bowie stood out for me. He was way before his time.
apparently he was very nervous but not because of queen, it was cause they had to fly him to the stadium in a helicopter and Bowie was terrified of flying, he was smoking during the whole 12-minute flight and when the pilot asked him to stop bowie just told him to fuck off
@Joshua Sangster Exactly. Queen lit up the stadium and the energy was there waiting for him. He had to keep the flow going otherwise people would have started leaving.
I remember reading in a Bowie book somewhere that he was stuck for what to wear so dug out an old suit he'd had since 1973 - this is it. Imagine anything else from '73 on a 1985 stage, would've looked hideous. So again Bowie was way ahead of the others!
This is great… Queen did wonders in their set, but Mr. Bowie absolutely holds up. Once I've completed my machine, I'm going straight to the reality where he invites Queen back on at the end of this set and they play Under Pressure… and The Faerie Feller's Master Stroke with the extra original words composed at Montreux by Mr. B for the occasion. Perfect…
I must have watched this a million times, I remember as a 14 year old watching this on the day, I was in total awe of David and still am today. I saw him in 1990 and he blew me away. An absolute legendary genius, no one will ever come close to him. RIP Starman ❤️
I'm so relieved and grateful that Live Aid has captured and shared the best footage of the best concert I never got to see. so many gems throughout. Bless David Bowie and his family
I'm 38 and just really discovering this type of music (wasn't my style growing up). One thing I've noticed, is that while the American artists are very talented themselves, it seemed like the European artists like Bowie, Elton John and Freddie Mercury were light years more talented and captivating.
During this time there was The Ramones, Blondie, Heart, all different genres, so your just focusing on a small portion of music that was happening back then.
Barely rehearsed because he was shooting Labyrinth. Dapper, immaculate, classy and gorgeous!! RIP you beautiful specimen of a perfect man. That's why you were taken from us by another planet. They needed to study a perfect human.
Must admit I had no time for the Station To Station album - right up to the point of this performance of TVC15, now its up there with Aladinsane as my fave Bowie albums . He gave one hell of a performance - topped the day for me.
You should check out the live renditions, I wasn't a big fan of Station to Station either, but all the songs sound amazing live. Check out "Live Nassau Coliseum '76"
So sad music died when David died,I was blessed to see this man live,and yet as an awkward 14 year old kid this genius was not only my inspiration but my saviour when I listened alone as a kook
What the actual fuck, Fucking sensational. I saw him twice live. Once in Glasgow Apollo and once in Manchester White City. I will never forget either performance. Bowie is my hero x
Love this tune, but i would be more mind blowed if he would've played Stay, and even more with Station to station. Those are the three tunes i love from that album
After Queen lit up the stadium with their greatest performance of the night, Bowie had to follow. It made him step up his performance, but to his advantage, the audience was already fired up and all he had to do was to play up to their level and look like he was having a good time. He did it perfectly.
@@kazabushy Most of the bands that day weren't performing at their peak performance levels and several of them were upset with Queen for putting on a show like they did. Queen basically showed them all up, but it was a self-inflicted wound, and they could have done a better performance than what they chose to do. Queen comes out and gives the audience a real performance and everyone is upset with them. Bowie chose to take advantage of what was handed to him and do likewise and his performance was exceptional as well. Incidentially, just as Queen's show ended and just before he went on, he said, "Now I have to follow that!"
@@dannyo6699 How the hell would you know?? Excuse you! Did you pay to go? We waited for hours to get in. You are relying on artist remarks that were exploited after the fact especially by RUclips!! Are you trying to educate me on hearsay after the fact? Were you even alive?
@@kazabushy Sometimes the truth sucks. Deal with it. I'm not saying all did a sub-par job, actually Dire Straits did a very commendable performance too, but these were the exceptions. The rest did a good job, I'm not saying they didn't, but they also didn't bring their "A" game to the show like Queen, Bowie and Dire Straits did.
He was right to open with this, it should have been a bigger hit. Oddly enough I heard it in the grocery store a couple years ago. I guess Publix is pretty hip!
I would gladly trade internet and smartphone for a time machine to go back to this day. Was glued to TV and tape deck and will remember this concert for the rest of my life. Thank You so much.
'Hmm, I'll open with a minor hit', he must've thought. 'That'll charm everyone', he must've thought. It did. Starmen can do that - charm ya when you're not paying attention.
Bowie was the balls. Recreated himself every few years. Some pretty eclectic stuff. He wasn’t afraid to do whatever he thought was artistically sound. Got to appreciate that. The dude was pretty damn cool.
he was on right after queen. my dad told me that alot of the singers didnt want to go on after queens performance because they knew they wouldnt get as big of a reaction out of the crowd.
When you think that this song is about a girl being eaten up by her TV, the whole thing is a bit more ironic, considering this was one of the biggest TV events of all-time. Love Bowie ;)
Not only that, as the top comment says, but to follow Queen and quite possibly their most famous performance with a ten year old song is powerful as all else
WOW! It's hard to believe that it has been 34 years today that I watched the live aid concert! Does anyone else remember what they were doing at the time and how old they were? I was 27 then!
I was working that day. Had to start at 07:00 EST. Caught the opening before I went to work. Ran home at lunch and caught another bit and off work at 15:30 and was glued to my "TVC 15" until the end. I will never forget it. I was 25 at the time.
Unlike other artists- who yes I can name... (Queen for one, Phil Collins...) and yes Freddie said it on stage there about Hammer to Fall... Bowie NEVER used a latest song to promote a track or album at Live Aid.
I'm new to the whole David Bowie canon so I'm a little confused by this. I remember reading that station to station was the beginning of The Thin White Duke and this song is from Station to Station. So my question is why is he still doing the Let's Dance era thing with the suit?
Station to Station is from 1976, but this performance is from 1985. Even though it was released during the Thin white Duke era (1975-76), this performance was during the Let's Dance/Tonight era, which is why he's in that suit. Hope you can understand!
@@word_on_a_wing_ ah I see thank you. I was a little worried some asshole would curse me out for not knowing, but thankfully there are some people with kindness on the internet. (Not sarcasm)
This was such a Bowie move; at the height of his Let's Dance fame, expected to play a handful of the biggest hits at Live Aid, he opens up with 'TVC 15'. Legend.
azapro911 a fucking legend.
Bowie hated ¨lets dance¨ according to his friends at the time
@@trumanklaver9449 actually, it was the fact that it gave him phil collins' audience that was more into air supply than the velvet underground. yeesh...
Let’s Dance was over 2 years earlier. Keep up. We were there. He could have sung 3 Blind Mice and we were still wobbling 3 weeks after.
He was still more commonly associated with the success of Let's Dance by the general public at the time, especially as Tonight flopped by comparison.
he looks SOO GOOD in that suit and i love how he opened up with TVC15 because everyone expected his biggest hits
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How difficult it must've been to make all the moves and dancing in it... but looked perfect, indeed
he was truly 'phoning it in' with his comfortable life by 1985. but I get it, how long were you going to live uncomfortably for? Especially if you've plateaued in shape and form with your art
Just a Great Song . Especially Live .
Man could play the least famous song like his biggest hit!
I wasn’t even born then yet I still regret not being there
good reply I love it
Me too
Same girl...same
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It Was a blast!
What a guy, had his backup singers right up front with him to share the moment. Class act for sure and rightful choice to close the show.
The Who, Elton John (plus guests Kiki Dee and Wham), a "solo" song from Freddie Mercury & Brian May, Cat Stevens (who for whatever reasons on the day chose not to appear), Paul McCartney and the all cast finale were all scheduled to appear at Wembley after Bowie had finished.
He didn't close the show!
And to this day the coolest guy that ever lived
Shane Griffin I have same opinion
@@rogerlebaron it's not an opinion, it's a fact
@@ajd8650 ---There are some people who don't know this FACT! Oh, well. My niece was in a club in South Africa, 20 yrs. ago, & David Bowie was there with a few people. A guy from my niece's party went to his table after everyone told him to leave DAVID BOWIE alone. He did interrupt a very private affair, but Bowie still shook his hand, & gave him an autograph, but 1st. said: "I hope you don't sale this on the Internet?" Do I need to tell anyone what Mick Jagger would have done?
@@patriciawright8786 what a legend! That guy was so lucky and so were you! If I wanna see a deceased artist it'd definitely be 100% David Bowie although sadly I got into him after his death so I never got to witness him 😔 I'm very glad you did though! I can only imagine how amazing that experience was! Also, I love Jagger too! I'm a fan of some of his songs!
@@ajd8650 --Thank You, I thought I wrote way too much before I read your comment. I have done that with a few artists too. Found them after they had gone to some other world. I have another personal David Bowie story to tell.
The choice of TVC15 was bold, brilliant, and fitting. Here's a concert trying to suck the TV viewer in to the experience and the aim, and Bowie performs a charismatic performance of a song about being sucked in to the TV. The song is a quirky, secretly romantic, kind of thing and it was gutsy to do it. It was like the Station to Station equivalent of What In The World from Low. It gives an interesting preview of where Bowie's mind may have been too - moving back towards an 'imperious' Bowie phase. There is a sense of the New Romantic about the piece as it progresses and, soon, Bowie give that flower again on his work on Labyrinth e.g. Underground and As The World Falls Down. He'd be very romantic for the rest of his career, really, inbetween the sonic and conceptual experiments. Romantic is something that he was only intermittently in his work during the 70s.
Lol
I miss this man more than words can express
MegaSickcat I miss him too. We all do...
Me too. The world changed the day he died!
His death was a tragedy but we can always enjoy and appreciate the gifts he gave us before his death
It's hard to believe that we are coming up to the 34th anniversary of the performance. I was in my early 20's and still remember that day in history...where I was and what I was doing! There were many great talents that day, but Bowie stood out for me. He was way before his time.
I am there with ya.
His turn was after queen just imagine the pressure on him in that moments
Bowie could follow ANY act in the business.
I agree, he must have been "under pressure" 😉
@@lukasholik6873 you beat me to it! Xd
apparently he was very nervous but not because of queen, it was cause they had to fly him to the stadium in a helicopter and Bowie was terrified of flying, he was smoking during the whole 12-minute flight and when the pilot asked him to stop bowie just told him to fuck off
@@lukasholik6873 grrrr I was gonna say that
this is probably my faviroute live performance bowie did just the amount of energy is incredible
David MW that’s unrelated. He’s talking about the performance itself, not comparing it to anybody elses
@Joshua Sangster Exactly. Queen lit up the stadium and the energy was there waiting for him. He had to keep the flow going otherwise people would have started leaving.
@@dannyo6699 What rubbish! 'Had to keep the flow going'??
You never went to a Bowie concert???
It's what he does!
@@gideonharris1493 No I never was at a Bowie concert, nor a Queen concert, but I'm glad he did that kind of performance regularly.
It’s weird seeing Bowie with his natural hair colour
Isn't he actually blonde?
@@Lundy.Fastnet.Irish_Sea Not That blonde.....
IKR
Does he have a natural colour? He would look good in anything!!!
His hair actually look a bit like Jareth's. Long live the king!
He just looks so damn handsome in that suit.
that suit hasn't dated well....but brilliant performance...I love Bowie...but come on:-)...those shoulders
I remember reading in a Bowie book somewhere that he was stuck for what to wear so dug out an old suit he'd had since 1973 - this is it. Imagine anything else from '73 on a 1985 stage, would've looked hideous. So again Bowie was way ahead of the others!
So true that most of ‘80’s fashion hasn’t dated well (many fashion regrets here!) but damn, from the waist down...luscious
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Undoubtedly the coolest singer on that stage on that day and most worshipped of all musicians from the 70s to 2016 and then after.
What? I wrote this comment over a year and a half ago. I still stand by it. But why lie?
@@ahbowakawapoussepousse2712 it says that you wrote both of these comments three months ago but ok
This is great… Queen did wonders in their set, but Mr. Bowie absolutely holds up. Once I've completed my machine, I'm going straight to the reality where he invites Queen back on at the end of this set and they play Under Pressure… and The Faerie Feller's Master Stroke with the extra original words composed at Montreux by Mr. B for the occasion. Perfect…
Why would they play FFMS?
@@owen2333 Don't criticise his fan fiction
Bowie is Bowie. The best
He is the best something.
Bowie is GOD!
After Mercury
@@leonardolandi6417
Bowie is by far more talented than mercury
@@leonardolandi6417 No... Bowie is Bowie ok?
I must have watched this a million times, I remember as a 14 year old watching this on the day, I was in total awe of David and still am today. I saw him in 1990 and he blew me away. An absolute legendary genius, no one will ever come close to him. RIP Starman ❤️
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Ha, same here. My brother and I freaking out in our living room
Nobody else could of followed Queen that day - other than Bowie !!! & what a choice of tune - TVC15 - master stroke !!!
The ONLY artist who could have followed Queen. Stellar Starman....thank you David
I've said it a hundreds of time, how lucky we all were living in the time of Bowie...
I love how he throws a little Elvis in when he's dancing
Bowie is Bowie simple the best British singer he's a icon love him
There will never be another David Bowie.😎🙏🙏
you got that right Star:::::..
I'm so relieved and grateful that Live Aid has captured and shared the best footage of the best concert I never got to see. so many gems throughout. Bless David Bowie and his family
Indeed!
I'm 38 and just really discovering this type of music (wasn't my style growing up). One thing I've noticed, is that while the American artists are very talented themselves, it seemed like the European artists like Bowie, Elton John and Freddie Mercury were light years more talented and captivating.
I would put Prince between those man. Talk about other worldly artist from the US.
@@pimjcb9964 Yes, and Michael Jackson as well
During this time there was The Ramones, Blondie, Heart, all different genres, so your just focusing on a small portion of music that was happening back then.
This whole experience of live aid on both sides of the Atlantic makes us all realise wot an amazing time of life it was
And the Beatles!
Muitos não sabem ou ignoram mais Bowie ❤❤ cantou duas musicas do filme Cristiane F. numa performance historica e poderosa.🎉🎉
Had to follow Freddie, and nailed it. RIP both
Probably the 2nd best performance that day... Maybe its head to head with queens performence
THE BEST!
Both their performances were stellar, I think 2nd best goes to Dire Straits who were on before Queen playing Money for Nothing and Sultans of Swing.
Everybody was on point during this concert. Elton, dire straights, u2,Bowie were all amazing. This was just how high caliber concerts were back then.
@@marcosaguilar8504 Well said!! It was fucking awesome!!
@@marcosaguilar8504 let's not forget Paul McCartney
This is my go to happy song. This is the best version I've ever heard.
The only act who could possibly follow that performance by Queen. Bowie was awesome that day. 😀
The greatest rock performer ever. Miss him so much.
Barely rehearsed because he was shooting Labyrinth. Dapper, immaculate, classy and gorgeous!! RIP you beautiful specimen of a perfect man. That's why you were taken from us by another planet. They needed to study a perfect human.
stg, those backup singers are great, love how David and them feed off of each others energy!
after playing as freddie mercury, god decided to make an encore as bowie.
thevoid99 best comment ever!
thevoid99 u
No.
No. Queen was just the warm up band for Bowie! Fact!
Encore? Doesn't make sense! Bowie was the act. Queen was the warm up supporting band!
mind you this is right after queen's performance
And he held his own. Only Bowie could walk in Freddie’s shadow, after his making the greatest rock performance in history.
Remember that THIS set followed right-after QUEEN's, on Live Aid!
I'm soooooooooooooo so glad that David Bowie and company DID!!
Must admit I had no time for the Station To Station album - right up to the point of this performance of TVC15, now its up there with Aladinsane as my fave Bowie albums . He gave one hell of a performance - topped the day for me.
You should check out the live renditions, I wasn't a big fan of Station to Station either, but all the songs sound amazing live. Check out "Live Nassau Coliseum '76"
Station to Station's one of his very best LPs, only let down by it's closing Kurt Weill cover.
Station To Station is one of his BEST
This looks like one of the most energetic performances ever!
Bowie was not a human he was a god
You were great David , you and Freddie Mercury were so great. Love you both. 💖💖
So sad music died when David died,I was blessed to see this man live,and yet as an awkward 14 year old kid this genius was not only my inspiration but my saviour when I listened alone as a kook
I cried for two weeks after he passed away.
Still crying...
My God how I miss David Bowie brings me back to the good old days RIP
I love the entrance Bowie made in this.
This is about as '80's' as it gets - right down to the outfits. Epic!
All hail the king! (Goblin 😁😉) ❤❤RIP
that smile of Jareth... and he was working on 'Labyrinth' in those days... *cool sigh
This is my fav bowie song so knowing this was his opening to **live aid** makes me so happy given its a relatively unknown one lol
Loved David Bowie my favorite artist of all time RIP forever
What the actual fuck, Fucking sensational. I saw him twice live. Once in Glasgow Apollo and once in Manchester White City. I will never forget either performance. Bowie is my hero x
God bless David Bowie
David's set was my favourite.
Love this tune, but i would be more mind blowed if he would've played Stay, and even more with Station to station.
Those are the three tunes i love from that album
After Queen lit up the stadium with their greatest performance of the night, Bowie had to follow. It made him step up his performance, but to his advantage, the audience was already fired up and all he had to do was to play up to their level and look like he was having a good time. He did it perfectly.
He didn't have to step up anything! What?
@@kazabushy Most of the bands that day weren't performing at their peak performance levels and several of them were upset with Queen for putting on a show like they did. Queen basically showed them all up, but it was a self-inflicted wound, and they could have done a better performance than what they chose to do. Queen comes out and gives the audience a real performance and everyone is upset with them. Bowie chose to take advantage of what was handed to him and do likewise and his performance was exceptional as well.
Incidentially, just as Queen's show ended and just before he went on, he said, "Now I have to follow that!"
@@dannyo6699 How the hell would you know?? Excuse you! Did you pay to go? We waited for hours to get in. You are relying on artist remarks that were exploited after the fact especially by RUclips!! Are you trying to educate me on hearsay after the fact? Were you even alive?
@@dannyo6699 How insulting of you to say Live Aid artists were not performing at their peak abilities. What a shitty insulting remark!
@@kazabushy Sometimes the truth sucks. Deal with it.
I'm not saying all did a sub-par job, actually Dire Straits did a very commendable performance too, but these were the exceptions. The rest did a good job, I'm not saying they didn't, but they also didn't bring their "A" game to the show like Queen, Bowie and Dire Straits did.
He was right to open with this, it should have been a bigger hit. Oddly enough I heard it in the grocery store a couple years ago. I guess Publix is pretty hip!
Bold move from Bowie to play an obscure track from Station to Station at live aid. Worked out pretty out well though.
absolutely!... badass
From the first note! Hold on!!
You had to be there to understand the times before everyone stared at their hands. ⭐️Miss you Bowie
woah. I think I just became a Bowie fan... Im impressed! (im 18 btw)
Yep. That's how it happens.
Sempre a suo agio sul palco..sempre sorridente...sempre unico....simply the best..love Bowie
I would gladly trade internet and smartphone for a time machine to go back to this day. Was glued to TV and tape deck and will remember this concert for the rest of my life. Thank You so much.
1:30 LOVE THAT DANCE
'Hmm, I'll open with a minor hit', he must've thought. 'That'll charm everyone', he must've thought. It did. Starmen can do that - charm ya when you're not paying attention.
Bowie was the balls. Recreated himself every few years. Some pretty eclectic stuff. He wasn’t afraid to do whatever he thought was artistically sound. Got to appreciate that. The dude was pretty damn cool.
Bowie delivered here...great energy,both him and band. Solid musically,great follow up to Queen...I enjoyed both equally
he was on right after queen. my dad told me that alot of the singers didnt want to go on after queens performance because they knew they wouldnt get as big of a reaction out of the crowd.
An oft’ overlooked awesome performance from that day!
Don't know why but I'm obsessed with his entrance and how his hair bounced and moved throughout the performance
Lol
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DAVID JONES, tolle🎉 Darbietung ,es war ein wundervoller Aufritt. 🤗👍👏Einfach super.❤🌟⚡
I bought tickets to see Bowie at Wembley in 1985. It turned out to be Live Aid 🎉🥳
Woo hoooooooo ⭐️
Omg! Hope you had a good time :)
@@heartsforbrenda Fabulous time ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
One of my fave Bowie songs.
So cool! Me too!... Have covered it once live... Gonna do it again in a few weeks.... Such a fun off the chain song of his!
@@majortomthemoonboys1533 I would imagine, a fun song to cover too!
When you think that this song is about a girl being eaten up by her TV, the whole thing is a bit more ironic, considering this was one of the biggest TV events of all-time. Love Bowie ;)
Lol, didnt know that
ha! funny ironic on point observation!
Such a well-tailored suit. Station to Station is probably my favourite Bowie album, certainly of the 70s.
That's a jam song that should have gone on for ten more minutes!
Best act of the entire show, sorry queeno's but he topped the bill!!
Transmission gasp gasp!😍🤩
OMG this man so missed, thanks for this clip !
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Thanks Matthew for gave us one of the best performance in the history
By far Bowie's best song 😮
So long Matthew Seligman. A great talent and a gentle soul.
Dave was undoubtedly a legend...but imagine following Freddie
Bowie is the King!
He was ON that day. Wow Rip sir !
The greatest artist of all time ! A rebel without peer both culturally and musically!
Hail Mr Jones!
David bowie que grandeeee!!! Dios del art rock.
Timeless & epic!
When I Bowie open his set at Live Aid with TVC15 I was blown away I love this song 😊
Not only that, as the top comment says, but to follow Queen and quite possibly their most famous performance with a ten year old song is powerful as all else
queen have just nailed it with great showstopping performance and on strides bowie andcool at fuck slays it
they didn't even care to film the master of the keys, Thomas Dolby, for just one second. he essentially was his bandleader that day
Outrageous oversight.
>tfw when at your commerical peak so you start with a song about your friend hallucinating about a television
This is an indescribable legend.
WOW! It's hard to believe that it has been 34 years today that I watched the live aid concert! Does anyone else remember what they were doing at the time and how old they were? I was 27 then!
I was working that day. Had to start at 07:00 EST. Caught the opening before I went to work. Ran home at lunch and caught another bit and off work at 15:30 and was glued to my "TVC 15" until the end. I will never forget it. I was 25 at the time.
I was 17 in NZ. We watched as much as we could then got bootleg cassettes a few weeks later. Loved it all.
Watching it on TV, eyes glued.
My man got some moves
My God how I wish I were there but a few friends of mine were.
What could've been a good performance is Queen with David Bowie singing Under Pressure.
I'll always feel sad they didn't do it.
Bowie my heroe since i was born
Which live aid do you guys like?
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I remember LIVE Aid. Everyone was inside watching. The street's were empty!!
He was in good form that day
Good god this man was sculpted by the gods themselves. Also he is the only one who could perform after queen and not be overshadowed
Unlike other artists- who yes I can name... (Queen for one, Phil Collins...) and yes Freddie said it on stage there about Hammer to Fall... Bowie NEVER used a latest song to promote a track or album at Live Aid.
Stand back all you wannabees. This is the business. This man defined modern music. Outstanding x
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I'm new to the whole David Bowie canon so I'm a little confused by this. I remember reading that station to station was the beginning of The Thin White Duke and this song is from Station to Station. So my question is why is he still doing the Let's Dance era thing with the suit?
Station to Station is from 1976, but this performance is from 1985. Even though it was released during the Thin white Duke era (1975-76), this performance was during the Let's Dance/Tonight era, which is why he's in that suit. Hope you can understand!
@@word_on_a_wing_ ah I see thank you. I was a little worried some asshole would curse me out for not knowing, but thankfully there are some people with kindness on the internet. (Not sarcasm)
An amazing time in History.❤
She saw my TVC 15, baby she´s gone"