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Live Aid's 20th Anniversary

PatchyFogg Jul 07 2005 02:23 PM

Live Aid's 20th Anniversary is coming up, so that deserves a thread. This is how I'll be celebrating: Tonight (technically, Friday morning) from Midnight to 2AM, I’m co-hosting Essential 80’s “Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Live Aid.” The show will be re-broadcast Saturday night from 10PM to Midnight—probably a little more palatable time for most folks, I’m sure. You can find this on 90.3FM. And, the show is totally commercial-free. (Of course, our Sports Talk show is heard Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9PM to 11PM on that same frequency.) In keeping with the show’s format, our playlist will be only songs released in the 80’s that were performed at Live Aid on July 13th 1985. Of course, that day was just 2 days after my 15th birthday….. If you’re in (or driving around in) the listening area--or know someone who lives in the area and would be interested--please let them know. The listening area mainly consists of Nassau, Western Suffolk and Eastern Queens, but the signal can be heard in a lot more of the Tri-State area depending on atmospheric conditions, conflicting frequencies and the quality of the radio. Thanks, and please tell a friend.

Johnny Dickshot Jul 07 2005 02:33 PM

All you zombies show your faces

Edgy DC Jul 07 2005 02:37 PM

Oooh! ah! Well, a-here we are, a-here we are, a-here we go Four in the mornin’, justa hittin’ the road Here we go-oh! Rockin’ all over the world! yeah! Well, a-giddy-up, a-giddy-up, a-get away We’re goin’ crazy, and we’re goin’ today Here we go-oh! Rockin’ all over the world! Well I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it I la-la-la-like it La-la-la-like it Here we go-oh! Rockin’ all over the world! Yeah! yeah! Well, I’m gonna tell your mama what your daddy do So come out of the night with your dancin’ shoes Here we go-oh! Rockin’ all over the world! yeah! Well I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it I la-la-la-like it La-la-la-like it Here we go-oh! Rockin’ all over the world! Well I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it I la-la-la-like it La-la-la-like it Here we go-oh! Rockin’ all over the world!

PatchyFogg Jul 07 2005 02:39 PM

And, to think people were saying "Who are The Hooters?" In Philly, no less! They followed Joan Baez on stage with "And We Danced" and "All You Zombies." They were also introduced by Chevy Chase and Joe Piscopo together. Insert joke here.

PatchyFogg Jul 07 2005 02:41 PM

Edgy: I sooo wanted to play that song tonight, but it wasn't released in the 80's. So, I passed it along to the guy who does the little Free For All/Mixed Bag rock show on the station.

metirish Jul 07 2005 03:00 PM

Johnny Dickshot Jul 07 2005 03:04 PM

I could have cared less about Live Aid even tho I was squarely their demographic target -- 19 years old & white! I remember thinking the whole thing was artificial and that these artists only came together to perform because it was fashionable. I was too cool for Live Aid! I did have a Live Aid t-shirt that I stole from a chick. Wore it for years before someone stole it from me.

Willets Point Jul 07 2005 03:05 PM

Wow, a twice-stolen shirt.

Edgy DC Jul 07 2005 03:06 PM

Not a lot of Live Aid Music was released in the eighties, considering that most leading touring acts were veterans at the time -- Dylan and Elton John and Bowie and such. Also lot of reunions of bands who hadn't been together in the eighties (Zeppelin, Sabbath with Ozzie) and comebacks by peeps who hadn't played much live since the eighties had begun (McCartney and such). Neil Young was considered washed up at the time of Live Aid! So I guess you played a lot of Billy Ocean.

soupcan Jul 07 2005 03:08 PM

I think I was there. Philly, 1985 right? Was it at the old football stadium and did Tracy Chapman perform?

ScarletKnight41 Jul 07 2005 03:10 PM

It was definitely in Philly - the local broadcasts down here made a lot out of that fact last week.

soupcan Jul 07 2005 03:10 PM

I'm remembering The Police and Bruce Springsteen too. Yes?

Edgy DC Jul 07 2005 03:12 PM

Chapman hadn't broken yet. Bruce was on his honeymoon and sat it out. Sting dissed the Police and elected to perform with Phil Collins instead. Today marks exactly two decades of Sting being totally lame.

sharpie Jul 07 2005 03:15 PM

Soupcan, you're probably thinking of those Amnesty International concerts. Tracy Chapman was definitely at those.

Frayed Knot Jul 07 2005 03:16 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 07 2005 04:39 PM

Youse '80s music guys would get a kick out of the regularly scheduled 'Essential '80s' program (at least from the bit I've heard of it). I caught 'Safety Dance' there a few weeks back and wished I had a copy of [u:c48779aa12]Sturdivant if you Want to[/u:c48779aa12] with me at the time so I could follow along. It's preceded by a Springsteen show which is also good.

soupcan Jul 07 2005 04:11 PM

sharpie wrote: Soupcan, you're probably thinking of those Amnesty International concerts. Tracy Chapman was definitely at those. Yes! Amnesty was it. My addled brain thanks you.

Edgy DC Jul 07 2005 04:20 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jul 07 2005 08:24 PM

I'm the king of rock, there is none higher Sucker MC's should call me sire To burn my kingdom, you must use fire I won't stop rockin' till I retire Now we rock the party and come correct Our cuts are on time and rhymes connect Got the right to vote and will elect And other rappers can't stand us, but give us respect They called us and said we're gettin iller There's no one chiller It's not Michael Jackson and this is not Thriller As one def rapper, I know I can hang I'm Run from Run-DMC, like Kool from Kool and the Gang Roll to the rock, rock to the roll DMC stands for devestating mic control You can't touch me with a ten foot pole And I even made the devil sell me his soul Now we crash through walls, cut through floors Bust through ceilings and knock down doors And when we're on the tape, we're fresh out the box You can hear our sound for blocks and blocks For every living person we're a purple treat It's me and DMC, Jay where's the beat? Now we're the baddest of the bad, the coolest of the cool I'm DMC, I rock and roll. I'm DJ Run, I rock and rule It's not a Trick or Treat and it's not a April Fool It's all brand new, never ever old school

PatchyFogg Jul 07 2005 07:28 PM

Springsteen didn't play Live Aid, but his stage did--it was used for the Wembley show. I refuse to play Billy Ocean tonight, but I will post the playlist tomorrow. I'll start with "I Don't Like Mondays" and follow with "And We Danced." Run DMC actually played before Philly even started, as part of a sound check. It's an "extra" on the DVD.

Willets Point Jul 07 2005 08:22 PM

I swear I remember watching RUN-DMC perform live during Live Aid in Philly. Unless MTV was showing a tape of the soundcheck in the middle of the day.

Edgy DC Jul 07 2005 08:26 PM

They played "King of Rock." They were rather irrelevant at the time, from MTV's point of view, and after a minute of DMC (they mic-checked into the song, as rappers are wont to do) Nina cut to Wembley where some ballad was being warbled.

metirish Jul 07 2005 10:27 PM

It was mentioned during the terrible TV coverage of Live 8 that DMC were the only Rap Group to play Live Aid, how htings have changed.