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How Live Aid was rubbish by a right-wing journalist

Posted by deep blue

on July 12, 2025, 10:31 pm

Sting actually had the fucking cheek to play songs off his new album!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/how-live-aid-ruined-music-for-ever/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLfsgBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpTv-DbRl4oqcwpRDAqI6-2rlNKkLuU8M0kd4YzC0qG73gKfTSymwEPZD4d0_aem_-jw88GfKr-xBNIsuzTtbqw

So, this happened. But it is what it is, until it isn't.

I was there at Wembley - NYCblue July 13, 2025, 10:36 pm
Silly article....I was 16, it was an iconic day nt - PaulC July 13, 2025, 8:27 pm
I was 22 at the time (Bowie fanatic, Queen fan etc) but I loved (nearly) every minute of it! Nt - The Boss July 13, 2025, 11:44 am
- I was sitting - DT July 13, 2025, 8:49 pm
  - Ouch! I was up on the front rails (fried) trying to hold on to my spot under Bruce! Nt - The Boss July 13, 2025, 10:46 pm
    - I had the best seat in the house - DT July 14, 2025, 12:13 am
      - lol (for the good bits!) Great War story to have! Nt - The Boss July 14, 2025, 12:53 pm
  - Ouch! I was up at the front rails trying - The Boss July 13, 2025, 10:44 pm
What a truly awful pantomime that was, Bob Geldof excruciating - Radovan July 13, 2025, 9:54 am
- For me it was one of - Col July 13, 2025, 5:13 pm
  - Great summer spoiled by gobshites and a rash wedding - Murph July 13, 2025, 5:48 pm
- Don't remember that much about it but watching last night there were some good sets - deep blue July 13, 2025, 11:17 am
  - The context of the times matter - neilw* July 13, 2025, 11:31 am
    - Good point. I think right-wingers were and remain disdainful of things like this - deep blue July 13, 2025, 5:58 pm
      - What a load of shite. People enjoyed most of it or didn't. Politics had fuck all to do with it. nt - evercelt July 13, 2025, 6:18 pm
        
        The kind of rational, well-thought-out argument we've come to expect from you. nt - deep blue July 13, 2025, 7:59 pm
        
        Nothing to think out, you mostly enjoyed it or you didn't. nt - evercelt July 13, 2025, 8:24 pm
        
        Yes, but I'm talking about the wider picture than just the event itself - deep blue July 13, 2025, 9:58 pm
        
        Yes, but I'm talking about the wider picture than just the event itself - deep blue July 13, 2025, 8:59 pm
        
        But he is correct. nt - Floridablue July 13, 2025, 8:09 pm
        
        Politics had nothing to do with famine in Africa and the west’s response and the public’s stance - HansSegers July 13, 2025, 6:25 pm
        
        I'm talking about enjoying the music. Everything wasn't left wing right wing that day. nt - evercelt July 13, 2025, 7:46 pm
- ...oh no it wasn't!...n/t... - ...twankey panky... July 13, 2025, 10:29 am
Watched highlights yesterday. It got me thinking about - LancsBlue July 13, 2025, 8:31 am
- The morning of live aid the Sun ran a front page saying Julian Lennon would be in a Beatles reunion - Paulo* July 13, 2025, 8:07 pm

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