Everyone go now to CNN or HBO Max and watch "LIVE AID" documentary, and I'll tell you why.

[Eliot Rosewater]

Many of you have already seen it, but the reason to watch it again or for the first time is to see how we must rid ourselves of someone who would call that a “shit hole country.“

We must repair this country so that NONE OF US would walk past starving children and do nothing, and not care.

This is battle of life and death for real. Not just for us but for everyone on this fucking planet.


https://www.cnn.com/live-aid-when-rock-n-roll-took-on-the-world

[hlthe2b]

1. Well, the cause first & foremost, but musically:

Freddie Mercury and QUEEN -- no better performance...

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Nothing like it in the history of recorded live rock 'n' roll

[keep_left]

11. That may have been Queen's finest moment. And David Bowie...

...had to follow them! Fortunately, the quieter acts, like Bryan Ferry and Paul Young, got slotted in earlier in the day so they wouldn't get blown out of the water. IIRC, it was a sweltering day in London, but Bryan Ferry was his usual cool, smooth self, dressed in a button-down shirt and suit jacket (as usual).

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. When you hear band members and Bob Geldof from Europe talk about

Getting the American artists on board and doing things in the United States about this how that changes the game, you see how the rest of the world looked up to us and admired us, the rest of the free world that is.

We’ve lost all of that, all of it is gone. I’m angry and I want it back!😡

[highplainsdem]

5. No, that isn't it. That's one of many shoddy documentaries from a YouTube exploiter. The OP refers to

a CNN documentary - a 4-part series if I recall correctly.

[ancianita]

7. I'm sorry. I'll delete. Thanks.

[highplainsdem]

8. Thanks for deleting to avoid confusion. There are lots of YouTube channels set up by people with no real expertise, or

permission, just exploiting other YouTube content - and that's become even worse with AI.

[highplainsdem]

6. Link to LiveAid's own YouTube channel for a LOT of videos

https://youtube.com/@LiveAid

[tavernier]

9. I've probably watched the Queen/Freddie segment

over 100 times. I still get goosebumps.

It was a Herculean effort with the participation of generous and well meaning people. Sadly most of the money was taken by a corrupt government and squandered. I have my fears that the same thing would happen again.

[llmart]

10. There's another good one on Netflix.

Have any of you watched the documentary on Katrina? That'll remind you of what a fuck up Dubya's administration was. It will also show you what a third world country looks like and behaves when it comes to the least of us.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

12. I've loved Queen for over forty years