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PCIntern

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4. Wow! Thank you for that...

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2020, 07:12 AM

Jul 2020

I remember it well. I was working in Center City Philadelphia that Saturday and the electricity in the air was remarkable. We had it on the TV while we were seeing patients and it was a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle.

Thanks for the thread!

On edit: JFK stadium was torn down quite a while ago, and there will never be another stadium like it. As opposed to a standard bowl stadium it tapered from the field outwards at a relatively low angle and of course was enormous, holding over 100,000 people routinely in the old days and capable of holding many more if required. It was originally called Sesquicentennial Stadium after the ill-fated exposition held in 1926 here in Philly. The army navy game was played there for many years because Philadelphia was roughly halfway between Annapolis and West Point so it was considered neutral ground.

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35 Years Ago Today; Live Aid from London's Wembley Stadium and Philly's JFK Stadium [View all] Dennis Donovan Jul 2020 OP

Awesome Thread Throck Jul 2020 #1

I've watched the Queen set well over 100 times on YouTube. tavernier Jul 2020 #2

Stamps? That is so cool! AllyCat Jul 2020 #17

Me too... Freddie sings in my head all the time :) tavernier Jul 2020 #18

I have the DVD. It's close to the top of what gets played in my theater room. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #21

I have the DVD's of this, I will be playing this today. sunonmars Jul 2020 #3

Wow! Thank you for that... PCIntern Jul 2020 #4

35 years... geez luv2fly Jul 2020 #5

I wish they had the foresight to record it all properly, Geldof thought no one would ever play it sunonmars Jul 2020 #6

Actually, pretty much every last second has been archived and is available. bbernardini Jul 2020 #13

I was working and set video tapes for as long as I could while I was gone. TNNurse Jul 2020 #7

Whoever she was, needed to take a happy pill, you cannot not enjoy the stones in full flow. sunonmars Jul 2020 #10

Oh, she was a woman who married at 15, had worked as an LPN for a long time, TNNurse Jul 2020 #15

Awesome !! Duppers Jul 2020 #8

And of course, Phil Collins playing in London, taking the Concorde to New York, and choppered to JFK NBachers Jul 2020 #9

In the air tonight.....still gives me goosebumps. sunonmars Jul 2020 #11

Can never watch this enough mountain grammy Jul 2020 #12

An unforgettable day. I watched it live. NameAlreadyTaken Jul 2020 #14

I wasn't able to watch! Thanks so much for posting LittleGirl Jul 2020 #16

It was probably the most awesome concert EVER! FakeNoose Jul 2020 #19

The best concert in the history of concerts. IMO Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #20

I recently read Elton's book where he reminisces tavernier Jul 2020 #22

I watch the Queen performance about once per month...watch the others regularly as well cbdo2007 Jul 2020 #23

Me too. tavernier Jul 2020 #24

VCR set to record ! What an amazing world event ! Trek4Eva Jul 2020 #25

Aaaah, that rush of early U2... I still feel it decades later. SMC22307 Jul 2020 #26

I remember watching it with my sister AwakeAtLast Jul 2020 #27