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From: evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Live-Aid (some random thoughts)
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Date: Sun, 14-Jul-85 14:38:01 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 14 14:38:01 1985
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As those of you who pay attention to my postings to this group (there must
be somebody) could guess, I enjoyed Live-Aid.  I Vid-taped a great deal
of it, and enjoyed just about all of it.  My favorite moment was Hall&Oates
and the Temptations.

Where were:  Julian Lennon (he was advertised!), George Harrison, Ringo Starr,
Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel?  How about Cyndi Lauper (not that I missed her),
Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Bob Seger, Huey Lewis, Stevie Wonder, MJackson (see
Cyndi Lauper), Chicago, John Fogerty?  And Peter Paul and Mary were there for
the finale, but didn't perform.  And how come the Stones didn't play together?

The potential for surprises that fell through amazed me!  Is there anyone who
didn't guess the finale?  A few surprises underwhelmed me like the CSNY
reunion.  Led Zep was great to see, even if Plant can't hit those high notes
anymore.  The Who sounded amazing!  (Except when they f-f-f-aded away)  And
I wish Collins had learned another song or 2 on the piano.

The MTV coverage was bad in many ways.  I REALLY didn't want to see Martha,
Nina, and Mark singing along during The Who, or the Brit finale (another big
disappointment--no Beatles, no quick teamups, no nothing!).  They seem really
stuck on themselves.  Yes, the VJs worked hard--it was a long day, but they
were just too hung up on their own image. 

Does anyone know why the independent coverage (channel 5 here in NY) started
to show tapes of earlier in the day at about 4pm?  They missed the Brit finale,
Madonna (thank God for small miracles), and everything that happened after 4.

In spite of this, I liked a lot of things I saw.  Sting was great. I liked U2
(I usually don't), Tom Petty (I didn't have to look at him, though), Hall &
Oates, the 4 Tops, and lots of other parts.

I'm sure I won't be the only person to discuss this on the net.  Let's hear
about it.

--Evan Marcus

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