I heard on the radio today that a Live Aid DVD will be released in November. After doing a search, I found this.

I plan on adding it to my collection. I remember watching it on MTV and wishing I was there! I could have gone, I guess, since I lived close enough, but was deemed "too young" by my parents. I know I didn't move from in front of the TV all day, though! LOL

By Janet on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - 03:31 pm:

I have the album still! I always get a kick out of trying to identify the voices. "We are the world..."

By Janet on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - 03:35 pm:

Note to Sunny and you other youngsters: an album is a black disc thing that you used to put on a turntable, and a needle would make the sound come out of a speaker. I still have a huge amount of albums, and my kids love to listen to them! LOL

By Angellew on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - 03:44 pm:

I, too, have the "record" (HUH??)!!! And I can remember watching it on TV. Even now, if I see a replay of the Queen segment (Queen, by the way, was my VERY FIRST CONCERT EVER in... gulp... 1977), I still get goosebumps. Radio Gaga, with the audience clapping along!! Monumental!!

By Trina~moderator on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - 03:51 pm:

Oh girls, you're bringing me down memory lane!

By Sunny on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - 03:58 pm:

Janet, I'm not that young! LOL I still have all my old albums and turntable, 'course I don't know if it has a needle!

My absolute favorite band at the time was The Hooters, a local sensation that never quite gained the national recognition they deserved. ("Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "One of Us" was written by the Hooters' lead singer.) They played at Live Aid and I hope they are on the DVD! Also, a little bit of trivia, Phil Collins played both at Wembley Stadium and JFK. After performing in London, he took the Concorde to Phila. and performed here.

By Sunny on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - 04:03 pm:

Scratch that one part. Robert Hazard wrote "Girls Just Want to HAve Fun" (he was another local artist). Sorry about that!

By Bellajoe on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - 05:48 pm:

Janet, LOL! Your too funny!

By Karen~moderator on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - 07:27 pm:

Sunny, *I* remember the Hooters! I loved them, actually I've been looking for their CD's and cannot find them anywhere!

By Kathy on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - 10:55 pm:

Rob Hyman (of the Hooters) co-wrote Time After Time with Cyndi Lauper...her first #1 song. I was bummed that she wasn't a part of Live Aid, but she just had an operation and wasn't able to attend.

By Sunny on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - 11:16 pm:

Yeah! Other Hooters fans! I was lucky enough to see a performance they gave in a high school gymnasium. I was so close to the stage I could have reached out and touched them!
Karen, which CDs are you looking for? Unfortunately, only a few of their albums were made into CDs. I have a few, but would love to get the Amore CD. I have the original album, but nothing to play it on.

Rob Hyman (and Eric Bazilian) also sang back-up on "Time After Time". The band is a big hit in Europe.

By Karen~moderator on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 - 07:26 am:

Sunny, I have NO idea which ones......my oldest DD was really into them *back then*, and I loved them - I used to listen to her cassettes all the time. Every once in a while I hear them on the radio here.

By Janet on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 - 09:57 am:

My first concert was "Bread," when I was about 13 or so. The first album I ever bought with my own money was Elton John's "Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player" (has "Daniel" on it), and I still have it (cost about $4.99, I think)! LOL First 45 I ever bought (at about .79) was "Seasons In the Sun," when I was about 10 or 11. I played those records into dust!

By Marcia on Thursday, August 5, 2004 - 09:41 am:

I sure remember Live Aid, and that song makes me cry every time I hear it. Ditto "Do They Know It's Christmas" by Band Aid. (Canadian)

I think my first concert was Neil Diamond, and he was great!