Live Aid

[237SJ]

What were you doing when the Live Aid concert was showing on tv in 1985?

[-Talbot-]

Watching Live Aid.

[tonyav]

Building a fireplace at the same time as watching live aid.

[ummmm]

Watching it.

[kvalidir]

I was in the waiting room, so to speak ;-)

[Arksided]

Recording live aid as I watched... naughty but true.

[pastafreak]

Sitting in my kitchen in Brooklyn...feeling very weepy for my unborn childs future.

[retrocop]

Gawd Knows. I can't remember what I was doing at 1945 this evening.

[ducksie]

Watching it with all my siblings - there was no chores done that day

[webbo3]

Watching it in a pub called the Hen and Chicken in Bedminster Bristol.

[marval]

I didn't watch it, but I am not sure what I was doing.

[Tilly2]

We moved into our second home on that day. The first thing we did was to get the television sorted out.

[-Talbot-]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8535189.stm

[-SharonA-]

What time was it on??

[webbo3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Aid

\\The concert began at 12:00 British Summer Time (BST) (7:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)) at Wembley Stadium in the United Kingdom. It continued at John F. Kennedy Stadium (JFK) in the United States, starting at 13:51 BST (8:51 EDT). The UK's Wembley performances ended at 22:00 BST (17:00 EDT). The JFK performances and whole concert in the US ended at 04:05 BST 14 July (23:05 EDT). Thus, the concert continued for just over 16 hours, but since many artists' performances were conducted simultaneously in Wembley and JFK, the total concert's length was much longer.//

[237SJ]

The reason I asked was because I was watching Bohemian Rhapsody last night and the closing scenes were so realistic that it was like being up on the stage with the band which made me remember what I was doing during the Live Aid concert

[ducksie]

and what were you doing SJ?

[237SJ]

I was sitting my parents living room whilst picking off the flowers from some elderflower blossoms that I had found. For some reason I decided I was going to make wine from them. That kept me busy all afternoon while I watched the concert. It was a very poignant time for me because I knew that about 6 weeks later I would be leaving home for my dream job (and never to return)

[tonyav]

[ducksie]

It was a long time after that, that I left home, was the job the dream you expected? I so hope so. It's mad what a movie calls to mind.

[237SJ]

Yes, it has it's good and bad points but I was never going to do anything else. Like you say though, funny what a movie (and songs) call to mind