Queen - Live Aid - Part 5 (5/5)

13.07.1985, London (Wembley Stadium), England

Most of top artists of that time were present at this mega-famous festival and Queen of course had to be there. Each artist got from ten to twenty minutes for their show; no playback or soundcheck were allowed. Queen hesitated because playing without a soundcheck is always a risk. But then they accepted the rules and their 20 minutes of fame came on at 18:44 GMT.
Queen were on top form and not only according to Bob Geldof and Elton John, they stole the show. They played only the intro to Bohemian Rhapsody (the opera part couldn't be played from the tape as playback was forbidden & there wasn't enough time anyway). Instead of the opera part, Radio Ga Ga followed. We Will Rock You was reduced to the first verse (and the final guitar solo) only. Is This The World We Created was performed by Freddie and Brian only later in the evening.

09: Rehearsal & Interview (BBC)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Freddie
• Mercury
• Queen
• Live
• Aid
• Wembley

[Kpd222]

"Everybody will try to out-do each other, but we're just going to go out and play" I think they did that pretty well.  WOW

[stacyy91]

3:23 Freddie was probably thinking, "Oh I beg to differ. I'm gonna show those bitches how it's done." ;)

[dbmagick]

To Stacy91.. Oh darlingThanks for the Terrific laugh! I believe that was Exactly what our Darling boy was thinking when he pulled this show off :D

[Yo1969Yo]

@KillPeopleForFun83 Back in the early 1970's the word Queen was not associated with anything gay. Freddie respected the British monarchy back then and he liked the name. He found it regal, simple, classy, he liked the short name. The word has evolved since then.

[divaarts]

Oh that's the secret! The old fashioned know who you are performing for (knowing one's audience), song choice (hits that everyone around the world recognizes) and rehearse it like heck for the twenty minute spot given with no playback or soundcheck rules before the gig!

Why they were so spot on that day! :D

[jhill190]

i found it amusing that freddie was smoking in the video, mainly because of the fact he was able to smoke and still vocally outperform the shit out of everyone else.

[KillPeopleForFun83]

@stacyy91 Yes but the end of the day, Freddie was gay, and the name "Queen" is the most gay name possible for a rock band. That will always count against him in the very masculine world of rock music. On every Queen YouTube video, there will be lots of people talking about his sexuality and calling him a faggot. That is just the way it is and will always be.

[chrisdowling1997]

Fantastic as usual, mind you the audio in that theatre is terrible!

[basilsilos]

I mean lives on

[basilsilos]

Freddie mercury lives o

[rio197]

0:08 save her from that racoon on her head!!