Rants and Ravings of a Misguided Dreamer and Observer
Salutations™!! I’ll end my week of Live Aid memories with something kind of funny and cool. Bob Dylan performed “Blowin’ in the Wind” with Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood and in the middle of the song, Dylan broke a string. Ronnie took his guitar off and handed it to Dylan. I mean, that’s a true…
Salutations™!! One of the many things that happened during Live Aid was reunions of classic bands. This is one of those. Black Sabbath had all but disbanded completely. Ozzy left in 1978 or 1979 or so, and Geezer Butler and Bill Ward both jumped ship, leaving only Tony Iommi as a “member.” He did some…
Salutations™!! Freddie Mercury hit the “Note Heard ‘Round the World” during his “day-oh” solo. That long note that he held excited the world. Now, Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran, to me is one of the great singers of our time. The whole band was amazing. However, during their Live Aid performance (in Philly), Simon…
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Salutations™!! Continuing my tribute to Live Aid this week, I am focusing on the other “organizer” of the event(s) than Bob Geldof, Midge Ure and his band, Ultravox. As I have said, I have just recently gotten into the catalog of Ultravox. I think Midge killed the vocals on this tune. It is a great…
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Salutations™!! I think all this week I’m going to honor Live Aid artists. Especially so, since I know that the VSS event planned for the summer was Live Aid. That, of course, was lost due to the C-19 pandemic. So, the organizers were Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. Geldof was the leader of Boomtown Rats,…
Salutations™!! Today is the 35th anniversary of Live Aid, the (somewhat controversial) fundraising benefit event for Ethiopia. It was held live in Philadelphia and London and broadcast all over the world. It was spearheaded by Bob Geldof from the Boomtown Rats and Midge Ure of Ultravox. There was a shload of acts that participated and…