Live Aid

[donegal]

What were u doing that day?

Were you there?

were did you watch it?

[andy hughes]

I was on holiday, so I missed the whole thing.

I have seen clips on TV, the one that sticks of course, is the man covering his dead baby, while the soundtrack plays 'Drive' by The Cars. I have never been able to listen to that song since without a lump in my throat.

I recall one of the nurses at one of the aid compounds saying that a mother left her baby outside the gate for the nurses to care for, but the nurses couldn't take the baby in, because the following day there would have been hundreds more, so they had to leave the baby there to die. Utterly heart-breaking.

[Haggisdj]

I was the dj at a wedding reception in North London somewhere. Missed the lot.

[jenstar]

I didn't see any of it on the day either. It wasn't until the mid-90s that I saw it on video.

[cliffsdoll]

i had the best seat in the house, on my sofa, it was a cracking concert, loved the qou rocking all over the world and the boomtown rats, bob got mad and said give us the f*****g money. i cried when they played the cars and showed those terrible images,

[Goodsoulette]

I was only seven at the time but very musically aware, and my dad made a big thing about how important it was that I watch a bit of "history" so there are pictures of me with a jumper dress and a pony tail on the side of my head singing along with the concert. I remember it quite clearly. We watched it home with loads of friends and family. I know i emptied my piggy bank and gave it to my dad to donate and apparently asked if they would like my favourite timothy bear when someone was talking about how the kids didnt have any toys or xmas.

[donegal]

cliffsdoll Bob did not said give us the f*****g money.he said f**k the address , the phone num is etc....and give us the money! or something like that

anyway i was not about in 1985 i was born 1986