"We are the World" Rehearsals with Steve Perry...

[Triple S]

i didnt know of Bob Geldoff before OR after this .... i only know Paul Young for ...Everytime You Go Away from plains ,trains , and automobiles,, it is a fav of mine still today... reminds me of john candy..[/quote]

Speaking of John Candy - here's Canada's contribution (JC appears at the very end of this).

I love Neil Young in this - not sure he knows where he is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-KC9BxSibg[/quote]

wow,, not only have i never heard that song, but i didnt know half of those folks were Canadian.. Burton Cummings is one of fav vocalists,, he made a movie called Melanie with Don Johnson many many years ago.. great flick , GREAT music by him.. anne murry? canadian? .. at the time of this, neil young had a song called.. "aint got no mashed potatoes" not his best tune..[/quote]

Love Burton, love that Melanie movie. I had recorded it from TV to VHS a long time ago, quality had deteriorated quite a bit. Finally found someone who had burned it to DVD so now I have a good quality copy. I love the part where Burton's playing the piano wasted and naked, singing 'I'm in the nude for love'! He's actually not a bad actor.

[JH'sTXfan]

Gotta admit that the Euros outdid us with this song. I still love this song.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jEnTSQS ... ed&search=

I don't love it, but it does blow away WATW.

i didnt know of Bob Geldoff before OR after this .... i only know Paul Young for ...Everytime You Go Away from plains ,trains , and automobiles,, it is a fav of mine still today... reminds me of john candy..

Kind of ramdom here, but Bob Geldof starred in the Pink Floyd movie "The Wall". Strange but good.

"Loosely based on the life story of Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd's original front man (who was kicked out of the band for his bizarre and disturbing behavior only to go insane shortly thereafter), PINK FLOYD: THE WALL stars Bob Geldof as Pink, a mentally damaged man who has gone from a hopeful child artist to a burned-out rock star drifting away from reality. As Pink festers in his hotel room, elements of his abusive childhood come back to haunt him until he begins to descend into absolute madness.

Director Alan Parker's intense and fully realized film interpretation of the English band's classic album THE WALL melds whimsical fantasy with dark Shakespearean drama. The film makes innovative use of sets, costumes, and special effects to create a unique surrealistic strangeness worthy of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali's UN CHIEN ANDALOU. Both disturbing and bedazzling, PINK FLOYD: THE WALL is a must-see film for any music lover."

[ArnelRox]

Larry, surely u knew this one from The Boomtown Rats (Bob's band):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POl4vFp-5os

I like these others too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95fjmQ_tmmc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qup6zeY0H6o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IfQ72KHOQs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqQZq8lKzoc

[larryfromnextdoor]

Larry, surely u knew this one from The Boomtown Rats (Bob's band):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POl4vFp-5os

I like these others too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95fjmQ_tmmc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qup6zeY0H6o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IfQ72KHOQs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqQZq8lKzoc

okay,, i remember the band,, reminds me of Oingo Boingo,, i was into the American Rock scene at the time,, but how did this guy get the funds to put on Live Aid???

[ArnelRox]

okay,, i remember the band,, reminds me of Oingo Boingo,, i was into the American Rock scene at the time,, but how did this guy get the funds to put on Live Aid???

He did the Band Aid song first & everything was donated. The recognition from that allowed him to organize Live Aid. Everyone donated their time. Amazing huh?