Live Aid (4 Disc Set)
by Vincent Scarza
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Actor: Adam Ant, Bob Geldof, Bryan Adams, Nick Ashford, Stuart AdamsonDirector: Vincent Scarza
Brand: WEA DVD
Writer: Bob Geldof
Editor: Nick Carroll
Producer: David Fein
Producer: Hal Uplinger
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Color, Compilation, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 960 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-11-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Rhino / Wea
Movie Reviews of Live Aid (4 Disc Set)
Movie Review: A Cultural Funeral
Summary: 1 Stars
The combined Band Aid / We Are The World / Live Aid onslaught felt like not only the death of popular music but a brutal lynching of it. Now, it gives me an insight into post-war German denial - there are people today who still believe that the vile arena ceremony in the Wembley circus sunshine on that awful 1985 day is worthy of celebration. A cultural assault so distressing that it posed an interesting question to which I have to admit to wrestling with: Save the music or the children? I knew stronger-willed characters with an equally sensitive musical aesthetic as myself, mentally able to deal with their preferred genocidal outcome. I still feel my compassionate wishy-washy liberal preference (feed the f******* world) was the right one but it certainly, most probably reprehensibly, didn't make me happy.
I flogged some carefully chosen contemporary 80's records and sent a fair portion of the proceeds to Africa; the rest on era-surviving drugs and a rape charity.
Summary of Live Aid (4 Disc Set)
Any music fan can tell you exactly where they were on July 13th, 1985. There had never been a concert event of such magnitude-the biggest names in music performing in a concert broadcast live from 2 continents to an audience of over 1.5 billion. It is estimated that 85% of the world's television sets were tuned in to Live Aid that day. Now, for the first time on home video, you can own the concert that was arguably the biggest rock event in history-featuring David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Sting, The Who, U2, Neil Young, and many, many more. Over 10 hours of performances in a premium-packaged 4-DVD set. Royalties will benefit Band Aid Trust, which continues to provide direct hunger relief in Africa.Billed as "the day music changed history," the Live Aid concerts of July 13, 1985, were held to raise money to fight the horrifying famines sweeping Africa. The brainchild of Bob Geldof and representing the efforts of countless musicians and technicians, Live Aid was a genuine and inspiring effort to help the victims of an overwhelming calamity. Twenty years after the twin concerts (one in London, one in Philadelphia) were broadcast worldwide, the 4-DVD treatment furthers the cause, with proceeds going toward the Band Aid Trust.
The DVD set opens with a heartbreaking documentary on the crisis, followed by videos of the two hit songs that represented the collaborative nature of Geldof's efforts-Band Aid' s "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and USA for Africa's "We Are the World." Since Live Aid was never intended to be released in a recorded format, preservation of TV footage has been unreliable, resulting in some glaring omissions. Led Zeppelin's semi-reunion doesn't appear, and neither does a legendary session with Bob Dylan, Ron Wood, and Keith Richards. Some sets by performers who were popular at the time may inspire either nostalgic glee or head-scratching (Kiki Dee fans, you know who you are). Sprinkled amid these performances are a couple real gems, including a performance by Run DMC, the event's sole representative of the ascendant rap movement. Much of the music here was a passing fad, but the sentiment that brought it all together is timeless. -- Ryan Boudinot
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