The Story Of Queen At Live Aid - Why Was It So Perfect?

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  @nico14str · 5 years ago · pinned

  You know it’s the best when all those artists performed yet you only really hear about queen’s performance

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  @mahergampong7394 · 5 years ago

  'It was the perfect stage for Freddie, the whole world'

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  @mollyfrom5556 · 5 years ago

  Queen's drummer, Roger Taylor, has often said that when people call Freddie Mercury the best showman, it makes him angry.  He doesn't want them to forget that Freddie was a Great musician!

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  @MrGman2804 · 4 years ago

  I was at Live Aid in 1985. I remember that performance. Being in the audience, it was electric. Freddie and Queen owned that stadium and the concert for those minutes. Here we are 37 years later praising a 22 minute performance. Why? Because it was Epic. So glad I had the privilege to be there. That is a treasure for life.

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  @Diana-gn8rp · 5 years ago

  There will never be another Freddie Mercury in my lifetime, or perhaps EVER.  He was the ultimate musician, bitchin vocals and master showman.

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  @cindywilbur4148 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Live Aid was a great concert but what people need to know is that at every Queen concert Freddie gave his all and was always able to make the fans jaw drop. Freddie was the best musician/ stage performer EVER!

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  @andrewclements2231 · 3 years ago

  I was there, not too far from the front right of the stage. The U2 performance was incredible, but the crowd were leaping up and down with there U2 banners, which was a little scary! Then Queen came out, and it was completely different. Never before or since have I seen a band, or a performer take control of a crowd like that. Everyone was hung on every note, every word, and Freddy had us all in in the palm of his hand - as you can see in the video. I'm not sure if it was charisma or something else, but it was another whole level of entertainment. Unforgettable.

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• JO

  @johnlongenecker7779 · 5 years ago

  For 20 minutes, the world was ruled by a QUEEN!!!

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  @BushcraftBoy · 4 years ago

  I was there! &nbsp;The concert was amazing. Just when you thought the music and atmosphere couldn&apos;t get any better - Queen came on stage. Everything just went off the scale.<br>It was like Queen were part of the crowd and played WITH the crowd. Everyone else just play FOR the crowd.

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  @One-ct3xe · 5 years ago

  To this day you can stomp twice on a stage and you&apos;ll see kindergartners clap in time on that next beat. Nothing will ever compare.

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  @rosemadder5547 · 1 year ago

  He played that audience like an instrument ❤ Best performance of all time. And he was sick that day 😮

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  @taramatheis1451 · 5 years ago

  As a young student I camped out all night in the streets of Manchester with hundreds of others to get tickets for me and my sister to Live Aid in Wembley and it was truly one if the best and most unforgettable days of my life! I still get shivers...The atmosphere was electric from start to finish &amp; all the performances were amazing but Queen stood out as absolutely outstanding! Freddy was so totally in his element- it was incredible. I always love hearing their performance being referred to as the greatest live rock performance of all time... and I&apos;m thrilled I was there to witness that bit of history in the making!!🤩

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