The live aid cinematic universe

OU812 · 21-02-2019 9:41pm #1

We've had Queen in Bohemian Rhapsody, which also featured a cameo by U2

Now the Elton John's Rocketman is coming out.

What other Live Aid bands deserve the biopic treatment??

Franz Von Peppercorn · 21-02-2019 9:51pm

Phil Collins had an interesting day.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/phil-collins-live-aid/

[Deleted User] · 21-02-2019 10:33pm

Led Zeppelin's reputation rests on their killer set.

Church on Tuesday · 21-02-2019 10:35pm

They didn't play at the event (snubbed by Geldof) so slightly off topic but I sincerely hope there will be a Thin Lizzy biopic some day.

I mean, it's got everything.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 21-02-2019 10:36pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Led Zeppelin's reputation rests on their killer set.

Eh? It was roundly panned. They blamed Collins.

Cookie_Monster · 21-02-2019 10:39pm

They should do a doco on how all the fighter jets it paid for we're used and where they are now

[Deleted User] · 21-02-2019 10:54pm

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Eh? It was roundly panned. They blamed Collins.

He was a Plant.

Mike Guide 69 · 21-02-2019 11:38pm

Adam Ant ......ahem!!!!,his record sales plummeted after his sh*te performance

Harry Palmr · 21-02-2019 11:50pm

While there have been several Who based films, none has been a proper biography, that could be quite good taking in the whole 60 'Mod' scene and the origins of some of the songs.

Beasty · 21-02-2019 11:59pm

I'm somewhere in that movie, about 20 metres away from the stage snapping away with my camera - this is one of the 550 photos I took that day

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Your Face · 22-02-2019 12:15am

I don't care. There's some great bands mentioned but biopics are such smaltzly propaganda.

WoollyRedHat · 22-02-2019 12:21am

Beasty wrote: »

I'm somewhere in that movie, about 20 metres away from the stage snapping away with my camera - this is one of the 550 photos I took that day

Wow close to 356.7 c

Deebles McBeebles · 22-02-2019 11:28am

Would prefer to see a good documentary than another biopic. Bohemian Rhapsody was very entertaining and well worth watching but so much was just left out.

pawdee · 22-02-2019 11:36am

Deleted User wrote: »

Led Zeppelin's reputation rests on their killer set.

Led Zeppelin's set at Live Aid was the greatest load of shyte of all time. I have never heard worse to this day and I include pissed pub bands in that. I'll never forget Robert Plant murdering Rock And Roll. One of my favourite bands of all time but that performance was just diabolical.

MrStuffins · 22-02-2019 11:38am

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Wow close to 356.7 c

C? That's Mr Farrenheit, how dare you?

ancapailldorcha · 22-02-2019 11:39am

Can we not do away with this cinematic universe bollix? It's just tired and derivative at this stage.

pawdee · 22-02-2019 11:41am

Anyway, to answer the original question.......I'd love to see a Judas Priest biopic.

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Beasty · 22-02-2019 5:47pm

I think it works better when they are dead, so here's a couple more from the class of 2016:

Atoms for Peace · 22-02-2019 6:03pm

I'd like to see a Bono super hero movie where he saves the third world from debt.

[Deleted User] · 22-02-2019 6:51pm

Beasty wrote: »

I think it works better when they are dead, so here's a couple more from the class of 2016:

Camera? Lens? Do you have a flicker or whatever with all this lot on it would love to see it. It would be a great thread in the photo forum - concert of the century.

Beasty · 22-02-2019 7:11pm

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Camera? Lens? Do you have a flicker or whatever with all this lot on it would love to see it. It would be a great thread in the photo forum - concert of the century.

Olympus OM10, Tamron Adaptall 200mm, plus 2 x convertor

Saving the best for the book:p. There's a random film photography thread over in Photography with a selection of Live Aid and other concerts I took the camera to

Here's a panoramic shot of the stage as I was moving towards the exit (had to catch a late train back to Leeds)

[Deleted User] · 22-02-2019 7:11pm

^^^ I’m going to guess you either went “safe” with an Olympus Trip or had an FM2 or Canon AE 1

Edit, agh nearly right

Beasty · 23-02-2019 9:19am

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Phil Collins had an interesting day.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/phil-collins-live-aid/

This was the start of his transatlantic journey. As they flew over Wembley that day we were directed to look above

[Deleted User] · 23-02-2019 1:38pm

Beasty, you must be dead proud of those photos. And just to think like, it would have taken years and tons of money to see all those bands in concert and here you were, just one afternoon, and you get legend after legend every 25 mins

Beasty · 23-02-2019 5:07pm

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Beasty, you must be dead proud of those photos. And just to think like, it would have taken years and tons of money to see all those bands in concert and here you were, just one afternoon, and you get legend after legend every 25 mins

I also managed to get photos of the Stones in Leeds in 1982, Bowie in Milton Keynes in 1983 (and Manchester later in that decade), Elton John in Leeds in 1984, AC/DC in Manchester in 1982 and 1986, Queen in Freddie's last concert with them at Knebworth in 1986, the Human Rights Now Concert at Wembley in 1988 (amongst others) - have a decade of photographic memories from the 1980s

facehugger99 · 23-02-2019 5:23pm

Pau (Too) Young.

The film follows Paul as he tries to buy cigarettes, get served in a pub and rent a raunchy VHS tape - getting refused each time due to his age.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 23-02-2019 5:24pm

Fun fact. Paul young wasn’t that young. That was just his surname.

The White Wolf · 23-02-2019 5:26pm

Beasty wrote: »

I'm somewhere in that movie, about 20 metres away from the stage snapping away with my camera - this is one of the 550 photos I took that day

Class. Thanks for sharing Beasty.

[Deleted User] · 23-02-2019 5:52pm

Beasty wrote: »

I also managed to get photos of the Stones in Leeds in 1982, Bowie in Milton Keynes in 1983 (and Manchester later in that decade), Elton John in Leeds in 1984, AC/DC in Manchester in 1982 and 1986, Queen in Freddie's last concert with them at Knebworth in 1986, the Human Rights Now Concert at Wembley in 1988 (amongst others) - have a decade of photographic memories from the 1980s

Ah Beasty- there's a book in it- not just the photos but the stories too around attending the particular gigs- I mean, how many people brought an SLR to concerts in the 80s? Even in the early 2000's I was chased around a Bob Dylan concert in Nowlan Park in Kilkenny by "security types" when i brought my Canon SLR with a zoom lens- I took "refuge" by going up to a Guard :P- I have to laugh considering any crappy mobile phone today would probably have taken better photos- but back then I was classed as some sort of paparazzi

[Deleted User] · 23-02-2019 6:05pm

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Fun fact. Paul young wasn’t that young. That was just his surname.

Yes, he was a late bloomer at just under 30 in term of 80's music success but still a big hit with a female teenage fanbase. I think Elvis Costello was the male teenage fanbase equivalent?

Beasty · 23-02-2019 7:16pm

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Ah Beasty- there's a book in it- not just the photos but the stories too around attending the particular gigs- I mean, how many people brought an SLR to concerts in the 80s? Even in the early 2000's I was chased around a Bob Dylan concert in Nowlan Park in Kilkenny by "security types" when i brought my Canon SLR with a zoom lens- I took "refuge" by going up to a Guard :P- I have to laugh considering any crappy mobile phone today would probably have taken better photos- but back then I was classed as some sort of paparazzi

It's pretty much written already, and there are plenty of stories within it. Used to smuggle the camera body typically round my back. The long lens fitted neatly into a thermos flask (with it's inner section removed). Was at the front for Alice Cooper at Manchester Apollo one evening, snapping away with b&w film. He gave me a few funny looks when I was back the following night, this time with colour negatives. Was nearly through the first film when the crowd parted to my left. There was a burly security guard beckoning me with his finger, and of course I had to oblige. He asked for the film and then exposed it there and then... Still, I had my first evening's memories!

The live aid cinematic universe

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