This site needs a thread where people can post random non Football videos!   I'll start!

 

 

 

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

15 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

I was a bit young to appreciate it but I remember it being HUGE and all anyone talked about for awhile.

It was very newsworthy for the performances, controversies etc.  Lots of acts chose not to appear and were criticized.  There were rampant rumors of a Beatles reunion (sans Lennon ofcourse) but it didnt happen.  Queen's performance is probably the most iconic.

According the Wikipedia, about 40% of the world's population watched the concerts.

It was a huge event. 

It was also particularly poignant performance because Freddie was born in Africa and grew up there and in India. 

From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Aid) 

Live Aid was a dual-venue benefit concert held on Saturday 13 July 1985, and an ongoing music-based fundraising initiative. The original event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Billed as the "global jukebox", the event was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom (attended by 72,000 people) and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (attended by about 100,000 people).

On the same day, concerts inspired by the initiative happened in other countries, such as the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan, Yugoslavia, Austria, Australia and West Germany. It was one of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time; an estimated audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations, watched the live broadcast, nearly 40% of the world population.

Edited December 20, 20187 yr by JCon

My personal tie-in:  I was too young to really remember Live Aid but in 2005 I drove down to Barrie Ontario to go the the Live 8 concert (20th anniversary of Live Aid). I don't think it ended up being nearly as huge as the original (the London Bombings happened the next day so that took away most of the media coverage) but there was still some cool stuff to see live (or on screen via satelite) in that atmosphere.  Easily the most memorable concert I've ever been to.

1 hour ago, JCon said:

Live Aid was a dual-venue benefit concert held on Saturday 13 July 1985, and an ongoing music-based fundraising initiative. The original event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Billed as the "global jukebox", the event was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom (attended by 72,000 people) and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (attended by about 100,000 people).

Bonus Trivia - Elton performed at both

8 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Bonus Trivia - Elton performed at both

you sure you're not thinking of Phil Collins?

12 minutes ago, iHeart said:

you sure you're not thinking of Phil Collins?

Bows to iHeart...again.

 

A disgruntled builder working on a renovation at a hotel in Liverpool, England uses heavy machinery to destroy the hotel's lobby.

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?cid=sm:trueanthem:ctvwinnipeg:post&clipId=1593877

 

 

Anyone that's ever had to use reCaptcha will be able to relate...

https://i.imgur.com/U4KmqfT.mp4

 

 

 

 

 

okay this is actually kind of awesome and I don't really care for the MCU

 

This guy is hilarious.

 

https://www.livescience.com/65644-jellyfish-caught-in-bubble-ring.html

59 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.livescience.com/65644-jellyfish-caught-in-bubble-ring.html

Reminds me of this recent video:

 

Poor woman. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/c2u5da/i_dont_know_whos_the_bigger_idiot_here/

https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/c7g3vv/cocaine_wrapped_in_concrete_to_look_like_debris/

some good video