Band Aid Unseen Footage of "Do They Know It s Christmas?" Rehearsals 1984

[@Margie75]

Still a classic 40 years on . Without this there would no USA for Africa or Live Aid on July 13th 1985

[@kittyblingbling]

Timeless ...80's forever

[@theaylesburycyclist8756]

I can remember it like it was yesterday. I can’t believe it was 40 years ago…!! Insane 😮

[@RoyPage1970]

Yeah same here it is insane

[@princesstna925]

Changed my life. I was 18 when this came out. I am so grateful. It helped make me the type of human I became.

[@donnag4150]

Class❤

[@pla5730]

Amen 🙏🏼❤

[@MrMarcy76]

@@princesstna925 what annoys me is the self righteous celebs of African origin( two of which appeared on The Last Leg on Channel 4 on Friday night), and I might add, weren’t even born in 1984, have the cheek to say it was a waste of time. Over analysing the lyrics in the song ‘ yes we know it doesn’t snow at Christmas’ ‘ yes, we do know what Christmas is’ taking the song too bloody literally, instead of appreciating the effort made at the time. It sickens me, when the younger generation always poke holes in everything gone before.

[@nofs1448]

The full thing is on @LiveAid channel, with proceeds going to the charity

[@jens_misfits9618]

Such original voices. No one sounds like Boy George, George Michael, Bono, Sting and more.

[@tracyclark6491]

Riiiiiiiiiight?!!!! OH. MY. GODDESS!!!!

[@getsensus]

Simon Le Bon

[@JoeZaccaris]

When Boy George starts singing, you instantly know it's him --- that is the sign of a great artist

[@dorothykelly8924]

All these wonderful singers. So young where does time go.

[@joyhobbs7973]

I love that, when Bob Geldof says, 'I hope it'll be number 1...If we're lucky, we might pass a million and a half pounds." He really had no idea what was about to happen. I was 13 for the first Band Aid. I remember every kid at school had a picture of Bob Geldof in their locker. There was no one like him then or now.

[@briansmith3191]

Those were some amazing times in the 80s...I was 20 years old and loved watching MTV and hitting the night clubs on Friday and Saturday nite ..so much fun with everyone...where did those years go

[@JoeZaccaris]

I always wonder why the 80's was the last decade that seemed truly great --- the last decade where people genuinely smiled and laughed

[@BecomeConsciousNow]

You can feel the energy and excitement of all of these pop stars together in one room. Magical :))

[@MrMarcy76]

@@BecomeConsciousNow I bet there were some rivalries behind the scenes. Paul Young, Sting, Paul Weller, Simon LeBon etc

[@maryjones0147]

Thanks sooooo muchhh for the video. I never get enough of Band Aid. It was really a GALAXY OF STARS WHO WERE SO HUMBLE TOGETHER. very moving. Thanks to Midge and Bob❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@nofs1448]

The full thing is on @LiveAid channel, with proceeds going to the charity

[@webmart70]

1 million pounds !!! Bob thought it would raise , turned out to be 140 million!! plus he didn't think there would be Live aid, great footage!!

[@marklynch9527]

Do you know where that 140m went? Do a bit of research about the leader of Ethiopia who spent most of this on Ferraris and mansions in Saudi Arabia

[@nickieglazer33]

​@@marklynch9527🎯 Geldof still shamelessly milking it to this day.

[@annieg1812]

see how humble this// he and midge //were and still are///

[@annieg1812]

@@marklynch9527 well thats all what happens to all charities it goes to pocket..and taxes government...if want to give give it physically by hand, and not credit card...

[@nickieglazer33]

@@annieg1812 Exactly. That's what I do. So many homeless people in my own country.

[@wasiuuu1]

must say one of best Christmas songs, some radio stations still playing this till today. thank U for upload, interesting

[@UCS0608]

Some???? It's on every radiostation that's playing X-mas songs every year! 😂as is Last Chrismas, but that's not quite my favorite song... 😉

[@wasiuuu1]

@@UCS0608 not in Australia 🙂Europeans station yes , just come back from Europe and they playing this during year as normal

[@naviyad]

Great to see them all together. Miss them so much!!!

[@MrMarcy76]

@@naviyad it was like a last goodbye to that early 80s era of pop music.

[@MrMarcy76]

@@naviyad we went from this to Foreigner I Want to Know What Love is in early 1985. The Americans took over lol

[@TheKonga88]

Did you know them all personally then? 🤔🤡

[@iainholmes2735]

I was 13 when this took place. I remember an announcement on the news that a charity single was being recorded that weekend. Looking back, the 1980s - and especially the years '83 to '86 - were a great era for pop music. Loads of great artists and songs. We really knew - and took an interest in - the charts. Hard to imagine now, but even buying and album was a bit of a luxury. Seeing your favorite artists on tv or in magazines was almost like glimpsing into another world.

[@sharonjensen3016]

It was the best time for pop music. We'll never have that again.

[@MrMarcy76]

@@iainholmes2735 Frankie goes to Hollywood would have still been number 1 or maybe the Wham song, if Band Aid wasn’t released

[@MrMarcy76]

@@iainholmes2735 it was before social media and all the distractions of the internet. I think even before that though, the music was pretty dull from 1995 onwards. Faceless dance acts made things boring.

[@iainholmes2735]

@@MrMarcy76 hi, Jim Diamond was due to be No 1, but he magnanimously urged people - as did Wham! - to buy the Band Aid single. The charts were chock full of great songs. I remember it as a very colourful, sparkling time in culture generally. Strangely, if one looks at footage of street scenes from that era it looks somewhat drab compared with today. PS: I thought Frankie were great too. When you see Mark O'Tool playing bass live on 2Tribes or Pleasure Dome he is clearly a superb musician and much credit to Trevor Horne too, of course. Cheers

[@MrMarcy76]

@@iainholmes2735 I was just listening to Marathon Charts Radio countdown of late November early December 1984. Jim Diamond was already No1 for one week, following Chaka Khan, then Frankie took over for 1 week, before Band Aid rounded off 1984. This was the last good period of chart toppers.

[@sonia1082]

I‘m happy that the Live aid concert could happen despite of all the mentioned obstacles! It was one of the most memorable moments in my lifetime😍!

[@afterhoursdjmusic]

This is 100% talent in one room..

[@annieg1812]

they turned up on a cold f...off sunday...these guys turned up..not liked the American USA AFRICA IM BLACK..in furs and champagne months later

[@donnag4150]

Never to be done again

[@JoeZaccaris]

To be brutally honest --- Boy George and George Michael kinda stole the show --- their vocals are superior to everyone else

[@andydixon2980]

@@JoeZaccaris Paul Young had a great voice too.

[@davidesemi]

Shiver on my skin them are so Young the singers of the 80sThe best ✨✨🌍🎄🎤📀📀👏👏

[@Truthall]

Thanks to Midge Ure, an absolute legend....

[@annieg1812]

the underated man of this event....

[@paultaylor5502]

@@annieg1812 totally

[@paultaylor5502]

brilliant guy and talent

[@JoeZaccaris]

I hate that Geldof got most of the credit for this project --- Midge did 90% of all the hard work

[@meesamagill1193]

​@@JoeZaccaris Midge only got involved because Bob contacted him. Yes Midge did the most of the work on the record but it would never have happened without Bob watching the report by Michael Buerk and being compelled to help

[@mogulhopper]

Great to catch a glimpse of Tony and Simon having a laugh together, I found this a fascinating insight

[@margaretjohnston7320]

Iconic song still played to this day, I love this 🎵 Something about it just brings hope at Christmas.

[@DoctorMeatDic]

It was such a massive deal back then, I was 8 years old but I remember it really well. Pop music was enormous back in 1984, a way of life.

[@MrMarcy76]

@@DoctorMeatDic yeah, the interest has now shifted to gaming, social media videos, which is boring in my opinion. Partly the reason why the music is so bland now. Maybe it’s just me getting older

[@MrMarcy76]

@@DoctorMeatDic it started with the Boomtown Rats ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ from 1979, all the way up to late 1984. That was the best era for British pop music

[@selcsum82]

It’s so moving to see all these super stars gathered in just one room!

[@wendyanderson201]

What an amazing and wonderful song and time. I remember telling my mom i wanted the album. Still one of my favorite Christmas songs

[@JohnArchbell]

What an amazing period of time. I remember it like yesterday. A bit hazy but I know what I was doing on the day of the gig. A room full of the world’s greatest song writers of the time - and music has never been bettered since.

[@MrMarcy76]

Its such shite nowadays.

[@Grahamponting]

I remember my girlfriend was cheating on me on the day of the gig ......I'm over it now.

[@SofiaKolb]

Amazing, so much Female talent on stage !

[@SpicyGramCracker]

Baby George Michael ❤😢

[@balticbabe1]

Very interesting and never before seen footage. Hard to believe this was 40 years ago. Of course I bought the single but hear it on the radio every year

[@dianewhitehouse7244]

Best concert I have ever been to

[@d1e9opomombo]

probably my best childhood Xmas. An incredible parade of british stars that were with no doubt part of my personal music roots too. A meeting of unique talents gathered for charity. Where have good music gone?

[@teresamaskell6863]

I remember hearing song on Top of pops 1984 my son was 6 months old when he heard song he started push him self up and down in baby chair to music can't believe song is 40 years old

[@jss902]

Refreshing, music has always had a special meaning and message, so many people come together here to form a choir. A feast for the ears, it doesn't matter whether it's 1984 or November 2024, listen with enthusiasm🎶🎸🍀🎄🙏🙋

[@MrMarcy76]

This was the end of the 'new pop' era , where all the mainstays of British pop music who were big between 1981 until late 84, started to fade after this point. 85 was the decline.

[@louise_rose]

Bono, who was prominent on the single, was leading the Biggest Rock Band in the World (in the eyes of many people, and the media), counting from around 1985 onwards - but U2 are Irish, of course.

[@MrMarcy76]

@ they weren’t part of the New Pop bands.

[@Cosford91]

I guess you mean new romantics when you say "new pop" ??

[@MrMarcy76]

@ new pop was the bracket all the New Romantics groups, or synth pop acts that came out at the time. Some weren’t necessarily New Romantic.

[@devansavage6317]

It was pretty cool to hear Phil singing it a bit at 10:53 since he only did drums for the song

[@Kiinell]

We were just a family of 4, but made a point of buying a copy for each of us, that Xmas. Not because we needed 4 copies, but like Bob said, it wasn't really about the record.

[@ChrisAtWork]

Thanks alot for the footage

[@timfahey7127]

Who has aged the best? Duran Duran ofcourse! Like fine wine. Oh, AND Sting.

[@danadelaplante6797]

BOY GEORGE by far-looks amazing today.

[@timfahey7127]

@@danadelaplante6797 You're right👍🏻

[@j.schermer3523]

Tony Hadley of couse.

[@Jo.885]

@timfahey7127 I have to disagree. Paul Young would be my answer. 😁

[@costap.4812]

George Michael..😢

[@dorothykelly8924]

Awe. George Michael x

[@TheKonga88]

He wasn't crying 😂😂😹🤣

[@Kitcat363]

I know.x

[@KayLee-jw7oo]

Exactly ❤

[@pla5730]

❤❤ of course. I bought the album and the Feed The World shirts !! Thanks again Bob G

[@TheKonga88]

It was a single, not an album 🤡

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

I was 15 when this recorded was released. It was a massive deal and remember there were no internet or cellphones!

[@gavinkaufmanworld]

Superb!! Thank you 😁

[@leestockton9367]

Bob Geldoff: "...there was no difficulty getting them to participate..." That's because there were no real ego's back then, but mainly because YOU DON'T SAY "NO" TO BOB GELDOFF!

[@samil5601]

I think he was being a bit diplomatic there. Not sure how it was for the record, but for Live Aid he had to pull miracles to get people in.

[@RS-oi9ty]

I was 17 when this came out. Was so cool to see all the Brit pop stars together for a great cause - plus Kool & The Gang & Jody Watley❤. Bought the single as soon as I could get my hands on it🤗.

[@thecontractor365]

When we had real stars in the music industry...⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@pla5730]

❤❤ and it WAS number One

[@dansterc3038]

I remember me and my friends looking at the back of the album and playing who can guess the silhouette the best.

[@GiampierinoPesca]

Magic moments🇮🇹👍

[@sidneygreen9120]

Tremendous amounts of great talent, and Jon moss was also there 😮👍

[@leos5587]

They were just young kids. Some of them talented, a few super talented.

[@DonnaMcpherson-kq4by]

Bob is a legend ! Not a tattoo in sight!

[@audspod1]

God bless Bob Geldof. I know the woke people won't like this but who cares! This man and his fellow artists did a wonderful thing back in the day to bring awareness of starvation on the African continent. Maybe the words weren't right (according to the woke brigade) but they were right at the time. Maybe the woke brigade should take a look at the images we all saw back then. I don't think they could handle it, but Bob and his fellow artists surely did!! God bless them all for their contribution to this awful and CONTINUING famine in the continent of Africa. 🙏❤

[@anonymouse74]

You think they’ve not seen worse images now on the net? Pretty sure they could handle the images we saw back then. Infact they probably seen tame now in comparison.

[@schneir5]

It's so ironic to hear Bob Geldof say that they won't do a concert because they ended up doing two concerts the next year, Live Aid. One was in London and the other in Philadelphia. Phil Collins played at both venues.

[@mfletes]

I still wonder why people like the Beatles or the Rolling Stones weren't invited to this. I know they were at live aid but this recording has so many missing British legends. Still is one of the best videos of all time.

[@debm3041]

It wasn't about legends but who were most popular at that time

[@thedo9607]

those were the days

[@francrisp6614]

I was 15 when this was recorded a timeless classic

[@markl2815]

Never before has so much hair gel been assembled in a single room

[@donnamccroan6258]

More like mousse.

[@markreville6917]

There were lengthy queues to use the bathroom. There was somebody called Charlie in there that they were all anxious to meet.

[@annieg1812]

so you are charlie...

[@dorothykelly8924]

The talent of UK

[@mccartney2]

proper pop and rock stars back then

[@RaymondFunnell-bs1wl]

It was a brilliant concert especially Queen and Status Quo and Phil Collins going to Philadelphia

[@zanhedralite118]

Andy, Roger and Nick behaved. Thanks God. 😂

[@francisellis9822]

Still got the record and DVD

[@deanjones684]

AHH Paul Weller, he'll be late for his own funeral bless him

[@christinepoynter5810]

Looked like he was having a ball

[@ann5765]

Feed the world ❤

[@oldmanc2]

Big hair. No beards. Different days

[@JC-yz1sf]

Raw amazing talent and absolutely stunning looking men and women!! The golden age of British entertainers!! Those artists saved all of us American kids from our country’s horrible mediocrity!! Duran Duran, culture club, Spandau, wham, Paul young, U2, sting, etc etc… I was a Duranie first but gosh did we love the UK!!! And the British Invasion artists!!! It was almost snobbery! If you were into music from England in the early 80s you were wayyy cooler than the mainstream people. Sort of just like now but most people can’t see it! Miss these days!!!

[@dorothykelly8924]

Never thought about that. No beards

[@aschmitt3395]

Why didn't the musicians donate instead? They've got much more money than most people.

[@nickphillips3799]

You can see the moment where Live Aid occurred to him after that reporter asked the question

[@Rossa4444]

@@nickphillips3799 i noticed that also, definitely a lightbulb moment. Then he strangely blabbered about security etc, as if nobody had ever organised a concert before?

[@soniabassetti7864]

Bob Geldof veramente un cuore grande!

[@pauljones9061]

Parfitt called Phil Collins Joan, he wasn't best pleased

[@hummingbird11]

I don't think I realized that there were so few women in this collaboration.

[@winni223]

As a photographer I must say that must've been almost impossible task to make everyone there make nice expression and look straight into the lens. Making a year book photo of a school class when everyone loses concentration roughly 10-15 seconds after you tell them stood and pose is an easier task.

[@Rossa4444]

Did anyone else get pissed off during the group photo part, when they said “eyes on the camera” about 10 times and certain people were still talking and hair flicking

[@anonymouse74]

Yeah me. I was coming to the comments to see if it was just me being a miserable sod lol. How hard is it to just look at the bloody camera!? You’re adults, not kids 🙄

[@BuffOrpington5]

This may just be me being a child, but I thought it was funny. Sometimes we need a time to just stop being serious. If we stay acting serious and “like adults” all the time, you are bound to get depressed. You need something to laugh about. It must have been frustrating though, so I understand where you’re coming from.

[@jakerudhmpls]

"Simon....SIMON! Look at the camera....John, John, JOHN! Look at the camera....SIMON! Please...look at the camera!"

[@IndigoAquarius1980]

coked up

[@halcyon289]

Who's the smiling guy in the colourful hat next to Midge ?

[@RageInEden]

John Keeble, the drummer for Spandau Ballet.

[@stufen11]

One year later.........LIVE AID!!!

[@Cielochef]

Actually, it was more like 7 or 8 months later when the Live Aid concerts happened.

[@stufen11]

Ok, even more poignant.

[@deletebilderberg]

Phil and Midge all the work - Bob took the credit.

[@cosmos7492]

So true

[@leestockton9367]

Idiot! Who do you think organised it all?

[@maryjones0147]

But that was Bob idea

[@marguskiis7711]

​​@@maryjones0147 but Midge wrote the song and recorded the backing track.

[@annieg1812]

@@maryjones0147 he just saw the progamme on bbc.....so did others...including america....

[@courtnayzeitler8564]

Were we ever that young?? 😂Sting’s haircut 😮

[@markhill9275]

This was genuine, and soo much better than that insipid rubbish from the USoNA. This had real joy, camaraderie.

[@weedle30]

I remember the spitting image version…. 😉 “we are all ‘has beens’, cashing in on a good idea Bob Geldof once had….” *sniggers*

[@JoeZaccaris]

I know America had "USA for Africa" but I'm a little ashamed that U.S. artists couldn't put out a Christmas song like this one in 1984 and do it for charity

[@daniellefrancis1476]

How come Martin Kemp was there when he was no where to be seen in the music video of Do they know it’s Christmas?

[@epoch71]

Shame about not wanting to do a concert. It could have been amazing! Any maybe have artists who weren't on the single. Like Queen!

[@Lisa-vv9vb]

Live Aid was the concert

[@epoch71]

@ r/whoosh …

[@culttelevision]

Strange. I saw this unseen footage back in 1984.

[@debm3041]

ITN news footage, so they must've broadcast it!

[@gypsyroadhog]

And Slade not even asked so they did their version which is pretty good

[@louise_rose]

David Bowie is not on the main song, but he participated on the B-side with various other artists who were unable to take part in the session

[@gypsyroadhog]

@@louise_rose he introduced the main one though and was asked

[@louise_rose]

@@gypsyroadhog where did I say he wasn't asked? I'm referring to the actual 7" single.

[@gypsyroadhog]

@ where did I suggest you had? I was just stating he was asked and Slade weren’t

[@nicholasparish1968]

The source of the river Virtue...

[@annieg1812]

? discuss?

[@nicholasparish1968]

@annieg1812 what to discuss?

[@craiggilchrist4223]

About time he did one for Britain.

[@andyhamilton8940]

That’s a lot of mullets, comb overs and Camaro hair to keep up with.

[@emailsph3282]

Save the world of the 80s... save their multi-million $ Sony Record deals of the 2020s.

[@md-ps2hx]

Hard to believe that 40 years later, the majority of the people in these clips (who are still alive) are now pensioners ...

[@annieg1812]

alive....better off than you...

[@Dion_Mustard]

Where is Boy George ?

[@renatapriscilapereirateofilo]

In New York, he took the Concorde to get there, recorded his part and went away.

[@TT_1221]

@@renatapriscilapereirateofilo Yes, after several phone calls to wake him and about 8 hours late..

[@birgitangermair4483]

He arrived at about 5:30 p.m. with a soare voice and a bottle of Jack Daniels .......

[@annieg1812]

how do comments people know ...just looked it up....oh concorde..oh awaken it...oh it was drunk....

[@TT_1221]

@@annieg1812 There's a Live Aid Documentary on KZbin.. So from the Horses Mouth!

[@DWH072]

Simon!

[@grahamjones7070]

George Michael was there but Andrew Ridgeley couldn't be bothered to get out his bed( fact)👍

[@leonardpattison2816]

Thank fuck for that

[@marguskiis7711]

"I don't a concert would be possible. "

[@annieg1812]

erh a con willllll be it yeah

[@andyhamilton8940]

There was a 55 gallon drum of Aqua Net in the back room.

[@annieg1812]

did you see that?

[@dougdean8996]

Too bad Sir Ray Davies and Tim Booth wasn’t invited to partake in this gem.

[@mvanoosterhoutfotografie]

More stranglers on this channel please!!!

[@annieg1812]

yes battersea park....

[@chrispoole8339]

i cant believe that 40 years later, the world is in a worse state... The ethiopians are doing one next year for the UK..

[@stufen11]

Doing one next year for the UK......Priceless😃😃

[@annieg1812]

then dont do it......moan

[@mildredwolf8722]

Rod Stewart, Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet??? 😮

[@paull4733]

Paul Weller, looking for a friend 😸

[@marguskiis7711]

What the Heaven 17 did there?

[@annieg1812]

wjhaty isto you you you tyou be be 8

[@jjh541]

Are we sure that Geldof isn't Pete Davidson's Biological father?

[@rashidshah7929]

This gig added around 10 million pounds to the Columbian GDP

[@halcyon289]

lol .....and that was just Parfitt's bill .

[@perllyngrenn2100]

Holy mullet!

[@timmatthews773]

haha Frame at 6:05 just wanting to go home!