Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good (Live Aid 1985)

[@stevendphoto]

Wouldn't it be good if they still made music like this?

[@gmize78]

Yes it sure would be! I was 13 then & remember like it was yesterday..this music festival was huuugge🎶🎶 I read somewhere that Nik Kershaw had terrible stage fright we he saw the crowd!

[@axltobe2]

When the live version sounded like what you hear on Spotify.

[@thomasvis]

Wouldn't it be good if this was still the 80s?

[@MikeD-bu6hr]

Nothing is stopping anybody still making music like this. If you think it should be made - make it.

[@alanjones5786]

So Agree with all of you, but no mullets please, I am 61 and bald!

[@williamseay8842]

I saw Nik Kershaw perform this song live once. It was this performance. I was there. I was with my Mum and Dad to Nik's left near the Royal Box. Live Aid was the most magical day of my life. I still have my ticket stub and programme. I so miss tese days.

[@deirdregedlitschka1960]

Lucky buggggger

[@lifesahellofaride]

Live Aid was very unfortunate - for every single human that wasnt there. the devils got me there, im jealous

[@literally-no-one-j7m]

Luckyy!!! im 13 and i wish i was there so bad

[@jamesloveswork1]

No sequencers, no backing track, no in ear monitors- simply a great band playing a great song. So good. 👌🏻

[@nickycotton6137]

Aye, Synths though! That's what ❤'d about the 80's mainly & onwards.

[@clouseau72]

Not in this one, but they use séquencers in the rest of the songs at this gig, the pionniers of that matter

[@mattskustomkreations]

No smart phones

[@Cinek400]

He have monitors in front of him

[@ZaneTaylorMusic]

Yeah and he starts a clap and then plays out of time 🤣🤣

[@jenniferconley5793]

The 80s was such a magical decade and I’m so very blessed to have been a part of it .

[@cathyabraham9110]

Me too! Graduated HS in 1987. Soooo miss those days. This type of music brings it all back.

[@SimXtreme6]

Me too! From 15 to 25 years old! Magic!

[@jenniferconley5793]

@Sabah Zarid Yep , I was born in 72 and we really did have the best music , movies and TV shows hands down . No generation will ever top ours .

[@garypayne3845]

@@jenniferconley5793 born in 69 but best tv ? Not in my opinion, music maybe, films ? Good and bad in every decade but on other things, 80s fashion very dodgy, Tech? Terrible, no mobiles, internet, HD tv, Gaming consoles, so overall prefer to be in the 21st century but nice to look back even with rose tinted glasses

[@stevensmith5816]

born 77 so a true 80s childhood for me .... it was a brilliant time to grow up

[@hbapower8947]

There is something magic, special, almost incredible, in the 80's and no one can deny that !

[@jackallen83]

HBA Power they’d probably would say the same thing about 2000s. but I have to agree I wish I was born in the 80s.

[@lisaboje3640]

@@jackallen83 I have a 16 year old son and he says he wishes he grew up in the 80s. He hears me talk about the simplicity of it, and even though he likes the advances of the modern age, I think he thinks that a simpler life would be better.

[@colinmontgomery1956]

@@lisaboje3640 , yeah, haha. 'Cause 1985 was 1730. Delusional...

[@lisaboje3640]

@@colinmontgomery1956 no, 1730 would be a very difficult life.

[@colinmontgomery1956]

@@lisaboje3640 ...1985 was yesterday, practically. That's my point. You (or your son, I presume) are making it out like it was the dark ages. Don't be thick with me.

[@Mel-qb6co]

This is THE EVENT of the 20th century !!! 80's FOREVER

[@Fossilsunleashed]

look at all those happy people with no phones

[@mattyoz0]

It's sad isn't it?

[@zengobag5341]

That was life!!!!

[@zengobag5341]

but without phones now you wouldn't have this video..Enjoy.. We did.. Peter Cox (Go West) - King of Wishful Thinking @ Shugborough Hall, Milford, Staffordshire, 2010 kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6LVmZWMbNh2m8U

[@cheeseandonions9558]

LOL, well spotted

[@LostBoy-ry3rg]

its true better life with no phones

[@brokl26]

The 80s spoiled us. Proof. I make this comment each and every time I find a song that proves my point. Nik is live for crying out loud.

[@dougsteeleguitar]

Saw him live tonight in Melbourne. Dude still has it. It was so good to see him live. Inspiring songwriter without a doubt!!

[@nvna1111]

He's a really strong fluid performer for his age

[@WATERDOG300]

The 80's were some of the best years of my life but at the time I wasn't fully aware of just how great those years were. I'd love to go back the 80's and appreciate them for the fantastic times that they were.

[@wayneo1269]

Yeah I totally agree

[@swedejohanson7739]

Yeah def. I was a kid in the 80’s. It was great. Stayed outside all day, only played Nintendo at night. MTV was the shit and played nonstop music 24 hours a day. Rode my bike or skateboard everywhere I went. Girls had big ass hair and the radio was dominated by bands like Motley Crue and Ratt. Truly a great time to be alive

[@gavinc74]

Very true

[@hudsonsirheshicks2653]

This stuff was taken for granted then. Nowadays everyone’s trying to emulate it.

[@yasminabelmelat5622]

@Sleeping no i don t think so.2019 is just pure shit

[@SuperLegion52]

Wouldn't It Be Good if we had a time machine :) I'd go back to the 80's & never come back.

[@xoxxobob61]

The 80's were something truly special when it came to music

[@RS-of1om]

It was easier to pick up chicks and talk to them not play some bullshit voicemail text games how most of them do today. Pathetic

[@bimbajazz5979]

so would I

[@jamiewesson898]

50s 60s 70s thats were id go 80s was begining of the end

[@user-kj3qg3kv2l]

@@RS-of1om True dat

[@littlemisss74]

when it used to be sunny in July in England! Oh those were the days! Fantastic memories

[@anglonig1]

Now we are chemtrailed to death.

[@sonhopson1]

I constantly tell my children how magical the 80’s were. They are beginning to understand and agree with me! God bless Gen X!!!🥰

[@zoso73]

Stranger Things helps us convince them we're not blowing smoke on this subject. They're able to identify with the synth-heavy sounds more easily.

[@jamessearle2339]

When music was real 100% 😊

[@guitarjoe4580]

Hello sonya I totally agree this song is so catchy I enjoy that guitar play too👋🙂🎸

[@andoletube]

Modern pop is objectively lacking - no intros, no solos, little distinction between verses and choruses, no surprise factor, dumbed down melodies, no key changes. Music from the 80's was more sophisticated and will stand the test of time. Current pop won't.

[@Kingfisher1215]

I never thought the music was that great in the 80s. It was just producer driven evolutionary music, but what the times did have was a huge breadth of music and styles and no sound defined the times. In total, it really was a great time for music.

[@countrystix]

Wouldn't it be good to live in a world like the '80's were, today? #2023

[@gageguy]

Look up 'Every time you cry' by The Outfield. Live version. That's more '80's than anything to me.

[@bubbles4905]

It would be awesome! 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤.

[@futuristica1710]

You miss the Cold War?

[@countrystix]

@@futuristica1710 downer

[@pa3997]

3:00 the whole stadium singing along with him and millions more on the TV screen on this hot summers day - it must be one of the greatest moments in his professional life.

[@MikeD-bu6hr]

Nope, he forgot the words and was embarrassed by this performance.

[@eightiesmusic1984]

@@MikeD-bu6hr He has not said he was embarrassed in any of the interviews I have read about it.

[@eightiesmusic1984]

@@cinarsovany He did forget some of the words and has said so in interviews that I have seen. On reflection it is reasonable to infer at least some embarrassment about this as opposed to in regard to the entire performance. Difficult to know precisely what the poster above meant.

[@eightiesmusic1984]

@@cinarsovany Ok, understood. It is a great song and Live Aid was an amazing concert. Have a good day.

[@eightiesmusic1984]

@@cinarsovany Sorry to hear about Covid. I had it in October/ November 2021 and it was awful, despite having taken every possible precaution to avoid it since early 2020 and being fully vaccinated. Get well soon.

[@BruceLee-zd9bw]

I'm just finishing off my time machine, I'm off back to the 80's.... Who's coming? 👊😎✊

[@hyena131]

@BruceLee-zd9bw Don't be scared of the 21st century, grandma- it won't bite.

[@mattyoz0]

It's got nothing to do with being scared. We have 100% gone backwards. @@hyena131

[@rickogden204]

I finished mine years ago and I have been in 1985 ever since.

[@zengobag5341]

Already there, See you at Shugborough!

[@zengobag5341]

For the people that search Shugborough.. Welcome..

[@scousebusters1989]

Spandau Ballet, Howard Jones, Nik Kershaw the list is just endless. Wasn't the 80s a great era for pioneering revolutionary music. This was one of my favourites, a lot of young people listen to Nik these days and enjoy his music as much as we did.

[@southtexashustler]

Depeche Mode, OMD, and Breathe…🙏🏾👍🏾

[@hesssabine6697]

Good song 👌 🦋💚2022//^^^

[@mariaorisso3463]

Es verdad!!! Son unicos en su genero.... mis saludos.

[@michaelmoore1386]

Simple Minds, Human League, ABC, Gary Newman, Kajagoogoo, Cutting Crew, Men at Work, Tears for Fears, INXS.

[@007ndc]

Thompson Twins , Bryan Ferry, INXS , Tears For Fears, UB40 on and on

[@coldbreeze6344]

No politics no mobile phones no internet no hatred for each other just good fun and love for eachother

[@GuyNoirPrivateEye875]

The 80s was a pretty intense time politically, especially in England.

[@jensaccount2010]

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@howardsternisbatman]

Plenty of hatred to go around even back then.

[@edcracknell]

Plenty of politics and hatred in the 80s lol. Not having the internet was rubbish. This is a great song. People still make great songs 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@CruceEntertainment]

No politics???? Lol. Ok

[@kenmoreSF]

If I could only go back to this time, right when I just finished high school and do it all over again. I would cherish every single moment of this decade.

[@davidwebb091370]

wouldn't it be good if every July 13th, all the radio stations/music-streaming sites in the entire planet will play only '80s music?

[@darkhalo1111]

There’s a radio station that plays 80’s music only 24/7 it’s called “absolute 80’s”

[@0005120]

In honour of what was trying to be achieved by a generation that cared.

[@signalenergie]

1985 was a good year for the music.

[@rjjcms1]

They have either Absolute or Heart's 70s and 80s stations on often at my place of work.

[@rjjcms1]

1984 and the first half of 1985 was one of the best eras for pop music. There was lots of good music to be found throughout that decade,especially the first half.

[@nigelsmith721]

That drum intro needs a special mention.

[@mattmccann8805]

I'd still argue that the start of this song is one of the best guitar riffs of all time.

[@davidovics92]

it's not an iommi riff, but yeah, it's still pretty f-cking amazing

[@forumchatter09]

@@davidovics92 Weird Sabbath plug

[@willemdegrebber7227]

No argument here 🤘🏻😉

[@ogam5]

@@forumchatter09: ESPECIALLY since he used to COVER some of THEIR songs.....

[@lestercombs1871]

Wish he made more music

[@annak8666]

"Hello Mum" on the snare drum makes me smile 🙂Oh, and I want a time machine. The 80s were incredible in music and everybody looked good without filters

[@kenrehill8775]

With Two Tier Starmtrooper ruling us, we’d all go back there in seconds. But you all voted for him.

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

He has such a unique and modern voice for the 1980s!

[@dawnedwards2213]

Back to a simpler time,no cell phones,live music,everyone watching the act on stage and not on a small screen.Bring back the 80s.

[@83K5Blazer]

Dawn Edwards they really weren’t simpler times.. I mean, I spent a ton of time grooming my mullet.. very complicated procedure..

[@dawnedwards2213]

@@83K5Blazer I was too young to have a mullet!!!😁

[@JorgeFernandez-ww2np]

Or 90s too

[@joinizwe]

Yes please 👍👍

[@elkhair7]

Don’t forget those forgettable mullets.

[@acw072]

The decade of using synthesizers, drums ,guitars all together plus raw talent, love it

[@HouseholdDog]

Actually synths weren't really a that new. It was more the digital synths that gave that classic 80s sound.

[@dr.seytan4310]

@@HouseholdDog synths have been popular since hammond novachord synthesizer in the early 1940s

[@christophergaudreau9265]

Yamaha DX-7 in FULL FLIGHT 😊

[@TripleZme]

its 2024 and we're still listening...

[@janedoe3897]

Yessss !!

[@plataleijajavierernesto4206]

Why not ? 😊

[@rogerkay8603]

Always loved this, decades change and tastes but I come back

[@edp2506]

Definitely. Very cool song and sounds.

[@dane3938]

Love it

[@Petermusic1965]

never forget that day in July 1985 .Nik Kershaw was and still is a great songwriter and did a great job that day .respect

[@antonioquepasa3474]

La calidad del sonido no hace justicia a esta obra, aún así, no le quita mérito. La dedico a todos los padres que por diversas causas no pueden estar con sus hijos. ❤

[@EdZimmerman]

I remember that day. I was 19 years old and full of dreams, sitting with my buddies in my room and watching the whole concert on german tv. And drinking beer of course.😎

[@franiagrzanka719]

I remember too

[@PowerandLuxury]

No doobies?

[@genesis1765]

A little caring society was created after this. The wall came down Mandela was freed and the nuclear arms race took a pause.

[@rimmel65]

Ed Zimmerman same age

[@johnlampe3348]

Ed Zimmerman i

[@samweisberg9200]

I'm 21 but I can already see humanity officially peaked in 80s.. oh what I'd do to experience that decade

[@djdudemanhey]

Sam Weisberg hey great to hear that...The boomer in me can confirm....the 80’s up until the mid 90’s and the birth of The www. and the death of Kurt Cobain were the glory years of rock music

[@steffanhoffmann8937]

Nice 👍 mate! 🇬🇧

[@mytahiti1004]

Clothing was colorful. Not dull black & white 90s no color age.

[@kbflorida888]

That was sweet post. No, the 80’s weren’t “better”, they were great bcs I was young. You’re 21 now, this is YOUR decade. Make lots of love, you’ll have happy memories for later in life.

[@kristoffernilsen-grahame838]

Im 20 and I agree

[@darrenspence2516]

A very underrated performer globally...always had success in Oz...the world needs to listen more to Nik Kershaw....

[@davidkarecki9044]

I miss the 80s. Want to go.back. wouldn't it be good?

[@greg19670]

If it were for just one day...

[@happypetstuff]

will be amazing :-)

[@BABE_RUTH_3]

I Hate cell phones

[@davidrider2264]

Totally underrated performance. This is pure 80s magic.

[@darthroon1]

Sat in bed watching this now 46. Wishing I was young again really upsets ya knowing them days gone

[@mariagraziatrolli1220]

darthroon1 I am 48 but I feel the same.

[@darthroon1]

@@mariagraziatrolli1220 😭

[@cardelljordan8695]

I miss them day's too

[@thebassbat7882]

i'm with ya, great times

[@lippypongstockings8356]

Don't be sad. We were part of an insanely creative era in British music x

[@PamelaMiller-bx7rr]

Music is no longer made this way anymore, unfortunately! Not only was this a great song, the 80’s era was one of a kind!

[@kennysender6804]

One of the best intro’s and mid break in any song ever created . Nik is a musical genius

[@meisterlymanu5214]

"i was completely out of my depth, deer in the headlights. The devil was inside my head telling me i would mess up the lyrics and did a little bit. But when i watched it back ten years later, the terror wasnt there on stage at all. You couldnt tell. I was on at about 2.30pm so i could sit in the royal box for the rest of the day, watching my heroes. I saw Queen later and thought "ah, thats how you play to 80,000 people"... NK.

[@michaelokeefe8905]

coming of age in the 70's and 80's was Magic.Thank You God

[@kelseymariel2127]

One of the best summers in my life. 19 years old with my whole life in front of me. I still listen to this song, what magic this all was.

[@lisaboje3640]

I was 17 and had just graduated high school. I remember this day like it was yesterday. What an amazing day of great music! I loved the 80's. I just wish I had known it at the time. It was a great time to grow up. I wish I could go back knowing what I know now. I would cherish every moment.

[@stellacastella4527]

I feel the same way... :/

[@bash8257]

I agree. Great memories

[@daninusa5297]

every human says this in the western world, mabye the whole world

[@warrenfrankel1054]

So well said

[@simonamercuryjackson1874]

I was 17 too but in Italy we graduate high school on 18...I was an eye on TV an eye on books that wonderful summer

[@lorireece1970]

This song gives me chills, even after all these years! I sooooo miss my decade!

[@jp3492]

I know *exactly* what you mean. SE England 1980's epic.

[@antoinegriezmann959]

This song remind my 1st girlfriend never felt the same again vive me chills alzó beatiful song

[@lostinspacerobinson1527]

Yes , very beautiful........

[@fernando8549]

80 is magnific

[@wendyraye]

@Lori Reece SAME - I had the record and listened over and over and over....no internet to surf - was fully immersed in listening to it.

[@annelavigne4797]

I was 19 what a awsome time

[@drstephenwoods]

I'm 60...a young 60 because of the 80's positivity. I played drums with a band for a living while in college in St Louis and met and opened for several 80's artists including The Romantics, The Alarm, Night Ranger etc and I get a heaviness in my chest and welling of tears when I think about this modern day Renaissance in music and culture

[@myxgroupmyx8896]

Great memories indeed ☺️

[@oliverbuettner1988]

can't get enough of these 80ies performances. great great great! wish I could have been a popstar in the 80ies!

[@lellul760]

I'll never forget this song in my life. Nik Kershaw sings so good.

[@JimmyMarrow]

One of the best live performances right here. Not a huge Nik fan but this song and performance is just unreal.

[@TheJavocat]

Ahhhh what a day that was ...

[@alyssaadeline5208]

I keep coming back and watching this over and over. Such a good live rendition.

[@coolbreeze5683]

It's crazy how I felt like listening to this today then I noticed the date on the banner above the stage...July 13th which is today's date!

[@Jacen13]

Me too! I love this song & I named my baby girl Alyssa! (:

[@rpp4150]

I was 12 then and still feel the same listening to this, sooo good!! Happy great 80s music forever!! Coolest trousers n boots nick!!

[@DeevraNorling]

I was also 12 at the time. Wish I could have been at Live Aid! Bring back the 80s!

[@fuchsia5899]

I wasn’t born for another 21 years yet I’m here lol

[@kellyisraels2763]

Check out the live version of this song with Nik Kershaw and Howard Jones.

[@rpp4150]

@@kellyisraels2763 cool ty!!

[@rpp4150]

@@fuchsia5899 yayy lets rock :)

[@RadekLess]

Feel so bad when I see where the world is heading to on current days. Music back than had soul and love.

[@mandimitten1918]

80's was the best decade to grow up in, it will never happen again :(

[@Wwg1wga48]

No no… 60s by far the decade of immense change.. so much original music.. unreal…80s don’t compare

[@jamesjournalist3919]

I was there at Live Aid and Nik Kershaw was one of the openers before some unknown acts like u2, Queen, Elton John and the Who followed him. What a day, what an amazing concert, the greatest concert of all time.

[@myxgroupmyx8896]

Lucky of You 💕

[@merahkesumba]

Lucky. How old were you then?

[@DeevraNorling]

Ah I’m jealous. I wish I could have been at Live Aid. But I was only 12 at the time and in another country!

[@scotterwin9445]

I'm jealous

[@lisaboje3640]

And don't forget Phil Collins, who played both concerts!

[@dp7534]

Never knew he played Live Aid- Have loved this song since the 80’s- Best time to grow up and the BEST music!!

[@rojaktar3509]

Oh he did-apparently he was so nervous he ended up repeating the first verse twice

[@lemongris3208]

It's one of those songs that remind you of a bygone time, Nik Kershaw is truly underrated

[@EclecticMinecraftBuilds-ky9rt]

One of the few musicians who actually sang in key that day, a real pro

[@alwaysright3718]

Except he forgot the words...

[@jrhodes69]

@@alwaysright3718no one noticed at the time tho! He just about styled it out 😂 I’m a big Nik fan and must have heard that song a thousand times and still can’t remember which way round those bits are in the song.

[@irwinwesley8297]

14 years old and glued to the tv watching live aid in TORONTO...best years of my life...didnt know how good music was and took it for granted...today's music as young people today tell me is crap

[@andredizon5805]

0:53 this scene, the camera angle capturing the keyboard being played with Nik, the crowd and wembley with the bright sky in the background, even that blimp flying by with the iconic riff playing is just absolute Perfection. and it still gives me overwhelming chills down my spine Just a damn shame how underrated this performance was, being over shadowed by Queen's performance.

[@jonkonuk5929]

We were happy really happy back then!!!!

[@alansmith9412]

simple times no phones or social media just good music

[@gigideb6371]

and Bob said, who wants to open the concert? and everyone else in chorus... Nick!!!! the brave

[@staceymckelvey1686]

This is LIVE AID FOLKS..the biggest concert next of Woodstock.. this was huge, and the best time to be a 16yr old!! Miss it, love it and glad I was part of it!!

[@jeffersonjeffo8457]

I was just 16 then...

[@dacsus]

1972 here, i was just 13 old, but remember every bit of it (i watched it on Austria television - ORF, lol, in Bratislava, in former Czechoslovakia)

[@marionfitness5509]

me too. 24 and just married. Wonderful time to be alive. still am married to the same guy. only 17 in my head though haha!

[@stevent9179]

16 too and headed to 11th grade that fall.

[@nemesisut8793]

Lucky....

[@anthonylove821]

When life and times were much happier and if there was a Time Machine, I would leave 2025 to go back to the 1980s and stay there for an eternity 😊😊😊😊

[@ntc12345]

39 years ago next week. Jesus. I remember watching this on MTV as a 10 year old kid back in 1985 😢

[@jagna15]

I'm addicted to listening to this song 😍😍 this is a masterpiece

[@markusantonio4866]

The video is great it reminds me of Take On Me, but these songs were around the same time.

[@CosmopolitanFools]

He had the look, he made the demands of instrumentation & melody, singing like a champ & laying a knockout song onto an unsuspecting world . . . & a message that resonates through the decades. Nick Kershaw . . . the thunder rumbled, lightning flashed, & God said, "Thou shall ROCK." And lo, Nick did Rock. HE STILL ROCKS.

[@davidhull1481]

I just read a Guardian “How we Made This Song” article about this one. Nik said that he screwed up the lyrics at Live Aid, but I didn’t notice. Great song.

[@gailflora1835]

All the elements of a great band. Listening in 2925 is proof.

[@novaestrella2571]

The magic era of the 80s, my heart makes a jump for joy every time I hear a nice eighties song and sometimes a tear jumps in my eye. Am I getting old?

[@gitarist25]

Yes my friend.. Same feeling here

[@bobjohnson1587]

Yes, you are! Lol

[@novaestrella2571]

@@bobjohnson1587 true bro, my soul is still 22 but the rest is almost 70 years now. Still rockin' though.

[@raulparracofre2861]

Fué una de las lindas épocas de los 80's. Qué recuerdos aquellos.

[@metzielkiamco6676]

80's the most colorful era and you could memorize the lyrics even without the copy because they sang clearly.

[@danjones7365]

No mobile phones recording........ people living in the moment! A better time

[@ceeaitch11]

🙄🙄 a better time yes but that’s got nothing to do with phones. I will never get you people. What’s wrong with making the moment last forever?

[@Sean-me4fv]

I would never wish to go back to days before mobile phones. It’s great being able to stay in touch with family members, and able to call for help. I would go back for the music as music today is shit in comparison.

[@stevenixx3595]

@@ceeaitch11 everything is recorded, you dont need to do it yourself - put the fucking phones away.

[@jermainewilliams7108]

Dan Jones. the 80’s was about capturing the moment of Music, Films, Special Occasions, Family, Friends, Cartoons and Video Games 🎮

[@boomshanka4667]

when humans were human.

[@michaelcave7138]

Now, this is a real concert! No fancy stuff, no iphones, just the most awesome concert ever!

[@michaelcave7138]

@Sleeping Hehe yeah but 80s fancy is the real fancy ;)

[@thescarletandgrey2505]

The sound quality before digital came along was so much better than the digitally compressed crap of today

[@supgizmo5021]

The days before autotune

[@SKF358]

Every household should have this album and play it everyday

[@myheartisinjapan3184]

What a fantastic look Nick had. What lyrics...for these times! Wow.

[@РомаИгнатов-т9ъ]

Music unites a magic medicine. I am in favor of holding such festivals so that people would say forty years later, but it was time.

[@CruceEntertainment]

Great to see nobody with cell phones recording. But dang, I’m glad somebody did record it!

[@steffanhoffmann8937]

That would be the BBC and its American equivalent. It was on TV all day.

[@leedummett4412]

wish i would have been there. 1980s forever.

[@michaelguest8480]

I remember that day as if it were Yesterday! I was living approximately 40 Miles West of Philadelphia During the Live Aid Concert! My day Started with a 9am Basic Flight Lesson at the small airport I was employed at. Afterward I returned home and watched the concert on TV!

[@mikefisher4557]

Not a recording device in sight !! Awesome !!!

[@dazronch5450]

The 80s were the best I know I was there Nick was great .

[@racheleastwood5588]

Nik was a bloody good artist and held his own on this spectacular day 😎😎

[@mica1k]

i forever wish i was alive in the 80s. i was born in 2002 but my mother raised me on 80s culture!

[@michaelguest8480]

I was born in 1968. I can tell you that the 1980's were a BEAUTIFUL time to live in! 😃🤩😍 It was BOTH diverse and festive!

[@mica1k]

@@michaelguest8480 i'm in LOVE with 80s movies and music lol. so much better than my generations

[@michaelguest8480]

@@mica1k If you would like to know what it was like to be a Teenager during the 1980's Watch the following Movies: Sixteen Candles, Ferris Buller's day off, the Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink Just A Few!🤩

[@mica1k]

@@michaelguest8480 I've seen them all, they're my favorites!! 😁

[@michaelguest8480]

@@mica1k Outstanding!😃 Another good movie to watch: Pump up the Volume: Staring Christian Slatter. Not to mention: Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Staring :Shaun Penn. I think I spelled his name correct!👍

[@s.r.823]

Can´t even imagine how it felt to forget the words in front of such a big crowd. And yet he still did an amazing job. Wish I could have been there.

[@meesamagill1193]

He didnt forget any words

[@lucalone]

awesome live performance! and this is REAL LIVE and no playback!

[@FrancisArven]

in other tone :/

[@ThePsmith1985]

Deserves far more views!

[@DICKTURPIN1976]

Most of the live aid performances from everyone who performed are seriously top quality! Todays artist dont compare.

[@edbullard748]

I have not heard this song in decades until I walked into the Grocery store this morning. How blessed some of us were to come up in this age of music.

[@stevedavie4480]

I was there with my future wife and brother. A totally unique experience. Never be anything like it ever again. A wonderful, wonderful day.

[@andredizon5805]

2:41 It's lowkey brilliant how even though Nik forgot the lyrics here right after "The heat it stifling" and muttered the lyrics from the first verse but rode along with it in a higher octave, actually a great save! Nik and the rest of the phenomenal Band member's nerves might've the most Tense they've ever experienced their whole lives on that day in Live Aid but you cannot deny how Phenomenal all of their performances were!

[@yardbirds8414]

19 years old and watched the whole thing. Man , what has happened to all these years that have just zoomed by. With a IT background , I can barely remember the time without the internet or cell phones.

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

1985 - Come out, save lives!! 2021 - Stay home, save lives!! World is upside down..

[@jrmetmoi]

You’re right

[@flowerpetals1396]

It always has been.

[@EgoShredder]

Inverted on purpose by the ruling "elites". Sadly even this 1985 event was a globalist sham. The musicians were doing it for the right reasons (except for maybe Bono and Geldof), but had no idea of what was actually going on.

[@JulieRushworth]

Two of the biggest cons ever

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

@@JulieRushworth Agree!

[@CF71960]

I wish I could enter a Time Machine, and go back to the 80s to see all of these great concerts. That would be a dream come true!

[@ACCH-cm9ou]

i m still astonished, at how good 80s music was.....this one is one of those experimental pop songs ,which left me dreaming...the melody, the dynamics, the different instruments complementing each others....i m glad to be born in 72 and being grown up during the 80s ....

[@williamcrabb2381]

This just makes you feel good, I'm 61 loved it first time I heard it , like "yesterday"f--- yeah!!!

[@Jay-lh2nt]

"good old 1985!" Damn I love the HAIRSTYLES , CLOTHING and the happiness that there was ! Oh and the women , were the hottest and most nicest dispositions that they HAD.

[@markedman9522]

There may not have been Facebook, smartphones, iTunes let alone the internet but an incredible time to be alive!

[@artisquid4110]

He looks so handsome when he whas young and his music is one of the best things that I ever heard. Absolutely love it.

[@sakuchan7134]

Yep, a cutie :)

[@DanteLikesRock]

I agree and im a guy lol

[@patricklarry6645]

I agree and I'm a frog.

[@nataleamccaughrin2886]

As someone who has battled with a mysterious malady that appears to commix (or, “straddle the border” between) severe OCD and schizophrenia for twenty-eight years, I definitely can relate to these poignant lyrics. For me, everyone else’s existence (although I am not omniscient) seems so much saner; simpler; finer; and (most importantly) freer. Upon my discovery that Nik Kershaw performed (performs?) more than one ballad at Live Aid, “I surely can’t wait to hear more 😉!” Love, Natalea Wednesday, September 18, In The Year Of Grace 2024 P. S.: Wishing good health and happier times to anyone reading this who also sometimes feels alone in their problems. 🙏🏻😔💔🌥️

[@nvna1111]

You've got to check out his full discography. there are so many songs I think you'd appreciate the themes of

[@nigeljames9193]

The whole world is watching and he nails it , true legend 👌

[@LukeKetchum7003]

The sound of that synthesizer got stuck in my head. But I don't mind.

[@TheTrance69]

Loved Nik as a teen, still love him now, What a talent and intelligent song writer

[@jeffalan6339]

Didn't realize how good the 80s were until the other decades arrived since 2000 each decade gets worse