Nik Kershaw admits he was terrified playing Live Aid alongside Queen and Bowie

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@mr-wx3lv
@mr-wx3lv Ай бұрын
We need songs like that around now. The whole 80s ethos and vibe needs to return...
@nigelsmith721
@nigelsmith721 Ай бұрын
The footage of Nik's performance at Live Aid is still one of my "instant time machine" experiences...i remember the day and the version of "me" at that time in a way that few other things can do.
@rhyfeddu
@rhyfeddu Ай бұрын
Yep! It was such a a notable world event, it sticks. And cable to watch it was still so scarce for us, young and poor just starting out with dodgy apartments, that we went to the local bar/restaurant to catch a glimpse of it.
@poejineapples8717
@poejineapples8717 Ай бұрын
Great interview. Really helped by the host knowing and liking Nik's music.
@JH-oq4yh
@JH-oq4yh Ай бұрын
A lovely man and very underrated songwriter
@stuarthartley7428
@stuarthartley7428 Ай бұрын
Underrated to say the least.
@carnivalimusic
@carnivalimusic Ай бұрын
Not a chance is he underrated . Nik Kershaw is a songwriting genius!
@stuarthartley7428
@stuarthartley7428 Ай бұрын
I quite agree. But he is definitely underrated & doesn't get enough recognition.
@maccagrabme
@maccagrabme Ай бұрын
What I find irritating is that those artists from the 80s who had really big hits and generally great music are almost all long forgotten and not had a hit beyond the 80s in most cases (madonna, MJ, Prince the exception) YET there are a ton of modern 'artists' like Beyonce, Diddy, Bieber, Timberlake, Rhianna, usher, jay-z, Kanye west, Shakira , Eminem , Miss Elliot that have had the odd track that's been ok, if that's your thing but these people have been around for the best part of 20 years and not quitting soon, how is this possible, why are these people still relevant and yet the brilliance of the 80s isn't? Why couldn't the 80s artists continued for a lot longer than they did?
@w1lf1ewoo
@w1lf1ewoo Ай бұрын
The number of meaningless ‘underrated’ comments on KZbin is underrated to say the least
@nvna1111
@nvna1111 21 күн бұрын
One day the world will understand
@GiorgioAmakusaShirouBerzerker
@GiorgioAmakusaShirouBerzerker Ай бұрын
Nice interview and off course Nik Kershaw still absolutely a great artist. I do love his music from all my life and I'm 47.
@leechilds3725
@leechilds3725 Ай бұрын
I recently watched the live aid dvd from start to finish. Yes, he looked nervous at the start, but I thought he had done ok, and you could tell how relieved he was at the end that he had pulled it off so well
@dtaberer
@dtaberer Ай бұрын
Nick's performance was phenomenal! Totally brilliant!!
@lnkd70
@lnkd70 Ай бұрын
One of my favorite album (in all music) is The Works. Nick Kershaw is a great musician.
@malimbep4298
@malimbep4298 Ай бұрын
Fancied the pants of this man when i was a child in the 80s. He is a great song pwriter and singer. He still looks great. ❤❤❤❤
@Baldrick_dogsbody
@Baldrick_dogsbody Ай бұрын
I bet you dont fancy this old man now
@mattleppard1964
@mattleppard1964 Ай бұрын
Yeah, he really is a great songwriter. I still listen to The Riddle
@chanyphilly8266
@chanyphilly8266 Ай бұрын
I still fancy him now. He's gorgeous 😍
@stringer-ik1pc
@stringer-ik1pc Ай бұрын
Some of the biggest and best songs of the decade 😂😂😂😂😂nope.
@boltonpete6093
@boltonpete6093 Ай бұрын
​@Baldrick_dogsbody you'll be old years from now. Humility wouldn't go amiss.
@mgparis
@mgparis Ай бұрын
Talented and humble, Nik is pure class (also, he's still as handsome as ever :) Also, his speaking voice is lovely
@andyfromtheuk
@andyfromtheuk Ай бұрын
Nik Kershaw is my absolute music idol! Such a talented guy
@tonycroft5609
@tonycroft5609 Ай бұрын
Nik has always been great I'm finally seeing him in concert on the 16th October @o2 Academy Shepherd's Bush London
@clausm2203
@clausm2203 Ай бұрын
I loved his music as a kid in the 80s classic songs
@Kevin-mx1vi
@Kevin-mx1vi Ай бұрын
Nik Kershaw is one of the few people in the music industry that I'd like to have a beer with. Nice bloke with interesting stories.
@5ivetimes1
@5ivetimes1 28 күн бұрын
Seen Nik at the Floral Pavillion last night. One of the best gigs Ive ever seen and Ive seen a shed load of bands over years. Blown away!
@privatepenguin3137
@privatepenguin3137 Ай бұрын
Nik's Live Aid set was one of the Top 10 sets of the day, easily. Please tour the US Nik!
@simonorr594
@simonorr594 Ай бұрын
I was about to make this comment!
@chelfyn
@chelfyn Ай бұрын
Saw Nick few years ago in a tiny venue in Wellington NZ doing an acoustic set. He's still go it. It was rammed, and he put on an amazing show. Such an accomplished singer, composer and player! I also saw him on the riddle tour, the second live act I ever saw. I was amazed how much he rocked it up and what a great guitarist he is.
@alecbrimacombe4830
@alecbrimacombe4830 Ай бұрын
Nick is a brilliant song writer.
@xprs1257
@xprs1257 29 күн бұрын
The most underrated album and track off that album was Radio Musicola. Absolute genius work.
@kristinaharmsworth
@kristinaharmsworth Ай бұрын
Can't wait to see him again at Shepherds Bush! Such a lovely guy and an amazing musician ❤
@Baldrick_dogsbody
@Baldrick_dogsbody Ай бұрын
He was useless in the 80's
@NOWtheband
@NOWtheband Ай бұрын
@@eightiesmusic1984 - Precisely 🙂
@tonycroft5609
@tonycroft5609 Ай бұрын
Nik Kershaw 16th October @o2 Academy Shepherd's Bush London will be amazing I can't wait
@jockmazza
@jockmazza Ай бұрын
I'm a child of 60s n 70s. There was so music to choose from in 80s. I loved all sorts but I bought the riddle.. in those days male pop stars were girls faves. But i wanted to listen. I was amazed. Nik may never admit it but his songs were brilliant. I loved my LPs. Hopefully still in the loft of my rented out flat up north...so having bought a ticket on the 1984 tour.. bought HR and Riddle on cd. I've not listened for 30+ years. HR on the way to work.. i sang along. The words must have embedded in my brain. Human Racing the song.. is just famtastic. I actually got to work chilled and back to who I was in 1984..
@nvna1111
@nvna1111 21 күн бұрын
It's quite different but his later discography is literally a goldmine
@wendytaylor1701
@wendytaylor1701 Ай бұрын
Love Nik saw him in June in Norwich, amazing performance from an amazing man x
@leewhite2195
@leewhite2195 Ай бұрын
Killed it at Live Aid.Never skip Nik
@winstontk
@winstontk Ай бұрын
What a great interview. First of all, the guest -- Nik -- is fantastic. But the interviewer is excellent as well and really makes this whole thing work. Well done!
@QBtracksandstuff
@QBtracksandstuff Ай бұрын
Fusion were a great band from my town. Saw them many times and Nik was amazing as was Pete, Ken & Alan. Great times.
@oldtimer1294
@oldtimer1294 Ай бұрын
A great artist, talented and humble, remains to this day!!!
@Stratocaster1TequilaBurst-n6c
@Stratocaster1TequilaBurst-n6c Ай бұрын
This interview reminded me what a great artist Nik is. I went and watched a few of his other videos on youtube. The 2012 Shepherds Bush performance of "Bogart" is awesome. Always loved that song.
@joannab5837
@joannab5837 Ай бұрын
Wonderful interview and he is ageing extremely well 😍 Nik's music was on heavy rotation whilst growing up in the 80's when most of my pocket money was spent on many Nik Kershaw vinyl singles 🎶🎸🎹🎵👩‍🎤
@Newmusicreview
@Newmusicreview Ай бұрын
Loads of my music writing and guitar work is based around Nicks's work....awesome artist
@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb
@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb Ай бұрын
Came across as a very decent and genuine guy.
@mikekaraoke
@mikekaraoke Ай бұрын
Simon, he still had success with the 3rd album: Radio Musicola in a few countries, and +"When a Heart Beats" was hit last hit single in the UK getting top 30 + was aalso a hit single in Ireland, + Belgium getting top 20. + other singles from the album like: Nobody Knows was a hit single in Ireland, Italy, + Japan 😀
@adrak91
@adrak91 Ай бұрын
'Don't wanna be here no more' really hits you in the feels. but these days right here right now no place I'd rather be.
@colinmitchell6872
@colinmitchell6872 Ай бұрын
NK is an 80s legend and deserved his place on the Wembley Stage on 13.7.85 he was just one superb part of that amazing day!
@mch2007uk
@mch2007uk Ай бұрын
He may have forgotten his words but at least he didn’t do a Simon LeBon 😅😅
@jamesmccarthy7228
@jamesmccarthy7228 Ай бұрын
​@@mch2007uk 😂
@kiwi-on-a-bike660
@kiwi-on-a-bike660 27 күн бұрын
Saw him in Wellington New Zealand, along with Go West and Human League last summer. He was great, only wish he had been on stage longer. Bought the tee shirt!
@davido4425
@davido4425 Ай бұрын
Nice interview from Simon
@daveuk1324
@daveuk1324 Ай бұрын
Sound of the 80s - happy days 😍😍😍🥲
@kings656565
@kings656565 Ай бұрын
Absolute gem. The sound of my youth. No disrespect.
@ikehirasawa2764
@ikehirasawa2764 21 күн бұрын
me sorprende que a pesar del nerviosismo en ese gran escenario hizo una presentación increíble, por mi parte estoy adicto a esa presentacion del live Aid 1985 gracias a ver tanto ese video llegue a esta entrevista.
@nonnayoubuzinnes1669
@nonnayoubuzinnes1669 Ай бұрын
Really like his songs.
@Johnsormani
@Johnsormani Ай бұрын
Nik isn’t only a great composer but a very underrated guitar player as well. Similar style with the tremolo as the late great Alan Murphy
@mybachhertzbaud3074
@mybachhertzbaud3074 Ай бұрын
I did not consider Live Aid a forum for comparing talent. Anyone who participated should be held in high regard.😁🎶🎸🎶🎹🎶 Play On
@pauldunn5978
@pauldunn5978 Ай бұрын
Saw him in '83 and I'm sure I remember him saying it was his first ever gig as a solo artist. It was the Cliffs Pavillion in Southend on Sea, not too far from where he was from.
@rangerwhite5165
@rangerwhite5165 Ай бұрын
His singles still sound fantastic now.
@keithlutman5611
@keithlutman5611 Ай бұрын
It is brilliant to listen to a great talent who is also Mr Evevyman.
@mickthemerciless9694
@mickthemerciless9694 Ай бұрын
Proper musician. Quality.
@helenelston9930
@helenelston9930 Ай бұрын
Nick was great, but I remember Queen being amazing, just in a league of there own.
@AHoundOnAHonda
@AHoundOnAHonda Ай бұрын
A league of where own?
@andread5560
@andread5560 Ай бұрын
The Queen were on a level than no obe in live aid was capable to reach not just Nik.
@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb
@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb Ай бұрын
@@andread5560 U2 were better.
@barryausten6882
@barryausten6882 Ай бұрын
Yeah alright.
@helenelston9930
@helenelston9930 Ай бұрын
@@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb don’t be silly. 😂😂😂😂
@jasonjones8178
@jasonjones8178 Ай бұрын
I can't wait
@DougBossi
@DougBossi Ай бұрын
talk to me Bogart….what a musical genius…plays guitar like Holdsworth and Jeff Beck…weaves in vocals like Stevie Wonder and writes amazing lyrics and hooks…hope he tours America!
@letsyoutoobe
@letsyoutoobe Ай бұрын
Interesting. Bogart who? Would love to check out his music
@davecoalwood9487
@davecoalwood9487 Ай бұрын
Do you know what mate- someone said a couple of days ago that Human Racing had a Stevie vibe!
@Creeperghoul24
@Creeperghoul24 Ай бұрын
@@letsyoutoobebogart is one of the tracks off human racing Niks album It’s such an underrated song
@CeeHimself
@CeeHimself Ай бұрын
🖤
@machohogan
@machohogan Ай бұрын
Still looks great. He was a little before my time (I’m 48), I don’t remember him from my early childhood though. Don’t think I’ve seen him since the 80’s.
@jones1068
@jones1068 Ай бұрын
I saw him in concert in Clitheroe in May 2023.
@gotchaeightiescovered9189
@gotchaeightiescovered9189 Ай бұрын
If Prince is a genius so is this gentleman.
@FleetAdmiral215
@FleetAdmiral215 Ай бұрын
Wonderful man
@markfennah4322
@markfennah4322 Ай бұрын
Wonderful 👍😊
@Rushscored4
@Rushscored4 Ай бұрын
He was probably one of the most talented people there
@tonynz2024
@tonynz2024 Ай бұрын
He’s just a humble man
@johncarter579
@johncarter579 Ай бұрын
The Works is also a great record
@sportstrader2175
@sportstrader2175 Ай бұрын
I especially like Human Racing and Don Quixote by Nik
@thedarkdefender7780
@thedarkdefender7780 Ай бұрын
It was the 20th Anniversary when the DVD came out, so he hadn't watched it for 20 years.
@RoverWaters
@RoverWaters Ай бұрын
1.9 billion is an internet folktale Live Aid, a multi-venue rock music concert, was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for Ethiopia famine relief. It was one of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time with an estimated 400 million viewers, across 60 countries, watching the live broadcast.
@bernardthegwp71020
@bernardthegwp71020 Ай бұрын
Without doubt one of the best Live aid performances that day. There were some preposterous performances that afternoon and even later with the bigger stars, but NK pulled it off with a great set,defo one of the most underratted Live aid performances that day.
@oneforthebristolcity
@oneforthebristolcity Ай бұрын
Fellow Bristolian 👍🏻
@Kouign1718
@Kouign1718 Ай бұрын
Could have added a snippet of his appearance at live aid in the video ffs.
@glamnesianouveaux2039
@glamnesianouveaux2039 29 күн бұрын
DANCING GIRLS - OH YEAH!
@osamabinliner9781
@osamabinliner9781 Ай бұрын
Wonder how wide boy would’ve featured I what he’s saying always thought that was one of his best tracks
@ROOKTABULA
@ROOKTABULA Ай бұрын
I guess he was huge In UK? I remember he had 2 chart toppers here but that was it.
@andrewbenson4439
@andrewbenson4439 Ай бұрын
‘Just’ the two chart toppers 😂
@mattgrant6910
@mattgrant6910 29 күн бұрын
Still are
@Sam_Green____4114
@Sam_Green____4114 Ай бұрын
I remember " Old men in striped pajamas rule the world with plastic smiles ! I won't let the sun go down on me ! I won't let the sun go down !" and then remember thinking then ,when it came out ! " Not much you can do about it really mate ,if the Bomb drops , you can't out run a nuclear explosion !
@MightyFerg1
@MightyFerg1 Ай бұрын
Why do radio deejays always seem to have the bass on their voices turned up to such a high level? I wonder, is it a hangover from the days when most people listened to transistor radios with Mickey Mouse speakers?
@chrisw-um8xh
@chrisw-um8xh 18 күн бұрын
Soundtrack to puberty
@johndoyle-hf6wm
@johndoyle-hf6wm Ай бұрын
At live aid
@martinmcdonald4207
@martinmcdonald4207 Ай бұрын
Don't worry Nick, you are not the only 1980's pop star that was out if its depth on that stage among the 1960s and 1970s genuine legends.
@johndoyle-hf6wm
@johndoyle-hf6wm Ай бұрын
U we're top
@nicknelson9450
@nicknelson9450 Ай бұрын
No, you literally *were not* a deer in the headlights Nick Kershaw!
@OlafProt
@OlafProt Ай бұрын
Admits?! This isn't news. And of course he was . Jeez that's almost a clickbait title
@GNRGus
@GNRGus 27 күн бұрын
Pebble Mill at One 😂
@wotdoesthisbuttondo
@wotdoesthisbuttondo Ай бұрын
Nik did a decent job, everyone must've been worried Geldof was going to throw them off in favour of his preferred inferior pro Kinnock/Red Wedge bands after he kicked Adam Ant out.
@69spook
@69spook Ай бұрын
1980s Mullets are coming back into fashion.....😂
@nedeast6845
@nedeast6845 Ай бұрын
Nik, your music was 10 times better than Queen or Bowie.....we just loved you coming on that evening, singing us your wonderful songs, thank you
@grahamhill9499
@grahamhill9499 Ай бұрын
Let him talk ffs
@yinoveryang4246
@yinoveryang4246 Ай бұрын
Poor Old Nick - turns up for an interview, and the interviewer turns out to be some bloke with the cheesiest 80's taste, who thinks he's the most talented man to have ever walked in the studio. The look on his face says "why do they employ these people?"
@alguitarchristie
@alguitarchristie Ай бұрын
"some of the biggest songs of the decade" ??? Yeah, 40 years ago! lol
@visionlandmusic
@visionlandmusic Ай бұрын
He looked ‘out of his depth’ at the time, just saying.
@CruceEntertainment
@CruceEntertainment 18 күн бұрын
Wouldn’t it be nice lol. Yeah that wouldn’t have worked.
@williamwallace5857
@williamwallace5857 Ай бұрын
I think Kershaw needs to look up the meaning of the word 'literally'.
@362chop
@362chop Ай бұрын
For the millionth time, Queen was NEVER that big. Lead singer dies fame ensues.
@Mod-rw9cw
@Mod-rw9cw Ай бұрын
If I was as bad as him I would have been scared as well.
@26shedan
@26shedan Ай бұрын
condolences for your lack of manners
@NOWtheband
@NOWtheband Ай бұрын
@@26shedan = Perfect. 🙂
@wietzejohanneskrikke1910
@wietzejohanneskrikke1910 Ай бұрын
Says Cunty McCuntster.
@piggybakkers
@piggybakkers Ай бұрын
Nice guy. The one and only you could say!
@dickielarue1451
@dickielarue1451 Ай бұрын
And it feels like somebody loves you...somebody understands...😉👌🤘
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