I moved from rock to folk in the 70’s and missed Queen altogether.
Wikipedia: “Freddy Mercury is noted for his live performances, which were often delivered to stadium audiences around the world. As a performer, he displayed a highly theatrical style that often invoked a great deal of participation from the crowd. One of Mercury’s most notable performances took place at Live Aid in 1985, during which the entire stadium audience of 72,000 people clapped, sang, and swayed in unison. Mercury’s performance at the event has since been voted as the greatest live performance in the history of rock music.[18][19] In reviewing Live Aid in 2005, one critic wrote, “Those who compile lists of Great Rock Frontmen and award the top spots to Mick Jagger, Robert Plant et al. are guilty of a terrible oversight. Freddie, as evidenced by his Dionysian Live Aid performance, was easily the most godlike of them all.”
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A few more photos from our weekend in Plymouth.
First, the wide view and then a short gallery of those fisherman.
el Kib
Now THAT’S a pano, man! Well done. Great size, perfectly stitched, good mood. Cool monochrome palettes in the fishermen series, too.
Now as to Freddie … Strange bedfellows in this post, Mikey …
Chris
I love the song Radio Ga Ga. I saw Queen, hmmmm, must have been 1977. Thin Lizzy opened for them. I remember having fun but I wish I could remember more. This was fun to watch. I’m glad you posted it.
michael
I see I’m not the only one clicking away on a Saturday night. Did you catch the spider webs in the sky tonight?
Jen
Hilary and I sat outside for the light show and talked to Hannah on speaker phone, (she’s been in Maine most of the summer.) We have always been fascinated by lightning and I would always let them stay up late to watch the summer storms. It was a nice bonding moment for the three of us. They are few and far between the older they get.
Mike, thanks for the Freddie Mercury trip. I watched all his videos posted and am now on to other artists who performed at Live Aid 85. I didn’t go, but I remember watching it. I am giggling at all the mullets and acid washed jeans I’m seeing. In 1985 I was 20 and was just about to marry my high school sweetheart, the girl’s father. It was a great year.
Where were you in 1985?
michael
Hil described the lightning as spider webs in the sky, and she claimed the thunder frightened you so badly you clung to her like a three year old. I argued that you’d lived in thunderstorm alley and shouldn’t be phased by a little old New England storm, then she and I fought about how long you lived in Clairsville.
1985 was a ‘tween year – two years in our present house and two years before Matt was born.
Jen
Thunder really doesn’t bother me. And last night’s storm had very little of it. It was the lightning directly over our heads splintering in every conceivable direction that involuntarily made me duck and grab my child protectively. At times the sky was so bright it was momentarily blinding, like when someone shines a flashlight in your eyes when they are accustomed to the dark. While we were sitting on the porch stairs to have the best view of the sky, we were questioning our safety and sanity of doing so. Yet we didn’t move, thus the ducking and grabbing.
Like a three year old… HA! I have the constitution of a five year old at least!
Jen
Oh, and I was in St. Clairsville, OH for 3 years between 2nd and 5th grade. We moved to Boxborough in April of ’76 and I went to Blanchard for 6th grade.
What I remember most about St. C. was the Pittsburg Steelers, tons of storms and a couple of tonado warnings. Oh, and spankings for the bad boys with a wooden paddle by the principal. He kept it hanging on the wall outside his office.
Anon
Queen.
Check out Bohemian Rhapsody. (60 chords instead of 5, and using so much more of his voice.)