McCartney Re-Records Performance for Live Aid DVD

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LET IT BE RERECORDED FOR CHARITY

Paul McCartney has re-recorded his performance of Let It Be for a special Live Aid DVD that was spearheaded by Bob Geldof in 1985.
The veteran rocker's original performance was supposed to have marked the climax of the 1985 event.

But due to a technical hitch on the day his microphone went dead.
Bob Geldof has long been a pioneer for African charities.

Macca wants to be a part of Sir Bob Geldof's DVD - so he went back to the studio to get it right.

The DVD will be the first release from the 1985 Live Aid concert - which raised around £40m for food and development in Africa.

It is expected to be in the stores by Christmas

― Adam Bruneau, Monday, 9 August 2004 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Somehow this seems very wrong to me.

― Adam Bruneau, Monday, 9 August 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Which part? That his mic went dead, that he violated the sanctity of LIVE AID by rerecording the song, or that the DVD will be in stores by Christmas?

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Monday, 9 August 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, what a complete bastard, caring more about contributing a salable product to a charity album than preserving the unrepeatable authenticity of the Live Aid moment.

― briania (briania), Monday, 9 August 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

He made Jabba the Hut CUTE the fucker.

― sexyDancer, Monday, 9 August 2004 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

His mike went dead? Hah! What a joke. Yeah, there were technical problems but his voice was SHIT, all wobbly and nervous. Maybe when get back home from work I'll post something from Chet Flippo's Macca bio that describes the scene.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 9 August 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I REMEMBER his mike going out, no?

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 9 August 2004 19:16 (twenty-one years ago)

No, it did go out in the beginning but he oversang rather desperately, too.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 9 August 2004 19:47 (twenty-one years ago)

My parents taped hours and hours of Live Aid as it happened, so I've seen it so many times..

It was a real transcendent moment, I'm saying that kind of jokingly but kind of not. There were hundreds of thousands of people watching him play the piano and try to sing but Dick Clark came on to explain it wasn't happening. It cut to dark shots of the crowd with people holding up lighters, and Dick explained that technicians were coming through 'miles and miles' of cable to fix the problem.

They finally got it fixed and it still sounded a bit like shite. But it's honestly my favorite moment of the whole bit.

Maybe now Pete Townshend will tell them to edit out the part he fell on his ass trying to do a kick during "Won't Get Fooled Again".

― Adam Bruneau, Monday, 9 August 2004 21:12 (twenty-one years ago)

That should say "combing" not "coming" (obviously...)

― Adam Bruneau, Monday, 9 August 2004 21:13 (twenty-one years ago)

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