Live Aid 1985

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• It's been too easy to forget just how good a singer and a performer Freddie Mercury was.
• The U2 Bad set was great, as was Sunday, Bloody Sunday, even if the video clip was backwards.
  
• The wonderful arrogance that was The Who. Each band had 20 minutes for its set. Pete Townshend put his boot heel through the light that was signaling the end of their allotted time.
  
• Ozzy!
• Neil Young solo, looking like he's in a bus station, but he's not sure which one.
• Even if the tight harmonies of the Beach Boys don't hold up over the years and out of the studio, it's still good stuff.
• Where else will you find Chrissie Hynde, Joan Baez, and Marie Osmond sharing a microphone?
  

You can find plenty of example of sanctimonious performers and the seeds of the many parodies that came from these events. But, we also got the Best. Concert. Ever.