Like many, I watched BBC2 tonight with awe at the incredible effort Bob Geldof, Harvey Goldsmith, Midge Ure and their team put in twenty five years ago to produce a concert that was viewed across the world to raise over £150m for famine relief.
But the most compelling part of the show was the film that was played to two billion people worldwide. Whenever I watch it, the effect on me is always the same. It’s worthwhile to think on this at this time of the year.
It's become fashionable for the cynics to undermine events such as 'Live Aid' and subsequent fundraisers for famine and disaster relief. Quite why escapes me.
ReplyDeleteIt was a magnificent and well-meant effort; and, in its different way, a 'Woodstock' for a later generation.