You have Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Mark Knopfler, Bryan Adams, Eric Clapton and Phil Collins...ALL TOGETHER IN ONE SINGLE STAGE!!! WHAT ELSE???!!!
Give Mick and David a 10 out of 10 for energy and performance. Give the sound guy a 5 for not balancing David's microphone so everyone could hear his voice too. Still fun to ses them all together. Quite a star studded stage.
Bowie and Jagger put out a video duet of this song, so between them it was obviously well rehearsed. For the rest, it's a 3 chord pop song played without arrangement.
A rough version, but what the hell. You had Paul McCartney, Elton John, Tina Turner, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, and numerous other superstars on the same stage with Mick Jagger and David Bowie.. Jesus Christ. I think this is the only time Mick Jagger has been on stage with Paul McCartney.. Incredible.
I was here for this concert, directly across from Charles and Diana! The only picture I got of Mick Jagger came out blurry so there wasn't any proof that he actually performed there. Thanks to you, I could relive this again. Thank you so much!!!
Jagger takes this...Bowie looks like he is just along for the ride and I usually adore David but in this he falls pale to Mick...could be the sound people's fault...it looks unrehearsed, done for charity and a lot of fun.....I like the fact it is raw and sung by two best mates..love the 80s xxxxxx
It's definitely the sound peoples fault. The few times you can hear Bowie his vocals are quite powerful but his microphone is so low that even him screaming is overshadowed by Mick talking.
THANK YOU so much for uploading this Matt!!! i'd only seen pictures of this and it's great to finally see the video!!! :-) i just wish David would sing up a bit, can hardly hear him! but he looks great! :-) thanks again!!!
David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Elton John, Phil Collins and Ray Cooper on the same stage performing. Not to mention Sting, George Michael, Rod Stewart & Tina Turner backstage somewhere. Now that's absolutely truly out of this world. What a magnificent, magical and unforgettable time to be at Wembley Arena, am I right
I think Bowie was too wasted to do his part so Mick carried it for him. Notice how Mick keeps looking at Bowie, and even "gives him" the stage but Bowie can't be heard. Then at the end Bowie departs quickly while Mick at least says thank you to the crowd and Elton John as he exits...
Acá en Argentina en una época nos sorprendíamos cuando en un recital de Fito Paez por ahí te aparecía Charli García y Andrés Calamaro. Que estaba bárbaro pero loco.... estaba Paul McCartney y presenta de sorpresa a Mick Jagger y David Bowie.... yo quería estar en ese recital... Eso es sarpado.
I didn't know Mick Jagger played at The Prince's Trust in 1986.I'm glad because I love the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.What a luxury to have Paul playing in the back
Love how Mick gets the words wrong but he doesn't care, he is just having fun. Plus only Mick Jagger could do that arse shake at the end there. This certainly does bring a smile to the face 🙂
As the performance was unplanned/unrehearsed, I think some of the musicians were expecting the "Philadelphia, PA" part of the song just after 1:57 - but ended up briefly out of the tune as Jagger decided instead to advance to another "it doesn't matter what you wear".
Something tells me this wasn’t rehearsed at all choreography wise because there all over the place but it makes it look better because there haveing fun
And John Illsley, Jack Sonny too! and also the guys from Status Quo. Damn these british (with the permission of Sonny) are good!!! Thanks for posting!!!!
Para mi forma de percibir las cosas Mick Jagger tiene un magnetismo muy padre que lo transmite al publico. Es una virtud que Dios le ha dado y se le agradece. Jagger transmite su gusto por la musica. Que a todo dar.
Jaggers just a natural performer and loves it and forgets all self consciousness and just lets himself go while Bowie by his own admission dislikes it,has to work at it and be a character,it’s why he created characters
They made an appearance to generate money for a trust fund so lighten up on the bad vibe putdowns please! Its not about them but the cause they decided to promote by their presence... This was FUN while helping out!
Get off your high horse! People don't suspend their critical faculties just because something was done for charity. This was not a great performance, and people have a right to say so. The charity got its money anyway, despite the less than wonderful turn.
If you look in the background at about 2:50 you can see one example of where Midge Ure is kind of conducting that mess where he's giving the motion to lower the tempo.
