Bob Geldof did not want them on the bill.
He had agreed to include Queen in the Live Aid lineup only reluctantly, pushed by promoter Harvey Goldsmith. By the summer of 1985, Geldof was not alone in thinking their moment had passed. Their biggest hits were nearly a decade old. Critics had started writing them off. Privately, the band itself was wondering if it was finished.
Then came July 13, 1985.
What nobody watching that day knew was what had happened the week before. Queen had booked the 400-seat Shaw Theatre near King's Cross in London and rehearsed their 21-minute set down to the exact second. Not the general shape of it. The exact second. Six songs, every beat drilled until nothing could go wrong.
And then, reportedly, their roadies disabled the sound limiters on the PA before the set. Every other band on that stage was capped. Queen was not.
At 6:41 PM, Freddie Mercury walked out. White jeans. White tank top. Studded armband. Seventy-two thousand people erupted.
He sat at the piano and played the opening of Bohemian Rhapsody, not the whole song, just enough to set the crowd on fire. Then he stood. Strode to the microphone.
Radio Ga Ga filled the stadium. Seventy-two thousand people raised their hands in perfect unison, one of the most iconic images of the entire decade.
Then Freddie stopped the band. He turned to the crowd. He opened his mouth and sang a single sustained note.
""Aaaaaaay-o.""
And waited.
Seventy-two thousand people sang it back. He went higher. They followed. Higher still. They stayed with him. Back and forth, the note climbing, the crowd holding on, the moment stretching into something that felt almost sacred.
It would later be called The Note Heard Round the World.
They tore through Hammer to Fall, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, a shortened We Will Rock You, and finally We Are the Champions. The stadium shook.
Twenty-one minutes after they walked on, Queen walked off.
Bob Geldof, the man who had not wanted them there, said afterward: ""Queen were absolutely the best band of the day. They played the best, had the best sound, used their time to the full. It was the perfect stage for Freddie: the whole world.""
An estimated 1.9 billion people across 150 nations had been watching. In 2005, music industry insiders voted it the single greatest rock performance in history. Not one of the greatest. The greatest.
Authors and musicians who were there have said those 21 minutes may have saved the band itself, that Queen was on the verge of a permanent split, and that afternoon reminded all four of them what they were still capable of together.
Freddie Mercury died on November 24, 1991. He was 45 years old.
But on July 13, 1985, for 21 minutes, standing before 72,000 people under a London summer sky, he was the most alive person on earth.
Another legend has passed away today 💔
Akihiro Miwa, the iconic Japanese singer, actor, stage performer, author, and voice actor, has died at the age of 91. His official site announced that he passed away on June 20 due to old age, with a private funeral already held.
Anime fans will remember Miwa for giving unforgettable presence to Moro in Princess Mononoke, the Witch of the Waste in Howl’s Moving Castle, and Arceus in Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life.
His career reached far beyond anime, spanning music, theatre, film, television, writing, and public life in Japan. Few performers carried such a distinct aura across so many generations.
Rest in peace, Akihiro Miwa 💛
Bueno pues... xd
Este será mi último take contra la IA Generativa. Necesito centrarme en otra cosa.
A partir de ahora aquí solo leeréis mis tonterías, veréis mis dibujicos, los de otros y poco más.
Pero precisamente por ser el último, me voy a quedar a gusto =).
En este post que estoy citando, tenéis los testimonios de casi CIEN artistas, hablando de por qué han dejado de intentar vivir de su pasión.
Y la mayoría ponen como motivo principal, o de peso, la aparición de este cáncer cerebral disfrazado de progreso.
Y hasta ahora, las partes de este disfraz han sido las siguientes:
TU SUEÑO HECHO REALIDAD.
¿Siempre has querido CREAR ARTE? Bueno, las barreras de entrada tales como el aprendizaje y la disciplina HAN DESAPARECIDO. Escribe lo que tienes en la cabeza, y con cuatro matices habrás materializado lo que siempre quisiste y nunca pudiste. Fácil, sencillo y para toda la familia.
DEMOCRACIA, que suena mucho mejor que MERITOCRACIA, dónde va a parar.
INEVITABLE.
LA IA ES TECNOLÓGICA. LA IA TIENE A LAS MAYORES FORTUNAS DEL MUNDO DETRÁS. LA IA QUINTUPLICA SU CAPACIDAD CADA POCAS SEMANAS. LA IA NO VA A PARAR. TODO EL MUNDO USA LA IA. NO TE QUEDES ATRÁS, ABRÁZALA O MUERE. CORRE.
VELOZ.
TÚ ARTISTA; ¿Cuanto tardas en hacer una pieza que valga la pena? Tres días si es en digital? UNA SEMANA SI ES TRADICIONAL !?
Qué disparate. la IA te lo escupe en segundos. Lo quieres, lo tienes, pimpam. ¿Y a la velocidad a la que va el mundo? ¿Y las empresas? Que lo quieren todo para ya? Quién va a contratar una tortuga como tú, TIENES QUE HACER ARTE DEPRISA.
HEMOS CREADO AL PUTÍSIMO GENIO DE LA LÁMPARA. LAS HABICHUELAS MÁGICAS QUE AL PLANTARLAS PODEMOS TREPAS HASTA LAS NUBES EN MINUTOS. EL DURO A TRES PESETAS. COMPRA, ADÁPTATE, Y SOBRE TODO CORRE, CORRE, CORRE.
Mirad... Yo no estoy en contra de la IA per se.
No tengo el conocimiento suficiente como para negar las virtudes o defectos de una cosa en campos como la medicina, la administración, programación... No soy tan prepotente.
Yo solo hablo de cómo impacta en el sector al que le he dedicado mi vida, y al respecto del cual sé una cosa o dos.
Y os las voy a contar, si me permitís. Y en seguida vais a entender por qué esto es una sarta de gilipolleces
Inventada por el señor que quiere venderos la última vaporeta.
El flipado que siempre ha deseado que las vaporetas dominen la tierra y vivamos sin trabajar o nos vayamos a tomar ya por culo, una de dos.
Y los que tienen miedo de ser los únicos sin vaporeta y con la casa hecha unos zorros.
Y por qué lo que estamos viviendo es completamente situacional. Y pasará (en este sector)👇
Ha fallecido Suzanne Romero, viuda de George A. Romero.
Nos dejó el 24 de junio por causas naturales, tras una enfermedad prolongada. Desde el George A. Romero Estate y la George A. Romero Foundation dedicó años a preservar el legado del maestro del terror.
Descanse en paz.
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Conan the Barbarian: Queen of the Black Coast. ⚔️ 🤯 Series development for Prime Video
After finding love in the pirate queen, Bêlit, a battle-hardened Conan defies gods, fate, and even death to save her from a dark sorcery that threatens to destroy everything.
Executive Producer and Showrunner: Genndy Tartakovsky
Executive Producers: Darrick Bachman, Fred Malmberg, Mark Wheeler
Studio: Cartoon Network Studios
#entertainmentnews #genndytartakovsky #conanthebarbarian #animation fantas
Sam Rockwell is private investigator Raymond Gunn.
Scarlett Johansson is multimedia star Venus Nova.
Ray Gunn, a new retrofuturist animated adventure from writer-director Brad Bird, premieres December 18.