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synni

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2. No foul language?

Reply to msongs (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 06:35 PM

Feb 2

Apparently, you didn't listen to Madonna's stage patter during Live Aid. The concert took place during the controversy about her nude photos. She said to the audience, "I'm not taking shit off today!"

And that's just what I heard while walking past a mall TV that day.

I know times are hard right now, but there's really no sense in viewing the past through rose-colored glasses. Rock concerts are hedonistic by nature, and have been ever since the 1960s. Suggesting that Live Aid was somehow innocent is doing a disservice to people who are too young to have been there.

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what I learned watching 20 hours of Live Aid concerts from 1985 (not about the music really) [View all] msongs Feb 2 OP

Lots To Agree With ProfessorGAC Feb 2 #1

No foul language? synni Feb 2 #2

don't consisder shit and its partner piss to be foul language msongs Feb 2 #3

Swearing at a rock concert? justaprogressive Feb 2 #4

That was the first song my future husband played for me Marthe48 Feb 2 #5

I remember when she made a crack about her attire Marthe48 Feb 2 #6

We watched almost the whole thing, and taped hours of it Marthe48 Feb 2 #7