Quo Vadis for breakfast with Dylan Jones and his hugely entertaining romp (did people romp in the 1980’s, maybe the 1880’s?) through the running order of Live Aid on July 13 1985.
THE EIGHTIES – ONE DAY ONE DECADE uses the artists and players on the Wembley stage that day as a human prism through which to view the moment the me generation became, temporarily at least, the we generation. To get us in the mood,, I played the introduction to LIVE AID on the big screen, (courtesy of YOUTUBE), Richard Skinner’s voice bursting out of the surround sound speakers “It’s twelve noon in London, 7am in Philadelphia…”
And, as if that wasn’t enough sensory nutrition, we had a protagonist from the the big day joining us at the table – Ivor Novello winning singer/songwriter/film star/ former Spandau Balleteer and LIVE AID veteran, Gary Kemp – Sitting opposite Dylan, Gary shared secrets, gossip and a very honest perspective of the world through the eyes of a pop star.
Age ranges in the room spanned six decades of experience and musical sensibility – fascinating for instance, to hear Novel Diner’s Mina Holland give her view of the eighties, the decade in which she came into the world, and heartening to realise that we could all sit round a
table one sunny morning in Soho, sharing a book, some breakfast and each other’s company before bouncing back into the distractions of day to day life.
Books For Breakfast 