Originally planned as a live satellite simulcast for the iconic duo but abandoned once it was realised there 
would be a split-second delay and would necessitate one to lip-sync the part (which neither was having), David Bowie and Mick Jagger recorded a cover version of Martha and the Vandellas 1964 hit and civil rights anthem on this day in 1985. Charting in the UK and reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot 100—Jagger’s only song to reach that height and Bowie’s last, remarkably, incredulously, and proceeds went to the charity Live Aid for famine relief. The accompanying video by David Mallet was shot after the marathon recording session—both track and music video were completed within thirteen hours during the short time that the artists had for the duet, and was filmed at the derelict Millennium Mills, a flour processing plant built at the turn of the century, in the London docklands.
synchronoptica
one year ago: Samantha Reed Smith visits the Soviet Union at the personal invitation of the General Secretary (1983)
two years ago: the cartoonist T Hee plus van Gogh’s bridge in Arles
three years ago: Quo Vadis, the Feast of SS Peter and Paul, the debut of the iPhone (2007), more Old School blogging, unusual cereal flavours plus chiptune trains
four years ago: a Disney heiress petitions for better treatment of workers plus BC/AD or Common Era
five years ago: the European Union flag adopted (1985) plus Trump’s Supreme Court
