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One or two times people have given me shit about how lightweight the '80s pop stars were compared to the grungy '90s. I looked them right in the eye and said

"'80s: Live Aid. '90s: McWoodstocks '94 and '99."

At Live Aid, stage time was at such a premium that even a singer as firmly placed in the pantheon as Elvis Costello (my reservations aside) was only allotted one song. This is what he sang, introducing it as "An old Northern folk song."