Live Earth Concerts
If you haven't had a chance to check one of them out, it's definitely worthwhile entertainment. I've counted five different channels covering it live from all over the world. It started at 7 am EST and goes until 12:30 am! Bravo has had the best coverage so far and will start airing the Best of Live Earth in just a few minutes. I've watched a few of my favorite bands playing live from Hamburg Germany, London U.K., New Jersey, USA and even on some ice flow in the Antarctic! The Police just finished their set and sounded great, until some off beat and off key rapper came out and ruined "Sending Out An S.O.S." (but the rest was great)! Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame was incredible (for a seventy year old bassist), Alicia Keyes was her sexy little self, the Black Eyed Peas were fun and John Mayer was at his best (even did a walk-on with the Police)! I'm wondering what I missed? [:0]
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Just can't make myself participate in that nonsense. Sorry. I would probably enjoy some of the music, but I don't need a bunch of prima-donnas flying in on their private jets from all over the world to tell me I need to cut back. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by rhythm_guy
Just can't make myself participate in that nonsense. Sorry. I would probably enjoy some of the music, but I don't need a bunch of prima-donnas flying in on their private jets from all over the world to tell me I need to cut back.
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They are telling us to cut back but think of all they are wasteing by putting those concerts on!
After all those amplifiers and such do not run on solar power!0 -
Just another excuse for most to party and do exactly what the concerts are fighting against. Wasting of resources.[:0][B)] 0 -
Just a bunch of liberals trying to convert more people to their twisted cause, and Al Gore pushing to be Secretary General of UN. 0 -
I flipped back and forth a bit last night, watching a coupla the shows. It was the Musical Community at their Preachy-est.
The Beastie Boys were every bit as fun as they ever were.
Roger Waters actually looked as if he were having fun, and his guitarist did a balls-on David Gilmour impression on "Another Brick in the Wall"
Yeah, I don't know who the rapper was with the Police, but waving his arms around and grunting added nothing to their set. And I seriously doubt they needed the "street cred".0 -
no thanks, really not my type of music 0 -
The entire Global Warming issue makes me hot...[}:)]
I used to like a lot of the music from these groups, but they are so left wing now I can't listen to them.
I hear Cat Stevens even came out of the wood work to sing at one of these concerts. I saw him live in 1977, and thought he was great, but to me he isn't any better then OBL now.[V]
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It's sad to see that most comments here were based on the cause of the concerts. Personally, I could give a rat's ass about the tree huggers and their stance on "saving the planet." Call me a pessimist, but I have little faith that their efforts have that much impact overall. As mentioned above, it's hard to even listen to some multi-millionaire performer telling me that I have to cut back on my electricity, gasoline, natural gas, green waste, etc. to help save the planet. Their less than modest lifestyle and galavanting around the globe on private jets sure doesn't set a very good example for anyone. [;)]
The true purpose of posting this thread was to suggest an opportunity to listen to music from 150 different bands from around the world. Sure, there were some bands that I don't care for and others that I've never even heard of. Fortunately, there were over three dozen bands that I do like and they provided a terrific set of some of my favorite songs. The above comment "not my kind of music" really cracked me up and I'm LMAO again just thinking about it. If you don't like anything from a list of 150 bands, you probably don't like music to begin with. [:D]
Now it's just a piece of music history and some of the performances will now be shown on MTV, VH1 and other music stations. If their efforts had an effect on some of the viewers, that's even better. Me, I'm already conscientious about our utility usage, our green waste (lawn clippings, weeds and all recyclable vegetation goes into the compost bin) and we don't drive places just to see how much fuel we can burn. If I cut back any more, we'd be "living in a van down by the river." [^]0 -
quote:Originally posted by HobbyGuy
It's sad to see that most comments here were based on the cause of the concerts. +1 I don't believe in their message or cause and can't stand Al Bore. However, I was glued to the set since noon. It was an excellent concert with many great performances. I might have blown my surround sound system though.
Also, I think I'm in love with Alicia Keyes.[:p]
What a hottie with an incredible voice and stage presence.0 -
quote:Originally posted by dolfan
quote:Originally posted by HobbyGuy
It's sad to see that most comments here were based on the cause of the concerts. +1 I don't believe in their message or cause and can't stand Al Bore. However, I was glued to the set since noon. It was an excellent concert with many great performances. I might have blown my surround sound system though.
Also, I think I'm in love with Alicia Keyes.[:p]
What a hottie with an incredible voice and stage presence.
Very cool! I'm happy to hear that someone else enjoyed it (and I absolutely agree about Keyes, grrrrrrr). [^][:p]0 -
Seems to been somewhat of a success. Not as much hot air blowing as 2 days ago! 0 -
Just heard on the TV that in general it wasnt that much a success.The one thing I thought I was very amusing was that the South African concert wasnt very well attended.The reason they gave was because they had snow for the first time in 25 years.Global warming yea right. 0 -
I don't know what TV stations carried it. But we only have (or want) basic cable here and the only coverage was a minimal amount on NBC on Sat. No other stations that I get carried any of it.
I guess I could have watched on the internet if I had wanted to.0 -
quote:Originally posted by git_r_done
quote:Originally posted by rhythm_guy
Just can't make myself participate in that nonsense. Sorry. I would probably enjoy some of the music, but I don't need a bunch of prima-donnas flying in on their private jets from all over the world to tell me I need to cut back.
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They are telling us to cut back but think of all they are wasteing by putting those concerts on!
After all those amplifiers and such do not run on solar power!
The generators they're using are powered by ethanol.0 -
And I thought it might just be me. Here's the link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/07/09/nosplit/bmyawn109.xml
And the text:
Live Earth is a win for global yawning
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 09/07/2007
Neil McCormick finds confused messages and an unimpressive line-up at London's Live Earth concert
"If you wanna save the planet, jump up and down!" urged Madonna. Can global warming be stopped by an out-of-breath, middle-aged, super-rich narcissist in a leotard and high heels?
Linking aerobics with the environment: Madonna at Live Earth
The superannuated pop queen was certainly up for the challenge, but judging by the negligible response to the text message number displayed on stage, I suspect the public may have been justifiably confused by the link between aerobics and the environment.
As global satellite multi-media musical entertainment, Live Earth was just about adequate. As a platform for stadium politics, it was a dismal affair. "Can you help save the earth?" bellowed Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles. Cue muted murmur of support.
"We might be screwed if that's the response," he half-joked.
We know what to expect by now: bands play three songs each; celebrities make speeches; short films illustrate the cause. The portmanteau aspect tends to drain momentum, and with no Bob Geldof figure to drive the event along, Live Earth lacked urgency, emotion or sense of internal narrative. Instead we had Geri Haliwell, chattily complaining about "this freaky weather".
The whole tone felt misjudged: Al Gore appeared by satellite, to no great reaction in the stadium, and seemed to be addressing a small audience of native Americans, not seizing the world by the reins.
The message itself was confused: Keane performed in front of the legend "Insulate your ceilings and walls". Razorlight performed America to footage of penguins.
Duran Duran stuck to supermodels, but somehow tried to turn Girls on Film into an ecological anthem. Simon Le Bon urged the crowd to sing "Change, change, we gotta start the change" without much success, perhaps because he was having trouble singing it particularly well himself.
The failure of singalongs became something of a theme of the day, bands appearing to expect a much greater familiarity with their hits than was apparent. Only a smattering of acts made any genuine attempts to engage with the issues.
Will.i.am of the entertaining Black Eyed Peas had an angry, despairing rap and singer-songwriters David Gray and Damien Rice performed a new version of Que Sera, Sera in which they pondered a future where we would be "drowning in our own s**t", but the laissez-faire chorus of "Whatever will be, will be" probably summed up the mood better.
The bill was, if we're honest, not particularly impressive. Live Aid and Live 8 were the greatest gatherings of musical talent ever seen, but they didn't happen by accident. On this evidence, Gore lacks the persuasiveness and contact books of Geldof and Bono. Where were the great campaigning rock bands of our times?
There was no U2, Radiohead, Coldplay, REM, Bruce Springsteen or Bob Dylan (indeed, no classic veterans at all, which may have accounted for the failure of the singalongs). Where were the collaborations and reunions? Live 8 got Pink Floyd, Live Earth got Spinal Tap.
The experienced stadium rock acts briefly instilled a sense of occasion, honours going to Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters and Genesis. Up and coming arena acts Kasabian and Snow Patrol held their own, but then the mood would drift with middle-ranking pop from Paolo Nutini or Corinne Bailey Rae. Jazzy piano soul from John Legend sent the horde streaming towards the toilets.
Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth, woke a lot of people up to the very real and imminent dangers of climate change. But the inconvenient truth of Live Earth is that it was a soulless telethon, with no clarity or drive.
The concluding lyrics of Madonna's closing song, Hung Up, may be ironically prophetic: "You'll wake up one day / But it will be too late."0 -
Does it have Bluegrass? No? Not interested. 0 -
I switched over to it, and some horrible rock was being played.
Switched back to it a few hours later, a rap "artist" was doing his crap.
Sorry, a complete waste of time for me, if you enjoyed it, more power to you.0
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