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Global concert: Yes, very cool (MUSIC NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM GLOBAL WARMING ALERT)
Chicago Sun-Times ^
| July 9, 2007
| JIM DeROGATIS Pop Music Critic
Posted on 07/09/2007 5:54:26 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
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"Nu-metal bozos Linkin Park dripped buckets of sweat, illustrating one effect of global warming, while past-their-prime gasbags Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters and Bon Jovi just spewed more CO2 into the atmosphere.
Three Chicago superstar acts took part, but none was in top form. Fall Out Boy tried to catch the spirit, but the Smashing Pumpkins just played nostalgic alternative-era oldies, and Kanye West looked like a hyperactive idiot as he joined the Police and John Mayer to close the New Jersey concert with "Message in a Bottle."
Almost sounds like it would have been worth seeing for the comic value alone.
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To: Chi-townChief
The Police looked OK, but having Kanye West up there completely destroyed the act. The sound sucked too, must have been all the soundwaves bouncing off all the empty seats.
To: Chi-townChief
Skeptics doubt it. Said one: "Everybody's known about that problem for years. ... I would only organize this if I could get onstage and announce concrete environmental measures from the American presidential candidates, Congress or major corporations. They haven't got those guarantees. So it's just an enormous pop concert." The source of that quote: Bob Geldof, organizer of Live Aid and Live 8. Yeah, Bob, everyone knows it's only America that causes Global Warming, if there really is such a thing.
To: Chi-townChief
“Perhaps Sir Bob has realized the futility of big concerts solving the world’s ills; millions are still starving in Africa, after all. But it’s more likely he’s just jealous.”
Um....no.
Concerts to “raise awareness” only raise the awareness that concerts solve nothing.
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posted on
07/09/2007 6:03:16 AM PDT
by
TheRobb7
(The welfare state needs a new customer base--ILLEGAL aliens!)
To: Chi-townChief
Pete Wentz said on stage that doing something about global warming is a little like going to the gym. Good idea for the first day or two. No one is going to continue unless it is convenient for them. So how are you going to make it convenient enough for yourself to continue till next year.
I thought that was a pretty good question.
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posted on
07/09/2007 6:03:29 AM PDT
by
badpacifist
(Remember when preachers used to preach and rock stars used to sing.)
To: Chi-townChief
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posted on
07/09/2007 6:04:30 AM PDT
by
L98Fiero
(A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
To: Clam Digger
Bob Geldof is a rat from way back; but at least he knows it.
To: TheRobb7
To: Chi-townChief
What? No concert in China? It's only the world leader in CO2 emissions.
To: Chi-townChief
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posted on
07/09/2007 6:08:00 AM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: Chi-townChief
I caught a clip of one of my favorite bands, the Dave Matthews Band doing Don’t Drink the Water....usually a very exciting song even if you don’t agree with the subject matter. It came out rather flat, like the boys didn’t have their hearts into it.
I heard somewhere this morning that patrons at the Johannesburg show walked out — story is that they were upset at being charged $50 a beer. Global warming is not as important as cheap beer. :)
To: Chi-townChief
So, in the end, can pop music really save the world? If I didn't believe that it could, I couldn't do this job.
Gimme a break. It isn't pop music's job to "save the world," whatever that means. It's pop music's job to entertain. There's nothing worse than a musician with a messiah complex, and we have way more than our share of that.
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07/09/2007 6:09:12 AM PDT
by
JennysCool
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -Mencken)
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To: Chi-townChief
"Kanye West looked like a hyperactive idiot as he joined the Police and John Mayer to close the New Jersey concert with "Message in a Bottle."
I saw this part and Kanye totally embarrased himself. He tried to "sing" harmony with Sting as the police were winding down Message in a Bottle. Off key and Clueless he proved he doesn't have an ounce of musical talent. Kanye needs to stick to reciting nursery rhymes over a backbeat because that doesn't require any musical talent.
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posted on
07/09/2007 6:16:29 AM PDT
by
joebuck
To: fatnotlazy
$50 ? That must be some beer, eh ?
To: Chi-townChief
I'm thinking about creating a couple of IBCs .One that sells carbon offsets. The other IBC will build environmentally friendly energy production plants -- solar wind, hydro and maybe even nuclear. The IBC will reinvest part of the profits and the rest goes to the share holder -- me. Err, I mean the company I run. I think I better set up an offshore trust to protect my share of the profits.
I should probably consult with other's already doing this. Since infamous Ken Lay of the bankrupt Enron corporation has passed away I supposes Al Gore is the next best person to talk with.
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posted on
07/09/2007 6:23:29 AM PDT
by
Zon
(Honesty outlives the lie, spin and deception -- It always has -- It always will.)
To: Chi-townChief
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posted on
07/09/2007 6:24:19 AM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(The FairTax and the North American Union are mutually exclusive.)
To: Chi-townChief
re: Finally, Spinal Tap — yes, Spinal Tap — confirmed the grandiose absurdity of it all by playing their immortal pomp-rock spoof, “Stonehenge,” at Wembley.
A “has-been” airhead band from a mockumentary playing at algore’s concert! That is too funny!
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posted on
07/09/2007 6:38:58 AM PDT
by
Nevadan
(nevadan)
To: fatnotlazy
Just wondering..... how much CO2 was emitted pouring all those beers?
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posted on
07/09/2007 6:44:32 AM PDT
by
jdlh8894
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