“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.
Concerts...heh.
“Concerts to “raise awareness” only raise the awareness that concerts solve nothing.”
When a group gets into “raising awareness”, it says to me, they got nuthin’.
All this was, was a chance for musicians to get some BADLY needed exposure (the music industry is crashing on the reef), and for old acts to get one more chance in the sun. As much as I love Genesis, their performance was sub-par, they opened with one of my favorite songs from Duke, and...meh. Compared to performances I’ve seen of that material in the past, they phoned it in.
I watched the highlights on YouTube. Not much worth getting excited about, the same old same old that everyone pulls out for these “events”. The Pink Floyd reunion last year will go down as the high point for these mega-shows, all else now will pale in comparison. The Freddy Mercury event blows this farc away - that one COMPELLED people to buy the dvd, the performances were that good - this show? Whatever. It won’t sell.
And I’m always pissed and amused to see Metallica involved with the Gores, seeing as how Gore’s wife used Metallica specifically to try and muzzle, censor and shut down the music industry. I still despise Tipper and her air-headed attempt to be the biggest fascist in the country, ever, and her husbands support of it, all the while passing a blank tape tax for the record labels while the travesty of the PMRC was making criminals out of musicians. You go Metallica, you rebels you, suck up to the people that want to destroy you. You’re playing “Enter Sandman” AGAIN? Pass. I used to repect those guys. No more.
Any musician with a spine should have responded to the organizers of this event with a hearty “#@#$ you, as long as it’s Al Gore and his airhead wife, no effing way, mates”.
But, the music industry has just as many whores as politics. Thus, “Live Earth”.