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Chat => General => Topic started by: kevvosa on July 03, 2005, 10:36:07 am

Title: Live 8
Post by: kevvosa on July 03, 2005, 10:36:07 am

So what did we all think? The Who seemed to be the best peformers. Sting wasn't so bad.



What was going on with Madonna? I thought she was gonna force that poor
child to hang around like a lemon while she sang her songs.

Title: Live 8
Post by: goldencup on July 03, 2005, 11:57:56 am

I thought The Who were great for their ages - musically they sounded really good even though the voices had aged somewhat.  Bono went on a bit too long at the beginning.  I missed most of the middle, including Sting who I wanted to see.  Robbie Williams must have given the security guys a bit of a headache!

Title: Live 8
Post by: lemoneye on July 03, 2005, 12:22:10 pm

Maybe it was because i missed most of it through being at work, maybe it was because i think there may be other things the G8 nations need to do before cancelling the debt, or maybe because i am a miserable old git - but i just didn't feel anything. I know it was supposed to be the defining event of this generation etc etc part of history etc etc but it just wasn't there for me

Title: Live 8
Post by: loulou on July 03, 2005, 01:31:57 pm

I must be a miserable old git too then.

Title: Live 8
Post by: smurfboy on July 04, 2005, 10:38:27 am

What I don't understand is what G8 have got to do with it. How can an operatic group from the X-Factor stop poverty in Africa?

Title: Live 8
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on July 04, 2005, 12:01:07 pm

By eating them?

Title: Live 8
Post by: chocolate chick on July 04, 2005, 12:09:11 pm

I won tickets for this and it was an amazing concert. I think you had
to be there to appreciate how poignant it was. The sound quality was
amazing, as were Robbie Willaims, Dido, Annie Lennox, String, Madoona
and Travis.



Getting into the concert was very badly organised. I missed U2 and Coldplay for that reason.



 

Title: Live 8
Post by: robbie on July 04, 2005, 12:42:58 pm

I thought Madonna and Mariah Carey were good.

Title: Live 8
Post by: goldencup on July 04, 2005, 03:10:33 pm

I would have liked to have seen String!

Title: Live 8
Post by: chocolate chick on July 04, 2005, 04:49:59 pm

He was very good goldencup. He sang the same 3 songs he sang at Live Aid.



I work with the lady who more or less started Live Aid. She featured in Michael Burkes documentary all those years ago.

Title: Live 8
Post by: robbie on July 05, 2005, 12:16:23 pm

I hate Stink.  He is music for people who don't like music.

Title: Live 8
Post by: loulou on July 05, 2005, 12:17:04 pm

Title: Live 8
Post by: kevvosa on July 05, 2005, 07:39:57 pm

Quote from: robbie

I hate Stink.  He is music for people who don't like music.

Don't know what you can say about Mariah Carey then with her drone-along songs.

Title: Live 8
Post by: loulou on July 06, 2005, 12:53:00 am

Mariah Carey is a loony.

Title: Live 8
Post by: chocolate chick on July 06, 2005, 11:25:29 am

She was actually booed in the section I was standing in. This wasn't picked up on stage or in the newspapers the next day. 

Title: Live 8
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on July 06, 2005, 02:47:44 pm

I didn't think she did much for her image the way she demanded first the drink of water (with a straw which was held for her while she drank) and the mic stand (which originally she said she didn't want)

Also I felt sorry for the children in the choir she had on stage with her as they didn't really have much to do, they hardly sang a thing. I would have rather listened to them than to Mariah.

Title: Live 8
Post by: chocolate chick on July 06, 2005, 02:50:24 pm

I heard her say she wanted a drink but because I was there I didn't see
someone putting a straw in it etc. Out of them all I think she was my
least favourite. The crowd were not very responsive to her. 

Title: Live 8
Post by: kevvosa on July 07, 2005, 01:14:22 am

It's a joke that she sang on Live 8 when she does ridiculous things
like demanding puppies to cuddle in her dressing room or whatever crap
she's into. I wonder if the Africans get into a diva strop if they dont
get the food they need and starve to death 
She was only there cos she has new songs out to promote at the moment
in the UK. They had a whole day of her 'hits' on the music channel trhe
other day, all of them were ****. 

Title: Live 8
Post by: loulou on July 07, 2005, 01:16:12 am

I seen her on MTV Cribs and she said her favourite place was the kitchen but she had one of those mousy looks to her, like someone who needs sectioning.

Title: Live 8
Post by: chocolate chick on July 07, 2005, 02:45:04 pm

I think a better artist could have taken here place. Status Quo?



UB40 were not very good either. Think that had something to do with the songs they sang.

Title: Live 8
Post by: smurfboy on July 07, 2005, 03:21:41 pm

What do you think of this fuss about acts donating extra royalties? Razorlight are getting kicked because they said they might not be able to afford it, and I can see why, but on the other hand, they're not multi-millionaires like Paul McCartney or Bono - their next album  might flop, they could end up on the dole. How would they feel about having given away thousands then?

Title: Live 8
Post by: chocolate chick on July 07, 2005, 04:28:42 pm

I think it's a very nice gesture that pink floyd decided to do that.
But it is down to personnal choice I think. Bands like U2 can afford to
donate the extra money but like you said Razorlight are not sure of
their future.



They shoud not be forced to donate or given a hard time because they don't.  

Title: Live 8
Post by: lemoneye on July 08, 2005, 11:11:26 am

Donations? Sadly i have no guns to donate to the corrupt war mongers in power in Africa. If Geldof and cronies want to buy them guns thats up to them.

Lots of poverty and homelessness here at home... and no, i dont mean bogus asylum seekers like the ones who stabbed two friends of mine in the high street a few weeks ago...

Genuine need here at home... lets sort out our own house first.

Just an opinion of course...

 

Title: Live 8
Post by: smurfboy on July 08, 2005, 01:33:25 pm

Apparently there were similar concerns in Philadelphia. Large chunks of the black population in the city are very poor and they weren't happy at having a massive concert staged in their city to help people thousands of miles away when they need help too.