Jul 2
Today is Live 8
Will it do much good? Probably not and the far left nit-wits will probably spoil things by rioting. However, I hope everyone who attends stays safe and has a good time. I probably won’t watch that much of it as I have piles of CDs to listen to for review and a book, as well…I do plan to watch Floyd, though.
Update: A couple of things: one pathetic and the other idiotic. Pete Doherty was completely off his head when he did ‘Children of the Revolution’ with Elton. He could not even remember the words. And in a nice bit of anti-Americanism we got to see a huge German crowd singing along to those first class knobs Green Day as they played ‘American Idiot’.
Update II: I have to say that Floyd delivered in a big way. 2nd for delivery it was Robbie Williams who was by far the second best on the bill. PF just did the business…it was worth the wait through the dross.
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And I hope the BBC lets us see Deep Purple from the Canadian show. I’ve never forgiven them for not showing the Sabbath reunion from 20 years ago.
There seems to be more Rock on the bill this time round.
I think Pink Floyd have the Queen role at this one. So far the performances have been less than spectacular and in at least one case rather dire. If PF nail it they will be the ones people remember the most. Nice to see that Snoop Dog manage to say the word Mother****er several times several hours before the watershed.
So did Madonna.
Who was the dire one? I can think of more than one candidate.
Reading the update: Why is it that the music press worship self-destructive knobheads like Pete Doherty?