Why, i Will Be Watching Live8 to Make Sardonic Comments and Generally Waste a Tepid Saturday Afternoon Part 2

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Prepare for the Floyd

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 2 July 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

pillow fluffed up, lights off, bring 'em on...

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Saturday, 2 July 2005 19:57 (twenty years ago)

Mariah should have done a Vandross song, that would have been less... dull.

― Huey (Huey), Saturday, 2 July 2005 19:58 (twenty years ago)

God I really really really really really really really really hate Mariah.

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Saturday, 2 July 2005 19:58 (twenty years ago)

Why did we start a new thread? I was hoping to break 1500 posts with the last one!

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

John McEnroe with a backwards baseball cap!

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

mariah was good.

well, she was hot, at least.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

sorry mindinrewind, it wz loadin really slow for me

i thought mariah was great!!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

Here's Youssou N'Dour w/ Dido. I hope I get to hear some Youssou N'Dour by himself dropping some Islamic knowledge.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

Did James Brown play in Paris yet?

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

Dido doing that song eminem sampled.
like anyone gives a shit...

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

Dido did a Phil Collins!

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

xxxpost
Why did we start a new thread?

Mark s was having trouble loading it.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

mariah at least seemed quite warm about the whole thing. she was like the hot aunt to that little kid.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

Singing with Yossou N'Dour, appearing at multiple live aid shows Dido is a one woman Genesis!

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

Was that Vick'n'Davie Beckham in the crowd during Mariah - I wandered off to get a bag of crisps and a new bottle of wine.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

London -> Cornwall not quite Phil Collins!

― Huey (Huey), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

yeah, it was. posh was singing along, while beckham was poking her in the hip.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

Unless, is she and Youssou somewhere else too?

― Huey (Huey), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

PLACEBO IN PAREE

Dido's in Philly!

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

placebo!

― maura (maura), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

Lenny Henry has gone up a wee bit in my estimation by impersonating the Proclaimers using a song that isn't one of their hits.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

She's MORE than Collins!

― Huey (Huey), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

Here comes the Beckham / Williams hot ticket.

― Huey (Huey), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

"Robbie Williams is on stage right now"

Well, fuck me if he doesn't look really like David Beckham...

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

they are making a joint plea for us attention relief

― maura (maura), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

Fill in, Dave. Fill in.

― Huey (Huey), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

What was up with Natalie Portman? I thought it was Sinead O'Connor for a second.

Why is MTV only showing half of one song from everybody? Are they not going to show the entire Pink Floyd set?

― freddie, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

Beckham looks terrified. He's not good at this sort of thing, is he?

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

OMG Brian Molko with short hair ... he looks like a boy ...

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

beckham looks about 14.

robbie looks happy. he has just sexed ferne from the BBC though, so that makes sense.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

If he plays 'Angels' you just know thats the moment everyone will talk about. Something for the kids the moms and the grannies.

urgh. we will rock you.

― Andy Jay, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

OI! WILLIAMS! NOOOOO!!!!

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

man go straight for the mercury comparisons, dude

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

this snappy "every 3 seconds" gap-ad looking thing is extremely iffy

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

there should be a ban on queen covers. it could be good if he brings five on, though.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

I've said it once, and I'll say it again, America has no need for Robbie Williams.

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

Tenner says he asks everyone to get their mobiles out and call their mums for Angels (that's his "thing" live, and yes, I have been to see him, and no, I didn't phone my mum)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

Slash n' Robbie, the Stoke massive steal the show.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

If he strips off for Rock DJ, you can double the tattoo count, incidentally.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, we just need Nick Hancock now... (xpost to Billy)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

africa has, son

xpost

― Rizz (Rizz), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

Oh noes. I took a nap.. did I miss Roxy Music? :(

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

So the last thing I'll see before I leave work is "Cold Hard Bitch."

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

I'm hoping the swearing quota isn't forgotten. The boy's got a lot to do in the next 4 songs to keep ILX happuy.

― Huey (Huey), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

canada gets Jet now – JEALOUS????

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

And there it is!

― Huey (Huey), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

we just need Nick Hancock

I fucking hope not.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

"hyde park you look fucking beautiful tonight"

Go on, my son, you can do it with the swearing.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

this is what reality looks like: robbie williams is the david bowie of our generation

― Rizz (Rizz), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

i always want to like robbie more than ever actually do

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

Everyone is keeping it calle.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

Apparently he hasn't played a gig in two years. I remember an awful lot of swearing at Slane Castle, so here's hoping he's going to bust his chops tonight.

― Huey (Huey), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

keep in tune robbie!!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

I really enjoyed seeing Robbie Williams live, but I have no desire to ever actually listen to his records or see him ever again.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

(I should have just stayed in and done laundry as planned. I'm getting a sinus headache from being out with the extreme mold count.)

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

He's the only man in the world smugger than Tom Cruise, isn't he?

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

I was about to call watershed, forgetting that timezones actually exist. I think I'm still in shock that I've been watching this over 9 hours. (xposts)

― astropatty (adr), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

From AllHipHop.Com: "This is the biggest global event that has ever taken place on this planet," Smith told the crowd.

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)

he is obviously a bit of a hip hop fan is robbie - first he said everyone should bounce, now hes telling them to lean back. the crowd have no idea what to do though.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)

robbie needs some hits that are more recent.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

you can take the man out of MIB but you can't take MIB out of the man!!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

Posted on Sat, Jul. 02, 2005

Live 8 Falls Behind Schedule
By Thomas Fitzgerald
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Live8 was running about an hour late just after 4 p.m. when Jay-Z and Linkin Park took the Art Museum stage and rocked the Parkway, packed with hundreds of thousands of people for the historic concert for African debt relief.
Authorities reported five arrests for disorderly conduct by mid-afternoon, with no traffic problems or serious injuries, although the humidity and the crowded conditions sent about 22 people to area hospitals for treatment of dehydration. Another 100 people were treated at one of the five medical tents along the Parkway, mostly for heat exhaustion.
Thousands heeded advice to take public transit, as SEPTA trains heading into the city were jammed, with delays in some cases.
Portable toilets near the Art Museum stage were oversubscribed, but lines were moderate farther east on the parkway.
"Other than the fact that it's hot, it's going beautifully," Deputy Police Commissioner Patricia Giorgio-Fox said. She said traffic was flowing smoothly throughout the city and that, contrary to pre-concert fears, neighborhood surrounding the Parkway were not jammed.
As Bon Jovi played about 12:30 p.m., Nina Curcio made it to the altar in the Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul on time, the beads on her white gown sparkling brightly, to marry her fiance, Joseph DiTomo, in a ceremony that drew about 50 relatives and friends.
"You couldn't hear a thing," said Curcio, 22, before she and her new husband headed to South Jersey for their reception in Bellmawr. Wedding attendees, expecting to be snarled in traffic, were amazed at how easy it was to penetrate to near the heart of the happening.
A police officer and two officials from the city Department of Licenses and Inspections were treated for burned hands after coming in contact with an unknown hazardous chemical, according to Stefanie Porges, a physician from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania who was in charge of medical services at an emergency tent at 22nd and the Parkway.
The chemical, which was not considered a public safety hazard, had been thrown into a trash can as the officials were in search of unlicensed souvenir T-shirts, Porges said. The officials were being treated at Hahnemann Hospital.
Philadelphia Detective James Seymour said one fan was standing on top of the Port-a-Potty at 22nd and the Parkway to better see the show and it collasped. No serious injuries were reported.
By midafternoon, the Parkway was about half-filled, meaning there were at least 200,000 people - and the crowd was beginning to swell. As some were arriving, however, others were leaving, driven away by the heat and the crush.
Sun Chang, 31, had driven down from Spring Valley, N.Y. on Friday night for the music, but she left the area in front of the stage just before 1 p.m., without seeing the acts she had come for, Alicia Keyes and Destiny's Child.
"It's too packed," she said, "People stepping all over you. We're going to get something to eat and then probably go and watch it on TV."
Jason Quarantillo, 27, drove up from the Baltimore area, but found the experience overwhelming. "It's tough to get around," he said. "It's like a human zoo."
East of 18th on the Parkway where the music was not audible, the atmosphere was more like a street fair, with vendor booths selling everything from Falun Gong pamphlets to Alex's Lemonade. Spotting balloons floated high above the porta-potty stations and medical tents.
Nick Taedia, 17, and Joe Pizzo, 15, of Mayfair, were working at a water ice stand - but their real offering was "Free Hugs and Kisses with purchase."
"Then we got lazy and started doing it for free," Taedia said. "We're just spreading the love around," added a shirtless Pizzo.
Four hours into their "work," the duo estimated they had given out thousands of hugs and kisses. "My hugs are getting better all the time."
He then delivered three hugs in a row to a group of teenage girls. Then an older woman came up, but started to walk away when she saw "with purchase" on their sign.
"It's free!" Pizzo told her. "Free?" she said. Then she gave him a hug.
The sound quality improved as one approached the Art Museum. But at 20th Street, the edge of the thickest part of the crowd, it sounded tinny, like a passing car with its radio turned up too loud.
Dyneisha Tyson, 12, walked 30 blocks from North Philadelphia to hear Jay-Z and Destiny's Child, but left quickly because of the crowd.
"It was really crowded. You couldn't see the sky, said Tyson as she walked back to North Philadelphia.
"There's too many people," said her friend Latifa Raymond, 14, also of North Philadelpia.
A group of friends sitting outside of Whole Foods Market about five blocks from the Parkway enjoyed the concert in the shade.
"It's better here," said Dan Magro, 18 of Philadelphia. "We can hear what they are singing."
Earlier, he and his three were sitting about 75 feet from the stage during Black Eyed Peas performance. They also left because of the crammed conditions in front of the stage.
"I had to fake sick," said Sarah Doherty, 16 of Philadelphia, who pretended to vomit get out of the crowd.

Inquirer staff writers Adam Fifield, Christine Schiavo, Joseph Slobodzian, Natalie Pompilio, David Hiltbrand, Sam J. Lin, Melissa Dribben, and Tina Moore contributed to this report.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

Robbie chickens out of swearing...(despite having said fuck earlier)

Aw, he didn't ask people to call their mums.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

I'll donate the tenner I mentioned to the "get Mariah a mic stand" appeal.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

if he changed 'angels' to 'bad ass hoes' that would have been better.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

or "I'm shagging Cotton instead".

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)

this is 'bad ass hoes' - everyone ring their mums!!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

Maroon 5 guy wearing a beastie boys shirt covering a neil young song....there's something wrong about this.

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

We here think that Peter Kay is going to bring Tony Christie on.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

I hate to say it but Mr Willliams was quite awesome.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

Told you, his live show was excellent.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

Oh, surprise...

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

Peter Kay no longer funny.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

is that jack black singing in paris?

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

did The Cure play in Paris yet? If not what time are they supposed to play?

― leonard (tk), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

How far behind is it now? Is it because of acts playing too long (MARIAH) or have they just been too slow with setting up?

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)

i am gnna watch vincent donofrio for a bit if you don't mind

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)

has stevie wonder played philadelphia yet?

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)

all the comedians have been terrible today.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

This Amarillo thing will hang around his neck forever. I liked both that song and Peter Kay a huge amount for ages, but this whole culture shift it has had is making me hate both.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

GEORGE

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

Woah! George Michael! Real proper surprise guest!!

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

I love how this show is already over-running by nearly two hours and Pink Floyd haven't even started yet.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

i think the who are coming on now

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:29 (twenty years ago)

robbie should have been saved for last. i cant imagine as many people being excited for pink floyd.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:29 (twenty years ago)

bah it wz special victims unit draggin ice t away from his rightful place on stage w.peter kay so i am back

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

it will be easier to sleep through PF

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

I think Stevie Wonder is on last in Philadelphia.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

naomi watts is hawt

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

(hey i heard d'onofrio had to check into an institution from too much method acting!! can anyone confirm/deny this please?)

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

Why all the surprise for Robbie's great set? He's practically a bot designed for singing at bigass festivals.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

George to Whiley "you look great"

Whiley "yeah, let's go over to the stage"'

Cut to Peter Kay flogging a dead horse

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

is there some sort of memo all the presenters have been given that says every other question must be about being scared of performing in front of such a huge crowd? who gives a toss?!

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

is that steve white of the style council on drums?

― Andy Jay, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

that keyboard/drum machine combo in the background of the who's sound isnt doing them any favours.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

hommage to grissom!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

pete to looks EXACTLY like my next door neighbour

(i think the glasses are doin some of the work)

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

(i don't know about a mental hospital, but i do know that d'onofrio'll be splitting star duty with chris noth next season)

WHEN IS THE CURE ON

― maura (maura), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

what don't you all call him pete to?

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

This is very dull, WHO.

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

Townsend looks like a man with a point to prove.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

Oh but there's another swear!

― astropatty (adr), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

I'm sure I just heard someone in my office let out a meek "Who Who".

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

they need to bring on a special guest:
http://www.csiguide.com/images/RoM_2004-03_052_William_Petersen.jpg

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

who's pete to?

― maura (maura), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

who who

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

Nah, they need Elton for Pinball Wizard

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

if this is what the who sound like these days - a leaden 80s arena rock band - im glad i didnt see their last tour.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

pete townshend but i mistyped exceptionaly drastically

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

(they haven't done that yet, have they, I've been away from the telly for a bit)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

they've sounded like this since keith moon died!!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

Too many dinosaurs, not enough robots.

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

It's funny how we thought people were dinosaurs in 1985, but they were young dinos!

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

i think the cure is about to start in paris

― leonard (tk), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

there can never be too many dinosaurs

http://www.lovetoparty.co.nz/images/Mini%20Neon%20Dinosaur.jpg

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

somebody put the who back in retirement

― Rizz (Rizz), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

meanwhile the canadian audience goes completely still as it dawns on them that jann arden is actually terrible

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

won't get fooled again DO YOU SEE

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

I like how the BBC photos say the Paris show stars Sheryl Crow, Andrea Bocelli and Sheryl Crow. Good old Shezza. They also describe Zucchero as a "rocker" which doesn't seem quite right.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

i wonder what roger daltrey does in his spare time these days

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

besides continuing to suck

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

I think the Who sound good and I don't even like the Who.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

actually pete is playin WAY more outre guitar than he used to surely? he is skirtin fripp territory [/massive exaggeration]

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

Eats pies by the look of it. (xpost)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

HOORAY FOR THE CURE!

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200/drp200/p229/p22935v60jy.jpg

what happened to the nose?

― Rizz (Rizz), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

YAY THE CURE

― maura (maura), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

yay

― leonard (tk), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Whiley's highlight was Razorlight. SHE MUST DIE!

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

he uses foundation better

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

I didn't expect to like The Who but they were brilliant.

― Andy Jay, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

You're all mad, the Who were astonishingly good.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

who is the other lady? the one who is dressed strangely?

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

Fearne Cotton (children's TV person, and probable Robbie conquest of earlier)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

daltrey has been awful since 1968

i thought townshend wz good

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

If Floyd can wait until the Cure is over that would be nice.

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

hmm canada's commercials and international guest appearances seem perfectly timed to avoid having to cut away to wherever gay/black/fun or goth-seeming people are performing

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:53 (twenty years ago)

meat loaf is a beauty compared to robert smith. what is this crap song they play there?

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:53 (twenty years ago)

Just turned over to the BBC3 re-run in time to see Brad Pitt's midlife crisis hairdye horror. Yikes.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

xxpost
Yeah, but the Who's engine (and conscience) is Townsend.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:55 (twenty years ago)

meat loaf is a beauty compared to robert smith. what is this crap song they play there?

open.

― leonard (tk), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:56 (twenty years ago)

the cure are fucking awesome!

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:56 (twenty years ago)

Jo Whiley didn't like the who but thought razorlight and the killers were the best. Stupid fucking bint. Says it all about her really.

― Andy Jay, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:56 (twenty years ago)

One Hundred Years!

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:56 (twenty years ago)

What did America do to deserve having Graham Norton? (According to Jonathan Ross he's anchoring the coverage from Philadephia)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE ALL DIE

-- Robert Smith, doing his part to help save the world

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

It's all very well people being rock'n'roll and over-running, but last trains are delayed for no man. Middle England will be stranded! Still, Hyde Park is a nice place to be stranded I suppose.

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

"I think the Who sound good and I don't even like the Who."

see, this is why you think they are good.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

yeah, Roxy Music. About time too.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:58 (twenty years ago)

Ferry's aging well.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

I'm almost forgiving him for spawning that odious little foxhunting freak that was on Question Time the other day.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

ok ctv directors are clearly lurking here: this pet shop boys clip is addressing every concern in my previous post

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

roxy music sound great!

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

Yes, he looks like a sexy French politician.

x-post

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

I am astonished to find myself joining the ranks of the W!H!O!vians. They were the best band so far by several furlongs.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

I like that blonde woman beating her stick.

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

That's whereOtis gets his love of hunting.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:02 (twenty years ago)

haha roxy music is now bigger than so solid crew - and all the new musicians = foXy chiXoRz!!

was manzanera there? i was once interviewed w.him in a studio by radio scotland to talk abt carlos santana for 10 minutes

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

I am stupidly excited about Pink Floyd, I used to love them when I was about fourteen and they are the sort of band this sort of gig should be about, maybe.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

I'd rather (Tommy) Boyd than Pinky Floyd.

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

pink floyd sounding very good, and quite serene in light of everyone else. a nice way to end the night.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

Where is RM being recapped now?

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

if ferry's hair is actually still that colour then dr quack is a dutchman

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

Dave Gilmour appears to have turned into Andy Gray when I wasn't looking.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

Sorry R. Smith - had to switch to Floyd. R. Waters looks quite happy to be there... yayay!

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:05 (twenty years ago)

hey since i'm the only person in the world watching the ctv feed of this, could i please see roxy music instead of motley crue?? thanks

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:05 (twenty years ago)

a nice way to end the night.

It's not over yet! We've still got Macca and 'Do They Know It's Nearly Christmas?' to go.

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:05 (twenty years ago)

This is starting to make very aware of my mortality.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)

Dave Gilmour should play an evil mastermind in the next series of 24.

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)

I'm getting depressed. Over and over we die, one after the other.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)

I saw Ferry up close in a guest list queue the other week and boggled at his lustruous, abundant locks.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)

i guess syd's doing some painting now

― Rizz (Rizz), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

roger waters (rather unexpectedly) =
http://www.musicalstore.it/valentina/Galleria%20attori/Richard%20Gere/Richard%20Gere%2024.jpg

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

sax in the house!

― leonard (tk), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

the robert smith quote is excellent!!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

i wonder if paul will use the spector arrangement or his new 'fuck phil/john' version for the long and winding road. i really do not want to hear do they know its christmas, especially as its only july. OMG, i wonder if dizzee rascal will be there!

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

More importantly, is Fran Healy there to go "woo"?

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

are thc ure over already?!
why did linkin park get a whole day and the cure only got 3 songs?!

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:11 (twenty years ago)

the cure

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

Tonight, the part of Roger Waters is being played by Bill Nighy.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

Like Pete Townshend, Roger Waters seems to have grown into his nose with age.

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

For a bunch of old guys, Floyd sounds phenomenal and Gilmour is still a guitar god.

― jumper, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

Do FC Lyon know that Gerard Houllier is moonlighting as the Floyd's drummer?

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)

Actually, I have no idea where I got that Bill Nighy thing from. He is, in fact, Richard Gere, as noted already.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:14 (twenty years ago)

Roger just gave a shout-out to Syd, that made my fucking day.

― jumper, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:14 (twenty years ago)

Rog mentions Syd - very nice.

Xpost!

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:14 (twenty years ago)

hey since i'm the only person in the world watching the ctv feed of this,

Watch on the AOL website instead and flip to CTV only for the artists you want to see, that's what I've been doing.

The Cure were great, but I figured they would play at least one song to lighten the mood a bit, y'know, close with "Just Like Heaven" or something.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:15 (twenty years ago)

pink floyd = how all old rock dinos should sound.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:15 (twenty years ago)

but without dave gilmour's 'scat', pl

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:17 (twenty years ago)

Was just thinking that -- that Pink Floyd could probably play until they're 90 and it wouldn't be a joke (unlike, say, The Who).

― jumper, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:17 (twenty years ago)

This is immense. (and Jerry OTM about Gerard Houllier)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:17 (twenty years ago)

Jeez, I'm not a Floyd fan But I'm welling up.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

I can't believe this Pink Floyd set is sending chills down my spine but it is. It's too bad these twats fought for 25 years, they could have done some amazing work together.

― jumper, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

in 20 years, we will be saying that about keane. floyd are amazing though.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

waters at 90: "syd! we are boring now as ever we were w.you!!"
syd at 90: "periwinkle!"

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:19 (twenty years ago)

Why isn't this Floyd lounge crap being booed off?

― Don't fuck this up! (noodles is a cunt), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:19 (twenty years ago)

where's jake shears?

― maura (maura), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:19 (twenty years ago)

So this is how Comfortably Numb originally sounded. Fuck.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

I keep wanting the camera to pan round and reveal that everyone has left the venue except the band.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

why did linkin park get a whole day and the cure only got 3 songs?!

Because that's what this special day is all about: Linkin Park.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

HOW CAN THEY CUT THIS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF COMFORTABLY NUMB??????????????????

― jumper, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

If they played The Great Gig In The Sky I would be so ecstatic (though I might be alone in that).

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

Floyd are phenomenally good. I got chills during "Wish You Were Here" and felt like a total dweeb, but so be it. I'm loving Gilmour's vocal on "Comfortably Numb."

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

strangely, PF sound really modern.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

hahahaha, there is a guy sitting on someone's shoulders playing air guitar. He looks like the kind of reason people don't admit to liking Pink Floyd.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

you are all on drugs

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

I must be getting old. I'm really enjoying Pink Floyd.

xpost I agree with PF.

Why are the 60 year olds (apart from snoo and robbie)the ones who sound the best tonight?

― Andy Jay, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

I agree with PPP about PF i meant.

― Andy Jay, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

Who are these old dudes ripping off Coldplay?

― glink, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

they have a big wall with POVERTY behind them but 'of imagination' appears to have dropped off

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

I feel sorry for all the people sat half a mile back from the stage who bothered to take their cameras out for the day.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

argh and SNOOP Dogg I mean.

― Andy Jay, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

I think the dinosaurs sound better now than they did at Live Aid.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

mark s you are all not on drugs!

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

Someone is telling me I should be proud to have watched this online.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:26 (twenty years ago)

Stevie Wonder is coming on.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:26 (twenty years ago)

i think liam gallagher would have done a better job than bono with sgt pepper.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

Why are the 60 year olds (apart from snoo and robbie)the ones who sound the best tonight?

They've had more practice.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

(was that jel playing keyboards with dido and youssou n'dour?)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

GLINK OTM !!!

― maura (maura), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

I have just nicked Billy Dod's line about Pete To looking like a man with a point to prove for padding out a review I am subbing. I hope this a)OK and b)accurate (I wasn't really watching v.closely).

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

no, Rick Witter.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

"Dods's" ha some sub.

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

Mason confirmed that the truce had been brokered by Geldof, partly to ramp up interest in Live8 in the States, where Pink Floyd are considerably more popular than poor African countries. "Plus I think Bob wanted an addition to what he did last time. He wanted a novelty act basically. It was a toss up between us and the Spice Girls. Not sure if we lost or won."

― frinly, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

Alba I claim my 10%, cash or cheque is fine.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

holy shit the floyd were great, surpassing my expectations. roger's voice not sounding so great on wish you were here, but he nailed comfortably numb. fuck you mtv for talking over the last verse! here's hoping they manage a tour. maybe?

― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

Why the hell does Stevie Wonder need Rob Thomas to help him sing ANYTHING??

― kristinea, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)

syd at 90: "periwinkle!"

this has made me laugh for a whole minute now

― zappi (joni), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)

nick mason would make a terrific tv dad

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

why oldies were good:
i. they are used to playing venues this size
ii. they have honed their sets over decades, and know how to get the best out of the stage sound
iii. they have not been busy touring all over everywhere the last three years - they are tanned rested and ready

sadly PF have no good songs ever, and daltrey is a terrible singer

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

Over 5,000,000 people have watched on AOL, according to Bob Lefsetz.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

Hahaha, Whiley has now extended her hatefulness by saying she forgot to mention Snow Patrol as another highlight of the day.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

I keep on reading "PF" and thinking people are referring to The Pinefox.

Why is mark s so hard on ver Who?

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

the webcast is really the way to go. i only wish i had better speakers.

― maura (maura), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

I couldn't get the aol webcast to work, I am stuck with the BBC.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

(PS is Bowie performing somewhere in the world - have I missed him?)

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

Stevie Wonder on the BBC coverage finally...

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

i thought townshend wz good!!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

and the stones? are they showing up somewhere?

― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

Who cares? Whiley's getting all excited about Kaiser Chiefs. Let's talk about the bands that MATTER!!

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

Has Coldplay played yet?

― aline, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)

yes

― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

Tragically Hip are on stage in Barrie -- the first thing worth watching there in about two hours.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

I would much rather watch the great and good of ILX talking in Jonathan Ross' pod than listen to another word of Fearne and Whiley's inane crap.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

macca shd play wings stuff only IMO

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:40 (twenty years ago)

Why the hell does Stevie Wonder need Rob Thomas to help him sing ANYTHING??

He doesn't, just being generous to a fault.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:41 (twenty years ago)

FROG CHORUS! WE ALL STAND TOGETHER!!!

(his drummer is scary)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:41 (twenty years ago)

is jason faulkner playing with paul? I can't see any of those guy's faces but they're all pretty young

― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

He should get Slash back on to do Live and Let Die.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

Macca/Stevie/The Hip all playing at the same time, help!

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

YAY GEORGE!!

― astropatty (adr), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

I think Macca performed the exact same set at the Superbowl!

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)

George Michael, George Harrison ... same difference.

― jumper, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

George Michael's overhead handclapping routine hasn't changed in the last twenty years!

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

it's all about motley crue for me now

they're so sensitive

― Rizz (Rizz), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

Macca's drummer's a brute.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

just when i thought the hip couldn't get any worse: dan aykroyd on harmonica!!

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

Helter Skelter! nice.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

fuck i missed how he intro'd it

"bono stole this song from charles manson - i'm stealin it back"

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

and america made history by putting on the most ridiculous duets, stevie wonder and maroon 5?

― Rizz (Rizz), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

McCartney's guitarist looks like John Squire (it's not, is it?).

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)

yeah who's PM's band?

(he shd have done it banshees style)

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)

you UK people should be kissing the ground and thanking the heavens for macca right now

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:49 (twenty years ago)

i was going to mention george's hand clapping but hes just so good at it!

have got paul on my TV with sound off, but stevie on PC with sound on.

mccartneys band is good, but a bit personality-less.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:49 (twenty years ago)

I think the guitarist with the brown shag-cut is Rusty Anderson from New Radicals. The drummer is Dump Truck of late 80s sumo fame.

― John A (John Allison), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:50 (twenty years ago)

Is that John Darni3ll3 on guitar with Macca?

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:50 (twenty years ago)

ooh i'm joining you now

SPOOKY LINDA LOOKALIKE IN THE CROWD wtf

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:51 (twenty years ago)

"he entered the forest and the phantoms came to meet him"

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:52 (twenty years ago)

what, no Wings songs?

― leonard (tk), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:52 (twenty years ago)

what a weirdo

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:53 (twenty years ago)

he shd climax w "old siam" - it has a weirdly great bassline

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:53 (twenty years ago)

is dan aykroyd like secret king of canada?

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

he's like the embarrassing dad everybody never had

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:55 (twenty years ago)

my canadian friend wz jokin on the phone abt jann arden but i never heard of him/her so i just laughed politely

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:56 (twenty years ago)

ok, this is becoming far too corny.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:56 (twenty years ago)

there is nothing secret about dan aykroyd

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:56 (twenty years ago)

you're thinking of ed grimley

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:57 (twenty years ago)

HERE IT COMES U ASKED FOR IT

― leonard (tk), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:57 (twenty years ago)

Passing the mic during "Hey Jude" was a bad idea.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)

You can't just play the end of Hey Jude without anything before it. It's like having ice cream for dinner.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)

For a brief moment I thought, "Why is Stevie Wonder being led onto the stage?" I somehow briefly forgot that he's blind.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

Mariah and her seven dwarfs

― leonard (tk), Saturday, 2 July 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

i just had a flash of the G8 dudes all posting hilariously to their own ilx-style thread somewhere through the whole of this

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:00 (twenty years ago)

You've all made history today by posting here. Give yourselves a round of applause.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:02 (twenty years ago)

Is it over? I've managed to avoiding any part of Live 8 whatsoever! w00t.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:02 (twenty years ago)

As a result of my actions, poverty will not be solved. :(

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)

You're still in time to watch the Kaiser Chiefs on BBC1. This, apparently, is what Jo Whiley has been looking forward to most all day.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)

who is playing in toronto right now?

― leonard (tk), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:04 (twenty years ago)

off with her head

― Rizz (Rizz), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:04 (twenty years ago)

now run-dmc is on pretending they can just be called "dmc" all of a sudden

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:04 (twenty years ago)

As a result of my actions, poverty will not be solved. :(

Your name will be reviled for all times.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:04 (twenty years ago)

poverty is history on ILM now at least, i know that much. ive done my bit.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:05 (twenty years ago)

NO HOLY SHIT IT'S WOLF FROM CSI!! MARK S TO CANADA!!!

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:05 (twenty years ago)

do the killers and the kaiser chiefs like lots of OTHER songs i never see them play or hear which explain why ppl in fact like em?

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:05 (twenty years ago)

(it's not really. that would have been razorlight - xpost about jo whiney)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:06 (twenty years ago)

Annie Lennox, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, etc.

I was 12 when the original Live Aid took place, but knew most of the acts. How much do most of the people who have appeared today mean to the average 12 year old? If you were 12 you'd have been born post-Grunge, you'd have no memory of Britpop or Big Beat. Half of the groups today probably would probably mean about as much as people dancing the Charleston.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:06 (twenty years ago)

i am very confused, and so is dmc's band!!

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:07 (twenty years ago)

which one is wolf? from nyc?

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:07 (twenty years ago)

i meant warrick

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:08 (twenty years ago)

hobb all past music is massively available and some of it is unescapable!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:09 (twenty years ago)

Kaiser Chiefs, that would appear to be it as far as I know (I have no desire to investigate further).

The Killers are OK. Their ONE SONG set didn't do them many favours today.

(xpost, yes Teh HoBB, but it's not the 12 years old who can vote and make a difference is it. Twenty years ago, you could give up your pocket money to make a difference, which is what they were after. This one's not about money)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:09 (twenty years ago)

http://wmovie.videoland.com.tw/event/csi/img/cast003.jpg

somebody explain what's happening here!!

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:09 (twenty years ago)

warrick!! yay!! but why?

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:09 (twenty years ago)

There's something pretty good on now in Paris. Check it out.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:10 (twenty years ago)

IS HE CANADIAN!?

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:10 (twenty years ago)

Why did Philly wrap up so early? Now you all have to watch Neil Young and Barenaked Ladies.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:12 (twenty years ago)

We are getting Philly from the start in the UK on the BBC, I think (Black Eyed Peas on right now)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:13 (twenty years ago)

"now a special surprise" - holy fuck i don't know if my mind can take any more surprises!!

ok it's just select members of aerosmith

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:13 (twenty years ago)

mark my brain is melting for both of us

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:13 (twenty years ago)

I think Black Eyed Peas started it.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:13 (twenty years ago)

>>Macca's drummer's a brute.

Abraham Laboriel Jr
I saw him play with Sting in 2001 and the crack of his snare drum had a similar effect of cannon fire. Brutal attack...but lacking in subtlety.

― bahtology, Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:14 (twenty years ago)

did you philly-watchin guys have to endure wall-t0-wall GRAHAM NORTON??? if so i salute yr indefatigability

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)

Philadelphia may have wrapped up early because of the need to clean up and get ready for other things happening this weekend (concerts on the Parkways tomorrow and presumably Monday).

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

I don't even know who Graham Norton is.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

MAY KEEP THE GOD KEEP IT SO!!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

nobody tells me anything!!

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:17 (twenty years ago)

Norton's so far away from the action it's like he's in a different city. He's so obviously the Beeb's "roving (i.e. can't get into the official places) reporter" in Philadephia.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:17 (twenty years ago)

i mean THE GODZ

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:17 (twenty years ago)

stevie wonder recap my ass - nothing is going to top CSI:Barrie Ontario

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:20 (twenty years ago)

so what is gary dourdan's contribution to the muse?

ahah i think the bbc will soon put norton into a satellite orbiting venus and he will be the "roving (i.e. can't get into the official places) reporter" of all earth

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:20 (twenty years ago)

I guess Graham Norton's show didn't get picked up for a second season on Comedy Central? I liked him in small doses.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:20 (twenty years ago)

dourdan was RAPPING OBV

(!!!????)

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

Pink Floyd currently on 48% of the votes for best performance:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/thelive8event/vote/index.shtml

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

he has a TRIP HOP GROUP called SMOKEY MIRRORS!!

they "put out singles in London"!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:24 (twenty years ago)

lots of pix here

(can't post em it's angelfire)

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)

I AM DYING

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)

in the uk we are bein medicated with VERY LARGE DOSES of norton

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)

fuck coldplay we know who the torch wz passed to!!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

dan ackroyd is secret king of the universe

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

snoop on westwood on radio one right now talking about live 8.

― ppp, Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:28 (twenty years ago)

is everyone sure "snoop" wasn't warrick too?

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

ah fuck barenaked ladies, just when i was starting to be in a good mood

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

Thankfully, Jays-Red Sox has started so I don't have to watch BNL. Somebody wake me for Neil Young or when Snoop comes on the webcast replay, whichever is earlier.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

omigod jones on that site i found a page of erotic poems inspired by the GD pics!! (i will not link em it seems mean)

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)

i'm at the part where he explains why his album is called "chase du jour"

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:36 (twenty years ago)

I never commented on DMB. I think they are not as bad as people here say they are, but at the same time I wasn't into them. I find Dave Matthews annoying when he's belting stuff out, but when he's delivering lines in a relatively straightforward way, his singing doesn't bother me.

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:38 (twenty years ago)

i posted on the "why i wont be watching live 8" thread. i know there's a lot of people there but being in the crowd is a completely different thing than watching it.

http://www.philebrity.com/ for some local coverage.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:39 (twenty years ago)

"Speaking of The Box, where are they today?"

OK, I've got to hand it to Stephen Page, that was funny.
(this will make no sense unless you are a Canadian over the age of 27)

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:39 (twenty years ago)

god i love destiny's child

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:40 (twenty years ago)

i laughed at that too but i'm crediting mark's link for making me giddy first

also i'm a little drunk

xp DC ARE ON??

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

linkin park are talkin to norton in the car park!!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

it's from philly earlier today i guess - our show is over and we getting stuff from the others for the rest of the night

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:43 (twenty years ago)

bah we've gone back to macca for the long+winding road

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

ok i'm goin to bed to dream of smokey mirrors - night foax

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:46 (twenty years ago)

why did the BBC endlessly put Justin Timberlake on the "coming up" text trail throughout the day, seeing as how he wasn't playing? or there?

― carson dial (carson dial), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

WE HAVE DONE ALL 8 PUBS - THAT IT IS HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT POVERTY - YOU ARE ALL JUST SCEPTICAL BOB GANDALF IS MY HERRO

this is a long thread i will read it tomorrow, but you must know that i will drink another pint for every post that is made after this

FLOYD RUUUULES, WILL SMITH IS MY BEEEEEEYATCH FULES. peace out

― Britain's Jauntiest Shepherd (Alan), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

http://www.live8insider.com/files/2005/07/whiteboard.jpg

Kaiser Chiefs were scheduled to get one minute more than Kayne West. Surely some mistake, etc.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)

carson timbo was snapping his fingers for one shot in that gap-ad of death - maybe they meant that

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:50 (twenty years ago)

Pink Floyd currently on 48% of the votes for best performance:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/thelive8event/vote/index.shtml

-- James Mitchell (jame...), July 2nd, 2005.

i gave a vote to The Who. They just edged it from Pink Floyd, Snoop, Madonna.

I expect Robbie will end up winning it tho.

― Andy Jay, Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:50 (twenty years ago)

i gotta go too - it was fun ending poverty with y'all!!

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

xpost - thanks jones. My sister was very pissed off at the trail, as it got her hopes up, only to cruelly dash them with Rob Thomas.

― carson dial (carson dial), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

God that sucked.

Please please please Neil be in Ragged Glory mode. Though I don't think Crazy Horse is in tow.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

dammit ok neil young AND THEN THAT'S IT

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:56 (twenty years ago)

this is pretty

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

I found the not-kids-but-surely-a-bit-young-for-this-sort-of-thing couples down the front mouthing along to Pink Floyd microscopically moving but I have been drinking (free bottle of wine from the Thai place up the road for our big order!); I couldn't understand why Gilmour was doing all the singin' until Waters did some "singin'". Only saw a bit of The Who but Townshend was just thrilling. I am guessing Madonna's outfit was a tribute to Jagger's swishy white pants of yesterpark. Was pleased to see the Kaiser Chiefs go down well in Philly in a kind of Henman-reaching-Delray-Beach-semis dis/misplaced pride shit.

Big shock of the evening's telly - discovering that the compellingly gorge Mariska Hargitay of Law And Order: Special Victims Unit is Jayne Mansfield's daughter! Not strictly Live8-related, I realise.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

What song is Neil Young doing now? It almost sounds as though it was written for the occasion.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:04 (twenty years ago)

did aykroyd just call bono "bunno"?

― jones (actual), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:08 (twenty years ago)

Check The OR!

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:09 (twenty years ago)

And good to hear they got that case of SARS in check.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:09 (twenty years ago)

I knew that was coming.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:10 (twenty years ago)

OK, THIS IS HOW YOU END A SHOW.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:10 (twenty years ago)

If you're going to do the big celeb singalong, then ROCK SHIT IN THE FREE WORLD.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:10 (twenty years ago)

So did they broadcast the national anthem too?

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:17 (twenty years ago)

Now that he's older, Neil is starting to sound ALOT like he should be doing hockey broadcasts like his dad.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)

where is neil finishing, canada? mtv broadcasting stopped as if canada did not exist

― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:22 (twenty years ago)

That doesn't surprise me in the least.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:23 (twenty years ago)

I expected a longer Neil Set. Finished rather largely though. That's good.

― Tokyo Ghost Stories (Tokyo Ghost Stories), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:27 (twenty years ago)

Neil was in Barrie.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:29 (twenty years ago)

I saw some of the MTV footage. Evidently if you want to learn more about helping africa go to vh1.com. And if you want to watch the concerts go to aol.com. If you want to see a shitload of ads and cooing from VJs, stick around!

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:35 (twenty years ago)

how was bjork in tokyo?

― La Monte (La Monte), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:42 (twenty years ago)

Apparently there's 150,000 people stuck in the west end after the tube finished at its regular time.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:52 (twenty years ago)

I heard the Japan show was a total bust - only got 10,000 people or so

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 2 July 2005 23:53 (twenty years ago)

We were in the swing of things. We made Poverty HisTory by going to 8 pubs in one day watch Live 8 and making sardonic comments. We Made Poverty His Tory possible by shaking the hands of a scary man wot remembered the Stone Roses (Stone Temple Pilots + Guns'n'Roses do youse see).

WE MADE POVERTY HISTORY: and we got home and there was Dave Matthews on the televisionsions. We Wus Robbied.

― Pete (Pete), Sunday, 3 July 2005 00:00 (twenty years ago)

everybody should sign the petition and then make fun of all the terrible performences all you want.

our lady peace were downright embarrasing.

― La Monte (La Monte), Sunday, 3 July 2005 00:07 (twenty years ago)

BOB GANDALF IS A HERON TO US ALL

― h., Sunday, 3 July 2005 00:47 (twenty years ago)

tried to avoid most of this on telly by watching dvds instead (Spongebob Squarepants is great, even my mum loved it), but in between the films, was that really Jacques Lu Cont I spotted as a backing musician for Madonna?

― jellybean (jellybean), Sunday, 3 July 2005 01:10 (twenty years ago)

Yes, I think so.

I spent the day with my mother watching the horrible, horrible fucking MTV/Vh1 coverage (more commercials and harping on about G8 and crowd interviews than music). We kept flipping it half of the time to The Lost Boys and Hart's War.

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Sunday, 3 July 2005 02:12 (twenty years ago)

I hope Alan made poverty Histor.

― As The Egg Fries (blueski), Sunday, 3 July 2005 10:10 (twenty years ago)

Only heard a little bit of this on thee radio:

Madonna - somewhat dreary, plus tiresome gratuitous use of "fuck", haha silly mare.

Snow Patrol - unbeliveably dreary & plodding, like a shoegazer band w/thee reverb turned off.

The Killers - fucking shit. When people say guitar music is dead, it's b/c of lumpen unimaginative unadventurous CACK like this. Fuck 'em up thee ass.

Joss Stone (I think) - reasonably sprightly singing, I guess, but somewhat MOR & too much in thrall to singers past.

Robbie Williams = K-URGH.

The Who - good!

Pink Floyd - surprisingly good! I'd probably actually shell out & go & see them if the toured.

I suspect the old bands sounded better (which I thought they did on that limited sampling) for the usual rox0r1zt reasons - the time they came from = good "playing" and the whole do what you want mentality = encouraged more then perhaps.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Sunday, 3 July 2005 10:13 (twenty years ago)

I enjoyed Linkin' Park and Jay Z the most.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 3 July 2005 14:50 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and I also liked some of the stuff from the Eden project, the rap dudes from Sengal were cool. Motley Crue don't have any skin left that is not tattoed, Mick Mars looked particularly terrifying. Velvet Revolver just make you wish that it was the real g'n'r, not just an inferior Slash's Snakepit.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 3 July 2005 14:56 (twenty years ago)

I would be curious to hear this Floyd set, I admit. But mostly I want the Cure set. Beyond that, um er.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 3 July 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

The Roxy Music?

― RS LaRue (RSLaRue), Sunday, 3 July 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

Hm, mebbe.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 3 July 2005 15:08 (twenty years ago)

i only saw "love is the drug" and it wz triffic

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 3 July 2005 15:14 (twenty years ago)

shameless gossip alert — apparently, Bob had made a deal with Midge Ure to go onstage and perform "I Don't Like Mondays" together to make up for the Live Aid switch that saw the Boomtown Rats perform in front of Charles and Diana instead of Ultravox. Midge was having a drink with Elton John and Paul McCartney when Geldof started, and swore up a storm…

― carson dial (carson dial), Sunday, 3 July 2005 15:17 (twenty years ago)

..which explains why, immediately after Bob finished, Midge complained to Fearne Cotton quite sincerely that he thought Bob was "rubbish".

― Huey (Huey), Sunday, 3 July 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)

i kept having arguments last night over celine dion's performance - they'd start with me defending the funny vegas entertainment aspect but somehow they kept ending with me declaring her the greatest performer of this or any other age, and severing all friendly ties with whoever i happened to be talking to!! LAY OFF THE DRINKS KIDS

― jones (actual), Sunday, 3 July 2005 16:14 (twenty years ago)

The BBC was today forced to apologise after foul-mouthed performances by Madonna and other Live 8 stars resulted in over 350 complaints about swearing.
It was just 7.20pm - an hour and forty minutes before the 9pm watershed - when 46-year-old Madonna yelled 'Are you f***ing ready London?"
She broke the taboo about swearing in front of the 205,000-strong crowd and billions watching the live TV broadcast.
At the end of their set, Johnny Borell, lead singer of Razorlight, screamed 'I say sign the f***ing petition.'
And American rapper Snoop Dogg, 33, chanted 'Mother f***er' repeatedly during one song.
A BBC spokesman said: "We do apologise if anyone was offended. All the artists were told before they went on stage that it was live and to be mindful of their language.
"Obviously the excitement and occasion got to people but how can you tell Madonna off?
"We received just over 350 complaints about swearing. Considering the billions of people watching, that is not much.
"To put it in context if EastEnders starts five minutes late we get over 500 complaints.

"Obviously people have the right to complain if they are offended but this is a live event and there is not much we can do."

http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=AX314773S&news_headline=bbc_gets_350_complaints_about_live_8_swearing

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Sunday, 3 July 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

Snoop was caught up in the moment.

― miccio (miccio), Sunday, 3 July 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/polling/poll.pl?subject=172825&profile=Live8_best_performance1&category=radio2&choice=28&ok.x=41&ok.y=7&ok=ok

9% voted mariah carey?????

― Andy Jay, Sunday, 3 July 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

that is indeed ridiculously low

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 3 July 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)

I think Velvet Revolver should have more. I'd enjoy seeing clips from that performance again.

― miccio (miccio), Sunday, 3 July 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

though I'm still very disappointed they didn't bring Ian Astbury up for a "Fire Woman" duet.

― miccio (miccio), Sunday, 3 July 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

Matt Sorum was in the Cult, you know

― miccio (miccio), Sunday, 3 July 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

my friend had a funny formative run-in with the cult when we were young - short version: my friend spots billy duffy in the 7-11 wearing sweatpants & browsing thru comics and basically chases him out of the store for being lame

csi-dmc had someone from the cars in it but pffft like anyone cares

― jones (actual), Sunday, 3 July 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

Highlights for me -- Roxy Music (fucking ruled), Snoop Dogg, The Cure (they did five songs, actally -- they paused for ten to fifteen minutes and then returned and did "Just Like Heaven" and "Boys Don't Cry"), Kaiser Chiefs (were entertaining and solid -- not innovative of course but who cares), Stevie Wonder (sans Maroon 5 and Rob Thomas), Green Day (if only for how they became Live 8's version of U2), Placebo.

Shocks: Simon le Bon looking like Elvis (I half-expected D2 to cover "Suspicious Minds"), seeing the German announcer guy say "Velvet Revolver -- big balls rock 'n' roll!", Chris Cornell touching and decimating some RATM song (which is funny because I always thought RATM would improve immeasurably with a different vocalist, but since Audioslave picked up Chris Cornell it's been a royally disheartening ride as I can't stand hearing CC for three seconds anyway), and the horror of Robbie Williams covering Queen.

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Sunday, 3 July 2005 23:34 (twenty years ago)

I watched the whole UK Live8 on TV, not even turning over for the tennis score very often. I thought it was big, exciting and interesting.

I agree with Guy Beckett that Keane were a surprise hit. They are mediocre in a way and look bad, but during that second song the quality of the singing on a powerfully constructed song surged through unexpectedly. Plus, I think of them as the Ultravox of 2003, and Midge Ure has obviously been key to the campaign, so it feels the apter.

Every time I saw Macca I thought what a wonderful man and great genius he is.

U2's set made me cry.

Coldplay were dire: I think Chris Martin is a fatal weak link, a terrible vocalist and front man, and their material weas awful, not that I much dislike 'BSw Symphony'.

Madonna puts on a show, up to a point, but she seems arrogant, nasty and foolish; whereas Mariah Carey, though her material is so sludgy and inapt, does not - she seems generous and blithe, a trouper.

THE WHO are the great underrated act. They said nothing, were lower on the bill than a less important band, were barely announced or anticipated; the only BBC comment on them was Jo Whiley complaining that they look old. (Can you imagine how she'll look at their age?) But they are England's greatest ever ROCK band and, in tribute to Peter Stringbender, they played only 70S WHO. 'Who Are You?' mystified me slightly, but 'Won't Get Fooled Again?' was musically immense and conceptually rich, a complex thought-provoking gesture in this 20-years-on context. (How tremendous for a great artist of the 1960s to have written a great critique of the 1960s... as the 1960s ended - and still it surges.) The finest vocal moment of the day was Daltrey's yell at the end of that song, announcing the final section: no-one else matched his heroic power.

― the pinefox, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 09:16 (twenty years ago)

I have just noticed that I agree with JtN about the above, by several furlongs.

Alba on 'young dinos' is a nice point.

It was odd how Robbie W came on to Fearne C - and it was unmentioned after that. It was as though he was making public the sort of thing that usually happens at these events.

I never once heard or read during the day or afterwards that the Cure would play, did played, had played. I don't understand this omission, don't understand how everyone else saw them and I did not.

Yesterday I was imagining Morrissey playing and wondering what he could play, and settled on 'Panic' and 'Ask', I think.

― the pinefox, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 09:22 (twenty years ago)

Outstanding posts, Pinefox!

the only BBC comment on them was Jo Whiley complaining that they look old. God, Whiley is such an idiot!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 10:35 (twenty years ago)

Can anybody guess what these numbers represent?

1. Pink Floyd ‘Echoes - Best Of’ 1343%
2. The Who ‘Then & Now’ 863%
3. Annie Lennox ‘Eurythmics Greatest Hits’ 500%
4. Dido ‘Life for Rent’ 412%
5. Razorlight ‘Up all Night’ 335%
6. Robbie Williams ‘Greatest Hits’ 320%
7. Joss Stone ‘Mind, Body & Soul’ 309%
8. Sting ‘Greatest Hits’ 300%
9. Travis ‘Singles’ 268%
10. Madonna ‘Immaculate Collection’ 200%
11. Scissor Sisters ‘Scissor Sisters’ 174%
12. Mariah Carey ‘Greatest Hits’ 170%
13. Snoop Dogg ‘Rhythm & Gangsta’ 166%
14. The Killers ‘Hot Fuss’ 131%
15. U2 ‘Best Of: 1990 – 2000’ 116%
16. Elton John ‘Greatest Hits 1970 – 2002’ 111%
17. Keane ‘Hopes & Fears’ 101%
18. The Beatles ‘Number 1s’ 71%
19. Snow Patrol ‘Final Straw’ 69%
20. REM ‘Reveal’ 50%
21. Stereophonics ‘Language, Sex, Violence, Other’ 36%
22. Coldplay ‘X&Y’ 3%
23. The Libertines ‘Up The Bracket’ -35%

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 11:17 (twenty years ago)

Wow. Somehow I don't totally begrudge the top two. Does that negative Libertines figure mean that people have actually been taking that CD back to the shop since L8?

― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 11:39 (twenty years ago)

Unfortunately not.

It's increases sales for the first half of this week against the whole of last week, so although the Libertines seem to be down, it's only half a week - assuming mean sales they're technically about 15% up.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 11:50 (twenty years ago)

As I said on the other thread, Snoop getting the crowd to chant "Peace!" while wearing a pendant in the shape of revolver was quite amusing

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 11:59 (twenty years ago)

it was 'Peas' actually

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 12:08 (twenty years ago)

Just watched the Floyd set. It's a shame that Waters's voice has gotten so thin. His bass playing was just lovely, even on slow old "Breathe."

Interesting that Gilmour was regarded as the wussier singer, the one who did the high pretty bits, while Waters was there for the guts and the venom. If anything, Gilmour's singing has gotten better, more full, since he had to take over and try to be the frontman he never really was. While, sadly, Roger can't quite bring many of the notes and ended up sort of talking along with the music.

So I was glad they reunited, but at the same time, it's kind of a little vindication for Gilmour fans vs. post-Waters Floyd hataz.

― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 12:09 (twenty years ago)

I wonder if the cameramen were under instructions from Gilmour and Waters not to show Rick Wright. Didn't Rick Wright do a lot of the "high pretty bits"?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 12:20 (twenty years ago)

I would say that Wright, physically, was probably the best preserved of the four, so maybe that's why they were a bit resentful.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 12:26 (twenty years ago)

Agree that he didn't get a lot of screen time. Wright did not sing as far as I could tell. He didn't have a mike in front of him anyways (on the synth side). On "Comfortably Numb," they had a female backup singer; I couldn't see who was singing backup on "Breathe."

I seem to recall that "Us and Them" and "Time" are the most recognizable PF songs with a Wright vocal part.

― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 12:49 (twenty years ago)

I always thought he sang a lot more than that, his voice is quite like Gilmour's but higher, he did do a lot of harmony singing - but not at Live8!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 12:54 (twenty years ago)

Thanks, Pashmina.

*I keep on reading "PF" and thinking people are referring to The Pinefox.
Why is mark s so hard on ver Who?*

Outstanding posts, JtN - and yes, where was Bowie?

I still want to know the truth about Williams and Cotton. Perhaps it will be on the cover of a magazine I will see in the supermarket.

― the pinefox, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 13:22 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

It was. I read up on it as much as I could. They live on different continents.

But meanwhile - today on TV, Live8 highlights, caught at random. The same old feelings as the doves fly for 'Beautiful Day' and Bono rambles through the end: 'Paul McCartney - what a gift to the world'. How moving!

― the snowfox, Wednesday, 28 December 2005 10:19 (twenty years ago)

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