[Merged] Live 8 Concerts - Page 10

budwieser · 03-07-2005, 00:22

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Originally Posted by Angua

Best bit

was PF and they actually looked like they were enjoying themselves. Wonder how many in the audience wondered who they were?

Nice to see youngsters singing along to Floyd and really getting into it!
"Wish you were here" still gives me shivers down my spine after all these years!

Well done to all.

allanprg · 03-07-2005, 00:45

Well, I watched right through from beginning to end. I thought that was great. Especially Pink Floyd and The Who. But I liked Robbie Williams and Annie Lennox also. Takes me back to the good old days with The Who and Pink Floyd.

The Birdcage in Portsmouth for The Who and Portsmouth Guildhall in the late sixties for Pink Floyd. Remember "See Emily Play".

Nikko · 03-07-2005, 00:51

Excellent stuff. I sampled bits & bobs all afternoon and everyone I saw was great. I was really tuned in to see PF, who seemed to be the only ones not to preach. BUT - did anyone notice the set running order?

Breathe (reprise) - Money - Wish you were here - Comfortably Numb

I thought that was a lovely way of making a point.

Nice to see Roger back too.

Halcyon · 03-07-2005, 00:56

I watched parts thruoghout the afternoon and then again tonight.
Some great music indeed.

**Damien** · 03-07-2005, 02:08

I was actually there and it was ace

. I know some of you are just saying the whole thing is a farce and no ones cares or what ever negative point of the day is. But the atmosphere was amazing and the crowd fif seem moved at the videos of africa and so on. Obviously most people were there because of the big bands, but it was fun and a good event no matter how hard to try to disagree with it. The scale of the thing inside and the atmosphere was amazing though. I dont anyone performing there was being hypocritical (as i said before we dont know what extreme poverty is like either) and I do think the crowd were nice. Stop trying to find the negative all the time

**Paul** · 03-07-2005, 02:20

Hmm, this was today was it ? I managed to miss it all then, too busy.

etccarmageddon · 03-07-2005, 02:24

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Originally Posted by Nikko

Excellent stuff. I sampled bits & bobs all afternoon and everyone I saw was great. I was really tuned in to see PF, who seemed to be the only ones not to preach. BUT - did anyone notice the set running order?

Breathe (reprise) - Money - Wish you were here - Comfortably Numb

I thought that was a lovely way of making a point.

Nice to see Roger back too.

I think Gilmore sold one of his houses a few years back and donated the proceeds to shelter as he had decided he had enough money.

Jonboy · 03-07-2005, 03:26

i thought this was a great concert apart from the swearing no need for it in my book, apart from that a good afternoon/evenings entertainment

Mike · 03-07-2005, 07:30

Low points for me was Pete Doherty amd Mariah Carey (what is D*g). High points Sherophonics,Travis,Pink Floyd.

basa · 03-07-2005, 10:00

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

WoW Floyd reintroducing us to how Comfortably numb is ment to sound,Im breathless

Agreed ... the Floyd blew everyone else out of the water (no pun intended .. well OK yes there was

). Nice to see a real band play real music and from a band who hadn't been together for 25 years. The hair stood up on my neck during Comfortably Numb.

The best set I've seen in a very long time, pity there wasn't a lot more, but nice to see them all back together.

An historic performance.

Aragorn · 03-07-2005, 10:01

Only watched parts of it but that twenty five mins of Pink Floyd was awesome. Some superb guitar work from Gilmore, as always. Managed to get the whole set on DVD - one to keep!

Paul K · 03-07-2005, 10:07

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Originally Posted by Aragorn

Only watched parts of it but that twenty five mins of Pink Floyd was awesome. Some superb guitar work from Gilmore, as always. Managed to get the whole set on DVD - one to keep!

Might as well wait for the DVD to release, wonder how much they will charge for it

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NEW YORK, NY, United States (UPI) -- EMI has obtained worldwide DVD rights to Saturday`s Live 8 concerts in Britain, the United States, Canada, France, Germany and Italy, according to Variety.

EMI expects to release locally tailored DVDs around the world in November. Live 8 gave the rights to EMI after the music company pledged a hefty donation to the organization, the report said.
Live 8, concerned about worldwide poverty which kills 30,000 children every day, is holding the concerts ahead of next month`s summit of the Group of Eight nations in Scotland.
The group hopes to offer a plan to the leaders of the world`s top industrialized nations, urging them to increase aid to poorer countries, write off Third World debt and make trade laws fair.
"Music can galvanize people into taking positive action like nothing else," said David Munns, chairman and CEO of EMI Music North America. "We believe the DVD will capture the spirit and magic of what we believe will be some extraordinary performances and ensure that the message behind Live 8 will carry on and continue to resonate beyond July."

handyman · 03-07-2005, 10:57

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Originally Posted by basa

Agreed ... the Floyd blew everyone else out of the water (no pun intended .. well OK yes there was

). Nice to see a real band play real music and from a band who hadn't been together for 25 years. The hair stood up on my neck during Comfortably Numb.

The best set I've seen in a very long time, pity there wasn't a lot more, but nice to see them all back together.

An historic performance.

tbh i was very dissapointed with their set, just a few old fellas that can play the guitar rambling on through several solo's. Although they where not bad what was bad was finishing the night with macartney not impresive at all. It would have been better to finish on angels.

03-07-2005, 11:03

Did you hear that Tessa Jowell called an emergency meeting to try and stop the concert at 10pm - due to noise and public safety?

How the f**** will London cope with the Olympics if they win?

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Paul K · 03-07-2005, 11:06

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Originally Posted by lsainsbury

Did you hear that Tessa Jowell called an emergency meeting to try and stop the concert at 10pm - due to noise and public safety?

How the f**** will London cope with the Olympics if they win?

Bloody politiciansÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã… Â¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¦.

It was planned to end by 2130 and the organisers were told from the start that it had to end by then due to roads being closed, public transport restrictions after a certain time etc. There was no way the concert was going to be ended early and since it wasn't down to Tessa Jowell I can't see what she thought she was going to achieve TBH.