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02 July 2005, 03:48 PM
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Come on Marc; even the people in the crowd dont look as though they can be arsed. Look at the crowd when peoploe are performing, virtually everyone is stood still. Live Aid was very very different. This is to Live Aid what Band Aid 2004 was to Band Aid.....
02 July 2005, 03:51 PM
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The problem is that the real fans are penned back about half a mile from the stage. The area in front is reserved for the friends of friends, politically correct hangers on etc. Very poor.
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02 July 2005, 03:53 PM
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I dont agree with all youre saying, I didnt like Coldplay. I think U2 rocked as did Elton before Pete came on!!! and Stereophonics are working the crowd now. I kind of know what youre saying though, the music scene isnt the same as it was in the mid 80s. IMO there isnt any bands around such as Queen now that people really get excited about.
02 July 2005, 04:37 PM
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I agree; Ive been thinking about this, after twenty years its easy to forget about some of the terrible performances too; who remembers Adam Ant...? Only giving performers 10 minutes spoils it too, I think that you could do a lot more in 15 minutes. As with Band Aid 2004, so many people want to be involved this time (no one wanted to do Live Aid initially apart from Dire Straights, it was Bob Geldofs brinkmanship that carried it off) there isnt enough time to go around... I suspect that a lot of people are performing principally because of, or at least with an eye on, the affect itll have on their careers.....
02 July 2005, 04:46 PM
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The concert itself is probably pretty good, but Im not so sure about the cause.
Seems a bit odd to hear the millionaire artists talking about helping Africa etc "oh theyre so poor and starving, we must help them - FFS wheres my limo?" etc
And how will they spend the money raised? Africa is so corrupt that a significant amount of 'aid' money wont be spent on aid at all. The money would be better spent overthrowing Mugabe IMO
Seems a bit odd to hear the millionaire artists talking about helping Africa etc "oh theyre so poor and starving, we must help them - FFS wheres my limo?" etc
And how will they spend the money raised? Africa is so corrupt that a significant amount of 'aid' money wont be spent on aid at all. The money would be better spent overthrowing Mugabe IMO
02 July 2005, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Petem95
The concert itself is probably pretty good, but Im not so sure about the cause.
Seems a bit odd to hear the millionaire artists talking about helping Africa etc "oh theyre so poor and starving, we must help them - FFS wheres my limo?" etc
And how will they spend the money raised? Africa is so corrupt that a significant amount of 'aid' money wont be spent on aid at all. The money would be better spent overthrowing Mugabe IMO
Seems a bit odd to hear the millionaire artists talking about helping Africa etc "oh theyre so poor and starving, we must help them - FFS wheres my limo?" etc
And how will they spend the money raised? Africa is so corrupt that a significant amount of 'aid' money wont be spent on aid at all. The money would be better spent overthrowing Mugabe IMO
02 July 2005, 04:51 PM
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They're not raising money tho, they want the G8 to end third world debt or something like that. But I understand where you're coming from.
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just switched the tv on, actually it does look a bit "dead"
bit like at the end of the night in a club when everybodys just looking at each other lol
send a few streakers onto the stage, that will liven the thing up
bit like at the end of the night in a club when everybodys just looking at each other lol
send a few streakers onto the stage, that will liven the thing up
02 July 2005, 04:52 PM
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That was what prompted me to start the thread; mostly theyre standing still..... The sets are definately too short as well; 10 minutes jsut isnt long enough.
02 July 2005, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by GC8
That was what prompted me to start the thread; mostly theyre standing still..... The sets are definately too short as well; 10 minutes jsut isnt long enough.
And there's the reason why....look at the shedule.
02 July 2005, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by GC8
That was what prompted me to start the thread; mostly theyre standing still..... The sets are definately too short as well; 10 minutes jsut isnt long enough.
