[mbriant]

It is, after all, the largest entertainment project ever produced .... 24 hours and broadcast from every continent. I started watching last night when Australia and Japan kicked in. It's been a bit of a drag jumping from channel to channel when there's 3 different cities broadcasting at once....but the bands and even the ecology messages have been good.

Gotta go, Roger Waters just started playing at Giant Stadium....doing "Money" at this very moment.

 

[colonelkernel8]

Its pretty much the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. That band playing on Antarctica? What the hell was that? I can play better than that saxist, easily.

I'd say its the world's largest publicity stunt. I think Gore is going to announce his candidacy at the show MOD EDIT: Political opinion/discussion removed.

Its still entertaining. I liked Phil Colin's version of "This is the World we Live In", pretty good.

 

[Redo]

I'll be honest with you, a bunch of artists that I really don't care for in the modern era pulling a publicity stunt trying to get me to grow tomatoes and use fluorescent light bulbs turns me off.

The only thing they are wasting is massive amounts of Jet Fuel to get to all corners of the globe.

 

[Hermitt]

Are there any live internet streams?

 

[mbriant]

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Originally Posted by colonelkernel8 I think Gore is going to...

Well, you're welcome to your opinion about your own musical talents .... but I'm certain you're fully aware of our no political discussion rule. To prevent this from turning into just that, I'm removing your "rape" comment.

 

[Redo]

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Originally Posted by mbriant /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well, you're welcome to your opinion about your own musical talents .... but I'm certain you're fully aware of our no political discussion rule. To prevent this from turning into just that, I'm removing your "rape" comment.

Considering everything to do with this concert is driven directly from politics, I don't see how you could avoid political discussion.

 

[mbriant]

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Considering everything to do with this concert is driven directly from politics

That's a rather cynical outlook. If you've watched Gore's slide show, you'll notice that it isn't politcally driven ... it's survival driven. Just because a former presidential candidate sparked the event, doesn't mean it's entirely about politics. Yes, politicians MUST get involved if we're ever going to have any hope of reversing the trend of turning the planet into a cess pool, but the general thrust of this event IMO is bringing attention to what in many people's opinion is by far the number one concern for every living creature on the planet ... even more important than Aids or starvation in Africa....which have also had similar events produced on their behalf. Because those were created by rock stars instead of a politician, does that somehow make them legitimate but this one not?

Gore may have sparked the event but there are hundreds if not thousands of others who aren't politicians that are maiking it happen. If you are unable to see this because you happen to dislike Gore or the Democratic Party, that's unfortunate ... because IMO, this event will do more than anything done to date to bring awareness of not just carbon emmissions, but every sort of damage we're doing to our planet .... and that can't be a bad thing.

And besides, there's something like 150 bands and artists putting on a live concert .... isn't this an audio forum where MUSIC has some importance?

 

[Redo]

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Originally Posted by mbriant /img/forum/go_quote.gif That's a rather cynical outlook. If you've watched Gore's slide show, you'll notice that it isn't politcally driven ... it's survival driven. Just because a former presidential candidate sparked the event, doesn't mean it's entirely about politics. Yes, politicians MUST get involved if we're ever going to have any hope of reversing the trend of turning the planet into a cess pool, the general thrust I've seen is bringing attention to what in many people's opinion is by far the number one concern for every living creature on the planet ... even more important than Aids or starvation in Africa....which have also had similar events produced on their behalf.

Exactly my point, you take a 100% political concert, try to say "no politics in this thread" but in the same breath go off on a massive political tangent. This concert isn't getting any thread time here because the entire subject matter is a breach of the forums' rules.

 

[Redo]

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Originally Posted by mbriant /img/forum/go_quote.gif Gore may have sparked the event but there are hundreds if not thousands of others who aren't politicians that are maiking it happen. If you are unable to see this because you happen to dislike Gore or the Democratic Party, that's unfortunate ... because IMO, this event will do more to bring awareness of not just carbon emmissions, but every sort of damage we're doing to our planet .... and that can't be a bad thing.

You're just trusting whatever sources you've heard and taking it as religious truth. Global warming isn't even scientifically proven, yet there are people benefiting from riding the Global Warming bandwagon, which seems to be less scientists and ALOT of politicians.

 

[plainsong]

Sure you could play sax better, but can you play sax better where it's FRACKING COLD??

As for some of the political bashing - it just boggles the mind. Open and frank discussion of the state of the planet and little things that can be done to possibly improve it isn't a bad thing and certainly should be an interest to us all.

Does that mean that Penn & Teller couldn't call BS on some of it? Of course they could and they'd be at least partially right, but to be concerned, to always question how to make it better, these aren't bad and evil things and I question the intelligence of anyone who thinks otherwise. This is where I stop reading what Redo says.

And if we have some good tunes along the way, well then a little bit of world harmony isn't a bad thing.

So, how did the funniest comedian and sexiest executive transvestite in the entire universe open for Razorlight?

 

[ChickenGod]

Well what a bright idea. Talk about politics in a thread a moderators started. Hah.

 

[raymondlin]

is it a good show? some of it. does it raise the profile of global warning? may be. will it mean now people will cycle to work and have cold showers? very much no. all this is just lots of publicity for the artists. nothing more

 

[DrBenway]

I think all of these events, from Live Aid through the present, are a massive publicity pump for the record industry. The artists get exposure that no marketing budget could ever buy, and the audience members get broken arms from patting themselves on the back.

What a joke.

 

[Blueiz]

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Originally Posted by ChickenGod /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well what a bright idea. Talk about politics in a thread a moderators started. Hah.

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[mbriant]

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You're just trusting whatever sources you've heard and taking it as religious truth. Global warming isn't even scientifically proven, yet there are people benefiting from riding the Global Warming bandwagon, which seems to be less scientists and ALOT of politicians.

Then you must be trusting the few who claim there's no harm in poluting the planet. Do you believe there aren't many people benefitting from denying the damage that's being done? Are you saying that the tons and tons of chemicals we dump into the air, the soil, and our drinking water have no consequence? Are you saying that scientific studies showing the decline and complete decimation of all sorts of species of life because of human consumption, encroachment, and polution is all bunk? You don't have to be a scientist to know that the exhaust from one single car engine is capable of killing you and hundreds of others ... I'm sure even you believe that. Is it so hard to believe that millions of cars, trucks, boats, planes, trains, automobiles, furnaces, etc. have the capability of killing the entire planet? Or does every living thing have to die first to provide absolute proof? Is there scientific proof that all of these poisons we're pumping into our environment are somehow completely neutralized and made harmless by nature ... so there's no cause for concern? Even if you completely discount the global warming thing, there's still plenty of other areas where we're killing the planet. Isn't that worth addressing?