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Shinagamithe3rd

I'm watching the Live8 concert right now on VH1 and I have to say, it has had some pretty kickass performances so far. Not only are they doing it for a damn good cause but some bands are just killing the stage too. (Though some of the rappers and pop singers have seemed like they don't want to be there, save for Snoop Dogg and Madonna.) My favorite performances so far have been:

Velvet Revolver singing "Fall to Pieces"
Green Day's cover of Queens "We Are The Champions"
Audioslave's performance.
Bon Jovi singing "It's My Life".
Good Charlotte's Tokyo performance.

I can only hope it gets much better as the day goes on. Looking forward to Def Leppard's, The Who's, and Pink Floyd's (who are haveing a reunion for this specifically for this concert.)performances. Anyone else watching and enjoying?

Saito Ayame

I'm watching it right now, have been for the whole day, basically. It's had some brillaint acts, great stars and interviews, and is for a great cause. ~<3

I even got my name up there on the petition and the big screen. STOP POVETY, NOW~!!

I wish there had been a fewer load of interviews and more showing of the foreign performances down here, but I like what I saw. Full respect for those who are participating… As for my favourite acts... I dunno, I mean, I actually really liked them all, each for different reasons - including audience participation.

Good stuff. it ain't charity, it's justice. I look forwards to the finale in Britain.

XD~!!

--Saito

Battle Franky

After the Who's set, it's Pink Floyd for the first time in 24 long years. I can't sit still, I'm so excited.

Shinagamithe3rd

Fuckin' A. The Who just came to the stage and ripped it a new asshole. If you've never seen old dudes rock, you haven't seen nothing. God, I can't wait for Pink Floyd. Damn, 24 very long years BF, mabey after this they're may be hope for a new album. I'd buy it.

Saito Ayame

Originally posted by Battle Franky@Jul 2 2005, 04:49 PM
After the Who's set, it's Pink Floyd for the first time in 24 long years. I can't sit still, I'm so excited.
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I know~!! I can't wait, seriously, this is going to be historical, I can't wait to see them all back together. ~<3

Hm… Watching Nelson Mandela's speech right now. Very inspirtational... So, he might appear in the G8 conference. Hey, I hope so... DAMN~! I CAN'T WAIT~!!

OoooOooOoo, Faithless... -watches-

–Saito

Shinagamithe3rd

I hope that Def Leppard's performance is good too. They may be hair metal but I think they kick ass. Haven't heard anything new from them since Euphoria and the Rock of Ages compilation. I hope they do "Animal" and "Photograph". Damn, this concert is great!

Saito Ayame

Originally posted by Shinagamithe3rd@Jul 2 2005, 04:58 PM
I hope that Def Leppard's performance is good too. They may be hair metal but I think they kick ass. Haven't heard anything new from them since Euphoria and the Rock of Ages compilation. I hope they do "Animal" and "Photograph". Damn, this concert is great!
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You ain't kidding~!! It's like, a load of the best bands out there, each getting together and giving us the best and most meaningful concert ever. It's awesome.

I'm also quite looking forward to Def Leppard, I mean, it should be good, and it's after all the British performances have ended, hell, I just can't wait for any of them, each one that comes up, even if I'm not into, I get a buzz.

Best musical exstraviganza, ever…

PINK FLOYD~!! YEAH~!! THEY'RE ON~!!

–Saito

Shinagamithe3rd

Oh man, Pink Floyd's on right now. ear-gasm!! They're still as good as they've always been! To be quite honest, when old bands get reunited it usually sux (everyone remember the return of Motley Crue?). I did first think that they'd come back sounding all haggard and such, but DAMN! They still rule!

EDIT: Oh, yeah…almost forgot...600th post biytches!!

Battle Franky

I've been watching it with my old man for a few hours now. We're both big fans of Pink Floyd & Roger Waters, so yeh it's been a nice experience watching live 8 with my Dad with the anticipation building. Seeing as 20 years ago, he was watching Live Aid, and I was still kickin' it in my mums belly. ;)

But yeh, I hope Syd's watching from heaven, and not trippin' to much with Hendrix to enjoy this historical event.

(The feed I'm watching is about 15 min delayed, The Who has just finished and it's just sound checks and stuff)

Shinagamithe3rd

I wonder who else is going on. PF and Def Lep are my priority right now. I hope to god Pink Floyd is gonna make a new album, I would give my left nut for that to happen. :P David Glimour's body may be old, but his hands still know how to take a guitar, turn it to gold, and work the magic they did years ago.

Saito Ayame

~<3 Oh wow. It sounds awesome. Beautiful live performance. Is it getting full coverage over in the US~? I mean, Britain keeps showing part of an act in another country, then promptly ending it… I hope you see the whole thing.

This thing's gotta seal the deal, it'd persuade me for sure, I mean, everyone from Nelson Mandela to Peter Kay, Bill gates to David Beckham, all those supporting it, all the millions at the event, all the billions watching it on TV... This is really gonna make history.

What a fucking great night.

--Saito

Shinagamithe3rd

Originally posted by Saito Ayame@Jul 2 2005, 05:10 PM
**~<3 Oh wow. It sounds awesome. Beautiful live performance. Is it getting full coverage over in the US~? I mean, Britain keeps showing part of an act in another country, then promptly ending it… I hope you see the whole thing.

--Saito
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Oh, yeah. Full coverage over hya! Damn it's so awesome!! I'm about to piss myself becuase I don't want to risk missing any of it by going to the bathroom. Pink Floyd's killin' it right now. Hoping to god that Def Leppard does "Animal", it's my favorite Def Leppard song of all time…though they'll probobly do "Hysteria" and "Rocket" or some others from Pyromania...And even then it will still rule.

OH FUCK YES!!! PF's doing "Comfortably Numb" right now, I CAN'T wait for the solo at the end!

Saito Ayame

Oh gawd. that was awesome. Tears of joy… Tears of joy... Wha~? A fourth song~!! This is heaven, AP above, TV below, PF all around. ~<3 goes to Bob Geldof for getting this thing together.

I know what you mean, I need the bog like fuck... It's only so far away... But... O_o

~<3333333

This is a dream come true. As the banners said : PIGS HAVE FLOWN~!!

–Saito

Shinagamithe3rd

Oh man, that solo is sending chills up my spine right now! Fuckin' A!

Battle Franky

Oh my lord in heaven. Comfortably Numb!!! :'(

Shinagamithe3rd

Yes! That's what they fininshed their set out with. On the monitors in the background, they've got The Wall setting there and the word Poverty, and the fog machines, and damn does it kick ass. Beauty!! Sheer Beauty!! I'm whipping out my axe later and playing the shit out of Comfortably Numb. Now i'm waiting for Def fuckin' Leppard!! Yes, yes, yes! This is a badass concert!

Battle Franky

Damn! Seeing Roger & Dave embrace each other at the end of the set, was beautiful stuff. Hard to hold back the emotions, just hearing Breathe again was all I needed, they could've ended it right there. :P

Shinagamithe3rd

Comfortably Numb's solo was what did me in! I love that damn song even more now. PINK FLOYD IS BACK!! (C'mon Def Lep! Just bleed the lizard and i'm ready for it! It won't be as spectacular as Pink Floyd's set but it WILL be damn good. I'll say that much!)

Forte EXE

The Live8 concert is so damn awesome!
I'm watching the Philly rebroadcast so I can catch Bon Jovi.

Shinagamithe3rd

Bon Jovi was great. They never showed Def Leppard again though, they just talked about them….that pissed me off. What did they play

The Dude

But yeh, I hope Syd's watching from heaven, and not trippin' to much with Hendrix to enjoy this historical event.

Uhh Syd Barret isn't dead. Well, YET anyway.

Battle Franky

Oh, well… he's pretty much dead to the world, if you know what I mean. ;) But yeh, not deceased.

:rolleyes: @ self.

I don't really care about Live8, I was too busy watching our friend's Sky TV. The prospect doesn't really excite me.

Saito Ayame

The prospect doesn't really exite you~?

Okay. Hold on a second… You are saying that you have no interest in stopping those thousands of African kids from dying each day, that you'd prefer to advertise some shit-house Sky then consider tuning in and seeing whether you could make a difference to save lives~? Are you saying that the prospect of some meaningless cash-grabbing programme is worth more than saving Africa's future~?

Whatever. Your politics, not mine, I bet you didn't even sign the petition, did you~? -sigh-

–Saito

Solid

That show was great! My favourite was Kanye West, especially with his new single, Diamonds from Sierra-something..

Originally posted by Saito Ayame@Jul 3 2005, 07:55 PM
**The prospect doesn't really exite you~?

Okay. Hold on a second… You are saying that you have no interest in stopping those thousands of African kids from dying each day, that you'd prefer to advertise some shit-house Sky then consider tuning in and seeing whether you could make a difference to save lives~? Are you saying that the prospect of some meaningless cash-grabbing programme is worth more than saving Africa's future~?

Whatever. Your politics, not mine, I bet you didn't even sign the petition, did you~? -sigh-

–Saito
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Nooooo, ack, I meant I don't care about the popstars and whatever! I'm all for the Africa thing!

Oh dear, now I've created a bad impression. Thing is, if I'd have told my parents I wanted to help I'd just have got laughed at.

Saito Ayame

Originally posted by DemonDays@Jul 3 2005, 03:08 PM
**Nooooo, ack, I meant I don't care about the popstars and whatever! I'm all for the Africa thing!

Oh dear, now I've created a bad impression. Thing is, if I'd have told my parents I wanted to help I'd just have got laughed at.
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Nrg. Whatever, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. ^^;;; Whatever the case, it was a brilliant show, the message was just as strong as the bands though. Don't worry, I'll give you a free heart anyway. ~<3

–Saito

Shinagamithe3rd

Anyone know what Def Leppard did? They never showed it here in the US, even though they said they would.

Originally posted by Saito Ayame+Jul 3 2005, 09:38 PM–>QUOTE(Saito Ayame @ Jul 3 2005, 09:38 PM)

Cap'n Carter

I highly doubt that "hit" musicians like SNOOP DOGG and U2 will convince the G8 to give a crap about Africa.

I'm not saying it's not a worthy cause, it definitely is, but I'm just being a little realistic.

And the people who are interested just for the musicians instead of the message can blow me.

Well, that's it, isn't it? People just watch it for the music, without seeing the message.

Not everyone, I mean, but most people would.

Cap'n Carter

Yeah, there was something I saw on the news about how pretty much everyone going to the concert was more concerned about the musicians than the cause, which is really a shame.

Shinagamithe3rd

Something really ought to be done about the situatin in Africa though. I'd say, speaking in realistic terms, if something isn't done soon, that the coutry will go under in about 50-75 years, mabey sooner. That's a lot sooner than it sounds too. The little clip the shown of Bush saying that the bigger countries shouldn't waste money on the more underdevelopped ones was fucked. If even half the population of redneck america would have just opened their inbred eyes and see that Bush is hurting America more than he's helping it, they could have got a real president, who may just have done something about it. All this war shit stems from the fact that Bush just wants to go down in history as the man who took over some very small countries and got their oil. But the true fact is is that Bush is just a war-mongering idiot cowboy who dosen't know nothing about what he's doing. It actually would have been smarter to make the people pay for the concert that way they could have had some money to give to them. Cap'n Carter is right, just the musicians singing isn't gonna make G8 give two shits. It's all about how much THEY have and how little the rest do.

Redpirate

Yeah, Bush sux. He has out Prime Minister in his back pocket so he's basically out President too. When out PM and Bush got relected with a month of each other us Aussie were having kittens. We all knew what it meant. Man he is ruining your economy and everything else. Mega prick.
I wish John Howard and George Bush would go and live in a cave together and let someone sane (and with an ounce of compassion) get on with running our countries.

On topic, the concert was awesome though I would have picked different songs from some of the performers. (ie. Robbie Williams - he has much better stuff than that.)
I hope this makes a difference. I put my name and my families names on the website.
With so much support they have to listen.
Though the riots in Edinburgh won't help.

Shinagamithe3rd

Originally posted by Redpirate@Jul 6 2005, 06:29 AM
Yeah, Bush sux. He has out Prime Minister in his back pocket so he's basically out President too. When out PM and Bush got relected with a month of each other us Aussie were having kittens. We all knew what it meant. Man he is ruining your economy and everything else. Mega prick.
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Damn straight. I know a lot of people from countries around the world think ALL americans support Bush, and the fact is that only the stupid ones (all of the patriotic hicks) like him. I guarntee at the voting booths on election day conversations were along the line of "Hell yeah, Jimmy Joe Jack John!! We're a gettin' Bush back in that there awfice. He'll show them gawddamn arabs and any one else not to messs with america! YEE-HAW!" The man dosen't have an ounce of kindness when it comes to other countries, and thinks if he just controls them they'll respect him. Don't anyone dare say that he dosen't either because a perfect example is that shit in the middle east. He should have allready pulled out of Iraq, but No, he NEEDS to make a point. And bacically, his idea of making a pointis taking their oil by force. Fuckin' asshole.

Konis

Originally posted by Shinagamithe3rd+Jul 6 2005, 12:03 PM–>QUOTE(Shinagamithe3rd @ Jul 6 2005, 12:03 PM)

Redpirate

I'm not into bashing Bush supporters, just the rampant capitolism being shoved down out throats, and the callous attitude both our leaders are showing to those who have the least. Our PM is out to reduce rights and job security for all workers to make it more profitable for the big companies who are making record profits as it is.
While pushing people off welfare into a job market about to be based on individual contract and no permament jobs (try getting a home-loan without one). That means only skilled negotiators or those who are very highly skilled have any grounds to get decent conditions. Many people are going to lose their ability to fund their own retirement and most will have to curb spending on non-essentials, slowing the economy and reducing profits to the big companies the government are trying to boost and upping the strain on welfare when the Baby Boomers start retiring on mass which is what the government is trying to avoid.
Fewer will even own their own home, let alone invest in anything.
I'm no macro-economist but I can see it. I guess I'm not blinded by $.
The shocking thing is the Australian economy has never been in better shape. Confidence was high and unempoyment low. Industrial action was at an all time low and they choose now to attack workers and unions. They are even cripling the anti-discrimination laws.
Most frighting of all, when workers' rally marches reciently and polls showed a backlash against the PM he said it was all a political stunt by the unions, in one line negating every fear of every worker there.
I can't see how anyone is going to win out of this.
These men are cold. They think if you aren't rich you are not trying hard enough.
(forget that most people don't need or want that lifestyle).
There is ample evidence that scares people about these men.
The working/middle class are the back bone of Capitolist societies, paying most of the tax and providing custom to the top end.
Take them out and it all falls down.
I think George W. Bush must have read somewhere that WW2 officially ended the Great Depression and saw a chance to boost his own economy.
Different time, different world and he's no FDR.
All their actions tell the world they value money over people.
Until Bush, John Howard was a good PM. Good for the economy, very decisive, taking a brave stand on gun laws after the Port Arthur massacre that made everyone
feel safer. After Bush he turned into a Bush clone and one is more than enough.
I love my country but right now I just want to get out until I get MY country back and I know I'm not the only one. No one should ever feel like this in their own country.
There is nothing simple or stereotypical about my dislike of these men.
They are not compassionate men and so have no business running countries.

Shinagamithe3rd

Originally posted by Konis+Jul 6 2005, 01:39 PM–>QUOTE(Konis @ Jul 6 2005, 01:39 PM) _> Originally posted by Shinagamithe3rd@Jul 6 2005, 12:03 PM

**Yeah, Bush sux.Â He has out Prime Minister in his back pocket so he's basically out President too.Â When out PM and Bush got relected with a month of each other us Aussie were having kittens.Â We all knew what it meant.Â Man he is ruining your economy and everything else.Â Mega prick.
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Damn straight. I know a lot of people from countries around the world think ALL americans support Bush, and the fact is that only the stupid ones (all of the patriotic hicks) like him. I guarntee at the voting booths on election day conversations were along the line of "Hell yeah, Jimmy Joe Jack John!! We're a gettin' Bush back in that there awfice. He'll show them gawddamn arabs and any one else not to messs with america! YEE-HAW!" The man dosen't have an ounce of kindness when it comes to other countries, and thinks if he just controls them they'll respect him. Don't anyone dare say that he dosen't either because a perfect example is that shit in the middle east. He should have allready pulled out of Iraq, but No, he NEEDS to make a point. And bacically, his idea of making a pointis taking their oil by force. Fuckin' asshole.
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Okay, now, watch that attitude. There are people on this forum who likely do support Bush.. and while I'm not among them, I disagree heavily with you slandering and putting a blanket judgement over people like that. You don't like Bush, that's fine. A lot of people don't like Bush. But, by the same token, a lot of people do. Take your ignorant generalizations elsewhere please.

If you can't talk politics intelligently and with some sort of dignity, don't bring it here at all. That attitude makes the rest of us look as bad as the "hicks" you're decrying do.

Not all Americans support Bush. That's all that really needed to be said.

No more bashing people for their political beliefs. Period. You want to do that, take it to another forum entirely.

That being said, I missed Live8 entirely… I watched a couple performances through the net, such as Paul McCartny and Pet Shop Boys, who were excellent in my opinion. I think it's great that they participated, and they looked wonderful.

I'll wait for it to come out on DVD, and purchase it when it does. I'm assuming profits made from the dvds will go towards helping Africa.
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I apologize for the hasty judgement I made, i'm man enough to know when I was wrong. I'm not trying to be an asshole or anything like that, i'm basically saying, under all the flaming I put on the Bush supporters that the people are too blind to see that the previous four years that Bush was in office he has really screwed america over good and that his country didn't need another 4 years of him. I agree that my genaralization was ignorant and i'm apolgizing for it._