live earth and roger

[kinetic]

well Much Music (in Canada) showed the whole Roger Waters set without interruption.

[Sonny]

His whole set was posted on youtube already. He did a fantastic job.

[lovescene4]

As I said, certain things can sometimes be so glaringly questionable that it's almost blinding...to those who care to look close enough

Questionable, yes... I'm in favor of questions and healthy skepticism, but not of cynicism and "throwing out the baby with the bathwater", so to speak. Of course: Gore's a politician (why would anyone trust him? ). Celebrities attract attention; they are often the means to an end. Environmental finger-pointing is completely relative: compared with people living co-operatively "off the grid" in Oregon, Northern California, the southwest, and elsewhere, most of us are gross consumers and polluters.

[pfco]

most of us are gross consumers and polluters.

Exactly the point..and it will take more than a concert to fix it. There is also no other way to be but cynical about the people on that stage either...they are as guilty, if not more so, than the rest of us, yet presume we're stupid enough to ignore the hypocrisy involved for the sake of the "cause". Was the cause worth bringing the world's attention to? Yes, for those who have been living under a rock for years not realizing what the rest of us have known for years about the health of the environment. But were the performers and the politics noble for hosting a concert about it? No, not in this case. All in my humble opinion, of course.

Sandy

[Yucateco]

the instrumental ITF was quite fun, but the real surprise was Money in my opinion! It was sung by Mr. Waters himself for the first time since 1987 i think. And it sounded great, so i wonder why he doesn´t sing it on his current tours and let´s the guitar player sing..?

[Freddie Mercury]

Seeing Roger swaying back and forth with the school children is funny and cool He seems so much happier these days....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lfKTkG2Sjs

[Parish]

Rog rocked the house and made it impossible for The Police to overshadow his performance....he was brilliant

[cRaB]

great roger:he put on a pretty mini show.
(anyone loved the foo fighter's performance here?)

[fatoldbob]

UniveralHD in the states did a great job with the coverage. We got the entire sets for all of the major performers. Highlights for me were Foo Fighters, John Mayer and RW.

Did anyone catch Mayer playing Gravity? He finishes the first verse and calls a change to the song to his band to jump to the bridge and skip the rest of the verses. Then proceeds with a brilliant solo.

I liked Water's set, but it felt a bit rushed to me. I would have rather had a few less songs and complete versions of the one's he performed. I thought the song transitions on Dark Side sounded pretty forced. My wife, who's not the biggest PF fan remarked twice that it didn't sound right to her when they transitioned to Us and Them and Brain Damage.

I would have preferred a complete Dark Side second side with a brief Any Colour to get the transitions right.

[PublicImage]

great roger:he put on a pretty mini show.
(anyone loved the foo fighter's performance here?)

Yes, I thought that they were fantastic. And they actually played a full band version of Everlong! That was great. It made me want to see them live again. Grohl's voice sounded better than ever.

[Parish]

I liked Water's set, but it felt a bit rushed to me. I would have rather had a few less songs and complete versions of the one's he performed.

He needed Kayne West to add a few "yeah", "yeah's" to his set...

[Syd'sSexy]

That is one of the worst festival line-ups I have ever seen. I will definitely not be watching this.

I guess you changed your mind Roger!

[PublicImage]

I only watched the Foo Fighters and Duran Duran! Nerrrr.

No, I actually decided to watch it because Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, David Tennant and John Barrowman were all going to be interview.

[cRaB]

great roger:he put on a pretty mini show.
(anyone loved the foo fighter's performance here?)

Yes, I thought that they were fantastic. And they actually played a full band version of Everlong! That was great. It made me want to see them live again. Grohl's voice sounded better than ever.

Grohl looks like a caveman and that's great.
The band was pure energy.
Never saw them live and never was a particular fan of them, but I changed my mind.
Great angry and passionate rock band.

[wiped]

Didn't see Waters or The Police ... I'll get them off a torrent site sometime when I can be arsed. Thought Foo Fighters were very good .... easily the best performance of the day - by anyone.