Live what?

[kosmo vinyl]

I remember watching Live Aid being an event something to excited about.  Live 8 on the other hand is huge nonevent.  VH1 is sucking the life out it with its coverage.  The presenters are as a dim as 25watt light bulb.  None of them seem to have any idea what the event even about.  Only bits and pieces of songs shown ugh.  Apparently there wont be any kind of DVD the only to see stuff is to pay for streamed clips.  Just how tragic was Richard Ashcroft with Coldplay....

[palahniukkubrick]

I agree with you completely. This show is Live 8, not an 8 hour version of TRL. It really pisses me off that the performers get to play one verse and one chorus and then are interrupted by a 19-year-old blondini saying things like "poverty is, like, totally not hot. To stop poverty go to mtv.com." christ, shut up.
 
 Also, anybody notice the audience in Johannesburg acts like the average 9:30 audience? no moving whatsoever. Seeing it was like having an out-of-body experience.

[you be betty]

yeah, i'm definitely egging the mtv and vh1 headquarters.  what a joke.  they cut off u2 to talk with russell simmons, and cut travis for kanye west.  morons.

[Random Citizen]

Agree w/Kosmo...I remember watching the original oh-so-many years ago and it was great. While I like that Geldof & co. are bringing attention to a serious set of issues, I'm not even going to bother watching Live 8.

[jardison]

I concur.  I tried watching it on MTV, they were interviewing kids from the Philly audience.  These guys were so stoked that Def Lepard and Bon Jovi were about to play.  MTV then cut to Bon Jovi's Living on a Prayer.  Showed about half of the song and then cut to commercial.  I think the Dead Kennedys had it right when Jello screamed "MTV get off the air, air, air...Get off the air, air, air!".

[BLACKSTORM]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
 Just how tragic was Richard Ashcroft with Coldplay....

I don't get it. You thought it was that bad?

[pmcgraw]

Agree with the tv coverage, complete crap.
 However, listening to the London show on BBC Radio
 2 online has been great.  Take my advice, turn off the tube and plug some headphones in to your computer.

[stu47]

like 'em or not, cutting off a reunited pink floyd in the middle of comfortably numb is idiocy (ive missed most of the coverage, but if its been as bad as what ive seen, im glad im *cough* downloading somebodies XM rips)

[kosmo vinyl]

well i was watching some of the "highlights" via the tivolite and Madonna's was the best performance by fadr. there again midway through "ray of light" they cut to ad... i do believe that a producers head exploded when dimthing one said some akin to "this is for the really crappy situation in africa"

[serpent boy]

The Cure played "One Hundred Years." And I saw a replay of U2's "One." Otherwise, Live 8 was forgettable.

[Bartelby]

I got home in time to catch the last three Pink Floyd songs...and even the interruptions by the moron commentators (WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE???) couldn't take away the magic...they are SOOOO old, and still SOOOOO good...

[Arthwys]

Was I the only one that knew that the entirety of the Live 8 concerts in London, Paris, Berlin, and Philly were being shown live by AOL?  To anyone, you didn't have to be a member of AOL to watch.  There was not a single commentator to break things up.  Which made for dull moments between acts, but you could just switch to a different city. I managed to get to a computer in time to see the last 2 hours or so of the London concert.  Pink Floyd did pretty damn well, especially since I read somewhere that they hadn't even rehearsed all 4 together at all.  What the biggest surprise of the night for me was that Robbie Williams put on an excellent show.  He had massive stage presence, and had the entirety of Hyde Park ready to eat from his hand.  btw...you can watch the concerts all over again here... http://music.channel.aol.com/live_8_concert/home/uk_main

[palahniukkubrick]

Originally posted by Arthwys:
  Was I the only one that knew that the entirety of the Live 8 concerts in London, Paris, Berlin, and Philly were being shown live by AOL?  To anyone, you didn't have to be a member of AOL to watch.  There was not a single commentator to break things up.  Which made for dull moments between acts, but you could just switch to a different city. I managed to get to a computer in time to see the last 2 hours or so of the London concert.  Pink Floyd did pretty damn well, especially since I read somewhere that they hadn't even rehearsed all 4 together at all.  What the biggest surprise of the night for me was that Robbie Williams put on an excellent show.  He had massive stage presence, and had the entirety of Hyde Park ready to eat from his hand.  btw...you can watch the concerts all over again here...  http://music.channel.aol.com/live_8_concert/home/uk_main

was that what those airheads were babbling about? I thought it was just more self-promotion. shoot.

[azaghal1981]

Gotta love the oink bit torrent tracker. I think every London set is up there in flac thanks to whoever was doing the xm rips.
 
 

Originally posted by stu47:
  like 'em or not, cutting off a reunited pink floyd in the middle of comfortably numb is idiocy (ive missed most of the coverage, but if its been as bad as what ive seen, im glad im *cough* downloading somebodies XM rips)

[vansmack]

July 13, 1985 was a day I will never forget - the music and the message created one of the greatest days of my life and its impact on me personally was immeasurable.
 
 July 2, 2005 was a monumental day that marked the day the Internet has finally surpassed TV Networks as the vehicle of choice for delivering live events.  AOL completely blew away MTV, who made a hash of the whole day with ridiculous uninformed interviews both by VJs and fans, and more commercials than actual performances or informational spot pieces.  It's almost as if MTV wanted you to go to AOL to watch the concerts because of their clear lack of effort.  AOL showed the live feeds from all countries, had a channel for highlighting performances you may have missed, and had better informational pieces on the African plight.  MTV ran the same two info spot pieces onf Africa over and over again.  The Live 8 folks had at least a dozen that I saw on AOL.
 
 AOL (free to the public) is still replaying the concerts city by city and is planning to release a song by song on demand feature in the next few days.
 
 On demand video over IP has a brighter future then I ever imagined after this weekend.