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So. Live8.
Jul. 2nd, 2005 10:39 pm*uses Pink Floyd/Bob Geldof icon because it is SO APPROPRIATE!*
I enjoyed it. I'm not going to go on about the politics and everything, because you've probably all got opinions on that already because you're all intelligent people who are interested in the world, except for this; I think poverty and hunger is a bad thing. I also think throwing money at it is a bandaid solution - good in theory, but there are many underlying causes which can only be addressed if people speak up. Which, of course, isn't to say that money wouldn't have been useful as well, because sometimes you do need bandaids, provided that the root causes are also addressed.
Music-wise, I was a bit disappointed with the sound problems CTV seemed to be having; the Hip sounded _terrible_, and I could barely hear Jann Arden. I hope it was better live. Deep Purple were cool, as were Annie Lennox, the Who, Madonna (I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Madonna), Jet, Blue Rodeo, and Gordon Lightfoot.
And, well, Pink Floyd. No. Words. Pigs have flown, as the sign at Hyde Park said. *hopes this catalyses something and there is maybe a new album out sometime in the next five years* I would have liked different songs, (I think "Watching TV" would have been appropriate, sort of, or "Hey You" if they wanted to do something which actually gets played on the radio every so often) but I will take anything Pink Floyd chooses to give me.
Tomorrow, my Mum and I are going to see Corteo, the new Cirque du Soleil show, in Quebec. Should be awesome, because hey, Cirque.
I enjoyed it. I'm not going to go on about the politics and everything, because you've probably all got opinions on that already because you're all intelligent people who are interested in the world, except for this; I think poverty and hunger is a bad thing. I also think throwing money at it is a bandaid solution - good in theory, but there are many underlying causes which can only be addressed if people speak up. Which, of course, isn't to say that money wouldn't have been useful as well, because sometimes you do need bandaids, provided that the root causes are also addressed.
Music-wise, I was a bit disappointed with the sound problems CTV seemed to be having; the Hip sounded _terrible_, and I could barely hear Jann Arden. I hope it was better live. Deep Purple were cool, as were Annie Lennox, the Who, Madonna (I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Madonna), Jet, Blue Rodeo, and Gordon Lightfoot.
And, well, Pink Floyd. No. Words. Pigs have flown, as the sign at Hyde Park said. *hopes this catalyses something and there is maybe a new album out sometime in the next five years* I would have liked different songs, (I think "Watching TV" would have been appropriate, sort of, or "Hey You" if they wanted to do something which actually gets played on the radio every so often) but I will take anything Pink Floyd chooses to give me.
Tomorrow, my Mum and I are going to see Corteo, the new Cirque du Soleil show, in Quebec. Should be awesome, because hey, Cirque.
