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hawaiiboy wrote:What I have seen of the coverage here in Canada
has been pretty good. They have been cutting
away to show songs by artists at the other venues
when they are between sets in Barrie
Neil Young was just on with a beautiful song I think it was
called When God Made Me backed by a choir.

Tom Green co-hosting has been a bit hard to take, but overall
I think that it has been good

I thought everyone from Canada HAD to like Tom Green.

Most of us stopped liking Tom Green when he burned a Canadian flag as a publicity stunt for his old MTV show. Biggest jerk EVER!

He is a buffoon. I am not a fan.

I could never stand him. Thank God his fifteen minutes are over.

CMT to air country performances
From CMT.com

Live 8 Recap Special

On July 2, 2005, over 100 artists will come together for 10 concerts in cities around the world for one purpose -- Live 8: The Long Walk to Justice. The series of concerts is an attempt to call on the leaders of the world's richest countries to act when they meet in Gleneagles on July 6-9, 2005, for better aid and trade justice for the world's poorest people.

Among the many rock and pop legends, country music will be represented by superstars Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Keith Urban. Keith and Urban will take part in the performance in Philadelphia while McGraw and Hill will perform during the concert in Rome.

CMT will be on the scene in Philadelphia for all the excitement and will bring fans a one-hour special featuring all the highlights of country performers. CMT's Katie Cook will host the special.

Sun., Jul. 3 11:30 PM ET/PT
Mon, Jul. 4 @ 4:00 PM ET/PT
Mon, Jul. 4 @ 8:00 PM ET/PT

Another concert recap:


Live 8 Stakes Claim As Best Concert Ever

http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top? ... 3889174534

I was in Canada during the Live 8 (driving most of the day so i listened to it on XM and they did an EXCELLENT job of covering all of the concerts) and when i arived in Toronto, CTV (Canada TV) did another excellent job of covering all the concerts, especially the toronto one . . .and even after the concerts were over, they did a 5 hour "Live 8 Greatest Hits" thing that was great.

Here was my commentray on listening / watching the shows:

I thought most everybody did a great job, A lot of the bands sounded kinda crappy on the radio but the one that sounded the best to me was Bryan Adams. I also enjoyed Jay-Z with Linkin Park, and also especially enjoyed Keith Urban, Pink Floyd, The Who, U2, Elton John, and many many others.

A few dissapointing things:
-I heard so much hype about the canadian band "The Tragically Hip" so i stayed in the hotel room to catch them and they were quite possibly the worst band ive ever heard. That lead singer makes Rob Zombie sound like Andrea Boccelli . ..
***- what is up with Michael Stipes blue paint?? does that have any significance?? If it doesn't, i really lose a lot of respect for the guy . . its very selfish to try to draw attention to yourself by drawing blue paint on your face on a day thats all about raising awareness about the poverty in africa, not raising awareness on "the short bald guy with blue paint all over his face"

Jahfin wrote:

aeroparrot wrote:The reason why is because there is no "horror" story behind the concert. For example, September 11th or the famine in Africa in the 1980's. That is when the media will react and show a concert like this live and full.

From what I recall of MTV's coverage of Live Aid in 1985 (which admittedly isn't much) they were constantly interupting the music with commentary. In fact, I seem to remember them doing this anytime they've ever covered live concert events such as the Prince's Trust in Knebworth, Woodstock '94, Woodstock '99, etc. XM had the right idea by broadcasting each band's set individually, hopefully broadcast TV will learn from this but I doubt it.

The one thing I remember about MTV's coverage of Live Aid was Mark Goodman constantly hinting that Springsteen would show up (he never did). For example, "Bruce Springsteen's lighting equipment is here" or something along those lines. I'm sorry, but if it's there it would already be set up and ready to go. Goodman's a buffoon. (Mark Goodman, not Goodman our fellow Bn'er. )

DsilCaribe wrote: ***- what is up with Michael Stipes blue paint?? does that have any significance?? If it doesn't, i really lose a lot of respect for the guy . . its very selfish to try to draw attention to yourself by drawing blue paint on your face on a day thats all about raising awareness about the poverty in africa, not raising awareness on "the short bald guy with blue paint all over his face"

How could the theatrics of a rock performer possibly be miscontsrued as trying to draw attention to one's self during Live 8? You're making a totally unfounded accusation against the performer in question without doing any prior research whatsoever. Didn't you also see R.E.M. during the Vote For Change Tour? He wore make up then as well (in fact, he's been wearing make up in some form or another for the majority of R.E.M.'s career, but in particularly during their last two tours). Did that detract from the cause at hand? On the tour for Around the Sun Stipe is portraying the Cat Burglar from one of the songs on the new album.

Jahfin wrote:

DsilCaribe wrote: ***- what is up with Michael Stipes blue paint?? does that have any significance?? If it doesn't, i really lose a lot of respect for the guy . . its very selfish to try to draw attention to yourself by drawing blue paint on your face on a day thats all about raising awareness about the poverty in africa, not raising awareness on "the short bald guy with blue paint all over his face"

How could the theatrics of a rock performer possibly be miscontsrued as trying to draw attention to one's self during Live 8? You're making a totally unfounded accusation against the performer in question without doing any prior research whatsoever. Didn't you also see R.E.M. during the Vote For Change Tour? He wore make up then as well (in fact, he's been wearing make up in some form or another for the majority of R.E.M.'s career, but in particularly during their last two tours). Did that detract from the cause at hand? On the tour for Around the Sun Stipe is portraying the Cat Burglar from one of the songs on the new album.

-first off, please dont get so defensive. I can understand if you were to get defensive if i said something bad about you, but i didn't. Are you michael stipe? I dont think so

-yes i did see him on the vote for change tour but he was certainly not wearing make up when i saw him, in fact i can tell you exactly what he was wearing: white pants and a white sport jacket with a white undershirt. If you would like to educate me on the reason why he paints himself like that, i'd be happy to listen. I'm not a REM fan by any means . . i have none of their albums, and just happened to see them as part the package of seeing Bruce Springsteen. Keep in mind most people watching live 8 arent REM fans so im sure im not the only one asking "why in the world is this guy wearing blue paint on his face"

I got the impression that because he wears blue paint on his face, he is trying to draw attention to himself. Think about it: many people dont know who this guy is, so they will be talking to others saying "who is the bald guy in blue paint?? I didn't know the blue man group performed at Live 8! who is this guy??" hence drawing attention to michael stipe.

Its very understandable why this impression would be made, and its very confusing how this could be considered "theatrics" when it seems to represent nothing. Generally something that is considered a "theatric" has a purpose of signifying something.

I deeply and sincerely appologize for getting the wrong impression of your beloved bald gay friend who just came back from the new blue man group tryouts.

DsilCaribe

hey I think I know who Michael Stipe is!
Isn't he that guy in the corner?

Jahfin wrote:Driver Nate
Stipe at "Live 8" Where Do These Idiots Come From?

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From another board:

http://www.buffettnews.com/forum/vi...=37656&start=40

what is up with Michael Stipes blue paint?? does that have any significance?? If it doesn't, i really lose a lot of respect for the guy . . its very selfish to try to draw attention to yourself by drawing blue paint on your face on a day thats all about raising awareness about the poverty in africa, not raising awareness on "the short bald guy with blue paint all over his face"

I admit to having done battle with this particular fuctard before but just as soon as he oozes one idiotic comment out of his mouth, here comes another. Just prior to making this statement he says how much he liked Linkin Park's appearance at Live 8 so that explains a lot...

Jonathan

wow what a class act you are Jonathan . . .insulting me in other forums. At least we know what your name is now! Get a life . . . lol, "fuctard". . .LMAO!!!!

while trying to find out some info on why Stipe paints his face, i come across this REM fan site and none other than our very own Jahfin posts this. This is absolutley hillarious. Get out of town Jon.

Did anyone happen to get a recording (video or audio) of Pink Floyd's set? I'd greatly appreciate a copy if anyone has it. Thanks.

DsilCaribe wrote:

Jahfin wrote:

DsilCaribe wrote: ***- what is up with Michael Stipes blue paint?? does that have any significance?? If it doesn't, i really lose a lot of respect for the guy . . its very selfish to try to draw attention to yourself by drawing blue paint on your face on a day thats all about raising awareness about the poverty in africa, not raising awareness on "the short bald guy with blue paint all over his face"

How could the theatrics of a rock performer possibly be miscontsrued as trying to draw attention to one's self during Live 8? You're making a totally unfounded accusation against the performer in question without doing any prior research whatsoever. Didn't you also see R.E.M. during the Vote For Change Tour? He wore make up then as well (in fact, he's been wearing make up in some form or another for the majority of R.E.M.'s career, but in particularly during their last two tours). Did that detract from the cause at hand? On the tour for Around the Sun Stipe is portraying the Cat Burglar from one of the songs on the new album.

DsilCaribe wrote:-first off, please dont get so defensive. I can understand if you were to get defensive if i said something bad about you, but i didn't. Are you michael stipe? I dont think so

I'm not being defensive, I was merely pointing out that with just a little research you could have very easily found out that Stipe has been wearing make up for quite some time, not just on this tour.

DsilCaribe wrote:-yes i did see him on the vote for change tour but he was certainly not wearing make up when i saw him, in fact i can tell you exactly what he was wearing: white pants and a white sport jacket with a white undershirt. If you would like to educate me on the reason why he paints himself like that, i'd be happy to listen.

I already have. Since you aren't paying attention, here it is again:

"On the tour for Around the Sun Stipe is portraying the Cat Burglar from one of the songs on the new album."

DsilCaribe wrote:I'm not a REM fan by any means . . i have none of their albums, and just happened to see them as part the package of seeing Bruce Springsteen. Keep in mind most people watching live 8 arent REM fans so im sure im not the only one asking "why in the world is this guy wearing blue paint on his face"

Where do you get the impression that "most people watching live 8 arent REM fans"? R.E.M. have been touring internationally since the beginning of their career. Again, before making such false statements you would be wise to do a little research first.

DsilCaribe wrote:-I got the impression that because he wears blue paint on his face, he is trying to draw attention to himself. Think about it: many people dont know who this guy is, so they will be talking to others saying "who is the bald guy in blue paint?? I didn't know the blue man group performed at Live 8! who is this guy??" hence drawing attention to michael stipe.

Again, this is just another example of your glaring ignorance regarding the situation. Far more people know who R.E.M. and Stipe are than you give them credit for.

DsilCaribe wrote:Its very understandable why this impression would be made, and its very confusing how this could be considered "theatrics" when it seems to represent nothing. Generally something that is considered a "theatric" has a purpose of signifying something.

Again, Stipe has been wearing make up in one form or another throughout R.E.M.'s entire career. Do some research first before throwing around your assumpations regarding the matter.

DsilCaribe wrote:I deeply and sincerely appologize for getting the wrong impression of your beloved bald gay friend who just came back from the new blue man group tryouts.

DsilCaribe

The only thing you need to apologize for is your rampant idiocy and your apparent inability to research matters you know nothing about before speaking out about them. As for Stipe's sexuality, what does that have to do with anything? Unless of course you're one of those homophobic types, which I get the distinct impression you are since you felt it necessary to make such a comment to start with.

Jahfin wrote:Driver Nate
Stipe at "Live 8" Where Do These Idiots Come From?

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From another board:

http://www.buffettnews.com/forum/vi...=37656&start=40

what is up with Michael Stipes blue paint?? does that have any significance?? If it doesn't, i really lose a lot of respect for the guy . . its very selfish to try to draw attention to yourself by drawing blue paint on your face on a day thats all about raising awareness about the poverty in africa, not raising awareness on "the short bald guy with blue paint all over his face"

I admit to having done battle with this particular fuctard before but just as soon as he oozes one idiotic comment out of his mouth, here comes another. Just prior to making this statement he says how much he liked Linkin Park's appearance at Live 8 so that explains a lot...

Jonathan

DsilCaribe wrote:wow what a class act you are Jonathan . . .insulting me in other forums. At least we know what your name is now! Get a life . . . lol, "fuctard". . .LMAO!!!!

It's a free world. I can't help it if you are so ignorant as to go around making accusations that have no basis in fact.

DsilCaribe wrote:while trying to find out some info on why Stipe paints his face, i come across this REM fan site and none other than our very own Jahfin posts this. This is absolutley hillarious. Get out of town Jon.

The more you open your mouth, the more you show just how totally ignorant you are, or at least that you severely lack any reading or comphrensive abilities because I already explained to you why Stipe wears make up.

hmmm... seemed like a simple enough question / commentary on why a guy would paint himself blue, which remains unanswered, even though DsilCaribe has been dragged through the coals. Rather harsh responses to me, as a non "music fanatic", and a non "REM fan".

I could see KISS wearing their makeup - most people would "get" that, but still not all I suppose. But to me, with the blue, I think "Blue Man Group".

Oh well.

Jahfin wrote:

DsilCaribe wrote:I'm not a REM fan by any means . . i have none of their albums, and just happened to see them as part the package of seeing Bruce Springsteen. Keep in mind most people watching live 8 arent REM fans so im sure im not the only one asking "why in the world is this guy wearing blue paint on his face"

Where do you get the impression that "most people watching live 8 arent REM fans"? R.E.M. have been touring internationally since the beginning of their career. Again, before making such false statements you would be wise to do a little research first.

I think I'd have to agree with Dsil on this one. An awful lot of people watched Live 8 on either MTV or VH1. I'm not sure how many R.E.M. fans are in either networks target demographic. A lot of the acts that performed at Live 8 were much more MTV/VH1 friendly and more relevant to today's music fans than R.E.M., a band that in my mind has always been very overrated. It's hard to take anyone seriously after producing trash like Shiny Happy People and What's The Frequency Kenneth. And before you get your panties all twisted, I know those aren't the only songs they've ever done. I'm just throwing them out there to make a point, which is that in my opinion they aren't a very good band. I know you disagree but like I said, it's my opinion.

Jahfin wrote:It's a free world. I can't help it if you are so ignorant as to go around making accusations that have no basis in fact.

DsilCaribe wrote:while trying to find out some info on why Stipe paints his face, i come across this REM fan site and none other than our very own Jahfin posts this. This is absolutley hillarious. Get out of town Jon.

The more you open your mouth, the more you show just how totally ignorant you are, or at least that you severely lack any reading or comphrensive abilities because I already explained to you why Stipe wears make up.

Jahfin - please ease off on the throttle of insults. You're way out of line on this one, in my opinion. This is BuffettNews - not REMNews. Just because most of us here don't share your broad musical tastes, does not make us ignorant. Rather, to me, it seems more fitting for you to assume we should know this stuff.

The answer "because he sometimes wears makeup on tour, and wore makeup on an album cover" to paraphrase, doesn't really answer the question.

Tiki Bar wrote:hmmm... seemed like a simple enough question / commentary on why a guy would paint himself blue, which remains unanswered,

Maybe DsilCaribe isn't the only one that can't read or simply isn't paying attention. I've already answered this twice, but here goes again:

"On the tour for Around the Sun Stipe is portraying the Cat Burglar from one of the songs on the new album."

Tiki Bar wrote:even though DsilCaribe has been dragged through the coals. Rather harsh responses to me, as a non "music fanatic", and a non "REM fan".

DsilCaribe hasn't been "dragged through the coals" at all. Like I said, with just a little research he could have very easily found out not only why Stipe is wearing make up on this tour but why he has done so throughout R.E.M.'s entire career."[/quote]

Tiki Bar wrote:I could see KISS wearing their makeup - most people would "get" that, but still not all I suppose. But to me, with the blue, I think "Blue Man Group".

Oh well.

The "Blue Man Group" references make no sense at all, sense it's rather obvious that they and R.E.M. are not one in the same. If Kiss had appeared at Live 8 should they have to explain their make up and the reasons behind it? DsilCaribe claimed Stipe's makeup only served to draw attention to Stipe himself and took the focus away from the cause at hand which makes absolutely no sense to me, it's part of their stage presentation and has been for quite some time now.

Jahfin wrote:It's a free world. I can't help it if you are so ignorant as to go around making accusations that have no basis in fact.

DsilCaribe wrote:while trying to find out some info on why Stipe paints his face, i come across this REM fan site and none other than our very own Jahfin posts this. This is absolutley hillarious. Get out of town Jon.

The more you open your mouth, the more you show just how totally ignorant you are, or at least that you severely lack any reading or comphrensive abilities because I already explained to you why Stipe wears make up.

Tiki Bar wrote:Jahfin - please ease off on the throttle of insults. You're way out of line on this one, in my opinion. This is BuffettNews - not REMNews. Just because most of us here don't share your broad musical tastes, does not make us ignorant. Rather, to me, it seems more fitting for you to assume we should know this stuff. .

I never "assumed" anyone should know this stuff. I merely suggested that before throwing out such insults, that DsilCaribe could have spent some time researching the matter beforehand. Regarding the insults, what's good for the goose is good for the gander unless it's at BN of course. Go look back at some of DsilCaribe's past exchanges with me and it won't take you long to see what I mean.

Tiki Bar wrote:The answer "because he sometimes wears makeup on tour, and wore makeup on an album cover" to paraphrase, doesn't really answer the question.

Where did I say he "wore makeup on an album cover"? I didn't. All I ask is that you please read my responses before replying because it's obvious that you haven't. ONE MORE TIME:

"On the tour for Around the Sun Stipe is portraying the Cat Burglar from one of the songs on the new album."

Jahfin wrote:Maybe DsilCaribe isn't the only one that can't read or simply isn't paying attention.

Or maybe, just maybe, you're not making yourself clear.

If Jimmy performed, and I was at REMNews.com, and someone asked why he performed barefoot, and that they thought it was insulting and only to draw attention to himself, I would hope I could offer a better explanation without calling them ignorant.

LIPH wrote:

Jahfin wrote:

DsilCaribe wrote:I'm not a REM fan by any means . . i have none of their albums, and just happened to see them as part the package of seeing Bruce Springsteen. Keep in mind most people watching live 8 arent REM fans so im sure im not the only one asking "why in the world is this guy wearing blue paint on his face"

Where do you get the impression that "most people watching live 8 arent REM fans"? R.E.M. have been touring internationally since the beginning of their career. Again, before making such false statements you would be wise to do a little research first.

I think I'd have to agree with Dsil on this one. An awful lot of people watched Live 8 on either MTV or VH1. I'm not sure how many R.E.M. fans are in either networks target demographic. A lot of the acts that performed at Live 8 were much more MTV/VH1 friendly and more relevant to today's music fans than R.E.M., a band that in my mind has always been very overrated. It's hard to take anyone seriously after producing trash like Shiny Happy People and What's The Frequency Kenneth. And before you can't your panties all twisted, I know those aren't the only songs they've ever done. I'm just throwing them out there to make a point, which is that in my opinion they aren't a very good band. I know you disagree but like I said, it's my opinion.

You're letting your personal opinion get in the way of what this event was all about. R.E.M. have long been standard bearers of philanthropic events such as this and have always been outspoken when it comes to such matters so their presence at Live 8 is not out of place at all. If you want to use what's relevant to MTV/VH1's audience that is totally beside the point, the cause of raising awareness is the point. Music long ago stopped being a priority at both MTV and VH1 so I'm surprised they provided any coverage at all.

Jahfin wrote:Maybe DsilCaribe isn't the only one that can't read or simply isn't paying attention.

Tiki Bar wrote:[Or maybe, just maybe, you're not making yourself clear.

How is that? Not only have I answered the question a number of times now, but I also italized it for emphasis on each occasion so I'm not sure how I could make the answer more clear. It's obvious at this point that those of you that missed the answer just aren't taking the time necessary to read the replies or simply don't want to see it.

Tiki Bar wrote:[If Jimmy performed, and I was at REMNews.com, and someone asked why he performed barefoot, and that they thought it was insulting and only to draw attention to himself, I would hope I could offer a better explanation without calling them ignorant.

Once again, with a little research, DsilCaribe could have found the answer to his question without assuming Stipe painted his face for Live 8 for the sole purpose of drawing attention to himself which wasn't the case at all.