Live 8 Live
Ok, so... it was pretty cool. There was lots of great music, lots of different bands. I watched live from London, Philidelphia, Toronto (not really Toronto - it was Barrie which isn't that far away, but I digress).
It was wonderful, it was touching... and it's not going to accomplish a damn thing. Perhaps I'm overly cynical (although in this case I doubt it) but signing the Live 8 petition, watching the concerts, listening to the stories, watching the heart-rending films is going to do exactly NOTHING to convince the G8 to send more money to the "starving people in Africa". If it works for THEM, they'll send money... if it doesn't, they won't. It's not like Bush cares. And Tony Blair is so far up his butt it's not funny. Paul Martin might vote for it - god knows Canada's relationship with Bush sucks already so what's one more?
On another note: I despair of a generation a representative of which said today, "Stevie Wonder? Wasn't he a one-hit wonder?"
It was wonderful, it was touching... and it's not going to accomplish a damn thing. Perhaps I'm overly cynical (although in this case I doubt it) but signing the Live 8 petition, watching the concerts, listening to the stories, watching the heart-rending films is going to do exactly NOTHING to convince the G8 to send more money to the "starving people in Africa". If it works for THEM, they'll send money... if it doesn't, they won't. It's not like Bush cares. And Tony Blair is so far up his butt it's not funny. Paul Martin might vote for it - god knows Canada's relationship with Bush sucks already so what's one more?
On another note: I despair of a generation a representative of which said today, "Stevie Wonder? Wasn't he a one-hit wonder?"
posted by Blue Blankie at 8:28:00 PM
1 Comments:
i despair of pretty much the entire present-day music scene, honestly ... as a veteran of the 24-hour brilliant musicianship of Live Aid, i found this lot kinda plastic ... and yes i'm one of the 80% who think it wont make a damn's worth of difference
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