Anybody waiting breathlessly for this?<\/p>\n
I mean doesn’t it seem like a rerun?\u00c2\u00a0 Or worse, a chance for acts to get
exposure?<\/p>\n
Music made it based on being different.\u00c2\u00a0 On not repeating itself.\u00c2\u00a0 "Sgt.
Pepper" was a quantum leap forward from "Revolver", and the White Album could not have been predicted from listening to "Pepper".\u00c2\u00a0 But, as soon as one heard of
the New Orleans disaster, one KNEW there was going to be a TV special
featuring musical acts asking for donations.<\/p>\n
Maybe that’s what made Live 8 so fascinating.\u00c2\u00a0 The fact that they WEREN’T
asking for money.\u00c2\u00a0 And that it was worldwide.<\/p>\n
The 9\/11 concert was definitive.\u00c2\u00a0 Hell, the VH1 show at Madison Square Garden
a month and a half later didn’t hold a candle to it.\u00c2\u00a0 The 9\/11 show was
unexpected.\u00c2\u00a0 It had a solemnity and power that reached even those who were not fans of these acts, since, glued to their TV sets for the week, it was the only
network alternative.<\/p>\n
I doubt there will be any special moments in Saturday’s show.<\/p>\n
Or maybe it’s that I won’t be watching every minute in order to capture those
moments.\u00c2\u00a0 Because I just don’t care.<\/p>\n
And isn’t it ironic that the concerts are on the Viacom channels.\u00c2\u00a0 The same
operation that fucked up the television broadcast of the Live 8 shows.\u00c2\u00a0 The
same operation that told us it was a hip-hop nation and featured Diddy and a host
of BET acts at its VMAs and saw ratings sink by 22%.<\/p>\n
Oh, don’t give me shit that I can’t criticize people doing good.<\/p>\n
I’m not against good.\u00c2\u00a0 Just couldn’t they do it in a different way?\u00c2\u00a0 Couldn’t
there be a week of shows where EVERY DOLLAR went to hurricane relief?\u00c2\u00a0 Yup,
Clear Channel, AEG, Jam, MSG…every show for the next ten days all the
proceeds go to help those affected by the tragedy.\u00c2\u00a0 It would get people out of their
houses, away from their TV sets, to revel in the healing joy of live music.\u00c2\u00a0
Hell, to turn them on, to reintroduce them to going out.<\/p>\n
God, maybe even make it one night.\u00c2\u00a0 With scaled houses.\u00c2\u00a0 Every act in the
business doing a show.\u00c2\u00a0 From clubs to stadiums.\u00c2\u00a0 Create excitement!<\/p>\n
But instead we’re going to get people showing up for a photo op, for the jolt
to their careers.\u00c2\u00a0 There will be the obligatory shitty selling CD.\u00c2\u00a0 With an
advance track on iTunes.<\/p>\n
Hell, how about the industry donating a day’s worth of iTunes revenue to
hurricane relief?\u00c2\u00a0 Yup!\u00c2\u00a0 Not only raise money, but get people into the habit of
buying online music!\u00c2\u00a0 That’s just what the industry likes, charity that pays!<\/p>\n
And how about these so-called generous acts matching every sale of their
music at the iTunes Music Store dollar for dollar?<\/p>\n
Or, how about a charity CD in stores FRIDAY???\u00c2\u00a0 Elvis had his ’68 live show
in stores within a week, you’re telling me we can’t do that today?\u00c2\u00a0 No, of
course not.\u00c2\u00a0 Everybody’s worried about his rights, lawyers gum up the works, stars
pull hissy-fits.\u00c2\u00a0 Yup, it’s THESE people who are so selflessly donating their
time to play on this MTV\/VH1\/CMT train-wreck.<\/p>\n
Make me puke.<\/p>\n
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