[Previous entry: "Monday Sports ... Er, Marlins Rant"] [Next entry: "All-Star Musings"]
07/10/2007: "Sure Sign Of The Apocalypse II"
)
There's a long and proud connection between music and social causes, a link perhaps most apparent with the charity concert. From the Concerts for Bangladesh to Live Aid to Farm Aid to last year's Live Eight, there have been great events for great causes.
Live Earth isn't going to be remembered as one of those. The series of concerts, held around the world on Saturday, went over with a thud. Now it could be the fact that folks like The Who's Roger Daltrey and Sir Bob Geldof - the organizer of both Live Aid and Live 8 - came out against the events, lambasting them for a lack of purpose. Or it could be that people find it hard to get excited about global warming when the rock stars making the statements came to the event in private jets and limosines.
Personally, I think the problem is that the lineups pretty much sucked. Nothing personifies the forgettable nature of the shows than this picture of Madonna - yes, Madonna - trying to play a Gibson Les Paul electric guitar. I used to think that the worst possible fate for such a proud instrument was to be smashed against a drum riser by some second-rate rock star. Wrong. How the ground didn't open up and swallow her is beyond me. I guess the Rock Gods were too busy retching at the performance by the reformed (and should have stayed retired) Police ... 
