Live Earth was a good idea to raise the consciousness but all those hours of rock music – man is that a colossal bore. The audience was sitting on their hands before it’s over.
We need to get Green, Green up the planet, our homes, our cars. We’re not going to do it ourselves. They need to make things that will save energy, like some way to turn off the ten million trickle chargers and power supplies around here. One for the phone, the screw driver, the printer, iPod, etc. A recent article said they use as much as a fridge.
But the boredom of all those mediocre rock artists. God, save me from it. The NYC show was particularly bad. One 4 person band after another playing crunch chords and high pitched leads. Drummers pounding out the same beats and breaks. Not a tune or melody in the bunch. Forgettable. Maybe that’s what drugs were created for.
If someone invites you to a multi-band event, practice your best and most unique songs that people have loved since you started. Then play your heart and soul out. Maybe you’ll stand out from the crowd. Don’t bring new material – the kiss of death.
John Meyer was a disappointment. So he’s has an electric guitar or two and has taken lessons. Oh boy, more high pitched guitar licks. Boring. He is not Eric Clapton. Put it away and sing something John.
The best performance was Madonna from London. She is one hot chick at 49 and what a performance. She dances and sings like no one else. She is still as sexy as she was singing “Like a Virgin.” She was dancing all over the stage, down the runway and back up the stage all the while singing. Even her sleaze seemed cool.
Lenny Kravitz from Rio de Janeiro was the essence of what a rock star should be. Strong musically both singing and playing one of his gorgeous Les Paul’s, he also exuded hypnotic charisma. Your eye was on him. What is he going to do? Lenny was into an almost trance state. That’s rock and roll.
I’ll download as much as I can and edit it down. That’s cool.
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