dancerella said:

Motley did 'Kickstart My Heart', 'Home Sweet Home' & 'Dr. Feelgood'. They sounded awesome.
Also, for the person who asked earlier, Deep Purple played in Toronto, not London.

theAudience said:

OMG I MISSED Pink Floyd!!!!!



I was out shopping.

That's just so wrong of me.
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I couldn't stay home to watch all of this, since it was so beautiful outside where I was at today and the city was having a huge summer festival. I was hoping to find something good to Tivo, but those assholes at MTV and VH1 did a massive hack job on the telecast. First, they showed mostly highlights instead of actually broadcasting the live performances, then they talked through most of the acts while they were singing! I told people that this event should have been broadcast on C-SPAN and C-SPAN2. I caught some of the highlight show on ABC, which I guess was okay, but I guess I'll have to hope this ends up on DVD soon. I didn't see Mariah's performance, but I saw her hamming it up on stage during the finale (and not looking very good at it). I love her, but she needs to quit trying to upstage other artists at events like this; especially people like Paul McCartney, since it makes it appear that she does not respect her predecessors.

i just saw the amended version on ABC T.V.

i give it 8 of of 10.

my faves:

1)The Who

2)Pink Floyd

3)Madonna

4)Mariah Carey

5)The Dave Matthews Band(doing that funky two-step as he sang "too much")

6)Sir Paul McCartney-Solo And with Bono.

7)Stevie Wonder.good (except for when norman bates jr came on stage to sing with him.)

8)Annie Lennox

i want to see the uncut version when it comes on dvd.

i thought that each song that artist picked fit.



oops...forgot about Sting.he rocked too.
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I was really hoping against hope that Prince would make a surprise appearance.

Did Lauryn Hill perform?
/peace Manki

I missed MTV's coverage but I'm watching the ABC highlights and they just cut Madonna off in the middle of Like A Prayer and went to commercial, they haven't done this to anybody else so far. She sounded good for Madonna. I really want to see the rest of The Who's performance, they were awesome. I also liked Pink Floyd and Sting and the message in his song I'll/We'll Be Watching You. The Black Eyed Peas were awful as usual and Mariah's dress was awful. Stevie Wonder sounds good too. Musicwise, the best thing about this event was that there weren't too many pop stars like Britney (for obvious resons), Christina, Justin, Backstreet Boys, J-Lo etc. Just real music. I pray they release this on DVD and give the proceeds to charity.
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was it at least a pepsi commercial

RockAbilly said:

That's so wrong, u guys missed a really cool performance by Madonna, and what was up with the commercials just plain wrong

RockAbilly said:

or the Microsoft commercial with Ray of Light in the background, right. I mean its fuckin' Madonna, why did they have to screw up the timing of the commercials with her performance, of all people. She's one of the main acts we wanted to see.

I was surprised that MTV/VH1 actually showed Madonna do two songs but cut the end of "Ray Of Light"....I heard "Music" on the radio (the semi classic rock station, of all places!).

this is the morning after, reporting from mcdonalds at kings cross at 7.30am

last nites show was amazing

pink floyd did not dissapoint 24 years of waiting on a reunion, they sounded like they did 30 years ago. 1 backing singer and 1 xtra guitarist (snowy white and durga mcbrown i think) and dick parry, original saxophonist on dsotm

they sounded like the nightmarish reunion tours of 80s and 90s were just a bad nightmare

and how good were the who?

that was some lineup 2 support floyds comeback. lets hope they stick 2gether 4 a bit

btw hyde park was so well organised and every1 so well behaved due 2 alcohol ban, and no real notable troube in edinburgh either

i get my train in 2 hours 4 the trip 2 edinburgh, the final push is wednesday. lets c how edinburghs concert can top london!

Not really a fan of them, but I thought Green Day rocked. Really an energetic performance. Annie Lennox was great, too!

3121 said:

Why is that?

well, doesnt look like i missed anything.....

Didn't watch Live8 either, figured the folks on this thread would keep me informed as to what happened.

I only saw U2 perform at the start of it ,what songs did Madonna sing?

This was a great series of concerts. Cant wait for the dvd. Madonna and Green Day were my favorites that I saw.

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Nikki23 said:

Like a Prayer
Ray of Light
Music

unique said:

I don't know what you were smoking but nothing was mimed....

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unique said:

philly had better weather. too bad madonna isn't all brit.

unique said:

I;ve heard that Bob Geldof wouldn't let anyone mime. and She sounded Live because there was that off note during Ray of Light, hot performance

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unique said:

Madonnna was live. She wasn't even doing strenuous dance moves, and she usually doesn't even mime to those on her own tours.
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