Live
8 London: UK concert review (cont.)
London
Rocks On - Live 8 concert
Next up was a rather slow
bunch of songs by the hot Dido. Her pants were not near tight
enough as she nearly slowed the crowd to a halt with "White
Flag", "Thank You", and "Seven Seconds".
I understand that Dido was going to be at Live 8 Paris and
Live 8 Cornwall and possibly a couple of the other Live 8
events. A bit like Phil Collins back in 1985 when he took
the Concorde from the Live Aid concert at Wembley and then
flew to the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia to play drums
for Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin. Too bad Led Zeppelin didn't
get together for this event, and boy wouldn't it have been
great if Eric Clapton had joined in on Live 8 London?
The Sterophonics were
probably one of my favorite bands for Live 8 London. The Stereophonics
came on stage after a particularly slow set from Dido and
brought the crowd back to life. Kelly Jones of the Stereophonics
looked like a total rock god. He was sporting a leather jacket
and some cool shades. They are one of my all time favorite's
and they certainly didn't disappoint me or the crowd at Live
8 London. They played a great amalgamation of old and new
tracks including "Dakota" a super sing-a-long title
"Local Boy in the Photograph".
By about this time I am
doing the pee-pee dance, but I can't leave because I don't
want to miss REM. REM shocked the stage as they did a set
of difficult songs. "Everybody Hurts" and "Man
on the Moon" are not the easiest to pull off but the
audience held them. They have lot of balls to be sure with
risky numbers that could have been real duds. But Michael
Stipe pranced around the stage with an big blue stripe running
across his face. Like a blue long ranger mask, it seemed to
be painted across his face.
Ms. Dynamite was up next,
but I am headed off to the orange phone booth. You know the
nasty Port-o-Lets were lined end to end and by now I was sure
that this trip to the bathroom wouldn't be pretty. One thing
Londoners is not, is clean. I listened to Ms. Dynamite thru
her two numbers "Dy-na-mi-tee" and "Redemption
Song".
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8 London, UK (continue
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