Good to see that Live8 has gotten everyone talking about what we're doing to do to help alleviate poverty in Africa.
I'm sure that the starving millions will appreciate us all listening to Pink Floyd on their behalf.

'ning, all. Just felt the need to get the cynicism off my chest, for the day.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 9:53, archived)

Hahaha
This is exactly what I thought about the whole thing. I also heard someone say that approx 5 billion would be watching across the world which sounds like the biggest load of horse toss ever.
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 9:55, archived)

That is indeed utter bollocks.
and annoyed me a lot.
There aren't that many people with electricity in the world for fuck's sake.
( Newington, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 9:57, archived)

I heard on the radio this morning
that 85% of the world's population watched Live8. that shirley can't be right! there can't be that many tvs in the world!
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 9:59, archived)

I reiterate my statement
that it is complete bollocks.
It might just be the sum of the populations of the countries in which at least one person watched it, but it's probably not even that.
( Newington, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:01, archived)

best it of news
sat in a greasy spoon yesterday morning, news of the screws on the table ... "8 out of 10 people worldwide watched live 8"

Fuck off. 8 out of 10 people in the world do not have access to a TV let alone the inclination to watch a load of vacuous celebrities pretending to give a shit...
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 9:59, archived)

Not even 8 out of 10 of my office
with their comfortable, educated, middle-class liberal politics, could be arsed.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:09, archived)

I really doubt 8 out of 10 people in the UK watched it.
to be honest ...

/Sail 8 was an unmitigated success as well ... instead of the huge flotilla of boats bringing back hundreds of frech protesters, there were 4 boats and no French. Oh how I laughed as I lay on the deck in Cowes getting pissed ...
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:12, archived)

I heard that last night
And it is still making my day:)
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:17, archived)

I missed that conversation ..
I avoided all of Live 8 due to being on a boat, with the sad exception of Dido and Youss'n van door or whatever the fuck. I was really disappointed that he just did some shouty backing bits on "thank you" and didn't just steam in with the Eminem bits ;)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 9:56, archived)

Credit where it's due:
Dido sounds exactly the same live, as she does on studio recordings.
/damns with faint praise
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:10, archived)

I gave a coon a fag on Saturday
thats my bit done
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 9:59, archived)

Nope
This was cancelled out by the abusive texts I recevied!
( Dekazer, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:02, archived)

But we did establish that posh girls like you take it up the arse by preference
So i feel it was worth it
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:04, archived)

I believe
all we established was that I am incredibly posh ;P
( Dekazer, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:06, archived)

Its that tattoo with 'I've got a trust fund'
Which gives it away:)
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:15, archived)

Hmmm
Most of the acts displayed a bit of humility and tried to remind the crowd what the concert was about.*
I think at the very least it created some good feeling for a day, which is better than nothing.

* Robbie Williams and Ms Dynamite excepted, and Mariah Carey disqualified for going too far.
( Newington, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:00, archived)

Mariah Carey deserves an award.
At the very least, she should get an entry in the OED, as the definition of patronising.

[edit: Bonus points to David Beckham, for saying that it was the most historical day he'd ever been involved in.]
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:03, archived)

Mariah Carey
should be torn apart by rabid dogs, IMHO. she certainly should not ever be allowed to breed, she sneaked in the gene pool whilst the lifeguard's back was turned as it is..
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:09, archived)

Rabid dogs would be too quick
I favour grumpy hedgehogs with grapefruit spoons.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:13, archived)

this
is a better idea. blunt grapefruit spoons at that.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:15, archived)

I see her as a female Michael Jackson -

Given to making patronising statements about subjects/people she knows very little about

Over-inflated sense of self-worth

Makes fucking hideous music

I don't know if MC has a penchant for young boys or not. It wouldn't surprise me.
( Johnny Catfish - Yowsa!, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:14, archived)

Her set did have an awful lot in common
with the MJ set that upset Jarvis Cocker. I only kept on watching as it seemed as though her dress was about to ride up.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:16, archived)

I reckon that if he were really committed and not just a a publicity whore
He'd donate all of his decadent western money to Africa and fuck off there.
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:21, archived)

Did you see the place where the rainbows are?

( Johnny Catfish - Yowsa!, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:22, archived)

Pfft!
She made my hero come along...
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:28, archived)

I had to laugh
at the cash in DVD of Live Aid that I saw advertised on TV not long after...

They called it "The biggest musical event of all time"...erm not anymore it's not!
( elusive I'm not really here. You're imagining me, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:09, archived)

Ah,
they mean it was the biggest event of all time at the time, see?

edit: the money from the DVD sales still goes to the charity though, doesn't it? Not really a cash-in.
( Newington, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:13, archived)

I thought that Sir Bob
didn't want our feckin' money, and that we should all shove our donations up our arses? Afterall, it's money raised on the back of the poorest people on earth, and therefore dirty money, isn't it? Or is it only dirty money when e-bay offer it to him?
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:19, archived)

You would assume that it does
But there was absolutely no mention in the advert of how much goes to charity, normally they make a big deal of that sort of thing, so no mention of it sounds a bit strange - i would guess some of it does but not much
( elusive I'm not really here. You're imagining me, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:22, archived)

On Saturday
they tried to link us to Live 8 (in Edinburgh) but we were just sitting watching telly in the park, and wandered off :)
( Dekazer, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 10:01, archived)