But not only Meat has been left out.
I think it is amazing they did not try to get artists like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Status Quo, Queen (plus plenty of great African musicians). Surely these kind of artists would fit to play at such an event much more than some of the ones that are playing there right now and only really seem to be wanting to raise awareness for themselves???? :roll:
Having said that I thought Annie Lennox' "Why" was pretty damn good and up until now the only song / clip that really struck a chord with me about the magnitude of the situation in Africa.

Bruce Springsteen was asked to play but didn't want to

Bob Geldof said

Sorry - but not impressed - Robbie was good & pink floyd but other than that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For god sake it is an event - what is up with the crowds


BRING ON MEAT - at least he gets the crowds going - staying awake !!!!

ain't Meat
 

Robbie Williams impressed me, like him very much.. rocks the show...but he ain't Meat Loaf..haha.:-P

I watched Live 8, best acts were The Who and Pink Floyd.

Pink Floyd were the greatest act there, was great seeing Rog and Dave together singing on Comfortably Numb. And also Rog dedicating Wish You Were Here was great.

Shame Meat wasn't there, he could have got the crowd going. They should have had him in place of the Dire Scissor Sisters.

Think that beatles guy was a shame! my god, he is horrible!!! And that Williams guy is just an attention addict.

Think that Madonna, Stevie Wonder, The Who, Shakira, Destiny's Child were great!!

Found it a special moment when that girl entered the podium. First you saw the girl when she almost died, and now 20 years later. Gave me goosebumps!! What a beautifull woman that was!!!

Allthought it is for a serious cause, glad that i now have seen 2 live 8 concerts. Think it is great!!!!

Please tell me you're not referring to the finale by Paul McCartney? That was again one of the better acts of the Hyde Park Show.

I have to totally agree there!! Paul was one of the best people there, he was absolutley ace!!

I adored the opening so much! Sgt Peppers is my fave Beatle album! :D

To be honest... yes i am.
What a horrible guy. He thinks he is great and very good. But he can's sing and behave normally. Thinks he is a god cause he was a beatles member... brrr.

For some people it is just better to dissappear and never come back!

Well I have no idea where you got that idea of him from!

I thought he's always been pretty modest about being a "Beatle" and I think he has a fantastic voice for his age! Of course it's not as great as it used to be but I think it's still really good!

But it's all our opinions.

Hee Tim, are you deaf? Paul was quite nice for an old man.

The Who really rocked the house. Wow, they were good!

And Mariah Carey really really sukcs. She can do everything with her voice but she sukcs all the way. What a horrible woman.

For me, the best acts were Elton John, REM, Annie Lennox (possibly cos they're the songs I know best out of everyone there), and I thought the Who were good too :-) Pink Floyd I think went on far too long and the songs weren't really exciting. Perhaps Another Brick would have broke the mould. I know a lot of people really like the music, and it was commendable that they got back together for the cause after all these years, but that was about it. Sorry if I've offended deeply any Floyd fans :(

Watched the show, was ok.... :? ..... but was missing a vital ingrediant.....

Meat Loaf

ME too ..the most important ingrediant....:twisted:

No, not deaf, just a good taste of music :p

Just kidding... don't like the Beatles, and surely don't like him. But still, do think that Live8 was an amazing musical project!! hope that it really has got the impact that Geldoff wants it to have!!

Destiny's Child was terrible. They can't sing.

I agree, but I missed one man. Fire Ball. :cool:

Pink Floyd songs aren't known for big bombastic songs, and I think that The Who should have followed to liven it up for the finale.

I thought The Who were excellent :D .

The Who stole it for me, but so sad Meat wasn't there.

Diane

Bombastic no, big yes. Echoes weighs in at the 24 minute mark. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-VI are about 15 Mins.

Someone mentioned Floyd doing Brick Pt2, that wouldnt really have fit in with the theme of Live 8 and saving Africa I don't think, plus Comfortably Numb shows just why David Gilmour is one of the greatest guitarists in the world.

Its a shame Meat wasn't there, as I said before he could have got the crowd going during his set.

I think Robbie Williams did a great job out there

The Who and Pink Floyd were fantastic!! :D


Who the heck did Madonna think she was, playing the diva and taking up their rehearsal time - someone should have put their foot down and got her off so Pink Floyd could have their well-deserved time :lol: ;)