TomOpus

If I need to buy a decent, inexpensive player just to get Pink Floyd, I will. I'm sure we'll all agree that the Pink Floyd set should be STANDARD on all sets. Period.

The great thing about the Pink Floyd set is that they sounded like Pink Floyd. Almost like the last 20 years never happened. I'm estatic that no one had to say "Wow, it's great to see them together but, man, they sound like shit. Sad".

Roger looked like he was really enjoying the moment. David looked a little nonchalant, and that has me worried about a possible tour. Maybe I didn't read him right. It should be interesting to read their post-concert comments.

TomOpus

I watched both the MTV and AOL broadcasts and they were running ads for many artists' CDs on MTV. Don't blame the artists but point the finger at the CD publishers for paying for the ad spots.

Sonicflood

Had to work yesterday, so I missed it live. How far into the London feed did Pink Floyd perform? I'm streaming it (rebroadcast) now via AOL and it's starting with The Who. I could not find a playlist on-line anywhere.

Brilliant!!!!!

I wonder if they will release the concert on 8 DVD's (one for each concert)? That would be cool. Maybe add some backstage footage and commentary as extras.

Sonic

cactusoly

I recorded most of the day from CTV on my DVR and was able to FF past most of the stuff I didn't care for. I copied the Deep Purple (they were great, but Ian Gilllian needs to die his hair black) and Motley Crue performances. I didn't copy Pink Floyd because they showed only one song at the time and I wanted the whole set.

Eddie W

I only wish they could have done a simultaneous TV broadcast of all the shows on different channels. The AOL thing was cool, but watching the performances in a little window on my PC didn't quite cut it in comparison to what my TV/stereo can do. And MTV's coverage was horrendous. They should never, ever, ever be given access to an event of this magnitude again.

Dan

If it's 8 DVDs and anamorphic, it'll be in my collection. Otherwise... we'll see what the Canadian R1 disc is like (if any different from the US R1. I mean, I don't think Americans have any interest in The Tragically Hip, whereas leaving them out on the Canadian DVD would be a travesty)

edit: also, here's hoping for a 6.1 DTS track...

atlantamoi

Just watched Pink Floyd. What a great experience that was. Glad it happened.

I was hoping to see McCartney doing "Helter Skelter", but surprise of surprises, MTV didn't show it.

grim_tales

The "who the fuck are you" line in "Who Are You?" wasn't edited by the BBC in the UK either The Who rocked IMO.

I must admit Robbie Williams' "Angels" is a great song and the man is a fine showman (if a bit overrated )

I loved Paul Macartney at the end. His "Helter Skelter", "Get Back", "Long and Winding Road" "Sergeant Pepper" were tops, and ending the night with the happy-clappy bit from Hey Jude was great

I saw the Madonna clip on the news this morning, with the film of the starving girl from 1985. To see her come out on stage so healthy and beautiful was just.. wow.

dfriedland

A link to the complete Pink Floyd segment.....
http://yee.is-useless.org/Live%208%2...0(webcast).wmv

Rypro 525

u are a fuckin god man, thank you (now if you can find the who's set, ill be happy.

dfriedland

I found that Pink Floyd link on the Live 8 site in the Blog section.......May be worth checking there.

Rypro 525

i just visited the live 8 site
www.live8live.com and didn't find a "blog section".

LorenzoL

Thanks for the link.

LorenzoL

Rypro, here is the link for the blog section (lower left hand corner).

http://music.aol.com/live_8_concert/live_now

SonOfAStu

The Pink Floyd performance had me crying like baby. And I don't EVER cry. It really is AMAZING what emotions music can make you feel. Especially from a group of guys who have burried some sort of hatchet if only for a couple weeks to bring the world 15 minutes of musical bliss.

I might watch that WYWH everyday for the next month to see if it ever gets old.

God bless you Bob Geldof.

Daniel-A

I was unable to watch at all yesterday except for the highlight reel on ABC (very sad). I plan on spending (maybe it should be wasting) watching the previously live feeds on AOL. Anyone got any idea how I should do it? Things I shouldn't miss? Could I get away with just watching the global feed? I wish I could fast forward some of the things. I checked out the Paris feed first and the first thing I saw was about 10 minutes of nothing then Shakira's very shaky body

Is there a band/set list for each concert I can see somewhere, that may influence what I see. I have no interest in seeing Mariah Carey :shudder: or some others

Detective Thorn

On the AOL page that has the streaming videos there is a graphic that states: "Come back soon to watch the entire show song by song on demand." If you wait a few days you should be able to pick and choose what to watch.

Daniel-A

That would be ideal. Considdering a lot of the feeds I've been checking come with a lot of set up time. I'd love for an all expansive DVD of the performances. But I'd imagine it would take quite a few DVDs. 9 concert some clocking it at 8+ hours.

B.A.

Finally saw the Floyd set - what a thing of beauty - too bad they didn't play anything from Meddle.

I think I had goose-bumps throughout the set.

mndtrp

Thanks for the Floyd link. That was awesome. They sounded great, and seemed to enjoy themselves. Especially Waters. I can't recall Gilmour ever really seeming to enjoy himself onstage. In the videos I have, he plays pretty much like he did tonight.

Which, by the way, has always been phenominal.


It's also good to see that they finally got an attractive background female singer.

KnightLerxst

Waters waiving Gilmour over at the end...wow...that blew me away.

sade

It sucked ! there was more airtime for those dumb VJs than live performences. I hope they will release the full concert on DVD.

Sade

Giantrobo

I found the lack of Metal acts sad but not surprising.

Gcomeau

Didn't get to see the whole Floyd set in Canada; but i'm speechless. BTW what did Def Leppard and Velvet Revolver play? Didn't get to see either one at all. Thanks..

LorenzoL

Def Leppard did two songs and one of them was Pour Some Sugar on Me. I forget what the other one was.