It happen, PinkFloyd plays together with Roger Waters again.
Bob Geldof could reunion PinkFloyd to play on the Live8 concert on the second of June.
Hurray.
PinkFloyd united again
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Many people here in the UK have pointed out that these new charity concerts have not a single African performer. I find this incredibly offensive and patronizing, especially considering such talentless faceless acts like Coldplay etc are going to be playing.
While it is understandable that the organizers want to make the concert as popular as possible, the subliminal message this sends out is "let's all help the African losers who can't do anything except beg for our money".
I think it's just as important to educate people in the west about the cultural wealth and diversity of Africa as it is to help them financially.
Let's not forget that the reason most of these countries are in the state that they are in is because of a colonial legacy: western and European countries pillaged these countries for their resources and then helped to finance corrupt and dictatorial regimes (not to mention countless civil wars and genocides) in order to continue their imperialist agenda indirectly.
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Many people here in the UK have pointed out that these new charity concerts have not a single African performer. I find this incredibly offensive and patronizing, especially considering such talentless faceless acts like Coldplay etc are going to be playing.
While it is understandable that the organizers want to make the concert as popular as possible, the subliminal message this sends out is "let's all help the African losers who can't do anything except beg for our money".
I think it's just as important to educate people in the west about the cultural wealth and diversity of Africa as it is to help them financially.
Let's not forget that the reason most of these countries are in the state that they are in is because of a colonial legacy: western and European countries pillaged these countries for their resources and then helped to finance corrupt and dictatorial regimes (not to mention countless civil wars and genocides) in order to continue their imperialist agenda indirectly.
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I see what you mean, but there were benefits to support the tsunami victims and no one complained that there weren't any Indonesians or Sri Lankans on the bill.
I understood that several African acts were approached but were unavailable. Does a benefit concert really need to have a race quota ? It's just raising funds....
I understood that several African acts were approached but were unavailable. Does a benefit concert really need to have a race quota ? It's just raising funds....
It just strikes me as an missed opportunity. These are free concerts (there is a competition to win tickets which will probably make more money than selling 10,000 tickets or whatever) so there's a great chance to showcase African musicians, who are doing way more interesting things than the entire bill of the Live 8 concerts.
If someone comes to see Pink Floyd, and goes away having had their mind blown by some musicians who they would never normally have come across, it would do amazing things to let people relate to people in Africa. When you see images of starving people, you never hear them speak, their presentation is quite dehumanized. In fact people get turned off by this, because the intensity of the imagery really arouses a lot of guilt. The power of cultural things like music is that they transcend language, economics and politics and unite human beings with positive feeling.
It just seems to me that stuff like this shows an unwillingness to show the positive side of Africa. I think the record companies also have a hand in this, as they only want to showcase the most profitable artists.
Also I don't think you can compare the tsunami to the state of Africa. It is a different thing - no less tragic but not man-made: the situation throughout most of Africa is a result of sustained economic imperialism over hundreds of years.
If someone comes to see Pink Floyd, and goes away having had their mind blown by some musicians who they would never normally have come across, it would do amazing things to let people relate to people in Africa. When you see images of starving people, you never hear them speak, their presentation is quite dehumanized. In fact people get turned off by this, because the intensity of the imagery really arouses a lot of guilt. The power of cultural things like music is that they transcend language, economics and politics and unite human beings with positive feeling.
It just seems to me that stuff like this shows an unwillingness to show the positive side of Africa. I think the record companies also have a hand in this, as they only want to showcase the most profitable artists.
Also I don't think you can compare the tsunami to the state of Africa. It is a different thing - no less tragic but not man-made: the situation throughout most of Africa is a result of sustained economic imperialism over hundreds of years.
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Don't understand me wrong, I like Pink Floyd, but don't care about them playing live. I have a live CD and I don't realy like it. Roger is often out of breath (he was older then), shouting his lyrics. There are only seldom moments when the music realy "moves you".
On another note, my favourite album is "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" and "Whish You Were Here" song is brilliant.
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On another note, my favourite album is "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" and "Whish You Were Here" song is brilliant.
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