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Your top 5 Live Earth performances

pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
edited July 2007 in Other Music
Foo Fighters
Smashing Pumpkins
Roger Waters
The Police
UB 40
Alpine Valley 2000
Summerfest 2006

"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
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  • culot4culot4 Posts: 775
    Roger Waters
    Kanye West
    Beastie Boys
    The Police
    Smashing Pumpkins ( despite Billy opening his mouth to do something other than sing the band did sound very good)
    Once in a while you can get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
  • Yellow BedwetterYellow Bedwetter Posts: 2,832
    Roger Waters
    Smashing Pumpkins
    Linkin Park
    The Police
    Dave Matthews Band

    Sixth Man = John Mayer

    Fuck it...the Foo Fighters rocked too
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  • Red LukinRed Lukin Posts: 2,994
    I didn't catch Roger Waters. Anyone know where I can see their performance?
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I'm sorry, I thought Roger Waters SUCKED. I saw him live a month ago and he was MUCH MUCH MUCH better.

    The Foos we're incredible.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    I didn't see the whole thing, but the Foo Fighters kicked ass. The Police were awesome too until Kanye West walked out on stage and f**kin' ruined everything. Did Sting actually invite him, or did he just walk out there with a microphone?
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • holtzholtz Posts: 509
    What was the name of the song the Pumpkins opened with?
  • Them-BonesThem-Bones Posts: 518
    I hated the Police performance because Stewart Copeland looked mentally disabled.
    "If my thoughts, dreams, could be seen, they'd probably put my head, in a guillotine, but it's alright ma, it's life and life only."
  • deserteddotsedeserteddotse Posts: 1,276
    holtz wrote:
    What was the name of the song the Pumpkins opened with?
    United States
    Bullet with Butterfly Wings
    Tarantula
    Today

    ...
    Give a monkey a brain and he'll swear he's the center of the Universe...
  • jsasojsaso Posts: 179
    john mayer suprised me in a good way...the police suprised me in a bad way
  • AndySlashAndySlash Posts: 3,236
    The Smashing Pumpkins was good, and so was Roger Waters (though I kind of agree with the other poster- he was a bit off tonight compared to what I saw a couple weeks ago). I really liked Alicia Keys' set, too, plus she is fucking hot. I enjoyed the Police set, too.
  • r1versr1vers Posts: 244
    where can i see the pumpkins performance? just fast forwarded though probably 2 hours & 40 minutes of a 3 hour show and i don't think i missed them at any point in that...
    "Last time I think we played that song here was like, a long time ago, and there was a bonfire in the back and people were like throwing each other into it...very exciting days but a huge fucking relief that that's not how it is tonight..." Ed Irvine Night 1 2003, after Deep
  • AndySlashAndySlash Posts: 3,236
    r1vers wrote:
    where can i see the pumpkins performance?

    They're here:

    http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=discountmetal
  • i like matt.ci like matt.c Posts: 1,121
    Foo Fighters
    The Police
    Crowded House
    Metallica
    Roger Waters/John Butler Trio (can't decide)
    That's excluding the Roger Taylor, Taylor Hawkins, Chad Smith drum thing and the Spinal Tap thing with all the bassists. GO NATE MENDEL!!!
  • parel jamparel jam Posts: 7,223
    I only really liked the Foo Fighters and Crowded House.

    Others that were nice:

    - RHCP
    - Beastie Boys
    - Metallica (James is getting grey).

    and maybe more...still have to see lots.
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  • Oceans11Oceans11 Posts: 67
    Roger Waters
    Foo Fighters
    John Mayer
    Metallica
    RHCP
  • IamrebeccaIamrebecca Posts: 30
    I only watched it to see Foo Fighters. :)
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  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    I didn't see them all but John Mayer was the best IMO.

    What's with Madonna playing the Les Paul? She looked very fish-out-of-water-ish.

    What is my imagination, or did Billy Corrigan tell the drummer not to fuck up right as the Pumkins started playing. I'm no lip reader but he didn't look happy about something the drummer was doing.

    Richie Sambora needs to do away with the 80's rock star look.
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • pdh1978pdh1978 Posts: 211
    DeLukin wrote:
    What is my imagination, or did Billy Corrigan tell the drummer not to fuck up right as the Pumkins started playing. I'm no lip reader but he didn't look happy about something the drummer was doing.

    On the BBC's late coverage we only got Bullets, and at the start of that he clearly says to Jimmy "tell him to shut the f*** up", referring to someone off stage, or possibly one of the roadies/stage crew...

    Performance seemed good, not stellar though.

    Foos absolutely ripped it up.

    I never heard of that guy who covered Shelter from the Storm, but Alicia Keys' performance on that was outstanding!
    If you all stop hitting refresh for just two minutes, I can buy my tickets...
  • bladworth116bladworth116 Posts: 344
    Keane was my fav
    I've never understood the Foo Fighter's appeal. It's just a bunch of noise & yelling to these ears
  • funkymonkfunkymonk Posts: 279
    pdh1978 wrote:
    I never heard of that guy who covered Shelter from the Storm, but Alicia Keys' performance on that was outstanding!

    Are you referring to her collaboration with Keith Urban on the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter"? I'm not a Keith Urban fan but I thought they both did a great version of it.
  • pdh1978pdh1978 Posts: 211
    funkymonk wrote:
    Are you referring to her collaboration with Keith Urban on the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter"? I'm not a Keith Urban fan but I thought they both did a great version of it.

    Yeah, that's the one! I'm always getting my song titles mixed up! :D
    If you all stop hitting refresh for just two minutes, I can buy my tickets...
  • nightfly107nightfly107 Posts: 67
    Top 5 that i saw.

    Roger Waters
    Foo Fighters
    Crowded House
    Wolfmother (for what they are i thought they rocked)
    The Police (minus Message in a Bottle sorry Kanye!)

    Honorable mention Spinal tap

    worst performances

    Linkin Park (the crowd sang better than Chester)
    Metallica (performance wasnt terrible but just seemd like routine for them)
    Chili Peppers ( band is great Anthony seemed off)
    Chris Cornell ( better accoustic than with a live band these days)
    Bon Jovi
  • DaytimeDilemmaDaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    One thing I noticed about Metallica is they look so old now...time is ticking for that band.
  • funkymonkfunkymonk Posts: 279
    Foo Fighters (seemed to blow everyone else away!!)
    Metallica
    RHCP
    Smashing Pumpkins
    Lenny Kravitz (I kept switching the channel between his set and the Pumpkins)

    For anyone that caught the Peppers' set who was the second guitarist that played with them but more in the background? As for Anthony being off, I felt the same way. He didn't seem to have much energy. I could have sworn that at the end of their set he apologized for being sick.

    I'm surprised so many people included the Police in their list. I really wanted to into their performance but it just kind of bored me. Some of their songs would start out great but they would lose their momentum from the middle to the end.
  • jsasojsaso Posts: 179
    top 5

    john mayer (a suprise for me)
    smashing pumpkins (rocked)
    foo fighters (rocked)
    cornell (legend)
    mettalica (gods)

    botton 9

    mellisa e. (amazingly bad)
    the police (icu cube once wrote a song about them)
    kayne west (studio records are ok, live stuff...no)
    shakira (didnt hit a single note, she just shaked her body)-nice to look at
    bon jovi (richie sambora)
    alica keys (the new york, new york intro...she has talent...but not on key)
    reamon (german act)
    jay delane (german act)
    linkin park (nu metal)
  • GoBuckyGoBucky Posts: 198
    Metallica was absolutely horrid!
  • SchokiSchoki Posts: 5,072
    Foo Fighters
    Wolfmother
    Linkin Park
    Chris Cornell
    Yusuf Islam
    The Police
  • jsasojsaso Posts: 179
    GoBucky wrote:
    Metallica was absolutely horrid!
    no...

    see for yourself

    http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1195857454
  • GoBuckyGoBucky Posts: 198
    jsaso wrote:
    no...

    see for yourself

    http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1195857454

    I saw it yesterday, and that was more than enough. They've been a brutal band since 91. Besides, you have The Police in your bottom 9, so I'll just leave it alone!
  • stupidcorporatewhorestupidcorporatewhore Posts: 761
    keeponrockin wrote:
    I'm sorry, I thought Roger Waters SUCKED. I saw him live a month ago and he was MUCH MUCH MUCH better.

    thank you. Would you go see jeff Ament tour solo doing PJ songs?

    It's just sad without Gilmour

    that said, my top 5

    Foo Fighters
    Cat friggin Stevens
    Metallica
    Crowded House
    Keane (never saw em before, never will again but they were really solid).

    honorable mention
    lenny Kravitz
    Genesis
    Keith Urban rocked with the Stones Cover
    spinal tap
    Duran Duran

    should have been great but were'nt
    police
    pumpkins
    RHCP
    Dave Matthews (don't even try to hit thgat note on "Don't drink the water if you can't hit it)
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