I cannot fathom the idea that it has come down to entertainers to have to influence people to save the planet… but of course, it has happened.
Live Earth, a global concert of over 100 music acts playing on seven different continents, took over this past weekend. Their goal was to inform the general public about the global warming crisis that is taking over our precious planet.
"It’s one problem we can solve if we come together as one and take action and drive our neighbors, businesses and governments to act as well,” said Al Gore at the concert. “That's what Live Earth is all about."
MSN stated that there were over 10 million video streams on their Web site. Sadly, only 2.4 million people viewed the recap on prime time television on Sunday night. The television broadcast had the smallest amount of viewers. Ready for this... you are going to have to brace yourself… ABC aired the animated film Monsters Inc. and it received one million more viewings then something that was attempting to save the planet.
Madonna was the last to perform for the night in the United Kingdom and wanted to make sure the point got across.
“I want to thank Al Gore and Kevin Wall for giving the world the wake up call it so badly needs and for starting an avalanche that we are running out of time,” Madonna said during her set. “Let’s hope the concerts going on are not just about entertainment, but about starting a revolution.”
With it being almost a week after the event, it seems like nothing has changed. So maybe some people went out and bought better light bulbs, but there was no revolution like the Smashing Pumpkins wanted. Maybe the idea that entertainers can change the world wasn’t ingenious after all. Isn’t that what the politicians are here for?
Even celebrities can’t comprehend the idea that musicians can save the world.
“I watched bits of Live Earth. I don't want the earth to melt. That's for sure,” pop singer Darren Hayes stated in his personal Blog. “But I don't know if the Pussycat Dolls can save us. Do you?”
With that said, it was all in all a great show, and the idea behind it was ok, too. But at the end of the night, it really seemed like it was just for entertaining purposes only.
This weeks songs that are worthy of being downloaded:
Darren Hayes “On The Verge of Something Wonderful”
Paper Rival “You’re Right”
Danny K “Real Man”
Joe “If I Was Your Man”
Spoon “The Underdog”
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3 comments:
Do you people at the UP criticize everything just so you have a talking point? Do you ever cover something and praise it?
Here's a few points that you should consider before writing a piece like this.
First, you must take the motive of the project into account.
Fact: We all know Live Earth was for entertainment purposes
Fact: Much of suburban America depends on celebrities for trend development. Clothing, hairstyles, popular music, and even linguistics - rap's effect on language and Snoop Dogg's chizzle of the Americizzle Languizzle - are developed, like it or not, by celebrities.
Fact: Watch TV for two minutes and it's filled with celebrities endorsing products. Why do they do this? Because celebrities sell products.
Fact: If you actually watched most of Live Earth, you would have seen that many issues concerning the environment were actually spoken of. Bravo's coverage had Dave Holmes and some other MC interviewing different people about the environment in between their airing of the concerts in different cities.
For instance, Did you know about "Worm Poop" a fully organic plant food?
I Doubt it.
Al Gore's marketing campaign for this event was nothing short of brilliant. He used celebrity endorsements that companies pay millions for to try and spread his message. If you did any research into the event, or watched the Larry King special with Gore, you would know that this is only the first of a series of projects aiming to promote the well-being of the environment.
So, before you complain about things YOU take the time to watch on television, consider that A) you have the option to turn them off and B) complaining about things you spend your time paying attention to - much as you did with your Paris Hilton blog - makes you look more like a hypocrite than a legitimate critic.
hmm.
while i think it's written overly-rude to the blogger, i have to agree with the point this comment above me is trying to make.
and god, what was up with that awful paris hilton rant?
I don't think the first comment was rude at all. Someone is obviously a huge Al Gore fan, or they just thought of the event in a different light than the blogger. They definitely had valid points.
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