tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post113147632776784100..comments2024-03-18T11:43:53.754+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: BOB: IT SUCKS BEING A MEDIA PLAYERSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-1131506561188213582005-11-09T03:22:00.000+00:002005-11-09T03:22:00.000+00:00"Everyone knows what Live8 was about" was referrin..."Everyone knows what Live8 was about" was referring to the comment that there should have been a Make Poverty History tag on the DVD. Bloody pedant! Bah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-1131500596678145722005-11-09T01:43:00.000+00:002005-11-09T01:43:00.000+00:00Most musicians actually do want to be musicians.Bu...<I> Most musicians actually do want to be musicians.</I><BR/><BR/>But did Geldof ever really want to be a musician? If offered the choice between being an unknown Springsteen-copier or a well-known non-musician, media figure, random hero type, which do you think he'd choose?<BR/><BR/>Three things are certain:<BR/><BR/>1. Time is running out to address <A HREF- HREF="" REL="nofollow" HTTP://WWW.MONBIOT.COM/ARCHIVES/2005/09/06/THE-MAN-WHO-BETRAYED-THE-POOR/>this objection</A>:<BR/><BR/><I>"Two months have not elapsed since the G8 summit, and already almost everything has turned to ashes. Even the crustiest sceptics have been shocked by the speed with which its promises have been broken."</I><BR/><BR/>2. <I>"Everyone knows what Live8 was about."</I> -- well, was it about tariffs? fair trade? actually opening up the markets? subsidising them? tomatoes? taxes? cartels? What was Live8 about? <BR/><BR/>3. Geldof stole a packet of crisps from me once, so his reputation is on hold until I get them back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-1131480843492537592005-11-08T20:14:00.000+00:002005-11-08T20:14:00.000+00:00I think you're being a bit harsh here. Most musici...I think you're being a bit harsh here. Most musicians actually do want to be musicians. That's why the Stones, McCartney etc keep touring and making albums when they never need to work again. The other stuff has to be done though. Whatever criticisms can be aimed at Geldof at least he tried to make a difference to the lives of people who can't be heard through their own voices and that's more than you can say for a lot of people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-1131478783035268232005-11-08T19:39:00.000+00:002005-11-08T19:39:00.000+00:00Everyone knows what Live8 was about.Bit of a crap ...Everyone knows what Live8 was about.<BR/><BR/>Bit of a crap piece of Geldof baiting, that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com