Muse News & Micro Muse August 22, 2005
By Arlene R. Weiss © Copyright August 22, 2005
‘’Bob Geldof: How He Engineered The Pink Floyd Reunion’’
The August 2005 issue of ‘’Word Magazine’’ has an in depth interview with Sir Bob Geldof detailing how he made pigs fly. That is, orchestrating the infamous Pink Floyd reunion which took place July 2, 2005 for their one off legendary performance at Live 8. The good, the bad, and the very rancorous ugly are all included as Sir Bob details how he became more than a diplomat and peacemaker to the long time feuding, slagging, law suit slinging 2 main ring leaders, Roger Waters and David Gilmour. More like a Nanny 911 to the two decades war of tantrum throwing, ego bellowing, chest beating theatrics in which Sir Bob went back and forth more than a ping pong ball between the other band members and (emphasis: read Gilmour), entreating Gilmour repeatedly in person, via phone, via letter. After a more than amicable discussion and a firm yes from Waters of all people, as well as from Nick Mason and Rick Wright, finally, Sir Bob had Waters step in to extend the first olive branch with Waters personally phoning reunion holdout Gilmour, who at last relented, sealing the deal.
Geldof has said that getting the G8 to firmly act on making poverty history was akin to a tea party compared to the 100 year’s war and truce/reunion of Pink Floyd for Live 8. Waters and Gilmour have since turned down numerous USA concert promoters’ offers reputed to be in upwards of $150 million to tour the USA. Gilmour has stated, that their reunion was done strictly as a one off, that they ‘’put aside their petty differences’’ when put in perspective with and in the broad context of such an important issue as aiding world poverty, and that Pink Floyd wished to lend as much leverage as possible, to help the cause at hand for such an important event as Live 8. So, no tour folks, the pigs have now firmly landed with no further plans for flight.
‘’Live 8 DVD Gets Digital Extreme Makeover’’
Speaking of Live 8, some of the performers at the historic concert event are none too pleased with their performances. Whether off key or in the case of main ear offender Pete Doherty’s shambolic, show stopping (as in ‘’Stop the show, PLEASE, NOW!) out of it attempt at a duet with Sir Elton John (who must have wanted to crawl under his piano in embarrassment), on Marc Bolin’s ‘’Children Of The Revolution’’, you can rest assure that the Live in the DVD of Live 8, will be noticeably removed due to the high tech trickery sound engineering and mastering of music software known as Auto-Tune, or as some have dismissed it as ‘’Botox for the vocally challenged’’. Auto-Tune can literally create or enhance vocals for those of the er..challenged. You know, Pete might have sounded closer to croaking than the Crazy Frog, but we like our live music, well, live and GENUINE. Live Aid had very little tinkering with the exception of dubbing in Sir Paul McCartney’s vocals on the section of ‘’Let It Be’’ where his microphone conked out. But taking the magic, spontaneity, integrity, and authenticity of the live experience, and in this case of a music event of such historic and meaningful context, farcial warts and exhilarating sublime moments included, and nipping and tucking it with cosmetic digital surgery? I prefer my music real, not fake and fabricated via technical gimmicks.
Source:
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14929-1743834,00.html
‘’Rolling Stones Give Bigger Bang!’’
The Rolling Stones, always men of their words, gave a bigger bang, that is they rolled into Boston’s Fenway Park last night, Sunday August 21, blowing Beantown away with the first concert in their ‘’A Bigger Bang’’ world tour, in support of their new studio album ‘’A Bigger Bang’’ due to drop September 6. Not ones for foreplay, the legendary British rockers kicked off the gig with their signature anthem ‘’Start Me Up’’, segued into several cuts off the new album, including their first single to radio from the album, the sexually implicit, deliciously snide rocker, ‘’Rough Justice’’ and a catalog of Stones’ classics, ‘’Tumbling Dice’’, ‘’Satisfaction’’, ‘’Sympathy For The Devil’’, ‘Jumping Jack Flash’’ and more.
Source:
http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001018887
‘’’’Four Brothers’’, ‘’March Of The Penguins’’ Rock Summer’s Box Office’’
Who would have figured? These 2 sleeper underground films, both portraits of loving, unbreakable bonds squaring off against all odds, came out of nowhere and rolled right over ‘’The Dukes Of Hazzard’’, ‘’Stealth’’, ‘’Cinderella Man’’ and several Flopbusters like ‘’The Island’’ to emerge as two of this summer’s biggest hits. ‘’Four Brothers’’ with its old school John Ford style tale of 4 adopted brothers going after the hoods who gunned down their benevolent mother, as directed by acclaimed director John Singleton, is a razzle, dazzle paean to the classic western films of the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s. Mark Walhberg, Andre Benjamin, Tyrese Gibson, and Garrett Hedlund in stellar performances portray the tight knit brothers, bound by ties of love and loyalty, as urban cowboys creating their own brand of justice in a city where the cops are as crooked as the gangsters. ‘’March Of The Penguins’’, Luc Jacquet’s warm and fuzzy documentary following the life of Antarctica’s emperor penguins, is a breath of fresh air after all the ranting, pseudo politics of Michael Moore. Luxuriously filmed on location, the film depicts the births, trials, perils, stalwart journeys, fortitude, and loving bonds of these adorable waddling wonders of nature.
Muse News & Micro Muse August 22, 2005
By Arlene R. Weiss © Copyright August 22, 2005
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