7/7/07 Live Earth Concert

Swerdloc · Post by **Swerdloc** » 07-07-2007 05:17 PM

Melissa Etheridge just did a great set at the Meadowlands--including a lot of well-received preaching--and then brought on Al Gore.

SETIsLady · Post by **SETIsLady** » 07-07-2007 05:35 PM

Swerdloc wrote: Melissa Etheridge just did a great set at the Meadowlands--including a lot of well-received preaching--and then brought on Al Gore.

Watching her now !!! YOU GO MELISSA !!!! Very powerful message and ohhhhhhhhhh so true.

What happened to us America !!!!!

Shirleypal · Post by **Shirleypal** » 07-07-2007 07:03 PM

They are estimating that over 9 million are listening on stream, when rockers do somthing people pay attention.

Joolz · Post by **Joolz** » 07-07-2007 07:13 PM

Still waiting for Melissa Etheridge out here on the west coast - can hardly wait based on what's been said here! Am also waiting for Lenny Kravitz to come up on the Rio stage in about 15 minutes or so...

SETIsLady · Post by **SETIsLady** » 07-07-2007 07:18 PM

Joolz wrote: Still waiting for Melissa Etheridge out here on the west coast - can hardly wait based on what's been said here! Am also waiting for Lenny Kravitz to come up on the Rio stage in about 15 minutes or so...

Joolz, she was incredible !!!! Said what needed to be said !!

Post by **Linnea** » 07-07-2007 08:44 PM

Melissa Etheridge - 'I am awake. Are you awake?' Said to put up a sign in your car window - I am awake!

Did have a kind of 60s bridge to the 21st Century...

Etheridge said: (in an article)

[Still, Etheridge's own environmental fears predate her connection to Gore.] "We started to become aware of this in the 1970s," she says, "especially those of us in Southern California. I remember buying recyclable diapers for my first kids, really putting thought into it back then. It got hard for a while because it seemed like nobody cared. It's really nice this year to go, 'Whew ... OK. Now we're back on track.'

"The whole aim of July 7," Etheridge adds, "is to focus thought and intention on the issue that everything we do, no matter what country we're in, affects everyone else. America has to stop pretending we have an outhouse where we can just throw our (stuff) and that's OK. I hope this gives a sense of one world to everyone, to feel what it's like to concentrate on one thing for one time. That should be very powerful. It's what we do best as humans, I think."
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Go people!

SETIsLady · Post by **SETIsLady** » 07-07-2007 08:46 PM

Live Earth Internet streaming sets record

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) - The Live Earth global pop concerts on Saturday broke a record for an online entertainment show by generating more than 9 million Internet streams, Microsoft Corp. Web portal MSN said.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetN ... 51&sp=true

Swerdloc · Post by **Swerdloc** » 07-07-2007 08:57 PM

I'm still hoping to catch a replay of Spinal Tap at Wembley. There was an article that said they enlisted a small army of bassists to play on the song "Big Bottom."

Joolz · Post by **Joolz** » 07-07-2007 09:09 PM

SETIsLady wrote: Joolz, she was incredible !!!! Said what needed to be said !!

OMG! Melissa, you ROCK, girl! Awesome!

I had tears streaming down my face only a few minutes in! How can anything top that performance?!? Thanks for the heads-up!

SETIsLady · Post by **SETIsLady** » 07-07-2007 09:30 PM

Swerdloc wrote: I'm still hoping to catch a replay of Spinal Tap at Wembley. There was an article that said they enlisted a small army of bassists to play on the song "Big Bottom."

cool Bill....and I am passing a thank you from Joolz, since you gave me the heads up about Melissa

Julie I was in tears too !! She made you want to get up and do something, didn't she.

Swerdloc · Post by **Swerdloc** » 07-07-2007 09:41 PM

You're welcome. Melissa really brought it all together, music and message. Plus she's a hot rockin' mama.

It does really make one wonder where the spirit, the passion of the 60s went. I recently watched Martin Scorsese's documentary on Bob Dylan, "No Direction Home," and found myself wondering the same thing.

Corvid · Post by **Corvid** » 07-08-2007 01:53 AM

If John Lennon and Janis Joplin ever had a child.... it would have to be Melissa. She caused tears of understanding and joy.

Shirleypal · Post by **Shirleypal** » 07-08-2007 02:23 AM

I missed Melissa, bummer, wasn't home, I love her.

Joolz · Post by **Joolz** » 07-08-2007 02:37 AM

Oh Shirley, I'm sorry! She was just frakkin' AWESOME!

If anyone runs across a video on the net of Melissa's performance on Live Earth today...

PLEASE post a link!

Thanks!

We've been wanting to see it again. I know they are re-playing the streams at MSN, but I don't know how long that will be going on... I WISH we'd had the forethought to turn on the recorder for that!

Joolz · Post by **Joolz** » 07-08-2007 02:47 AM

There's a thread at DU with at least some pics of her from today's concert, Shirley.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/di ... 89x1270994

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7/7/07 Live Earth Concert

And the message is getting out !