Live8 - the music

lets abuse dundee today

just kidding..... from what I saw the event in Philadelphia seemed to rock more than the Hyde Park one. Jay Z, Linkin park, Black Eye Peas, Will Smith etc that rocked. From the brief snippets of what I saw off the Hyde Park gig lying in my hotel room on saturday night, only Mariah Carey seemed to be on top form. I remember falling asleep when Pink Floyd came on.

Is it just because America is so big that to break it you can't be radical.

There's plenty of great American stuff that is radical and is big. Just wasn't on show at live8.

Is it just me or is the UK the best place for innovative, intelligent music? Why did the American stuff sound like bland innofensive pap (honourable mention for Greenday though, and certainly snoop dogg was pretty offensive (at the same time as being dull, bland, mediocre and massively un-entertaining)) in comparison to (most) UK stuff?
Is it just because America is so big that to break it you can't be radical. (Is this also why most european music is bland pop-pap?)

Discuss, abuse chico or Bob Geldof, whatever.