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back with the posting rampage.

live 8 has certainly been an interesting topic in the past weeks. i don't really know how it was supposed to work or which were the real intentions bob geldorf (and his horrible voice) had to make this show happen... besides tons of money and worldwide speculation.

i watched some of the performances and i really think there were some good shows scheduled. most of the artists showed some kind of weird commitment to eradicate poverty but sometimes they ended up doing stupid things like having an african kid beside them... just for no reason as if they were some kind of pokemon companion you can use to make people think you are supporting "the cause".

i hope it was at least 10% real...that would be enough to consider this a real attempt.

but regarding music, what shocked me the most was watching pink floyd getting back together after twenty something years of no relationship and a reunion definetely out of the question.

i got to see pink floyd without waters a long time ago and it was simply astonishing, i was about 12. then i saw waters separately in 2002 and it was aslo a great show, obviously and i was completely aware at that time how big was pink floyd in music history.

but man, time has certainly passed since the original echoes recording... still, it was a great show and a marvelous thing to watch.

pink floyd at live8 london, july 2nd 2005