Live Earth

Yesterday, I went to Live Earth set in the American state that represents green living, New Jersey. For those who get internet (you are reading this) but live under a rock, Live Earth was the largest worldwide coordinated concert of over 150 artist spreading awareness about global warming. The number of concerned artists and people all over the world who helped put on this concert attests to the growing amount of support the green movement has.

The acts were short and sweet. Musicians had 2o minutes to perform and give their own take on the climate crisis message. My favorite acts were the Dave Matthews Band, Kanye West, and Roger Waters.

Dave had a great set which appropriately included Don't Drink the Water. The 20/30 age set audience which made up most of the crowd took to DMB, reveling in the nostalgic college tunes of the sweet sounding South African.

Kanye did great energizing the audience with his clever wicked rhymes. He had a string orchestra with him which included 2 harps. At one point he ran from across the entire stage and then picking up on the rap song playing without skipping a beat. He sang his most of his hits and the crowd especially appreciated Gold Digger.

Roger Waters, member of Pink Floyd, put on the coolest set. Opening with video of the marching hammer army from The Wall help set the tone very quickly. The best was saved for Water's last song, Another Brick in the Wall. About 20 kids ran on stage Together we Stand Divided t-shirts to sing the chorus of the song. The song's highlight was the floating white pig balloon which went around Giants Stadium which looked as if it belonged in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

The Police finished up the concert ending with Message in a Bottle. The song featured 2 guest artists. Kanye performed a rap verse and John Mayer strapped on a guitar joinign the band (he must have been playing GH2) for the events last song. I'll send an SOS to the world being repeated dozens of times throughout the song made Message in a Bottle an appropriate and expected last song for a day full of messages which spoke those very words.