Cynic

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Is there anyone other than me who suspects that this whole Gleneagles/Live8/Make Poverty History fuss will fizzle out and turn out to have been nothing but an occasion for politicians and rockstars to make some noise?

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You are not alone

[enelya-oronar.livejournal.com]

I have been very nervous of that exact thing happening with these shows. The original idea was so good and so powerful but today it seems diluted. To be honest concerts in general do not hold the pull for me they once did.

This could be attributed to me getting older and losing interest instead of the shows losing their power. EEK! Older?!?!

I do hope this is not the case. It would be great to motivate another generation with really good music and a very humanitarian goal.

Re: You are not alone

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Waht bothers me is the joining together of all the great and the good - politicians who talk to rockstars who talk to international bankers who talk to businessmen who talk to NGO and charity leaders who talk to religious leaders who talk to rockstars. You get my point. It's like everyone is being nice to everyone else, everyone is equally nicely for change and equally concerned about the poor African children. I smell the smell of, at best, collective self-delusion. Bear in mind that most of these politicians, bankers, businessmen, etc., were young in the fifties, seventies, eighties - times of protest songs, Concert for Bangladesh, Live Aid, whatever. This may well be the biggest hippies' homecoming in recent history, but there is something about this unanimity that just bugs me. The Pope, thank God, has so far stayed silent.