46664 MTV broadcast, sadly edited!!!

Mr. Jingles, now I understand.
One word comes to mind...
Globalisation.
It's a spiffy term, learn it, use it, and live it. ;) :P

Well I caught the last 20 mins of the show. I think either MTV or VH1 US are going to re air it later on. So I'll post my thoughts later.

'Joep, you still don't understand don't you.'

Well maybe you should be a little more clearer in what you mean.

'I'm not talking about people as individuals, but about governments, corporations, and all the people who have the power to really make a difference.'

Thats an easy way to avoid responsibility: pointing at the government. I believe the way western countries deal with AIDS-issues is the result of views shared by the society as a whole. As a proof i pointed at the poor coverage by the media. This shows that WE as citizens are not interested in the problems in Africa, we just ignore them. For example the key to solving the problem is reducing the price of AIDS-medicine so it will be available for people who cant afford it right now. This can only be achieved by a change of view in society wich may lead to pressuring the medicine-manufacturers into changing the prices. So it starts with pressure from society, wich is you and I. That's what the 46664-thing is all about. Its not pointed at governments or corporations but at the individuals all over the world.

I've watched it,I couldn't the other day,so it was better than nothing :).

Quick report about MTV Brasil's transmission:

It was just an hour of transmission, including advertisements. Only 48 minutes net.

As regards Queen, they showed:

- Toss The Feathers;
- Invincible Hope/The Call;
- Amandla (mic incident edited out);
- We Will Rock You;
- We Are the Champions.

I would consider that to be excelent, if considered that only an hour of the whole 5 hours of concert were showed. In fact, the proportion of Queen in this transmition was bigger than in the concert itself. Problem is... I want it all! :)

Cheers,

Ogre-

Joep, even with the effort of the working class majority is still not enough to deal with the problem. Sure we could help in some way or another to make a difference, but without the help of the wealthy ones, it's hard to deal with the whole situation.

globalization. aghh I have to use that word a lot in my class.
I still have yet to see or hear the show.

Right, I've just seen MTV's heavily edited 90 min version of the 46664 concert, and i have to say that I was quite impressed with the concert overall.
Personally, I thought that Peter Gabriel stole the show, period. Biko was absolutetly amazing!
The American Prayer was great, lovely song.
The Amandala part was awesome, that lil Mr. Africa's prayer was clearly the most emotiional part of the show for me.

Now Roger and Brian...
Right, they did a good job for the footage that I have seen in this transmission. I really liked The Call, first time that I've heard it, as well as Invincible Hope. Definatetly those two songs had the May sound! Performance wise, Bri was a tad emotional. You can just see it during the Amandala, WWYR and WATC. He was about to cry in one point! My heart just fell for the guy. Clearly BRian's heart was in the right place in the right time with the emotional energy with essence of the concert.

Roger was FAB during the Irish jig! I observed that he was a bit out of synch, but Eric Singer was there so it was great seeing him aain, and WOW he is foxier than EVER!

Overall 8/10, because of the editing, if only I saw Jimmy Cliff, Yusuf Islasn, and more of Brian and Roger
I will wait for the DVD release.

"I'd have thought that Anastasia, in the presence of the man that wrote WWRY would have troubled to learn the right words"

that looked totally unrehearsed to me. Maybe someone decided that Anastacia should sing it (and stole Brian's vocals) at the very last minute. Maybe this is what pissed off Brian, talking about "rampant people" in his letter?