Al Gore To Save The Environment Over 24 Hours, With At Least As Many Shitty Bands
Turns out Al Gore's worried about global warming! And his solution to the problem includes a series of concerts over 24 hours, held on all seven continents and going down on 07/07/07. He calls it "Live Earth" for the cause, we call it "The Anti-Coachella" for the lineup. The inconvenient truth about the bill:
PharrellIt's like he can read our iPods! Great cause but c'mon Al, that might be the worst lineup ever. Good thing tickets are free if you drive a Hybrid.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Foo Fighters
Snoop Dogg
Lenny Kravitz
Bon Jovi
Paolo Nutini
Sheryl Crow
AFI
Melissa Etheridge
John Mayer
Damien Rice
Corrine Bailey Rae
Duran Duran
Snow Patrol
John Legend
Black Eyed Peas
Akon
Enrique Iglesias
Fall Out Boy
Mana
Keane
Kelly Clarkson
Korn
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw
Ray LaMontagne
Robin Thicke
Kenna
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Thats a bit harsh. He could have done much worse. Keane, Mayer, Rice, Chill Peppers, Snow Patrol, those are all decent bands. Throw the guy a bone, hes to busy saveing the world
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I always figured Al would be into Rilo Kiley. Huh.
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i have to agree with b-rad. i would go for john mayer and damien rice. though i do think those are the only two performers on that roster that is worth two shits.
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I'm sure they'll all be taking a hemp fueled plane to get there. Right?
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Hey, John Mayer, Damien Rice, and Ray LaMontagne aren't shitty.
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yeah that was a HARSH post. it's a pretty standard lineup, no worse.
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seven continents? which lucky bands get to play antarctica?
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if jack bauer can do it with a pistol and some little blood boiler shots i think that al gore can do it with snoop dogg... though he might smoke the hemp fuel.
and ted leo covers kelly clarkson, so what up?
i think it's a good post.
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hey, john mayer and damien rice aren't shitty. agreed, not the greatest line-up in the world, but give credit where it's due.
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What about manbearpig?
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al gore is horrible and all those bands suck. chili peppers, foo fighters, fall out boy, snow patrol, damien rice, afi, are all overrated shite and they should add shitty takka takka on that shite list too. you people should listen to more amazing music like arcade fire, clipse, and white stripes (THE BIG THREE KILLED MY BABY FTW!!!) and none of this john mayer garbage.
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I don't know if Jorge's post is a parody of an ignorant hipster or not.
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Pffft, you should give Ray Lamontagne some props. If I remember correctly, there were a couple posts on stereogum praising Ray.
Also, that is far from the worst line up ever.
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Ray Lamontagne, not shitty. Chilli Peppers, though... was that really worth a Grammy?
Brette: Snow Patrol, obviously. (_sorry_)
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keane is the bestest wuss band mt everest
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maybe the black eyed peas will play antartica...and stay there (fingers crossed)
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don't think the point is that EVERY band sucks, just at least as many as the number of hours over which the event is. and i'd say fuck yeah, there's at least as many as 24 shitty bands on that list.
americans will eat it up.
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Isn't the point of this to raise awareness of environmental issues? Yeah most of these bands suck, but they're popular, and I have a feeling that their purpose is to draw in as many people as possible and then inform them. So put Arcade Fire and !!! in there and whoo hoo you have a handful of indie kids who all probably recycle and ride bikes anyways. This way they can get the word out to the exhaust sucking flyover-staters who may learn a thing or two, so maybe you should pull your snotty head out of your ass and realize that he's probably smarter with this linup than you think.
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are you all really going to sit here and let your views on music stifle the actual issue behind this? does anyone care if you don't like the bands playing? the line-up will obviously appeal to mainstream culture, which (you shouldn't forget) is a good thing for everyone.
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It is going to be like a bad Live 8.
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I agree with B-rad. This post makes the people at Stereogum.com appear shallow, inconsiderate, and no better than the bands they are poking fun at. Gore is promoting a good cause which is hard to come by in this-day-in-age, and even if these bands aren't trendy enough for you guys at Gum, I have respect for them for supporting the cause (even if it weighs less than measurable processes). Take down your naive post. Boooo!!
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Yeah, I was going to say that he's not trying to please indie kids with a nice little show, he's trying to raise awareness about global warming, and he's aiming for a larger demographic. People that like most of those bands make up a good hunk of the US, and he's just trying to get as many people as he can to understand what's going on. I personally think Al Gore needs to be commended for what he's doing rather than ridiculed for picking bands that most people like.
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Gore: I must go now, to help collect cans on Jupiter. Peace out, y'all!
[Rockets come out of the side of his jar and he blasts off.]
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Wouldn't it make more sense to help climate change by holding thousands of smaller concerts all around the world at the same time? Encourage people to walk or ride their bikes or carpool to shows in their local venues. Instead of a few mega-shows where the masses will fly to, using up airplane fuel.
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WRONG. you're never going to raise awareness with a shitty lineup full of shitty music. what about PRINCE? how about the fucking kinks reunion? white stripes and arcade fire?
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blah blah blah MODEST MOUSE
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fuck modest mouse
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Lol, why isn't hootie and the blowfish in that mix?
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oh, good lord. could the people on this site prove their myopic pretentions any more clearly? al gore is an amazing, forward thinking world leader, and it makes sense to raise awareness through bands that are going to draw the biggest crowds possible, across as many musical genres and age groups as possible. as popular as arcade fire is, they're no match in reach for someone like fall out boy or rhcp. come on people--this is the future of the globe we're talking about. put away snottiness for just a second and realize that this is an amazing feat. gore is savvy, too--i'm sure that money will be raised to go to carbon offsets, and it will result in awareness and innovations that, in the long run, could have far greater benefit than the damage incurred by anyone travelling to this show.
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seriously, when the fuck did kenna come back? they had that one song about free time which was alright when i was in 8th grade, but now theyre in a PSP commercial and playing an Al Gore festival. Someone please explain.
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Why is it snotty to suggest that all the bands listed -- even Fall Out Boy and RHCP -- participate in a global event that spans thousands of music venues around the world on the same night? I'd think it would still create the kind funds that a Live Aid/8 style concert would raise. I'm just asking as part of this discussion, and not trying to be a myopic pretentious or bash neither Al nor the listed bands.
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The Liberal Entertainment Industry’s Solutions For Everything..
Make a big deal about issue. > Create self-made positive PR. > Exploit someone who has suffered from the issue at hand. > Blame the politicians, greedy Americans, and the rich. > Take a weak or unrealistic and therefore useless stance on the issue. > Propose a solution including an event featuring a large group of celebrities, encourage selfless “it’s for a good cause” consumerism (t-shirts, wrist bands, stickers) by donating small portions of the “proceeds” to a non-profit organization “making a difference” through funding lobbyist. > PREACH, PREACH, ACT SMUG, PREACH, and PREACH SOME MORE! > Contradict the stance/solution with a celebrity lifestyle.
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Anyone really believe this "global warming" crap Gore is trying to push? bunch of freaks.
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kenna's been hiding under a rock or something
maybe he's just coming to terms with being signed by fred durst
EEK
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Scott said:
Make a big deal about issue. > Create self-made positive PR. > Exploit someone who has suffered from the issue at hand. > Blame the politicians, greedy Americans, and the rich. > Take a weak or unrealistic and therefore useless stance on the issue. > Propose a solution including an event featuring a large group of celebrities, encourage selfless “it’s for a good cause” consumerism (t-shirts, wrist bands, stickers) by donating small portions of the “proceeds” to a non-profit organization “making a difference” through funding lobbyist. > PREACH, PREACH, ACT SMUG, PREACH, and PREACH SOME MORE! > Contradict the stance/solution with a celebrity lifestyle.
so fucking true. you know they're just doing it to stave off the guilt as they continue consuming multiple times more than the average person. what makes this concert so different?
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Nothing wrong with Ray Lamontagne and John Legend.
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Okay, so I see a bunch of western bands on there good, but what about bands that appeal to other cultures? Where are the Spanish Bands?
I do actually wonder how much flying Al Gore does and how much of it is chartered because flying has a huge impact on the environment in just the short term, I mean hell I think his little movie even said that.
I think the cause is noble, but I think Al Gore just has a chip on his shoulder from losing to Bush, c'mon get over it, you were screwed over, however you live.
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They've only announce like 25 of the 100 acts playing so there is still plenty of room for improvement. http://liveearth.org/?p=22
Anyway, I also want to know who gets to play Antartica!
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I will be my father's body. Because he loved magic oh so much.
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Yeah, there are the ocassional glimpses of light in this list (Ray LaMontagne) but for the most part I'd wish for Global Warming to continue just so I wouldn't have to sit through that dreadful lineup.
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There will be a new perfect storm of smug that will envelop the entire world this time instead of the SF, Hollywood, Colorado triangle that happened last time. I hope Cartman will save us again.
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bloc party's listed on the site.
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The only band worth seeing in this case would actually be Mana. If all of you ignorant bastards focused on other bands besides the ones in the States and England, you'd realize that Mana is the best thing he got. Too bad none of you people who "think you know music" have never heard of the band.
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Al Gore: Saving the environment... with private planes and ginormous, gas-guzzling tour busses.
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Wow beto, wow to condescend to everyone just because they may not be familiar with a band you like.
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Okay, so I see a bunch of western bands on there good, but what about bands that appeal to other cultures? Where are the Spanish Bands?
Posted by: Nick at February 15, 2007 11:23 PM
Mana (Mexico) is on that list. And lest you forget, Enrique is still a spaniard.
This isn't even the full list. I think people are too hellbent on shitting on Al Gore. Cynacism has ruined our chances to make a difference.
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except for fall out boy, black eyed peas and enrique iglesias, this would actually be a decent list of artists. i'd like to point out that this is insulting though -- fall out boy and enrique deserve to be with the likes of hinder and nickelback, NOT with rhcp, foo fighters, snow patrol and keane.
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lol - this one will make a perfect South Park episode.
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if you expect a worldwide benefit concert to not look like this, you're a moron.
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Be original and do something actually good Gore.
It's slightly ironic that what this festival is trying to promote people not to do is going to cause thousands and thousands to commit "the crime against nature".
There are going to be hundreds of band members flying about the place, thousands driving to the shows, thousands of high voltage lights and supposedly 2 billion teles watching the events. That's just the start of it. Add to the fact that very few are going to take the cause much more seriously because Cameron Diaz and a few multi-millionaire musicians say it's bad.
How are we supposed to drive electric cars when you have to plug them in to you house mains? Don't know about everyone else around the world, but I know I don't want to leave my front door open to plug in my car. Then it takes forever to charge up to get 50 miles, what happens if you want to go 100 miles away? You have to stay the night somewhere and hope they'll let you plug your car in? Where does the electricty come from? What happens to the batterys once they die? Do these green people seriously not think about things? These cars are no more useful to the world than the Americans have 2,000 nuclear bombs and "trustworthy" countries saying they'll rely on nuclear power in the future and share secrets with other countries yet threaten ones that try and use nuclear power.
What did George Bush say recently? Something about Iran wanting too much control/power and being threatening towards other countries? Again, irony. I think people need to concentrate more on relations around the world before worrying their little socks off about something they can't stop.
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As predictable as the list is, it is exactly what it should be. This cause will attract large audiences. Someone posted above that he/she wasn't sure if this stereogum post isn't a parody of an ignorant indie blogger, and I have to agree. I've been coming to this site regularly for a couple years now, and this is the first instance for me of feeling like stereogum is acting like an indie snob, jabbing at mainstream music when it has the power to make a little positive change in the world. I'm fairly certain this is all for a cause instead of for getting more people to listen to Clipse or Arcade Fire.
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This show is not meant to convert new fans to up-and-coming bands. It's about making a global statement, which means the roster has to appeal to the lowest common denominator. It's as simple as that. But may I suggest that the power conserved, the garbage not accumulated AND the toxins not released into the air (vis a vis) would be more beneficial to the environment than having this rather naive baby-boomer wet dream of a protest rally?
DwD
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i agree. great cause. absolute shit lineup. nuff said.
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"Then it takes forever to charge up to get 50 miles, what happens if you want to go 100 miles away?"
ha ha ha ha......thanks for the morning laugh!
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They may be expensive now, but this is just a hint of the technology coming. Goodbye suckling on the teat of foreign oil.
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At least give Gore credit for doing something, no matter how crappy the lineup is. I feel ashamed that Damien Rice and Ray LaMontagne have to share a bill with most of those acts.
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"I agree with B-rad. This post makes the people at Stereogum.com appear shallow, inconsiderate, and no better than the bands they are poking fun at."
Wait - I thought that's what Stereogum IS. Or maybe I misread their snarky, holier-than-thou commentary.
But at least it makes me laugh sometimes.
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Correct me if i'm wrong but, doesn't Mr. Gore travel in a private jet? Practice what you preach!
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The Police, Genesis and Kanye West have been added to the bill.
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Damn.. this has to piss off the Smashing Pumpkins "cool-ass" release date hype. Hmm..
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bleevo81 - Al Gore is doing more to fix these problems than perhaps anyone else on this planet.
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you guys are missing the most important part of the bill:
AKON!
smack that... all on the floor... smack that... give me some more... smack that... til you get sore... smack that... ooooh oooh oooooh oooooooh
sweet.
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only the truly tasteless would even TRY to pass Maná as a good latin american rock band. lord, the things one has to put up with in public forums.
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About the only thing this event may raise is “awareness” of this latest hysteria, because if you think any real money will be funneled to the “cause,” just ask some of the starving Africans how much their lives actually improved after the Geldof show.
Sure, somebody’s coffers will be filled, but this blip will fade from the radar as quickly as Live-Aid, Farm-Aid, Rainforest-Aid and that Ice Age scare from the 70’s.
But, hey, at least some people will remember Al Gore when he decides to run for office again.
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So basically popular artists = bad and indie groups that will never go anywhere = good. Awsome reasoning Stereogum. You are soo cool and TRENDY!
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Stereogum, what the heck?
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dick tippious - Wahoo, 250 miles at it's optimum. The battery takes 3.5 hours to charge, you can only charge it 500 times, but they reckon it'll only last 100,000 miles. Not terrible, but it says nowhere how much it'll cost to get a new battery.
If they want electric cars to work well they need to make removable batterys and ones that can be swapped at a type of petrol station. That's when the things will be worth buying.
Anyway, that's kind of off subject.
It's not the worst line-up I've ever seen, but you've also got to keep in mind that those bands are going to be split across 7 continents, so chances are the actual shows will be terrible.
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truth is we are all to blame for global warming,al gore not withstanding.
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wtf is wrong with u can't you see beyond the music and at the actual cause? and besides the celebs are all joining in together because we have to raise awareness! once you finish bullshitting about the music and go completely against this idea you can burn in this polluted world that is heating up from global warming and realizing that ALOT of people are much smarter than you and have realized ages before you will that something has to be done to help save the world which will affect you too (duh) and unless you decide to jump off a cliff which i won't doubt with your stupidity, you're also going to have to deal with it so wake up loser.
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hi
I think Al Gore is doing a wonderful job to save the environment. No really realizes the damage and danger we're in. We are loosing all of the tress, polar bears are in endangered, and paper products are killing us for decenegration, which would take one plastic bag to melt away over 500 years. people don't realize where Al is coming from to save the earth. But little by little we are loosing our earth to accumulated trash, mess, air pollution, etc. Its all politics and money, but Al Gore is concern with our earth. I really don't blame him. At least he is doing something about it, and Bush isn't worried about the danger we are in. Its so sad to see this world in such a a mess. There is too much waste, electricity, gas, oil, food. Soon we won't have enough food and water on our store shelves. What will we do then? We will be fightening for food.
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IM GONNA GO DRIVE MY V10! SCREW AL GORE! SCREW THE OZONE! I'M NOT HAVIN KIDS!!!
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