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12-14-2012, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by pedro
Seriously?
| That's what I thought. What an unusual opinion.
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12-14-2012, 11:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WI | | | I haven't scene such a star studded event in years maybe ever and I've been follow rock culture for pretty close to 50 years.
" Simply put, it was beyond amazing "
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12-14-2012, 11:20 AM
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12-14-2012, 11:23 AM
|  | I wanna be...say, what day is it today, Ted? | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Location, Location | | Sir Paul and the Nirvanas were awesome! Once in a lifetime thing and they brought it. How random and cool was that?  
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12-14-2012, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by bluewine I will share a little something with you guys.
For us baby boomers, it's so cool to see guys like Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton that we first saw when we were 8-9 years old still performing at the top of their game after 50 years in the business.
These guys were the real deal from day one and it shows.
Blue | Wouldn't it be better to be hipster elitists who think they're too cool to even bother with anything Paul McCartney is doing or has ever done? It's easy to sit and criticize people who have already made music history and really have nothing at all to prove. |
12-14-2012, 01:08 PM
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12-14-2012, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Rocker949
Wouldn't it be better to be hipster elitists who think they're too cool to even bother with anything Paul McCartney is doing or has ever done? It's easy to sit and criticize people who have already made music history and really have nothing at all to prove.
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Who knows what makes people hate on legends they no little to nothing about.
Those artists merely did what was right and they all did it with style and class.
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12-14-2012, 01:26 PM
|  | Hello Mangs | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Munchkin Land | | | While I don't understand the negative comments (I think the performance was good for what it was) I think it's silly to say that one can only "play at that level" before giving a negative opinion. Why can't the same be said for positive opinions? If one has never "played at that level" how can a performance be judged either way?
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12-14-2012, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Herrick While I don't understand the negative comments (I think the performance was good for what it was) I think it's silly to say that one can only "play at that level" before giving a negative opinion. Why can't the same be said for positive opinions? If one has never "played at that level" how can a performance be judged either way? | I've never played at that level and never will.
I thought the artists were unbelievably awesome.
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12-14-2012, 02:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: New York Capital Region | | | I live in NY and know lots of people who were affected by the storm... you gotta remember that the point of the benefit was to help people, and to my understanding the sets McCartney + Nirvana, Roger Waters + Eddie Vedder, etc. played were put together with minimal rehearsal time.
Yes, not every song was super-polished. They got up here and banged out a few tunes, accepting the risk that comes along with that because it's for a good cause. And since the (broadcast) audience was huge, I'd say that takes a bit of courage and selflessness.
It's fine to not like the Beatles, or to say that the music business sucks, -- but critiquing the benefit performances harshly because of those things is to miss the point entirely.
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12-14-2012, 03:14 PM
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It's always easy for the issue laden to spew hate on something they could never do.
Easy to critique, hard to create.
That rocked. Period.
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12-14-2012, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by worxforme +1
It's always easy for the issue laden to spew hate on something they could never do.
Easy to critique, hard to create.
That rocked. Period. | This guys has a point.
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12-14-2012, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by worxforme +1
It's always easy for the issue laden to spew hate on something they could never do.
Easy to critique, hard to create.
That rocked. Period. | +1
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12-14-2012, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by RonniePudding
It's fine to not like the Beatles, or to say that the music business sucks, -- but critiquing the benefit performances harshly because of those things is to miss the point entirely.
| Astute point!
I agree.
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12-14-2012, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Morning Beer Wasn't bad at all. I think its more crazy that the the guitarist for the Germs shared the stage with a Beatle. | I enjoyed it, thought Paul was great at raunchy benefit rock (never would have expected that), and you're right, Sir Paul of the mighty Beatles and "Mr. Pat Smear" on stage together is something I would have never guessed I'd see.
IMO, some of my favorite memories are of benefit shows. People throwing something together to entertain people, people trying to take care of eachother. Thats all good stuff. Playing them, attending them, helping to put them on, it was all a good time. Too bad we've gotten so used to being amazed all the time. |
12-14-2012, 04:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Ohio | | | Oh, and I love that Paul played a slide cigar box! Nothing like making some giant noise with something you could assemble in an afternoon! |
12-14-2012, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Mugre Atrociously bad. If I saw a band at The Mint or Molly Mallone's playing that "jam", I'd be laughing at the badness as I left. The fact that these people are all legends doesn't make it any less boring and retarded. Besides the whole thing reeks of a stunt.
Mugre | Mugre, I have a question for you...
If it was so "boring and retarded", why didn't you just turn it off, and offer no opinion?
You sound really old, bitter and jealous. |
12-14-2012, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by cnltb This to me does not work.
On more than one level. | I agree. I have never liked Nirvana and didn't have any interest in seeing McCartney play with the surviving members.
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12-14-2012, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Stick_Player Mugre, I have a question for you...
If it was so "boring and retarded", why didn't you just turn it off, and offer no opinion?
You sound really old, bitter and jealous. | To be fair, this thread isn't dedicated to merely positive comments on the performance. And I feel that it's good to have a voice of dissent to provide some type of counter to the ideas being tossed about.
The people here that are saying they didn't like the performance just didn't enjoy listening to it... I doubt that anyone here would say it wasn't for a good cause.
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12-14-2012, 04:13 PM
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