Excellent pictures, girls!
MrsSpringsteen said:
That was beautiful..I thought Beyonce's voice sounded fine w/ Bono's.
Oh, cool, I'm not the only one who thinks that. They did sound very nice together.
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I don't mind Beyonce, musically or personality-wise. She seems like a nice girl.
Originally posted by MrsSpringsteen
They did American Prayer, then Bono/Edge/Dave Stewart did A Long Walk To Freedom
I loved Bono introducing Mr Mandela.."a President for anyone anywhere who loves freedom"
I love listening to Nelson Mandela
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Nelson's speech was great. I particularly liked when he said that many people are in danger of being reduced to mere numbers unless we do something-the way he related his old prison number to the people suffering from AIDS was good, 'cause it drove the point home even more.
It floored me to hear that the AIDS epidemic has killed more people than wars, famines, and floods. Jesus...
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I said this earlier, but looking at the crowd, I was extremely pleased to see that many Africans at the concert. And they seemed to be hanging on Nelson's every word, and when Ms. Dynamite later on asked how many girls out in the crowd would be confident enough to ask their guys to wear condoms and all those girls cheered...those are all very good signs. They seem ready and raring to do what they can to tackle this problem. Maybe that map that was shown on these boards a little while back about where the percentage of people with AIDS would be in, like, 2010, I think it was, won't wind up looking like that.
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I loved the concert. Peter Gabriel's version of "In Your Eyes" kicked arse. And I liked Brian May's speech he gave during one song...I can't remember which one it was, though. So many great moments that everyone's been mentioning-it was cool the way it ended, with everyone walking off stage chanting "46664", along with the crowd. I'm happy to hear that this will be released on DVD next year.
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And then of course Bono and Edge were fantastic. The songs were great, loved "One" and "Unchained Melody" together (it was neat to hear the crowd singing along to "Unchained Melody"). Like you all have said, Bono sounded (and looked) awesome, and I cannot wait until the guys tour.
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to everyone involved with the concert. Thank you all for your time and effort.
Angela