You didn’t have to have VH1 in NYC because they broadcast it on PBS. Adam Sandler was hilarious as Operaman. The Who rocked the Garden, I thought. My favorite act of the night. What a great concert.
I agree about the Who. Definitely the high point. Also liked Billy Joel, Operaman, and James Taylor (don’t think there was a dry eye in the house during Fire and Rain).
Low points were Gov. Pataki’s lame canned speech, Richard Gere’s retro-political comments, and poor Janet Jackson who seemed to be under the impression that it was her concert and everyone would know the words to her song.
All-in-all, though, an inspiring event.
It’s still running on the West Coast, and I’ve missed a bit of it, but I’ll catch it later on tape. For me, the most powerful songs were the first two, by Bowie. New or deeper meaning to the lines “They all came to look for America” and “We can be heroes just for one day”
Didn’t care much for Billy Joes or James Taylor, but that’s probably just me.
Varlos, Janet Jackson was not at Madison Square Gardens. She’s on tour right now and she was playing Philadelphia last night, IIRC. They simulcast the concert from there into MSqG. So the people they showed in the audience were herfans, who presumably would know the words to her songs. They simulcast what appeared to be the last song of the night and she was quite pumped up. Granted, it was a bit incongruous with what preceded it at MSqG, but I think it was understandable given the circumstances.
Lisa
P.S. Didn’t you notice how sweaty she was?
Loved the cop who invited bin Laden to “kiss my royal Irish ass” and then labeled him a “bitch.”
Just have to say that I saw the show (missed the first hour) at a Friday’s here. I had the remote to control the volume, and no one was going to get that thing from me. I don’t think the GM was very happy, but he dealt with it. Pretty fucking awesome show. I agree that The Who was the highlight and Adam Sandler was hilarious.
Does anyone know if VH1 is going to rerun the concert?
Better late than never. VH1 will be showing the concert tonight (Sept. 11) at 7:00 PM EST.
Check it out.
I saw the later part of the show on VH1 last night. Paul McCartney singing ‘Yesterday’ was pretty cool (from this old man’s eyes).
Fantastic concert! All the acts were great and played inspired sets. The Who was just flat out amazing. The high point for me was the guy from Five for Fighting performing ‘Superman (It Ain’t Easy)’ on the piano, accompanied by a Celloist. Man that guy is super talented. What a performance.
