it be twenty year ago today . well not quite but it be twenty year ago this month that the world experience live aid that raise ten of million of dollar for famine relief in africa and bob geldof be the reincarnation of jesus . what a guy and and a the g8 leader get ready to meet in scotland sir bob get a few friend together to have concert all over the world to send out a message to the world leader to end poverty . i would not be cynical here because even the harsh critic recognises geldof be nothing but sincere and he will always visit africa to do his best regardless if there tv camera film him or not and but live 8 must be the most cynical concert event in historyfirst of the artist line up . hyde park have rem a band who have their best day behind them by about ten year . be they really a big name act . same a ub40 . at least with live aid we have the big act of the day take part even if most of them disappear from the radar soon afterwards . i mean who be velvet revolver or razorlight . be they off the stature queen or u2 be in 1985 . of course not . oh and what idiot think the who would be a welcome addition . pete townshend be ask to perform . no doubt gary glitter be upset his invite get lose in the post secondly the language . bob swore live on air in 1985 but he organise the life save world change concert so he can get away with it and but here we saw green day swear in a pre record piece from berlin while hyde park hear the f word come from velvet revolver ( i have still no idea who they be ) while snoop dogg continually rant on about a mother figure or something . i be no prude but all this take place well before the 9pm watershed . robbie williams too let out some colourful expletive but this be around 10 . 15 pm and be acceptable i guess . but even so the swearing show a lack of maturitylastly my major gripe be what the cause . live aid raise money via the £20 ticket for the concert and and the pledge and ten of million be raise but the concert goer for live 8 attend via a text messaging system and this mean the world wide concert be effectively free and no money be raise for ngo and the general public who unfortunately be ignorant on african affair go home still ignorant on african affair . one thing we do learn be that velvet revolver guitarist use to be in guns n rose and that mariah carey have a new single out . forgive me be cynical but aren not the big perhaps only winner on saturday 2nd july 2005 the artist who perform . i see the record sale of some act have rise by over 1 and 000 per cent theo youre so cynical you disgust me sorry that wasn not my intention but i do read in the press that all the artist at hyde park receive goody bag with content that cost several thousand pound while the african child who appear on stage with the artist get a free t shirt . oh and see a there all these kid die in africa because of lack of medical facility or clean drinking water i wonder how much money the performer spend on drink and drug that day . yup rock star be the sort of people who can really empathise with the starve soul of this world . i would not condemn them all of course because a i say geldof be a genuine living saint while other artist appear be genuinely care about the suffering in africa especially bono whose set with u2 be far superior to the performance see at wembly 1985 . but apart from that open moment live 8 be totally unfit to be compare to live aid .