Thursday, July 14, 2005

Why I love the Internet:

On AOL, not only can you watch the entire Live 8 Concert (who'd want to do that?) you can also selectively watch any of the artists' entire performances. That's good for me given that I liked only about 1 out of every 20 performers.

Some notable performances that you didn't see on MTV or VHI, Neil Young gives a masterful performance -- first time I have heard his beautiful song, "When God Made Me."

Also Deep Purple rocked. Purple were never one of my favorites; although I always recognized them as a solid, innovative band with great performers. Their line-up constantly changed over the years. And even now, two key members are no longer in the band: guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (gone for a while) and keyboardist Jon Lord (only recently left). However, they have been replaced by even better musicians. On keys, Don Airey, and on guitar, the mighty Steve Morse, arguably the greatest living instrumental rock guitarist.

And of course, you can watch the entire Pink Floyd set uninterrupted by commercials.

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