Live Earth returns, now as a CD/2-DVD set
Even most non-enviros tuned into to bits of the Live Earth concerts to catch their favorites among the 150 musical acts that performed worldwide on July, 7, 2007 to raise awareness for the climate crisis. The concerts were kind of hard to miss, actually, what with the live web coverage and the uploaded videos on MSN and the like.
But if you somehow missed it entirely, or still haven't gotten enough, a CD/2DVD package "Live Earth -- The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis" is coming out tomorrow, Dec. 4, 2007, from Warner Bros. Records. All the big name performances -- Linkin Park, Metallica, Smashing Pumpkins, Black-Eyed Peas, Kelly Clarkson, Dave Matthews Band, Foo Fighters, John Mayer, Keith Urban, Beastie Boys, Rihanna, etc. -- are on there. Al Gore, Cameron Diaz, and Kevin Bacon also each make an appearance, introducing artists and giving props to environmental issues.
I kind of liked watching the concerts on a bigger TV screen, versus streamed through a teeny little box on my computer screen -- though seeing it blown up made me think that the constant enviro-messaging going on behind the performances got rather annoying. Even more annoying were the additional enviro-messages that I had to wait to slowly pop up before letting me move to the next screen on the DVD navigation menu. Still, I discovered some new performers I hadn't checked out before, and reconfirmed why I don't like some of the big name pop musical acts --
My favorite performances? Unexpectedly, Bon Jovi's "Dead or Alive," and Madonna's "La Isla Bonita." They took me back to way back when -- when all my girlfriends knew all the words and the guys started trying to pick up guitar -- before we all moved on to Nirvana.
The package also has six short films from the Live Earth Film Series
and a documentary on the making of Live Earth. If you just want the CD,
it's available now at iTunes and other digital music stores. Net proceeds from the sale of the package benefit the Alliance for Climate Protection.
Image courtesy of Live Earth
