U2 appeared on the MTV, VH1 and CMT’s ‘ReAct Now: Music & Relief,’ a multi-artist, multi-genre, multi-platform special as part of an ongoing Hurricane Katrina relief campaign. Other artists perfforming included Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Kanye West, Sheryl Crow, Paul McCartney, The Neville Brothers, Trent Reznor, Green Day, Usher, Alicia Keys, Buckwheat Zydeco and Allen Toussaint.
U2 played Love and Peace or Else from the – empty – arena in Toronto. Instead of his usual ‘Co-exist’ bandana, Bono put on one that simply said ‘Help’ and partly changed the song’s lyrics to: ‘Lay down your guns, all you K-marters, all you Americans.’
Money raised will go towareds The American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, America’s Second Harvest and similar organizations.
Video of the performances can be viewed on and downloaded from the MTV website. The site also offers unaired performances by Beck, Trent Reznor (looking more and more like Jools Holland), the Rolling Stones, and others.
Does anybody have direct links to these? The site is misbehaving for me because I run Unix.
Does anybody have direct links to these? The site is misbehaving for me because I run Unix.
Aside from the good purpose of the performance..both LAPOE and One we’re beautifully captured on camera…amazing!
Aside from the good purpose of the performance..both LAPOE and One we’re beautifully captured on camera…amazing!
Hopefully someone will be able to have just the U2 portion of the show soon. I get no video…
🙁
Hopefully someone will be able to have just the U2 portion of the show soon. I get no video…
🙁
Does anyone have links directly to the video download files? They have stupid browser & plugin checks that won’t serve the content to Linux visitors.
Does anyone have links directly to the video download files? They have stupid browser & plugin checks that won’t serve the content to Linux visitors.
hello, chitlets. any mac mirror thingamy for us here? canneh view it, freakin’ windoze. ta!
hello, chitlets. any mac mirror thingamy for us here? canneh view it, freakin’ windoze. ta!
Found it – Windows Media file:
http://www.u2place.net/multimedia/20050910_lapoe_reactnow.wmv
Found it – Windows Media file:
http://www.u2place.net/multimedia/20050910_lapoe_reactnow.wmv
WOW! After I finally got to see the video what a great performance. The band seem really tight.
Two things strike me about this clip:
1. Is it me or is the B-Man’s onstage persona looking more and more like The Fly again?
2. At the end, when Bono slams the sticks, did he catch one in the face?
WOW! After I finally got to see the video what a great performance. The band seem really tight.
Two things strike me about this clip:
1. Is it me or is the B-Man’s onstage persona looking more and more like The Fly again?
2. At the end, when Bono slams the sticks, did he catch one in the face?
I have to agree with elevation_man. Bono’s vocals were amazing! I didn’t see him catch a stick in the face. His tenacity was awesome to see on that floor tom…
I’ve still got chills.
I have to agree with elevation_man. Bono’s vocals were amazing! I didn’t see him catch a stick in the face. His tenacity was awesome to see on that floor tom…
I’ve still got chills.
thankyou elevation_man. and that was definitely the stick in the face! watch for Bono’s latest fashion crime – the eyepatch. arrrr.
thankyou elevation_man. and that was definitely the stick in the face! watch for Bono’s latest fashion crime – the eyepatch. arrrr.
LaPoE//ReAct Now
MTVのカトリーナ被災チャリティーでのパフォーマンスは"Love And Peace Or Else"でした。
意外といえば意外な選択。
[http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/ MTVウェブサイト]で早速見られるんですが、
LaPoE//ReAct Now
MTVのカトリーナ被災チャリティーでのパフォーマンスは"Love And Peace Or Else"でした。
意外といえば意外な選択。
[http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/ MTVウェブサイト]で早速見られるんですが、
sometimes i get the chills, but then i put a sweater on and everything is okay. i will say that after watching the video i decided to go back and switch my Pop cd-cover from showing Larry to Adam.
sometimes i get the chills, but then i put a sweater on and everything is okay. i will say that after watching the video i decided to go back and switch my Pop cd-cover from showing Larry to Adam.
Thanks for the point to the link to the standalone video.
I suppose the changed lines are more in the lines of Elevation Leg 1 Bowling for Columbineness rather than the current context (ie looters/militias) in New Orleans. I will say no more, and hey he picks the songs/lyrics not me. 🙂
Thanks for the point to the link to the standalone video.
I suppose the changed lines are more in the lines of Elevation Leg 1 Bowling for Columbineness rather than the current context (ie looters/militias) in New Orleans. I will say no more, and hey he picks the songs/lyrics not me. 🙂
Cool. Thanks for posting that link. Does anybody have the other performers? I’d really like to see Beck’s perf.
Cool. Thanks for posting that link. Does anybody have the other performers? I’d really like to see Beck’s perf.
From the MTV website:
“Detecting OS…
In order to offer a broad selection of full-length music videos on-demand and free of charge, MTV Overdrive uses Windows Digital Rights Management (DRM) to protect videos from unauthorized re-distribution.
Unfortunately, Microsoft’s Windows Media Player Plug-in for Macintosh does not support Windows DRM. If DRM support becomes available for Macintosh, MTV will develop a version of MTV Overdrive that works on a Mac.”
Here we go, the decade of digital discrimination has begun! Now let’s see how U2 interpretate COEXIST on this matter…
From the MTV website:
“Detecting OS…
In order to offer a broad selection of full-length music videos on-demand and free of charge, MTV Overdrive uses Windows Digital Rights Management (DRM) to protect videos from unauthorized re-distribution.
Unfortunately, Microsoft’s Windows Media Player Plug-in for Macintosh does not support Windows DRM. If DRM support becomes available for Macintosh, MTV will develop a version of MTV Overdrive that works on a Mac.”
Here we go, the decade of digital discrimination has begun! Now let’s see how U2 interpretate COEXIST on this matter…
Larrys backvocals were cool! He could be a singer in a metalband 🙂
Larrys backvocals were cool! He could be a singer in a metalband 🙂
That was a good performance. Can’t wait to see them Oct. 19th and 20th!
That was a good performance. Can’t wait to see them Oct. 19th and 20th!
thanks for the link, e_man.
that was what i was hoping for on network tv! nicely done, boys.
remember when U2 sat in a k-mart and announced popmart? my, how times have changed.
thanks for the link, e_man.
that was what i was hoping for on network tv! nicely done, boys.
remember when U2 sat in a k-mart and announced popmart? my, how times have changed.