Pre-Inauguration Concert
 

Anybody else watch it?

bad job on the audio from HBOHD - only watched a couple minutes, so Rose could see Jon Bon Jovi.

I did not. I saw five minutes of CNN watching an empty trains station yesterday and decided I was burned out on inauguration activities. The next time I want to see Obama will be when he is apologizing for having disappointed me after I put on a display of manufactured outrage over something or other.

Yes, I watched it and enjoyed it. Does anyone know which Gay Men's Chorus performed, I wish they'd been singing the main and not merely the backup to Josh Groban.

Bon Jovi was terrific, I thought. I think I even saw some faces I recognized in various crowd shots. That was cool.

I thought it was interesting to note that the second largest ovation from the crowd after Barack Obama was the roar that went up for Tiger Woods. :D

I loved Usher and Mary J. Blige and Herbie Hancock riffing Bob Marley

I loved the kid that was asleep behind Obama. :D

Me too, that was I believe his niece.

Sound was bad at the beginning. I watched the whole thing, and loved the two songs by U2. I was excited because I thought it was only going to be Bono!

The Washington DC Gay Men's Chorus.

I just realized the HBO edited-out Bishop Robinson's Invocation!!! BASTARDS!!!

Tsk, tsk Steph on not keeping up with your U2 fandom ;) ...(I was thinking of you while I was watching Mr. Mullen Jr. :D )

I was very proud that they (Bono) included the Palestinians in their invocation of freedom being a universal desire:

"Let freedom ring...This is not just an American dream, also an Irish dream, a European dream, an African dream … an Israeli dream ... and also a Palestinian dream."

That aside, I absolutely loved Jon Bon Jovi's duet with the amazing Betty LaVette. Also impressed with Garth Brooks rendition of American Pie.