Pre-Inauguration Concert

JWBear · 01-18-2009, 09:54 PM

Anybody else watch it?

CoasterMatt · 01-18-2009, 10:08 PM

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

Alex · 01-18-2009, 10:12 PM

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.

Snowflake · 01-18-2009, 10:31 PM

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.

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

CoasterMatt · 01-18-2009, 10:34 PM

I loved the kid that was asleep behind Obama.

Snowflake · 01-18-2009, 10:39 PM

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I loved the kid that was asleep behind Obama.

Me too, that was I believe his niece.

Stan4dSteph · 01-18-2009, 10:57 PM

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!

JWBear · 01-19-2009, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Snowflake

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.

The Washington DC Gay Men's Chorus.

JWBear · 01-19-2009, 12:35 AM

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

bewitched · 01-19-2009, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

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!

Tsk, tsk Steph on not keeping up with your U2 fandom

...(I was thinking of you while I was watching Mr. Mullen Jr.

)

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.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	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.
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