Live 8 couch potatoness

[rebness]

It was incredibly easy to remain cynical about Live 8 when Will Smith tried to rally people across America, Europe and Asia to click their fingers, then to spoil the moment by going on and on about his hometown. The concept of the three-second thing resonates, but it's too easy to dismiss the concerts as a stunt or ultimately worthless (as alleged in the media) when one doesn't have to put faces to the dead.

It was quite another thing when Bob Geldof brought on a beautiful young Ethiopian woman who was captured on film as a mere baby close to death from starvation, declaring that she had survived through the help of Live Aid. Oh, God. Please let more lives be saved because of this. We owe it to that gorgeous young woman who spoke so earnestly.

Still not buying Madonna's new accent, though.

ETA: Peter Kay-- LMFAO!! He's going to be in so much trouble. >:)

Comments

[rebness.livejournal.com]

She talks...very...slowly...so...that...she'll...get...the...British...accent...right, not realising we actually speak quite fast and low.

However, that said... I'm glad she's given her time for Live 8. She should just sing rather than speak. ;)

[ladydaydream.livejournal.com]

As she's so good with her ahem standard English accent, I reckon she should try doing a regional British accent. Perhaps Noddy Holder or Ozzy Osbourne could be her role models!

Owright...ow...am...yow?*

*= Hi, how are you? (Translation from the Midlands dialect into English)