Are you watching the "Shelter From The Storm" benefit concert?

[gristy]

Neil Young singing now. His voice seems clearer than some years past. Just beautiful.

[nine23]

1. Not a dry eye in our house...

[benny05]

35. likewise

Dr. John performance.. and Green Day's song, "Wake me up when September ends" interpersed with images of people who suffered from the hurricane also brought tears to my eyes.

[SeattleGirl]

2. Yeah

Me and my husband's "allergies" are acting up, especialy affecting our eyes.

[Tripper11]

3. West coast here....

Paul Simon on now...when does Neil come on?

[gristy]

5. 10 minutes ago

sorry... :(

[Tripper11]

8. Awwww...crap!

OH well...I'll find it online somewhere soon enough

[gristy]

4. Paul Simon now.

Man, oh man.

[speedoo]

6. Mariah Carey is horrible.

She does not belong with these great performers. Absolutely pathetic.

[NoSheep]

24. as usual. sad.

[One_of_8]

30. Gave me a chance to go to the bathroom though

Ellen Degeneres made me cry too. I didn't know she was from New Orleans.

[TomInTib]

7. You know there is another one tomorrow.....

Stones et al

[me b zola]

9. the jazz that was just playing in the background

right before Sheryl Crow began to sing was Louie Armstrong's "Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans"

[donheld]

14. I love Sheryl Crow

What a class act.

[Zodiak]

32. Sheryl Crow to Joan Rivers:

"Nothing says "Peace" like diamonds"

Classy.

[speedoo]

15. Were they the same guys who played right after Paul Simon?

That's one great band.

[me b zola]

23. No. This was background music as someone was making a statement

[kitkat65]

21. I told my boyfriend I'd love a jazz funeral listening to that. n/t

[omega minimo]

10. DAVE GROHL!!!!!!!!!!

:yourock:

[MellowOne]

11. Chris Rock

Did Chris Rock say, "Bush hates niggers" under his breath right before he started his script?

[speedoo]

13. I believe he said: "Bush hates midgets." n/t

[MellowOne]

19. I taped it as well

It sure sounds like he says niggers. But he says it really low and it's not clear. Why would he say midgets, doesn't make sense.

[Spike from MN]

31. FWIW, it came across on closed captioning as "midgets."

I didn't have the volume up so I really can't say what it sounded like. Closed captioning is often a bit off -- and quite often downright hilarious. For instance, the past week or so, if someone said the phrase "Department of Homeland Security", it showed up on CC as "department of homicide" or, more often, just "homicide." Pretty goddamned appropriate if you ask me.

[MellowOne]

38. LOL that is appropriate!n/t

[texpatriot2004]

12. I taped it. I loved Kanye's song. Is there a link? n/t

[me b zola]

16. a large portion of it was censored

I watched the earlier broadcast, and they did more camera censoring this time!!!!!!

It was so moving!! I saw the anger and rage in his face. Also, he threw the black power fist after he finished. Great performance, too bad we only got to see/hear a portion of it.

[Skip Intro]

18. Lyrics to the song - "Jesus Walks"

these are lyics as found on the net. Whether its what he sang tonight, that was muted, I dunno....

We need to recruit all the soldiers
All of God's soldiers
We at war
We at war with society ,with racism, terrosism, and most of all we at war wit ourselves
(Jesus Walks)
God show me the way because the Devil's trying to break me down
(Jesus Walks with me) with me with me with me

You know what the Midwest is?
Young & Restless
Where restless might snatch yo necklace
And next these might jack yo Lexus
Somebody tell these who Kanye West is
I walk through the valley of the shadow of death is
Top floor, the view alone will leave you breathless
Uhhhh!
Try to catch it
Uhhhh!
It's kinda hard
Getting choked by the detectives yeah yeah now check the method
They be asking us questions, harassin', arrest us
Saying "We eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast."
Huh? Ya'll eat pieces of shit? What's the basis?
We ain't going nowhere but got suits and cases
A trunk full of coke, rental car from Avis
My momma used to say only Jesus can save us
Well momma, I know I act a fool
But I'll be gone till November I got packs to move, I Hope

(Jesus Walk)
God show me the way because the Devil's tryna to break me down
(Jesus Walk) with me)
The only thing that I pray is that me feet don't fail me now
(Jesus Walk)
And I don't think there is nothing I can do now ta, right my wrongs
(Jesus Walk with me)
I wanna talk to God but I'm afraid because we ain't spoke in so long

(Jesus Walk)
God show me the way because the Devil's tryna to break me down
(Jesus Walk with me)
The only thing that I pray is that me feet don't fail me now
(Jesus Walk)
And I don't think there is nothing I can do now to right my wrongs
(Jesus Walk)
I want to talk to God but I'm afraid because we ain't spoke in so long.


To the hustlas, killas, murderas, drug dealas even tha strippers jesus walks with them
To the victims of Welfare for we living in hell here, hell yeah, jesus walks with them
Now hear ye hear ye want to see Thee more clearly
I know He hear me when my feet get weary
Cuz we're the almost nearly extinct
We rappers is role models, we rap we don't think
I ain't here to argue about his facial features
Or here to convert atheists into believers
I'm just trying to say the way school need teachers
The way Kathy Lee needed Regis, that's the way I need Jesus
So here go my single dawg radio needs this
They say you can rap-about-anything except for Jesus
That means guns, sex, lies, video tapes
But if I talk about God my record won't get played, Huh?
Well if this take away from my spins
Which will probably take away from my ends
and i hope it take away from my sins
and bring the day that I dream about
Next time I'm in the club everybody screamin out

(Jesus Walks)
God show me the way because the devil's tryna break me down
(Jesus Walks)
The only thing that I pray is that my feet don't fail me now

[speedoo]

He made some changes tonight.

Put in some lyrics re. Katrina. Some stuff re. people in the Superdome, etc.

[texpatriot2004]

36. Oh WOW. Thanks for sharing the lyrics. I really appreciate it.

The song is SO POWERFUL. In fact, I heard it on the radio some time ago, like NPR or Democracy Now or something like that. It gave me goose bumps then and it still does. When I heard it then, I didn't know who Kanye West was. I have an immense amount of respect for him now. I am a white person but Kanye is right. * doesn't care about Black people. (I love that song too). Thanks again.

[me b zola]

22. Now compare this

Here are a few of the changes that were notable because they were not censored:



" Well Momma, I know I act a fool, but a flood came now we've got to move"

~and~

"I can only imagine (pause) I can only imagine if I couldn't talk to my mother, if I didn't know where my mother was, if I didn't know where my family was"

"If I had to, if I had to lose my home, if I had to stay in the Superdome, if I lost where I stayed..."

[texpatriot2004]

37. Ah, I see. Thanks for the info eh. n/t

[SeattleGirl]

17. Who's on now?

Wearing a hat, playing piano. I know who it is but CANNOT think of his name!

[suffragette]

25. Dr. John

Usually so exuberant and now so sad.

It looks like his nephew died and some of his family are missing:
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/dr%20john%20loses%20nephew%20in%20katrina

And from him in this article, referring to the way the wetlands were allowed to disappear:
http://www.edmontonsun.com/Entertainment/Music/2005/09/08/1207122-sun.html
"It makes me think of what my friend Rev. Goat just told me, 'Let me say this before it goes any further. New Orleans didn't die of natural causes, she was murdered.' "

[SeattleGirl]

27. Thanks.

It actually came to me just a bit ago. It was stuck in the back of my mind. I recognized his voice immediately.

That's so sad about his nephew. I hope he can locate the other missing family members.

[annagull]

28. So sorry for Daddy Mac's loss

let him know many of us have our thoughts and our prayers w/ him, we are also outraged by everything, mostly by people star -ving, hungry and desolete.

[suffragette]

33. I'm sorry for his loss. too.

But I don't know him. Just a fan who stumbled across those links earlier today.

[Jade Fox]

20. Was that the Persuasions singing with Rod Stewart?

The Persuasion are wonderful.

[OneBlueSky]

34. actually, I think it was the Fairfield Four . . .

(who are actually five) . . . they did a couple of numbers on John Fogarty's first comeback CD a couple of years ago and have been receiving a lot of notice ever since . . .

[MaggieSwanson]

26. I was working the phone lines for the telethon...

Just catching a re-broadcast now.

[crispini]

29. thank you!

:applause:

[texpatriot2004]

39. Anyone know if they are going to sell the CD like they did after

the 9-11 concert?