As if the failure of Al Gore's Live Earth concerts in July wasn't enough, a musical fiesta is being prepared to honor the new Nobel Laureate after he receives his Peace prize in December.
I don't know about you, but I can't wait!
As hysterically announced by Star Pulse Wednesday (h/t Ecorazzi, emphasis added):
Uma Thurman will join Tommy Lee Jones as co-host of the Nobel Peace Concert honoring former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s climate change panel, organizers announced Wednesday. The Dec. 11 concert, held the day after the Nobel Peace Prize is presented in Oslo, draws top music and film stars, and is broadcast to more than 100 countries, a news release said.
Organizers earlier announced that Jones, who was Gore's roommate at Harvard University, would be one of the concert's hosts. The lineup of performers includes Alicia Keys, Annie Lennox and Melissa Etheridge, who won an Academy Award this year for the song ''I Need to Wake Up,'' which was featured in Gore's environmental documentary ''An Inconvenient Truth.''
Does anyone recall prior Nobel Peace Prize recipients having concerts honoring their work?
I must have missed Mother Teresa and Yasser Arafat boogieing on stage with the Bee Gees!
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Eye drops and hard time reading screen
November 14, 2007 - 13:21 ET by FastEdalgore is gonna have pizza pies? and he's getting on a stage? and boogie in his pj's?
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
When I win my Nobel Peace
November 14, 2007 - 13:24 ET by Hero SquadWhen I win my Nobel Peace Prize, I'm going to invite Gwar to my post award concert party. That'll be fun.
**My Daughter at the WWII Memorial
Al's lost weight! looking
November 14, 2007 - 13:56 ET by TruthMongerAl's lost weight! looking good...
Talk about understatement...
November 14, 2007 - 14:01 ET by MightyMouthHe's lost a whole person TM.
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
He was hornswaggled into
November 14, 2007 - 14:24 ET by KarmaHe was hornswaggled into losing weight by reading Leons posts here at NB.
Maybe Gore IS Leon? They
November 14, 2007 - 15:23 ET by MightyMouthMaybe Gore IS Leon?
They both have about the same intellectual..er..density.
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
looks like he lost a tooth
November 14, 2007 - 14:28 ET by TruthMongerlooks like he lost a tooth as well - he's a TOUGH GUY:)
Al does know the blues that's fer sure
W stole my election...
and my tv network too...
looks great in a flight suit...
WHAT'S A TRUE GENIUS LIKE ME TO DOOOOO???????
Vin...
di...
ca...
tion...
Gimme fake prizes, and attention, and love-love-love!!!!!
I got the happy guy blues
I got the happy guy blues
Lord have mercy
(guitar solo - hoodle-hoodle-hoodle...)
Happy Guy Blues, ASCAP 2007, Total TM Records
All Rights Reserved, any un-authorized duplication and distribution is pretty much beyond my control:)
Al Gores Concert/
November 14, 2007 - 15:12 ET by merlin61A SONG FOR THE CONCERT
I am Al Gore, I am a w____(rhymes w/Gore)
I sold "global warming" because I'm brainstorming.
Now I can make money and really be rich.
Just one lucky son of a ________.
Y'all are gonna make it so. I'm really gonna
make the dough.
Does that mean
November 14, 2007 - 15:05 ET by FastEdHis carbon footprint is getting smaller too?!?
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
YES!!!!
November 14, 2007 - 14:53 ET by sunandsteelGWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!
I am so there!!!
Texas has a population of nearly 21 million people, all of whom are ashamed to be from the same state as the Dixie Chicks. (IMAO.us)
Will they be holding it in "Greenland"
November 14, 2007 - 13:32 ET by vrwc13Will they be holding it in "Greenland" since it is green again due to GW?
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These clowns were college
November 14, 2007 - 13:37 ET by KillgraveThese clowns were college room-mates?
Are they going to resume their arguments about underwear on the floor, whose turn was it to buy the beer, and the nixed proposal that one "get lost" during the weekend the other's out-of-town girlfriend visited?
Then the row climaxes with Gore bellowing about being an ex-vice president, presidential candidate, oscar winner, and now nobel laureat, and Jones loudly retorting "I DON'T CARE!!!"
Yes there was another concert for a Peace Prize winner
November 14, 2007 - 13:57 ET by greenfairieDoes anyone recall prior Nobel Peace Prize recipients having concerts honoring their work?
Yep. There was one for Jimmah Carter when he won a few years ago. I don't remember the lineup but I don't think there were any Israeli performers ;).
So they are going to have
November 14, 2007 - 14:03 ET by Mean Gene Dr. LoveSo they are going to have another concert? I would imagine that includes:
Did I miss anything? Oh yeah, another encore performance of Al Gore's (and Co.) rampant HYPOCRISY.
"There are millions of people in Iraq who have sacrificed in the hope that the United States will finish its work here. We should never forget that." -- Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, Commander U.S. III Corps
LEON
November 14, 2007 - 14:16 ET by Six String SpiffHey Leon, what chord is Gore (?) playing? This should be a piece of cake for any true guitarist.
Hint: It's a 7th
Islamic Religious Services Will Be Held at the Firing Range At 0800 Daily.
Can't really tell
November 14, 2007 - 15:07 ET by FastEdbut isn't he "unplugged"??
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Isn't that actually John
November 14, 2007 - 15:26 ET by rx4musicIsn't that actually John Mayer with a manbearpig mask on?? ;^)
Didn't Al Gore invent the
November 14, 2007 - 15:33 ET by indianaconservativeDidn't Al Gore invent the guitar?
I'm sure in a few years
November 14, 2007 - 14:37 ET by Free ThinkerI'm sure in a few years Congress will earmark some money to build a museum to comemorate Live Gore 1 and 2.
Etheridge
November 14, 2007 - 14:40 ET by NiallMelissa Etheridge is a sychophant of the first order....she worships Al Gore.
Maybe they should have a
November 14, 2007 - 15:19 ET by danboMaybe they should have a concert to honor a true hero. And woman of peace. The rightheous gentile Irean Sendler.
Unfortunately, at 95, she probably won't be a gift to this world for many years.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
Please Noel, make it stop.
November 14, 2007 - 15:54 ET by bassndudePlease Noel, make it stop. Make it stop.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Forgot to thank Noel...
November 14, 2007 - 16:16 ET by rx4musicfor the Zappa reference... More need to hear Frank or need to hear more Frank!
rx4
November 14, 2007 - 18:04 ET by Noel Sheppardrx4,
I'm glad somebody clicked the link. I originally had a ten minute video version circa 1981 embedded, but thought some might find the lyrics a bit too much. This was not one of my favorite albums. However, Torture was a good song to see him do live: http://www.youtube.c...
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Cool link Noel...
November 14, 2007 - 21:24 ET by rx4musicA very young looking Steve Vai and Chad Wackerman! I saw both of them recently. Vai was playing at one the Indian casinos and Chad was backing up Alan Holdsworth. About a week before Vai, Dweezil came through at the House of Blues doing the Zappa play Zappa tour. I have a friend, Mike Kineally, who used to tour with Frank, Dweezil AND Vai (on the G3 tour among others). I met Frank a couple of times before he died. His section is one of the biggest in my music collection...(about 35 or 40 selections). Here's a link to my favorite Frank song...
Please excuse me
November 14, 2007 - 17:42 ET by QueenMumI find it necessary to retire to the vomitorium.
Power to the people!
Is that really Al Goron?
November 14, 2007 - 18:09 ET by Trix RabbitIs that really Al Goron? It looks more like Brian Wilson circa 1963.
Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell
Noel, I sicerely hope that what I think I'm reading in your arti
November 14, 2007 - 21:48 ET by Dave RNoel, I sincerely hope that what I think I'm reading in your article is due to the current state of delirium I currently find myself in due to the fact that my internal body temperature is now approaching the level of near combustability.
If I wake up tomorrow (and that is assuming I ever wake up again) and your article is still here, that will mean that Sir Albert the Gore is actually going to make another attempt at this hideous insanity.
What a Gomer.
'Night, all.
Tommy Lee Jones - one of my
November 15, 2007 - 10:58 ET by misterbee241Tommy Lee Jones - one of my favorites, always thought he rated right up there with Clint Eastwood. Now he's gone over to the dark side. Guess I'll have to burn my Lonesome Dove tapes.