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From: wimp@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Jeff Haferman)
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Subject: Re: Dylan the Dork  at "LIVE AID"
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Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 21:23:53 EDT
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In Response To:  Dave Peak






> Did I hear right on saturday night ?
> Did Dylan suggest that 1 or 2 million dollars of
> the "Live Aid" proceeds be used to help farmers
> in N.Dakota help pay their mortgages to stop 
> foreclosure by the banks.

Yes, you did. (Though I didn't hear North Dakota specifically mentioned)


> The immediate aim is to allieviate people
> starving to death, pure and simple !

Exactly.  That was the purpose of Live_Aid.  However, I don't think that
Dylan hoped for people to actually carry through with his suggestion. 
Call it "food for thought."  All the teeny-boppers in the audience sure-
as-hell knew that people were starving somewhere in Africa,  but lest we
not forget that we do have some problems at home, also.

 

> Now down the road helping these farmers with their
> mortgages MAY help in keeping low cost food 
> available for starving peoples but not NOW !

This is silly.  It will help keep food available period!   For you and me
and the guy down the street.

"but not NOW!"??  Gee, let's wait until the banks have foreclosed all of
these mortgages, then let's get concerned.  What do you mean "not now?"



>
> I think the fool was totally out of order !

I disagree.  I am a Dylan fan, but I don't always agree with what he has to
say.  However, being that he agreed to play at this concert would lead me to
believe that he supports the idea behind it.  Don't you think so?  


> I thought the "heroin 3" was a pretty tacky
> lead-in to the closing number.


I thought the closing number was going to make everyone in the room puke.
The message of the song is fine,  but its melody is sickening.

But, Wood/Dylan/Richards were absolutely fantastic in my opinion.
So some people don't like great acoustic guitar.  Also, where do
you get "heroin 3?"  It's been suggested that Wood and Richards
have done lots of heroin in the past (but they are still great
musicians--> I won't compare them to K.B. or J.S.B.), but I don't
think most people have ever thought of Dylan as a heroin freak.
You can come up with something more creative than "heroin 3," can't
you?

I don't know what was so tacky about their performance.  Maybe someone
can explain it to me.



I enjoyed the concert for the most part.  Madonna was fun to see, funny
to listen to,  Temptations were great,  Mick and Tina allright!
CSNY surprising,  The Who sounded pretty good.  Stairway to Heaven
was nice to hear,  but Plant is showing his age.

Complaints-->  Dick Clark.  Send him to Africa as food.
               Too many commercials. (But the Lou Reed one was great)




Flame me back.  I'm ready.

Jeff Haferman.