20年前，樂手Bob Geldof看見非洲飢荒的消息，發動了史上最大型的籌款活動Live Aid。1億美元的善款，或許是杯水車薪，救活不了數以十萬計的災民。可是這史無前例的演出陣容，帶動了傳媒的廣泛報導，讓活在富裕社會的人聽見活在另一世界的一群的哀號，當日唸小學的我，看見那骨瘦嶙峋、肚子鼓脹的影像，今天仍歷歷在目。
由2個場地，變成8個場地，Live 8應該比Live Aid觸目四倍才對，我竟然只是無意識的亂按搖控鍵，誤闖這個歷史時刻！
20年，不獨規模大了，視野也開闊了。From Charity to Justice隱含著層次的提升：從集液成裘的募捐運動，變成對財富分配不均的批判；從喚醒個人憐憫，化為追求社會公義；由呼籲民間籌集資源，變為向富裕國家領袖施壓，免除貧國債項、推動公平貿易。
Live 8的消息傳出以來，很多人質疑Bob，這樣做有用嗎？台上播出20年前災民的片段，片段最後的鏡頭，是一個依在父親懷中的垂死女孩特寫，Bob說：「就是我們20年前做的事，上星期這個女孩剛完成了農業課程考試」接著這個女孩走到台的中央，在全場感動的掌聲中與Bob擁抱，接著女孩與Madonna擁吻，在天后Like A Prayer的歌聲中走回後台......
我們會常常問：這樣做有用嗎？這樣能改變現實嗎？
我們以為上帝不再聽禱告，以為奇蹟不再。
奇蹟就在我們卻步時溜走了。
令我想起今年的七一。
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I also watch part of the Live * on TV and on internet.
I think 7.1 and Live Aid or Live 8 are totally different thing. I don't think if I don't "walk", I didn't make a dream happen. I need to sure why I take the action, and what does it for. Sometime the focus is off as we covered ourself with slogan.
我當然明白7.1與Live 8是兩碼子的事。我只是認為，今天的人，特別是香港人，太計算結果了。但偉大的歷史往往都是意外而生的。
69年的胡士托，我相信參加的人都只是想「睇騷」，沒想到哪成為了音樂史上最大型的音樂會，更沒有人能估計它竟成了愛與和平的圖騰！
03年的71，也是一樣。你和我都只是想到維園用雙腿表達意見，沒想過真的改變甚麼，有誰想到有50萬人會擁到街上，有誰想到23條真的給拉下馬，有誰想到中央因此調整對港政策，有誰想到變成了人民力量的圖騰，一代港人的共同記憶。
我想，現代人都講求certainty！但上帝的工作，或奇蹟的發生，大抵在uncertainty才會出現。
Actually Live 8 isn't a big issue in US. I think it is much better in Europe. By the way, I don't really enjoy the line up... haha
Ha ha. 我都麻麻o架咋，不竟不是Gatonbury或Lollapalooza！
最想睇就肯定係Roger Waters回歸的Pink Floyd啦！唔知VHS有冇錄到呢？
I also 'accidentally' discovered that Live8 was on World Channel -- as I was wondering whether it was covered in any media at all, I looked up the programme listings in all channels and found it hidden in a small corner. Alas, there was so little promotion and attention from the media -- and even from the channel which carried it.
The Hong Kong society and media has become more 'inward-looking' than ever. This is what I feel from these brief days here. If you ask me what is THE big issue for the world today, I would say it is the 3rd world debt problem. The G8 Summit in Ednburgh, the 'Making Poverty History' campaign, Live8, etc are all about this. Yet Hong Kong media are so indfferent -- TV news and most newspapers only mention them briefly as a sideline, until the noon time TVB news on 3 July.
In contrast, 20 years ago, at least Live Aid was covered prominently in the HK media. Now, the scale of the project has become moew massive but the coverage in HK is just minimal. World Channel has not even given it prominent promotion. Alas.
EVERYTHING ABOUT LIVE8:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/thelive8event/
我時常跟人說，葉特生年代的香港早晨，每週都發放UK Chart，Billboard，還有日本Oricon，小學就看這些音樂資訊成長呢。不過，大部份人的反應是：唔係嘛？
現在的新聞，外地消息的份量或許跟以前沒有太大改變，只是大陸新聞佔的比重極高。如果G8有胡溫的份兒，相信篇幅與會極多！
又不至於葉特生年代的香港早晨，週末任你點之後仍有Keep，不過也不知有多少觀眾收看。
我想現在大家也不能單從local media中吸收了。是否網絡的發達，反叫local media收縮（視野上）。
說真的，我與熙回港最大的恐懼，就是香港的新聞、傳媒。
I believe the market demand dictates what is supplied in the media. Hong Kong people (as a whole) has become more introverted than before, concerned about or even preoccupied with their own selves rather than anything else -- this is true with the general public, the media, the church, etc. Dr Choi (of Breakthrough) was right when he commented some years ago that Hong Kong has become tribalised rather than globalised.
BTW, KK, President Hu Jin Tao IS part of the G8+ Summit in Edinburgh. But since he is still in Russia at the moment, the HK media is following him in that country. So, the massive coverage of G8 is to come a few days later ... perhaps!
BBC1整天做直播.我間斷地看了一會.
由早一晚開始,市面的交通已經好繁忙,因為人人趕住去Hyde Park等入場.BBC主要當然係播Hyde Park最多,但也見到其他地方的直播,e.g.Berlin, Canada, Eden Project.
我覺得Bob好厲害.點解可以以音樂發起一個咁大的運動,又點解咁多人會響應?
有時都會想,如果唔係過左來英國讀書,在這裡生活,個世界真係仲細;因為香港個環境根本唔能夠比自己接觸到個世界多一點點.在這裡,每天所接觸的,好像都在催迫自己要認識多點不同的事物--我的世界仍是很小,但最少,真的擴闊了點點視野.
Really include President Hu??? The list of G8 including France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US, the UK, Canada and Russia. What is the place of China???
流行音樂在西方社會，一直都是回應社會的重要媒介，60年代的反戰運動是很好的例子。可是，即使如香港這樣相對自由的華人社會，流行文化總是風花說月。
昨天看MTV的Live 8專輯，看見Bob與Tony Blair一同出席一個電視節目討論交流。一個藝人與一國之首公開討論世界大事的畫面，在中國的土壤上，似乎是沒有可能。
Bob因為20年前的貢獻封爵，今天依然敢於發表異見。反觀香港獲頒勳章的都是親政府人士，授勳制度就是「益自己友」的工具，唉！
Most of the time, the G8 summits would invite the leaders of a few prominent non G8 countries to join in their 'extended meetings'. As China is the fastest growing economy in the world today, everybody wants to befriend it.
According to Peoples' Daily English Edition:
'In Scotland, Hu will attend an informal meeting among leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations and five developing countries -- China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico, to discuss issues including global economy and climate change.'
(http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200507/04/eng20050704_193846.html
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Also, I'd prefer to follow the British media and be more respectful in calling people by their appropritate title. The BBC always say 'Lord Geldof' and 'Prime Minister Tony Blair' or 'the PM', rather than just calling their first names. (In a similar way, US media always call GW 'President Bush' and not George.)
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