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Geldof, rock's foremost diplomat, pioneered the modern benefit concert with Live Aid in 1985, a two-concert rock show that raised millions for the victims of famine in Ethiopia. Those shows, featuring the likes of Queen, Elton John, U2 and Rick Springfield, set the standard by which all future attempts by singers of three-minute pop songs to solve the world's troubles would be measured. Dozens of similar efforts have followed, most of them apparently featuring Mr. Daltrey.

The primary quibble with the last 20 years of rock philanthropy is fairly obvious -- namely that, despite a multitude of concerts, covering almost every major concern imaginable, and millions upon millions raised to combat said problems, the world remains a messy place wrought with war, crime, disease, inequality and general depravity. This is not specifically the fault of, say, Dido (a performer at Live 8 in 2005). White Flag was a nice enough song, but it wasn't going to save the world. And even Geldof, seemingly otherwise an idealist, appears to have realized his invention's limitations.

Live Earth, to its credit, is not aiming for salvation of the human species. It is merely aiming to raise awareness for the need for said salvation. This is an important distinction. As Gore recently told Rolling Stone, "The Live Earth concerts on July 7 represent the starting gun." In other words, he's not putting a gun to your head. He's merely firing it into the air in the hope you will start running.

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格尔多夫，岩石的首要外交家，从而开创了现代效益音乐会现场援助，在1985年，两演唱摇滚表明，提出了几百万，为受害的埃塞俄比亚饥荒。这些节目，展示了喜欢的皇后，艾顿庄， u2以及里克斯普林菲尔德，定标准，使今后所有企图歌手三分钟的流行歌曲，以解决世界上的麻烦，会加以衡量。几十个类似的努力都跟随，他们大多具有明显先生晚会。

小学狡辩与过去20年的摇滚慈善事业是相当明显-即指出，尽管众多的演唱会，几乎囊括所有主要关心的想象，和亿万提高战斗力的问题表示，世界仍是一个乱七八糟的地方，紧张得要命，同战争，犯罪，疾病，不平等和一般的堕落。这是不明确的过错，也就是说，乐（表演者在现场八方在2005年） 。白旗是一个不错够松，但它不是去拯救世界。甚至格尔多夫，否则看似是个理想主义者，似乎意识到他的发明的局限性。