Benefit For Hurrican Sandy Victims is on now....

[LoungeMachine]

I know it's for a good cause, but seriously?

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/paul-mccartney-subbing-kurt-cobain-nirvana-reunites-article-1.1218363

Nirvana's Dave Grohl asked McCartney to join him and Krist Novoselic on stage for the special 12-12-12 event, according to The Sun.

"I didn't really know who they were," the 70-year-old Beatles legend told The Sun. "They are saying how good it is to be back together. I said, 'Whoa? You guys haven't played together for all that time? And somebody whispered to me, 'That's Nirvana. You're Kurt.' I couldn't believe it."

Cobain and Novoselic formed Nirvana in the late 1980s, and Grohl joined in 1990 as drummer. The Seattle grunge band's brief but impressive run ended in 1994 with Cobain's suicide. Later that year, Grohl formed the hugely-popular Foo Fighters.

McCartney, Grohl and Novoselic have been rehearsing in secret to get ready for the benefit, according to The Sun. McCartney also performed with Grohl at the Grammys earlier this year.

The Rolling Stones, The Who, Alicia Keys, Eric Clapton, Kanye West, Roger Waters, Jon Bon Jovi and Billy Joel are also expected to perform during the star-studded event. Producers believe viewership of the program could reach 2 billion.

dboroff@nydailynews.com

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...#ixzz2ErezyFTd

[FORD]

The Paul who sang "Helter Skelter" and "She's So Heavy" might have been able to pull that off, but I'm not so sure that 70 something Vegan Paul could do it.

Sounds like an odd idea, but then so did Grohl singing "London Calling" with The Boss at the Grammys or Hall of Fame (forget which it was) and they managed to pull that off.

Guess my first question would be Who the hell's playing guitar??

Yeah Paul can play guitar, but he's never sounded like Kurt. Grohl can play guitar, but if they're calling this "Nirvana" then his ass better be behind those drums.

[LoungeMachine]

Guess my first question would be Who the hell's playing guitar??

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Pat Smear maybe?

I dunno.

[ThrillsNSpills]

Paul can play anything Kurt could.


What a bizarre grouping though.

[binnie]

Radio friendly unit shifter........

[DLR Bridge]

So, Macca performed with Grohl earlier this year at the Crammy's, but didn't know who they (Dave & Krist) were? Me confused.

[FORD]

Other than this odd BeatleVana thing, the other craziest note about this concert is the TV channels that are carrying it.

HBO is carrying it, which isn't that strange. They have carried live concerts on occasion... like Garth Brooks in Central Park, or the per-innaguration thing in 2009

VH1 is not carrying it on the normal channel, but apparently on their classic channel that only comes with ridiculously priced digital tiers of cable & dish programming.

AMC is showing it, which seems odd for an alleged "classic movie" channel - although they obviously broke out of that mold years ago with all their original programming.

the ION cable channel is also apparently showing it, which is good news for those of us who only have the most basic of basic cable. Now I can actually watch the damn thing.

And according to the TV listings, all channels will be carrying the entire broadcast from 7:30 to midnight or whatever. No word on whether there will be commercial interruptions (on all but HBO) but I'm guessing this will sadly be the case.

[envy_me]

Don't do it, Paul. You're too good for them.

[VHscraps]

Anyone see that movie about the Beatles in Hamburg - Backbeat, from the 90s? Great film The soundtrack to the live performances was done by a band that contained members of Sonic Youth, REM, and ... Dave Grohl doing the drums - see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbeat_(film)

Pretty spot on, and capturing the fact that The Beatles sounded pretty raw back then, as this tune from the 'Beatles at the Star Club' bootleg shows:

[sonrisa salvaje]

Roger Waters is going to be there. It would be a lot cooler if Paul played with him.

[LoungeMachine]

Waters is going to be doing a duet with Eddie Vedder.

[sonrisa salvaje]

Waters is going to be doing a duet with Eddie Vedder.

Cool. You got a joint? It would be a lot cooler if you did.

[Angel]

Cool. You got a joint? It would be a lot cooler if you did.

About to roll one right now...and then write a final.

[sonrisa salvaje]

About to roll one right now...and then write a final.

Philosophy i hope.

[vandeleur]

Yo scraps very good film but great sound track .
Great idea to do it the way they did .
From what I've read and clued together the Beatles had to be a bit rough and ready to do hamburg.
Kinda punk rock in a lot of ways, though I think the correct term
Is rock n roll :D