The roots, Sam Waterston, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and more live "rally restore sanity and/or Fear. '
By Mawuse Ziegbe
Steven Colbert and Jon Stewart on the "rally to restore Sanity and/or Fear" on Saturday
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Between the performances of music Titans such as Ozzy Osbourne and o' Jays during Saturday (30 October) "Rally restore sanity and/or anxiety," "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert conservative caricature and a cast of funnypeople joked about everything from Chilean miners to the "Real Housewives of New Jersey." Despite the deluge of laughs, the overall message of the event could possibly be summarized by the groovy mantra of the o' Jays feel-good classic "Love Train": people all over the world, join hands.
Philadelphia collective that the roots of the three-hour live event with a 40-minute set, kicked packed with a lot of band remarkable jam. bundled with a camel coat, Black thinking led the outfit through their phrenology, joint sisters "thinking at work" and the How I Got On of album of the same cut, in the shadow of the Capitol.John Legend joined the roots crew for "Dear God 2. 0 "and the musicians covers of classics of the soul" Hard Times "and" Little Ghetto Boy "from the album Wake Up!Legend told the story behind Bill Withers "I can't write Left Handed" before in a view of the bluesy, soulful powered by a fiery solo guitarist Kirk Douglas, who also doubled up on vocal duties, when the band played "The seed 2.0. "the stars closed the set with Curtis Mayfield's uplifting hit" Move On Up. "
"MythBusters" hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman busy the thousands rally participants with a few geeky pastime, including a large version of the Gulf and an attempt to create a literal "tidal wave" by Commander of everyone to jump at the same time.
But the crowd really went nuts as a figurehead of the event, Jon Stewart, on stage in khakis and a black blazer strolled, greeted by a sea of waving hands almost an hour after the event started.Stewart introduced a patriotic rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" sung by four American troops, before shouting to the public, "are you?" ready to recover from mental gezondheidNa the bantering about the racial composition of rallies — quipping that an event with too many white people "racist" while an occasion marked by too many people of color she means "asking for something" such as equal rights — Stewart, with the help of some "Daily Show" correspondents jokingly asked the crowd to count out to ensure the racial composition of the rally events of the country.
Stephen Colbert, pulled a dramatic entrance to which the Odyssey of the imprisoned Chilean miners, initially speak to the crowd via camera of its "fear bunker" and rising from below the stage in a capsule-esque contraption.
Other highlights of the day included a speech by father Guido Sarducci, who attempted to pins to the "right" religion, and a poem read by actor Sam Waterston.Former Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater and "Real Housewives of New Jersey" starlet Teresa Giudice sent video excuses for their famous freak-outs.Comedian Tim Meadows appeared as HP Winsome during a taped skit, urging participants spend on souvenirs, and basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar made an appearance.
Ozzy Osbourne and Yusuf Islam — formerly known as Cat Stevens-fans with performances by their respective hits "Crazy Train" and "Peace Train," surprised with Colbert in support of the former and Stewart stand up for the latest R&B legends the. o' Jays follow-up with their well-worn jam "Love Train."
Soul big Mavis Staples along with Jeff Tweedy of Wilco for a tender, acoustic version of their cooperation "You Are Not Alone" from the latest album R&B legend. Rocker Sheryl Crow was accompanied by Kid Rock on the piano for a song that begs listeners to help, crooning, "I can't stop the war, shelter the homeless, feeding the poor ... the least I can do is care."The performance was characterized by a video-taped fresh from warring MC Ti, who was unable to attend.
Stewart and Colbert also vaulted prices, such as the Medal of reasonableness citizen Velma Heart for her levelheaded trial of President Obama and a medal of the fear on the news organizations that their employees to attend the rally.
However, when Stewart logged at the end of the three-hour event, he claimed that the rally was not only about poking fun. instead, he urged the thousands of participants to remember that the hyperbolic images of political extremists and religious nut jobs which clutter up the media not true representations of the American people are. The speech was followed by a short presentation of the legendary crooner Tony Bennett, dished out an a cappella version of "America the Beautiful."The crowd chants of "VS" went into the air before all of the show performers the stage one last time hit join Mavis Staples Singers for the 1972 single "I'll take You There.
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