Monday, November 1, 2010

Ozzy Osbourne, Yusuf Islam duel on Jon Stewart Rally

The O'Jays also hit the stage at Stewart and Stephen Colbert's "rally restore sanity and/or Fear. '
By Mawuse Ziegbe


Ozzy Osbourne and Yusuf Islam at the "rally restore Sanity and/or Fear"
Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Thousands of fans pressure the National Mall in Washington DC Saturday (30 October) for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert from "rally to restore Sanity and/or Fear", and the two politician-skewering funnymen a lot of legends to entertain the crowd.

About halfway through the show, which already featured an almost 40-minute set of John Legend and The Roots, Stewart announced the next performer, Yusuf Islam. The folk icon formerly known as Cat Stevens, hit the stage with an acoustic rendition of "Peace Train."However, instead of letting Yusuf placidly strum along, Colbert stormed the stage, ranting about the song's message of harmony. The satirical pundit then proclaimed, "my train arrives at the stage now and conductor has made an important announcement to make!"

Colbert did a fine job of busting up the performance, and paved the way for a surprise appearance of one of the greatest rock and roll show-stopping: Ozzy Osbourne.Decked out in a black ensemble with its signature colored glasses, the Prince of darkness cried when he took the stage and led the band by the metal classic "Crazy Train."

However, before He could finish, Stewart snatched the microphone and reprised the whole pause-the-rock-legend-thing, spewing protests such as, "I won't get on that train! I'm not comfortable on that train!"Stewart provided Yusuf start again with "Peace Train," until Colbert jumped in, saying, "I'm gonna pull the emergency brake on this Rainbow, moonbeam choo-choo!"Osbourne and Yusuf went back and forth, volley ing of metal and folk classics on trains, until both gave up the fight, embraced each other and to the left of the stage.

But the public was not left without a stellar performance of some music legends. pace on Colbert and Stewart, regret the lack of singers to belt railway-related hits, until the line of the smooth choir of the O'Jays ' "love Train" wafted through the air.

"Is that the sound of Philadelphia?"Stewart wondered.

Colbert, "was that the sweet Philly Soul?"

It was definitely. The legendary soul group then took the stage in smooth white suits, busting easy throwback moved to their 1973 one to the delight of the crowd.

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Participants "rally To Restore Sanity/Fear ' expected" Silliness "and" unity "

"It is an anti-fear-based media rally," stated one.
By James Koetz


Thousands gather at the "rally to restore sanity and/or Fear" in Washington, DC Saturday
Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The media has spent the last few weeks trying to guess what the Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert had planned for their "Rally restore sanity and/or Fear" — without much success.But on Saturday (30 October), the day of the event, the participants had a clear idea of what they expected: laugh and experience a moment of political and cultural catharsis.

"I expect to laugh and see just foolishness," said Lilly Pinto, 26, from Arlington, Virginia, MTV News.

Jen Stokes said they came because they believed that the rally provides a healthy political counterpoint to extreme political dialogue. "There are a lot of tea parties in DC, so it's refreshing to something that a majority of people can relate; Also, it seemed like a lot of fun. "

Her friend Haley Smith, who wore a leprechaun hat in celebration of Halloween (and its fears symbolize), agreed.

"It is an anti-fear-based media rally," Smith explained.

Wes Harden, Shane Waters and Austin Burry reed 11 hours straight from Detroit to the rally. each one of them was wearing a mask and kept mops in one hand and a Red Bull in the other signifying their desire to clean up Washington and their fatigue, respectively.

"D.C. become such a circus, so I guess this rally was required to show that that we can make a United Nation and achieve something," said Harden.

The National Mall was filled with four blocks of people (organizers estimated the crowd at 250,000) signs and wearing costumes for the three-hour event that combined "Daily Show" and "Colbert Report"-style of humor with musical performances.

David, a student from Berkeley, California, said the event is a success and was happy to see all "take it down a notch."

Meredith Canyon wore a bear suit (Colbert the ultimate fear), because they thought it was perfect bear suit. She wanted to ensure that they look for an "epic moment in the history was. Twenty years from now, I can say that I attended," she said after the rally.

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Jon Stewart Rally become by Sheryl Crow, Ozzy Osbourne

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
Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images

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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