Maroon 5 / Kanye West
 

Any fans here? They did a free concert this afternoon in front of the L.A. coliseum in honor of the 40th year of the NFL. It was pretty cool! I'm not a big Kanye West fan (I haaaated that stupid Grammy performance where he busted out the angel wings), but he knows how to get a crowd going. The orchestral component of his music is kinda neat, too... he had a small group of classical musicians backing him. No political statements today... he said he was under contract :p.

Maroon 5 are a guilty pleasure (hey, Stevie likes them too :lol: ). Hottie Adam Levine did one song with Kanye and then the band played 5 or so numbers from Songs About Jane. The Adam/Kanye duet was just weird, but the band's set was awesome. See them if you get a chance!

Some girl named Rhianna played too (she sucked - lipsynched almost everything), as did Good Charlotte, but I had to go to work so I left before they came on. I took a few photos if anyone's interested.

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awesome, i LUV maroon 5, i think it's the bass player who is from my home state~ kanye i can take or leave, but i did love his comment avout "the shrub"~ great pics, thanx for sharing~

Thanks for sharing the pics Tiff. They are great as always! I love Maroon 5!

Pip

I know nothing of Kanye West.

Maroon 5 on the other hand... I heard "Harder to Breathe" and loved it. I heard "This Love" and loved that one too. So I bought "Songs About Jane" and... liked all of two songs on it.

If only I had waited until they released "She Will Be Loved" then I would have had the necessary warning to stay away from that album.

Great pictures Tiff. Thanks!
I'm not a big Maroon 5 fan but I am a Kanye fan now, for obvious reasons. :laugh:

I thought I was the only one out there who haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaated his performance at the Grammy's. Crikey, it was unbearable. Not a fan, but he's got some good stuff that I kind of like. I do like that he's not your average rapper, he has more substance.

No comment on Maroon 5 or Adam Levine.

I know nothing about Kanye West - not my type of music.....

But Maroon 5? I love them!!!

Hello Lover. <3

Maroon 5 is a great band. I need to listen to them more often than I do.

I switched back & forth b/t this & Big Brother, but I did get to see Maroon 5 which is who I wanted to see. I saw them when they toured this year & they are an awesome band.

Lee :)

GREAT pics, Tiff! I love Maroon 5. I don't know much about Kanye West's music, but I love that he had the balls to say what he said about Bush on live TV! :thumbsup:

I like Maroon 5. And I even like Kanye's new song "Golddigger" (despite Jamie Foxx still trying to milk his Ray Charles impressions). Haven't liked anything else Kanye has done, tho - a little too self-important, or something.

And the angel wings weren't the only thing that made me :rolleyes: at Kanye's Grammy performance. Don't forget there was a coffin (maybe several) onstage, and that whole part where Jesus appeared in silhouette...

That **** made me wince. Seriously. But, then again, other than the marvelous and beautiful Bonnie Raitt, Franz Ferdinand, and Melissa Etheridge, that whole show was unwatchable. Jamie Foxx annoyed the **** outta me.

NFL kickoff show falls short at Gillette

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Yet it was disconcerting to hear his name [Kanye West] booed loudly by Patriots fans who evidently didn't appreciate his nationally televised comment the other night on a Hurricane Katrina benefit that President Bush ''doesn't care about black people." The boos were thunderous and lasted for much of his number.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/liv...+%2F+Arts+News