Does it mean that what we are hearing about our man and Sukhwinder performing one of the song live at the ceremony, they were also to perform such truncated 60 seconds?
And, I am confused on how to comment on this. The artists' views are indeed valid, but we should also think about the practical problems that organizers must be facing. Oscar is basically awards giving ceremony, and there are some entertainment clubbed in it as a sideshow to add spices to it. There is only limited time available for such entertainment thus even though they themselves want full songs/ movies to be played, they can't allow this. Hope some practical, mutually agreeable solution evolves for this. -- Rawat On 2/13/2009 7:51 AM India Time, _Vinod Raju_ wrote: > Peter Gabriel withdraws from Oscars > Musician will not perform nominated song > By PHIL GALLO > > Posted: Thurs., Feb. 12, 2009, 5:19pm PT > > > Peter Gabriel has withdrawn from performing at the Academy Awards, > hoping the Soweto Gospel Choir will be booked to perform his > nominated song "Down to Earth" from "Wall-E." > Gabriel was told he would perform for only 60-65 seconds in a medley > of the nominated songs. When he said yes to performing the song he > co-wrote with Thomas Newman, he was under the impression they would > be able to perform the song in its entirety. He does not believe the > song will work in such a truncated form. > > "It's a bit unfortunate," he said in a video on his website. "The > songwriters are a very small part of the filmmaking process but we > still work bloody hard and deserve (a bigger part in the ceremony)." > > Calling himself "an old fart" who can afford to "make a little > protest," Gabriel's hope is that the Oscarcast producers will > reconsider the move next year and reinstate full performances of > songs. > > The Feb. 22 show is a maiden voyage for producers Laurence Mark and > Bill Condon. Gabriel still intends to attend the ceremony. > > The Academy had no comment. > > http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1118000100.html? > nav=news&categoryid=1982&cs=1
