Hi Vince, I watched most of the benefit, and was most touched by Billy Joel's rendition of "New York State of Mind," and Paul Simon's "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Everyone who sang did an excellent job, but those two touched me the most. The reason I feel this way is that I could feel the emotion coming through them more IMHO. I was also touched by the words spoken by Julia Roberts and Clint Eastwood. Julia was bordering on tears, and I could feel "Dirty Harry" coming through Clint. I'm sure it wasn't purposed but it made me feel good anyway. Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, The Dixie Chicks, Wyclef Jean, Celine Dion and others were all wonderful as well. My heart really went out to Mariah Carey during the singing of "Hero." This was her first appearance since her breakdown and as one performer to another, I could tell that she was struggling emotionally to get through the song. She had to hold on to the mike stand for support, and she chose not to hit the high notes usually in the song. I've never been a big fan of hers, but my heart now goes out to her in her struggle. I guess I would have liked to have seen the speaking stars have a little leeway to say a few words on a personal level concerning their feelings about the tragedy. I don't know if I'm quite ready for "showbusiness as usual" yet. I do applaud everyone for putting such a big undertaking together in such a short period of time, so I can't really criticize the event. Everyone's hearts were in the right place, and that's all that matters. Sherelle In a message dated 09/22/2001 12:02:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I missed almost all of the benefit tonight on tv - Gage is over > (Jeremy's son) and I was not about to fight with him about the tv. So I > see online that neil Young sang imagine, I bet that was fantastic. I > did catch the end, Willie Nelson on America, and that is the most > meaningful of the songs to me, the one that I led the community service > in last Sunday, and it choked me up. > > Anyone have any reviews of the benefit? > > (the Rev) Vince
