Tibetan Freedom Concert [Box set] [Enhanced] [Live]

Editorial Reviews
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This package is stuffed with top-line artists, and whoever chose the tracks knew what they were doing. With this kind of sprawl to deal with, track selection is like haiku: difficult, but evocative when done artfully. Radiohead does "Fake Plastic Trees," Rancid does Jimmy Cliff's "The Harder They Come," Patti Smith gets "About a Boy," and the Beasties weigh in with "Root Down." And on and on the list goes, from Sonic Youth to Taj Mahal. Maybe you don't think you want a no-commitment introduction to Tibetan music. Actually, you do--and there's some here. A huge record of a huge show. Comes recommended. --Gavin McNett

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Tracks:

Opening Prayers - Monks
Ground On Down - Ben Harper
Blues Explosion Man - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Om Mani Padme Hung - Yungchen Lhamo
About A Boy - Patti Smith
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Oh My God - A Tribe Called Quest
One - U2
Cast No Shadow - Noel Gallagher
Wildflower - Sonic Youth
Meija - Porno For Pyros
The Celebration - Nawang Khechog
This Is A Call - Foo Fighters
The Bridge Is Over/Black Cop/South Bronx Medley - KRS-1
Star Spangled Banner/Nobody Beats The Biz - Biz Markie
Closing Prayers - Monks

Tracks:

Opening Prayers - Monks
Yellow Ledbetter - Eddie Vedder & Mike McCready
Noise Brigade - Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Type Slowly - Pavement
Gyi Ma Gyi - Dadon
Heads Of Government - Lee Perry
She Caught The Katy - Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band
Beetlebum - Blur
Electrolite - Michael Stipe & Mike Mills
Ajo Sotop - Chaksam-pa
Wake Up - Alanis Morissette
Hyper-Ballad - Bjork
The Harder They Come - Rancid
Root Down - Beastie Boys
Closing Prayers - Monks

Tracks:

Birthday Cake - Cibo Matto
Asshole - Beck
Me, Myself & I - De La Soul
Fu Gee La - The Fugees
Bulls On Parade - Rage Against The Machine

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This package is stuffed with top-line artists, and whoever chose the tracks knew what they were doing. With this kind of sprawl to deal with, track selection is like haiku: difficult, but evocative when done artfully. Radiohead does "Fake Plastic Trees," Rancid does Jimmy Cliff's "The Harder They Come," Patti Smith gets "About a Boy," and the Beasties weigh in with "Root Down." And on and on the list goes, from Sonic Youth to Taj Mahal. Maybe you don't think you want a no-commitment introduction to Tibetan music. Actually, you do--and there's some here. A huge record of a huge show. Comes recommended. --Gavin McNett

Customer Reviews:

The best way to remember this concert...........2002-07-24

The Tibetan Freedom Concert in 1996 when shown on MTV changed my life forever when I discovered what was going on in Tibet. And when I got my first glimpse into Buddhist culture. This CD goes over 2 years of the Tibetan Freedom Concert. It is the first 2 that were held in 1996 and then in 1997.

The CD is not just a youth approach to doing something for the Buddhist nation of Tibet, it's a celebration of Tibetan Culture. Many artists from Tibet appear along with bands like Rancid and The Beastie Boys on this CD. There are also chants from Buddhist monks. Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready of Pearl Jam play an acoustic version of "Yellow Ledbetter" that makes this CD well worth the money you paid for it. There is also a track that appears only on this CD from Rancid titled "The Harder They Come"

Beck appears on the 3rd CD with "..." and De La Soul plays a very energetic version of "Me, Myself & I" The 3rd CD is also an enhanced CD for your PC that you will be very inspired by. It comes with a collection of information on what it is that you can do for Tibet and a Quicktime library of video files showing The Beastie Boys, Radiohead, Ben Harper, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and some very special messages from His Holiness The Dalai Lama. As well as a short video of Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys explaining how he got involved. This CD is truly a great way to remember these concerts. If you buy this CD, you not only get music, but a celebration of Tibet's spirit and culture celebrated through 2 years of concerts.

Not worth it.......2002-07-04

This triple album, unless you want to support the freedom of the Tibet, is not really worth buying. For a three disc set, it only has as much as one disc's worth of acceptable good music, which you probably can get on iTunes individually.

Great album.......1999-07-28

Rancid's version of "The Harder They Come" rocks. The rest is just as good.

Great live songs from established acts, newbies, Tibetans.......1999-04-11

This three cd collection exhibits the talent of many big-time established artists, such as U2, A Tribe Called Quest, Noel Gallagher, Foo Fighters, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Beastie Boys, Alanis Morisette, Beck, the Fugees and Rage Against the Machine. It also shows off some up and coming artists, like the John Spencer Blue Explosion, Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band, and Pavement. There're hits, like RATM's Bulls on Parade and Beasties' Root Down, but it's dominated by lesser known, non-single, songs. Beck's folky Asshole and Blur's answer to Oasis, Beetlebum. The cd is spiced with a share of traditional Tibetan chants and music, so you won't forget why this album was made. As MCA Adam Yauch says at the end of Root Down, "Let's not forget why we're all here. To help the people of Tibet get their freedom."

how the cause saves the case.......1998-08-19

Tibetan issue is of big importance and _that_ makes this album worth attention - not the performers' escapades. A few Tibetan tracks are very nice and (supposedly, will be) interesting for western folks. The CD-ROM part of this project merits a separate edition - especially the collection of thangkas!

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