Wisely he put Mr. Seeger, Mr. Guthrie and the history of musical causes in the second hour. People were very generous about letting us use great music in it. Only a respected, veteran rocker like Mr. Crosby could have pulled this together. For the film, he chatted with Phil Collins, Elton John, Carlos Santana, Willie Nelson, Mr. Belafonte, Carly Simon, Graham Nash, Tracy Chapman, Don Henley and 50 more musicians. The most impressive scenes, though, are of Bob Geldof returning to the African plains which were packed 15 years ago with the starving people who inspired him to create the Live Aid concerts in 1985.
People standing up for what they believe in is an incredible force.
You can effect the world. And it's happened over and again. According to Mr. Crosby, U.S. musical activism dates back nearly 150 years. Music fueled the union movement in the early 1900s, and the civil rights movement and Vietnam War protests in the 1960s. I don't think anybody would discount the effect of activism on ending that war.