International Report: Live Earth Hamburg

WHO PLAYED:
Shakira, Snoop Dogg, Chris Cornell, Yusuf Islam, Enrique Iglesias, Roger Cicero, MIA, Sasha, Mando Diao and more.

HIGHLIGHTS:
Chris Cornell playing an acoustic version of "Right Away" for the victims of Hurricane Katrina; Yusuf Islam, who was added to the lineup at the very last minute, singing "Wild World" accompanied by a large band that included a horn section.

MOST UNEXPECTED MOMENTS:
German comedian Michael Mittermeier saying, "George Bush still believes that 'El Nino' is a guerilla leader in Nicaragua"; Bianca Jagger awkwardly singing along with 130 children from Hamburg.

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Song Stories

“Too Close”

Next | 1998

Next was formed in Minneapolis when the uncle of Terry "T-Low" and Raphael "Tweety" Brown, who was a gospel choir director, introduced the brothers to Robert Lavelle "R.L." Huggar. Sounds of Blackness singer Ann Nesby groomed the R&B group before handing them over to Naughty by Nature's KayGee, who wrote and produced "Too Close." The idea for the song was sparked "from a conversation we had with several girls at a nightclub," explained T-Low. "It's talking about the club scene, with guys getting out of hand and the female telling him to back up, asking, 'What are you doing?'" 

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