Concert for Bangladesh Revisited with George Harrison and Friends Page #4

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- # That it won't take long, my Lord

- (Hallelujah!)

- # My sweet Lord

- (Hallelujah!)

- # Hm, my Lord

- (Hallelujah!)

- # My sweet Lord

- (Hallelujah!)

# I really want to see you... #

'The musicians were great.

'I mean, they completely put down their own egos to play together

'and to do something, because the whole vibe of that concert

'was that it was something bigger than the lot of us.'

Individuals look at problems in the world

and find them to be of such a scale and so far away, um...

as to really... It ends up making them feel there's nothing they can do about it.

And I think every generation has to be reminded that that simply is not the case.

'There was a lot of kids and just general public,

'who - having had the inspiration to go and do something -

'all started collecting money and donating things.

'There was a lot of people who gave a lot of money

'and collected on the streets and were banging on UNICEF doors, saying, "What can we do to help?"

When you have the kind of assemblage of popular people,

like George and the others that were with him,

and that concert goes around the world, and the album is selling and selling.

That also moves other leaders to say, "What are we doing?

"Are we on the right side on this Bangladesh issue?"

That sense of one world, a better world,

providing the basis for a better world through music.

All of that may sound wild and woolly today, but it wasn't.

If you were living in the mid-sixties and you understood the way the world was going,

everything seemed better, it all felt better.

We would actually have a better world.

We would deal with Africa, we would deal with poverty.

George never gave up hoping, never, ever, ever - even the very last time I saw him -

never gave up hoping that the dreams of the sixties could be realised.

'For people who had that talent,'

to be able to use it to reach out,

to the public and to their fans, and to raise awareness.

It was a groundbreaking event.

And since then, of course, it's become very common.

But in those days, it was quite unique and quite daring.

And, um...they were pioneers.

MUSIC STOPS, CROWD CHEERS

These things will always be remembered as...

times that we could be proud of, being musicians.

We actually weren't just thinking of ourselves for five minutes.

We were doing something for a bigger issue.

- CROWD CHEERS

- Thank you very much.

And we need that, you know.

CROWD:
More! More!

'When you look at the words of the song...'

"My friend came to me with sadness in his eyes,

"and said, 'Help me before my country dies.' "

'It also portrays the man behind the music.'

# My friend came to me

# With sadness in his eyes

# He told me that he wanted help

# Before his country dies

# Although I couldn't feel the pain

# I knew I had to try

# Now I'm asking all of you

# To help us save some lives

# Bangladesh

# Bangladesh

# Where so many people

# Are dying fast and it sure looks like a mess

# I've never seen such distress

# Now won't you lend your hand and try to understand?

# We've got to relieve Bangladesh

# Bangladesh

# Bangladesh

# Such a great disaster

# I don't understand But it sure looks like a mess

# I've never known such distress

# Please don't turn away I want to hear you say

# Relieve the people of Bangladesh

# We got to relieve Bangladesh

# Bangladesh

# Bangladesh

# Now it may seem so far from where we all are

# It's something we can't neglect

# It's something I can't neglect

# Now won't you give some bread to get the starving fed?

# We've got to relieve Bangladesh

# Relieve the people of Bangladesh

# We've got to relieve Bangladesh

# Relieve the people of Bangladesh. #

CROWD CHEERS:

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