George Harrison - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (The Concert For Bangladesh 1971)

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-The Concert For Bangladesh 1971-

The Concert For Bangladesh es el título del evento organizado por George Harrison y Ravi Shankar el 1 de agosto de 1971 consistente en dos conciertos en el Madison Square Garden de Nueva York con el fin de recaudar fondos para los refugiados de Pakistán del Este, hoy en día Bangladesh. El evento supuso el primer concierto benéfico de la historia musical, en el cual participaron, entre otros, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston y Leon Russell.

Un álbum sería publicado a finales de 1971, mientras el largometraje sería estrenado en 1972, con la posterior publicación en video. En 2005, la película fue reeditada en DVD acompañada de nuevo material.

El concierto recaudó 243.418,50 dólares para los regufiados bangladesíes que fueron administrados por UNICEF.



-The Concert For Bangladesh DVD 2005-

Una edición especial de The Concert for Bangladesh fue publicada en 2005 en formato DVD, con el concierto completo en un primer disco y un documental titulado The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited with George Harrison and Friends en el segundo. Éste contiene entrevistas de Ravi Shankar, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Jim Keltner, Jim Horn, Leon Russell y Klaus Voormann. Asimismo, muestra la voz de George Harrison, procedente de entrevistas realizadas a lo largo de su vida, explicando la organización del concierto. Otras entrevistas incluyen al fundador de la revista Rolling Stone Jann Wenner y el organizador de Live Aid Bob Geldof, que detallan la importancia histórica del evento, así como el productor ejecutivo de Apple Corps Neil Aspinall.

El documental revela la rapidez a la hora de organizar el concierto, con Harrison haciendo llamadas entre junio y julio de 1971 para solicitar a sus amigos su presencia en el evento. La fecha del concierto, el 1 de agosto de 1971, fue elegida por tratarse del único día en que estaba disponible el Madison Square Garden. Apenas una semana antes del evento, dieron comienzo las pruebas de sonido.

El segundo disco contiene material adicional sobre la produción del largometraje, la publicación del álbum y el diseño del mismo. Entre la colección de instantáneas procedentes del concierto, el fotógrafo Barry Feinstein revela que la foto usada en el recopilatorio de Dylan Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II fue tomada durante el evento.

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  • I can't believe that people don't see how George was the most amazing Beatle. I know it is controversial, but really, his songs were truly THE BEST! and what he stood for as well.

  • The world's first charity concert.

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  • Is that LeonRussell on the drums?

  • I know Eric Clapton is here, but who are those other familiar looking guys?  Thanks!!

  • He forget's the lyrics!! xD

  • That's so true. He was the quiet Beatle who stood in the background and played his guitar. He was much overshined by Paul & John because they were the heartthrobs, but musically he was amazing. So sad he died so young. I bet he still had a lot to share.

  • ¡termina Todos los subtitulo en español!!

  • What you just said is very insulting, take it back.

  • Music is subjective, more news at 11.

  • yep i agree he was more inciteful and in touch with the world and what was goin around him and aware of his own mortality....great voice and songwriter and of course Musician...DAMM ur missed George...!

  • I won't attack you for your differing opinion. However, I want to comment on your point on George's songs being "doctored." It is known that a few of his songs had a line or two added or suggested by his band-mates, but this is in the same way George suggested lines for Lennon's, McCartney's and Ringo's songs. I will also point out that while writing music with Bob Dylan, he helped pen some lines in his work... here's my point: it's not unmusical to have work go through an editor.

  • Gotta love it when some schmuck like you, whom know one has ever heard nor ever will, calls a song like this "crappy music". George never thought of himself as anything but a musician. You would trip over your own feet trying to write anything 1/100th as good as this.

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