The Concert For Bangla Desh es un álbum de George Harrison, publicado en 1999. El disco incluye 18 canciones, entre ellas «George Harrison/Ravi Shankar Introduction», «Bangla Dhun», «Wah-Wah» y «My Sweet Lord».
Sobre el álbum
Este álbum en directo, una de las obras más importantes de la discografía de George Harrison, trasciende lo puramente musical para convertirse en un momento clave histórico y humanitario. "The Concert for Bangla Desh", de 1971, documenta el primer gran concierto benéfico de la historia del rock, organizado por Harrison para recaudar fondos y concienciar sobre la terrible crisis humanitaria que asolaba a Bangladesh.
El evento y el triple álbum resultante fueron un acontecimiento sin precedentes. George Harrison reunió en el Madison Square Garden a un elenco de amigos estelar, incluyendo a Bob Dylan (en una de sus rarísimas apariciones de la época), Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston y Leon Russell. El concierto se abrió con una increíble actuación del maestro del sitar Ravi Shankar, quien fue la inspiración original del proyecto.
El álbum captura la atmósfera mágica y solidaria de aquella noche. Harrison interpreta versiones enérgicas de sus clásicos de "All Things Must Pass", Dylan ofrece un set acústico legendario y cada uno de los invitados tiene su momento para brillar. El disco no solo es un festín musical, y también un testimonio del poder de la música para generar un cambio positivo.
"The Concert for Bangla Desh" es mucho más que un álbum en directo. Es un documento que cambió las reglas del juego, estableciendo el modelo para futuros eventos benéficos como Live Aid. Su importancia histórica, cultural y musical es absolutamente incalculable.
Listado de Canciones
- George Harrison/Ravi Shankar Introduction
- Bangla Dhun
- Wah-Wah
Letra
Wah-wah Youve given me a wah-wah And I'm thinking of you And all the things that we used to do Wah-wah, wah-wah Wah-wah You made me such a big star Being there at the right time Cheaper than a dime Wah-wah, youve given me your wah-wah, wah-wah Oh, you don't see me crying Oh, you don't hear me sighing Wah-wah I don't need no wah-wah And I know how sweet life can be If I keep myself free from the wah-wah I don't need no wah-wah Oh, you don't see me crying Hey baby, you don't hear me sighing Oh, no no-no no Wah-wah Now I don't need no wah-wahs And I know how sweet life can be If I keep myself free - of wah-wah I don't need no wah-wah Wah-wah (repeat and fade) - My Sweet Lord
Letra
My sweet lord Hm, my lord Hm, my lord I really want to see you Really want to be with you Really want to see you lord But it takes so long, my lord My sweet lord Hm, my lord Hm, my lord I really want to know you Really want to go with you Really want to show you lord That it wont take long, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) I really want to see you Really want to see you Really want to see you, lord Really want to see you, lord But it takes so long, my lord (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hallelujah) My, my, my lord (hallelujah) I really want to know you (hallelujah) Really want to go with you (hallelujah) Really want to show you lord (aaah) That it wont take long, my lord (hallelujah) Hmm (hallelujah) My sweet lord (hallelujah) My, my, lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hare krishna) My, my, my lord (hare krishna) Oh hm, my sweet lord (krishna, krishna) Oh-uuh-uh (hare hare) Now, I really want to see you (hare rama) Really want to be with you (hare rama) Really want to see you lord (aaah) But it takes so long, my lord (hallelujah) Hm, my lord (hallelujah) My, my, my lord (hare krishna) My sweet lord (hare krishna) My sweet lord (krishna krishna) My lord (hare hare) Hm, hm (gurur brahma) Hm, hm (gurur vishnu) Hm, hm (gurur devo) Hm, hm (maheshwara) My sweet lord (gurur sakshaat) My sweet lord (parabrahma) My, my, my lord (tasmayi shree) My, my, my, my lord (guruve namah) My sweet lord (hare rama) [fade:] (hare krishna) My sweet lord (hare krishna) My sweet lord (krishna krishna) My lord (hare hare) - Awaiting on You All
Letra
You don't need no love-in You don't need no bed pan You don't need a horoscope or a microscope The see the mess that you're in If you open up your heart You will know what I mean We've been polluted so long Now here's a way for you to get clean By chanting the names of the Lord and you'll be free The Lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see Chanting the names of the Lord and you'll be free The Lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see You don't need no passport And you don't need no visas You don't need to designate or to emigrate Before you can see Jesus If you open up your heart You'll see He's right there Always was and will be He'll relieve you of your cares By chanting the names of the Lord and youll be free The Lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see Chanting the names of the Lord and you'll be free The Lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see You don't need no church house And you don't need no temple You don't need no rosary beads or them books to read To see that you have fallen If you open up your heart You will know what I mean We've been kept down so long Someone's thinking that were all green And while the Pope owns 51% of General Motors the stock exchange is the only thing hes qualified to quote us The Lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see By chanting the names of the Lord and you'll be free - That's the Way God Planned It
- It Don't Come Easy
- Beware of Darkness
Letra
Watch out now, take care Beware of falling swingers Dropping all around you The pain that often mingles In your fingertips Beware of darkness Watch out now, take care Beware of the thoughts that linger Winding up inside your head The hopelessness around you In the dead of night Beware of sadness It can hit you It can hurt you Make you sore and what is more That is not what you are here for Watch out now, take care Beware of soft shoe shufflers Dancing down the sidewalks As each unconscious sufferer Wanders aimlessly Beware of maya Watch out now, take care Beware of greedy leaders They take you where you should not go While weeping atlas cedars They just want to grow, grow and grow Beware of darkness (beware of darkness) - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Letra
I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps I don't know why Nobody told you, how to unfold your love I don't know how, someone controlled you They bought and sold you. I look at the world and I notice it's turning While my guitar gently weeps With every mistake we must surely be learning Still my guitar gently weeps I don't know how you were diverted You were perverted too I don't know how you were inverted No one alerted you. I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps Look at you all... Still my guitar gently weeps. - Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash/Young Blood
- Here Comes the Sun
Letra
Here comes the sun (du dn du du) Here comes the sun And I say Its alright Little darling Its been a long cold lonely winter Little darling It seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun Here comes the sun And I say Its alright Little darling The smiles returning to the faces Little darling It seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun (du dn du du) Here comes the sun And I say Its alright Sun, sun, sun, here it comes (four times) Little darling I see the ice is slowly melting Little darling It seems like years since it's been clear Here comes the sun (du dn du du) Here comes the sun Its alright Here comes the sun (du du du du) Here comes the sun Its alright Its alright - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
- Blowin' in the Wind
- Mr. Tambourine Man
Letra
Hey! mr. tambourine man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place i'm going to. Hey! mr. tambourine man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning i'll come followin' you. Though i know that evenin's empire has returned into sand, Vanished from my hand, Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping. My weariness amazes me, i'm branded on my feet, I have no one to meet And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming. Hey! mr. tambourine man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place i'm going to. Hey! mr. tambourine man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning i'll come followin' you. Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship, My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip, My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels To be wanderin'. I'm ready to go anywhere, i'm ready for to fade Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it. Hey! mr. tambourine man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place i'm going to. Hey! mr. tambourine man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning i'll come followin' you. Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind, Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves, The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach, Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow. Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands, With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves, Let me forget about today until tomorrow. Hey! mr. tambourine man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place i'm going to. Hey! mr. tambourine man, play a song for me, In the jingle jangle morning i'll come followin' you. - Just Like a Woman
Letra
Nobody feels any pain Tonight as I stand inside the rain Evrybody knows That babys got new clothes But lately I see her ribbons and her bows Have fallen from her curls. She takes just like a woman And she makes love just like a woman And she aches just like a woman But she breaks just like a little girl. Queen mary, she's my friend Yes, I believe I'll go see her again Nobody has to guess That baby can't be blessed Till she sees finally that she's like all the rest With her fog, her amphetamine and her pearls. She takes just like a woman She makes love just like a woman And she aches just like a woman But she breaks just like a little girl. It was raining from the first And I was dying there of thirst So I came in here And your long-time curse hurts But what's worse Is this pain in here I can't stay in here Aint it clear that That I just can't fit Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit But when we meet again Introduced as friends Please don't let on that you knew me when I was hungry and it was your world. Ah, you fake just like a woman, yeah you do and You make love just like a woman, yeah and You ache just like a woman But you break just like a little girl. - Something
Letra
Something in the way she moves Attracts me like no other lover Something in the way she woos me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how Somewhere in the way she smiles That I don't need no other lover Something in her style that shows me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how Youre asking me will my love grow I don't know, I don't know You stick around and it may show I don't know, I don't know Something in the way she knows All I have to do is think of her Something in the things she shows me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how (thank you very much) - Bangla Desh
Letra
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 Bangla desh, bangla desh Where so many people are dying fast And it sure looks like a mess I've never seen such distress Now wont you lend your hand and understand Relieve the people of bangla desh Bangla desh, bangla desh Such a great disaster - I don't understand But it sure looks like a mess I've never known such distress Now please don't turn away, I want to hear you say Relieve the people of bangla desh Relieve bangla desh Bangla desh, bangla desh Now it may seem so far from where we all are Its something we can't neglect Its something I can't neglect Now wont you give some bread to get the starving fed Weve got to relieve bangla desh Relieve the people of bangla desh Weve got to relieve bangla desh Relieve the people of bangla desh