SHAME ON YOU, BOB GELDOF! In 1971, the pioneering former Beatle, hearing Ravi Shankar's distress, used his fame and the power of music to organize the Concert for Bangladesh. At that time, the country was ravaged by floods, famine and civil war, which left 10 million people — mostly women and children — fleeing their homes. George Harrison set the precedent that music could be used to serve a higher cause. The Concert for Bangladesh was one of the most ambitious humanitarian efforts in rock music history. It produced an extraordinary contribution for UNICEF, exceeding $15 million.
To: Vn_survivor_67-68
Yes, the conecert raised money, but the money didn't help. The problem with Bangledesh was not flooding, it was socialism.
As for Bob Geldof, why do they keep referring to him as a rock star? He was in a crap band 30 years ago.
5 posted on
03/10/2007 1:49:46 PM PST by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Vn_survivor_67-68
Geldof's new wave band in the 1980s "The Boomtown Rats" was fantastic, but they weren't a commercial success. It was Band Aid/LiveAid that turned Geldof into an international celebrity and gave him other opportunities that have made him a very wealthy man (he has been involved in TV production and travel companies which he has sold for more than $24 million, plus whatever money he made while he owned them).
Geldof may not have directly offered to help this town build a new marketplace, but he also did nothing to clarify their misunderstandings. I can't imagine that a marketplace for a village of 2,700 would cost that much to build and for him not to do anything to realize this goal is blatant hypocrisy.
10 posted on
03/10/2007 1:59:00 PM PST by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: Vn_survivor_67-68
"It produced an extraordinary contribution for UNICEF, exceeding $15 million." Is there any paper trail or proof that any of the money went to the folks who needed it?
Semper Fi
16 posted on
03/10/2007 2:22:54 PM PST by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: Vn_survivor_67-68
The Concert for Bangladesh was one of the most ambitious humanitarian efforts in rock music history. It produced an extraordinary contribution for UNICEF, exceeding $15 million. After the UN's fraudulent "Oil for Food" program, we have to wonder if the UN actually delivered even $10,000 of the $15 million to Bangladesh.
26 posted on
03/10/2007 3:39:19 PM PST by
RJL
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