Your
favorite artist/ a person you admire.
Hi
Everyone!
We're
already in the eighth post of this semester!
This time
you'll get to write about one of the topics you chose at the beginning of the
semester.
A person I
admire.
George
Harrison was known as the quiet beatle. And personally, I don't think he was
like that at all, and I mean that because of his music, but also because he had
a strong personality and after ending his Beatle stage, he showed a different
aspect of his life: politics and activism.
Here he’s
taking a selfie, before it was cool.
One of the
most famous actions he did during his life, was the Concert for Bangladesh, in
which he gathered several musician, and along with his friend Ravi Shankar,
played a concert with musicians as famous as Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr
among others. The concerts were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August
1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The main reason for this concert was that he wanted to raise awareness and funds for refugees of the Bangladesh liberation war, that at the moment was part of the east of Pakistan.
The main reason for this concert was that he wanted to raise awareness and funds for refugees of the Bangladesh liberation war, that at the moment was part of the east of Pakistan.
Another
remarkable thing about George Harrison, is that he was a great song writer.
Some examples are Here comes the sun, The ballad of sir Frankie Crisp, All
things must pass, among many many others.
He passed
away on the 29 of November 2001, but he remains to be remembered by many fans
and people that are thankful for his presence in this world.
Now it’s your turn!
Tell me about a person you admire.
Now it’s your turn!
Tell me about a person you admire.
- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on my post.
- Minimum Word Count: 240 words
- Remember: NO TRANSLATOR! web dictionaries are allowed, and of course you can call me and I'll go to your seat.
- Minimum Word Count: 240 words
- Remember: NO TRANSLATOR! web dictionaries are allowed, and of course you can call me and I'll go to your seat.
I really like the way how George Harrison introduced the Hinduism and mysticism of the Indian culture in the band, during the filming of Help.
ResponderEliminarGreat Post by the way, there are many facts of The Beatles that not everybody knows.
I like and I think is very interesting the way that the artist were very involved on politics and activism on those years and I think it is sad that the hippie movement didn't transcend importantly on the new generations ( I mean, against war, individualism and that kind of values)
ResponderEliminarI think he's very underrated!! people must pay more attention of what he did as a solo artist
ResponderEliminarWhat a nice fellow...
ResponderEliminarhttp://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/lossimpson/images/5/5a/5GeorgeHarrison.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20081011141029&path-prefix=es
Cool, I dind't know about this aspect on his life
ResponderEliminarIt's really important to be consistent between what you think and what you do, so am agree with you, he remains to be remembered
ResponderEliminarwow... I didn't know he was an activist, I'm really impressed
ResponderEliminarI'm going to listen with more careful the letter of the songs that he composed! I'd like to be a fan of Harrison too now haha
ResponderEliminarThat was interesting, I didn't know he was involved in politics and activism
ResponderEliminarSo sad he is not here anymore ... :(
ResponderEliminarHe was not quiet ? He was my favourite beatle for that reason. The problem I have with famous people is their Ego, so being quiet was the reason I liked him the most.
ResponderEliminarintereting... I didn't know about that in his career , wel now I want to go listen her music
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