# "We Are the World 25".  Good God.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 13, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802 "2010-02-13T01:52:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/101 "2010-03-04T05:38:47Z")

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Thanks for telling me.

NOW!:mad:

Best wishes,  
hh

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**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/102 "2010-03-05T05:18:45Z")

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> [@Sampiro](#):
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> A question, not an answer: was any of the material on _Concert for Bangladesh_ new?

George Harrison wrote the single “Bangla Desh” and the studio version was released just days before the 1971 concert at Madison Square garden.

> **[Bangla Desh (song)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangla_Desh_%28song%29)**
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> "Bangla Desh" is a song by English musician George Harrison. It was released as a non-album single in July 1971, to raise awareness for the millions of refugees from the country Bangladesh, formerly known as East Pakistan, following the 1970 Bhola cyclone and the outbreak of the Bangladesh Liberation War. Harrison's inspiration for the song came from his friend Ravi Shankar, an Indian-Bengali musician, who approached Harrison for help in trying to alleviate the suffering. "Bangla Desh" has be...

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**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/103 "2010-03-05T19:34:07Z")

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> [@Ogre](#):
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> Terrible. Was that T. Pain _with Autotune_? :smack:

To be fair, would you want to hear T. Pain _without_ Autotune?

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**Author:** ![berff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@berff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berff)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/104 "2010-03-08T01:08:54Z")

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Wow, I just watched this for the first time, and if I hadn’t read this thread beforehand, I would have assumed this was a parody.

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**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802/105 "2010-03-10T21:36:51Z")

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As an alternative, here’s Shane McGowan and Friends (including Nick Cave, Bobbie Gillespie, Johnny Depp, Chrissie Hynde…) performing _[I Put A Spell On You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf69vIQL_u8)_, proceeds of which go directly to _Concern_ to provide Haiti relief funds.

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