BANGLA DESH INTERNATIONAL POP MUSIC COMMUNITY APPLE

The whole Bangla Desh set was premiered over the radio a few nights ago, neatly coinciding with the Indian Army's rout of the West Pakistani forces and the liberation of the East, putting the sweet seal of history on the cause that launched this record in the first place. Three of us sat listening for an hour or more, though admittedly we weren't as polite as the studio audience; we turned off the first half hour of Ravi Shankar. Then the George Harrison-Leon Russel-Mad Dogs & So On Part began.

I found most of it dull, and after a bit the whole show bega^i to bother me immensely. Admittedly the huge band was tight and well rehearsed, Harrison sang with conviction, and Clapton was absolutely spectacular. OK, it was well-produced. Well-produced oatmeal.

1. God saving us.

2. This is the way God planned it.

3. Chant the name of the Lord and you�ll be free. (Nick Tosches has suggested that this course of action did not seem to be getting the people of Bangla Desh very far; nasty of him to bring that up.)