. Sales of the song Ohio were very strong and no further violence was reported. Another issue in late 1970 that dealt with the national radio and politics was Presidents Richard Nixons telling radio broadcasters that rock music lyrics should be screened for content. He further suggests that any music containing drug references be banned outright. On a different note religious themes started to appear more frequently in songs like Spirit In The Sky by Norman Greenbaum, Let It Be by the Beatles, My Sweet Lord by George Harrison, and the play Jesus Christ Superstar. Popular musicians in the 1960s and 1970s used the sounds of rock and roll to promote a revolution a celebration of love, peace, sex, and drugs in a society obsessed with war, conformity, and greed. As the New York Times begins publication of Pentagon Papers on U.S. involvement in Vietnam the nations concern for overseas matters increases. With a greater knowledge of Vietnam matters, protesting continued and more than 7,000 antiwar demonstrators are arrested in Washington D.C. on May 3rd of 1971. As feelings stirred in the public about the war situation the music community also made ways of releasing their outtakes on the war. Merle Haggard, known as The Poet of the Common Man, became popular for writing heartfelt songs that always could stir feelings. His controversial Okie From Muskogee crystallized the thoughts of those offended by longhaired opponents to the Vietnam War. As worries of American troops took the focus of many Americans, another concerning issue swept the public. A cholera epidemic in newly independent, but impoverished Bangladesh, caused major concern around the world. Once again music found a way to become involved with current issues by organizing a fundraiser for the desperate county. In New Yorks Madison Square Garden, The Concert for Bangladesh is held to raise money to help impoverish the Asian county. George Harrison played host to the eve...
