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- If anyone is interested in supporting the orchestra, you can do so here: http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/kinshasa-music-school/
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- WOW, seriously AbdurRahmanX?!
you are bored or you are a hater?
can't you see that no matter the subject this is clear evidence that we are all the same? who created this music is NOT the issue. it is the passion of these people for the music. the genius is as much in the creator as in the expression. if i had headphones only and heard this music, i would have NO idea of the wondrous voices behind it. justice is blind just like Adele can sing as wondrously about soul as Aretha Franklin. think outside your skin please. - Reply to this comment
- Wow! What a story! I am a faithful 60 Minutes enthusiast and can tell you I have never seen a segment quite like this one. I was wiping away tears the whole time! Inspirational to say the least and gracious.
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- To Abdur: As someone who just spent two years in the DRC working on the human rights situation, you are correct that there is so much that isn't working in that country. What you might not know (or care to think about) is that the Congolese don't like to only be known for the horrible state of their country anymore than you probably would want everyone to know all about your negative qualities. Portraying the Congolese love of music, an opportunity to (yes) escape from some pretty awful circumstances (I bet you have lots of things you do to escape when your life is rough), to find some kind of normalcy and stability in the midst of chaos, to feel like they might be part of the rest of the world and not just a punching bag or a joke or a place to be pitied with their dirty laundry aired every second of every day is to be admired. The Congolese are an incredibly resilient, proud, and intelligent people who don't need you reminding them that their country is in the bottom of the world's toilet every minute. They are more than aware. Even as you have people in your life celebrating your good qualities, why don't you celebrate and encourage the Congolese as well instead of criticizing? And if you think this is all a bunch of malarky, then why don't you put some feet on your complaints and move to the Congo where you can be part of the solution instead of just another foreigner determined to focus only on how awful the DRC is.
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- First, my condolences to the Wallace family and the CBS family. I was raised on 60 minutes all my life and remember when it started. Mr. Wallace will be missed, but he leaves behind a great legacy.
Thank you for sharing the story about the Kinshasha Symphony Orchestra. It was a heart warming piece. All of that talent in the poorest, war torn country on earth is amazing. Maybe now that their story has been shown, they will get more exposure and recogition. - Reply to this comment
- @abdurrahman
really bro if the two tenor walk 90 minutes to be a part of something if they are doing this without being paid if the music and song for whatever period of time mentally takes them to another place away from the congo, then so be it. this story was very inspiring showing if you put your mind to regardless of you environment you can do it. - Reply to this comment
- The text accompanying this film says: "A musical miracle." "...the most moving music we've ever heard." I couldn't agree more. I sat watching this segment of 60 minutes with tears rolling down my cheeks. What a joy. Thank you so much for allowing me to have this remarkable experience. I would love to know more about that incredible former airplane pilot who made all of this happen.
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- Is it because it's Easter? This has got to be the most racially patronizing episode of 60 minutes I have ever seen. That country has TONS of problems. People dying and starving and fighting like crazy. You are supposed to be journalists, first and foremost doing stories of substance. Yet, the most substantive thing you could find in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was a bunch of black people imitating white people's music? All the suffering and death and lack of solutions and you found a bunch of blacks wasting time in "white escapism" and that just is supposed to thrill your audience? Because your audience doesn't really care about blacks in general, other than the joy whites get from watching blacks blindly follow you? Are they going to sing and dance the Congo into a prosperous existence where babies don't starve to death and people live to see old age? Isn't this the place where more women are raped than any place on earth? You should be ashamed.
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- This is not Handel's Messiah, it is Carmina Burana, the piece already heard on the broadcast. Please correct the video!
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- Bravo! Brava!! Thank you CBS for the finest Easter gift I could have received and shared with family....
Bless these warriors of Song and Music!
I LOVE them with all my Heart........................................................... - Reply to this comment
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