Sunday Bloody Sunday

Kicking off with Larry Mullen, Jr. Instead, the guitar notes were icy and had a brittle feel to them. The accompaniment of Irish violinist Steve Wickman helped to connect the track to traditional Irish music. The Bloody Sunday mentioned in the song called back to the incident in Derry where British soldiers fired on a crowd of protesters, killing 14 of them.

Bono directed his anger in the lyrics to the loss of life in general, rather than pointing fingers.

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When U2 performed the song on the War Tour, there was some trepidation on how the crowd would react, especially their Irish fans. There were some who saw the song as a glorification of the Troubles and a call for revolution. This song is Sunday Bloody Sunday. As their popularity increased, the band chose it as the opening number of their two-song set for Live Aid. The song reached its live peak during the Joshua Tree Tour. On November 8, , a bomb placed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army exploded during a Remembrance Sunday commemoration in Enniskillen for those killed in all conflicts involving the British Army.

The bombing killed 11 people and became the latest stage of the Irish conflict. It started off with just Edge and Bono before the rest of the band kicked in halfway through. After the tour ended, Bono mentioned at one point that the band may never play the song again, since it became real on that day that the performance would never be bested. For the next few years, U2 kept to their word. One of the most special dates of the tour occurred when the band visited the war-torn city of Sarajevo. The conflict lasted for about four years, leading to thousand of deaths and injuries. U2 was closely involved with trying to get help to the citizens of the city and wanted to play there during the conflict.

It was deemed too dangerous, though, so the band waited until their next tour to play Sarajevo.

The Edge performed a slow solo version of the song that emphasized the sadness over the violence rather than the anger. It was this version of the song that Edge continued to play for all the remaining dates of the tour, dedicating it to Sarajevo every time. This time around, the song was centered on Ireland again.

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Sunday Bloody Sunday song meanings. Add your thoughts Comments. General Comment This is my favorite song by U2, ever. British troops openned fire on a civil rights march in Derry, on January 30, That was the 'Bloody Sunday' this song refers to.

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But this song took on a new meaning on Remembrance Sunday The day that remembers the afore mentioned Bloody Sunday , November 8, Thirteen people were killed that day If you want to know for yourself, what this song is about, do yourself the favor of watching that performance No Replies Log in to reply. There was an error. General Comment I understand the historical meaning of this song, but reading the lyrics it applies so much to today. It's an on going war and the millions cry out for help and we just eat and drink while tomorrow they die. Its a song for the world today, not just a bloody Sunday that happened before.

General Comment what about 'bloody sunday' in salma, alabama? Claim the vicory Jesus won!

Bono is always talking about Jesus. It was written years before the events in Enniskillen! A young Bono was a politicly active Irish lad, as many were and still are! This song was a direct angry attempt at describing the situation in the north at the time.

This event and others, almost single handedly was responsible for the number of new volenteers that joined the Provisional IRA in the following years, to attempt to fight the British occupation of NI. Although not as thought of, since the release of the U2 song in , John Lennon wrote and sang the origonal song titled 'Sunday Bloody Sunday', released in on the heals of the event in Derry.

McCartney followed with his own song,'Give Ireland back to the Irish' after!

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The Irish Nationalists have always prefered the Lennon song over the U2 one, as Lennon never wavered in his support, unlike Bono in '87! The lyrics are also right to the point and very harsh, describing the British actions! Song Fact Bloody Sunday refers to the notorious incident in Derry on 30 January when British Army paratroops open fired on Catholic demonstrators, killing thirteen, with another dying months later as a result of wounds.

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