through rock music, features more than 50 artists and political figures. The exhibit, which explores important socio-political topics in the U.S. The video is part of Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and Politics exhibit, which will premiere at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on May 20th and will run through November 27th. “As a student of non-violence I had a violent reaction to what I was witnessing,” he explains.
“I used the language of the Scripture to describe the situation: ‘In the howling wind comes a stinging rain / See it driving nails /Into the souls in the tree of pain / From a firefly, a red orange glow / See the face of fear / Running scared on the valley below/ Bullet the blue sky.”Īs for the character Bono created that’s described in the lyrics as having a “face red like a rose in a thorn bush” and who’s “peeling off those dollar bills”? That was Ronald Reagan.
He then went on to explain how the lyrics developed. “We strapped my feelings to the song ‘Bullets the Blue Sky,” he recounts. He spoke with Edge about what he’d been through in El Salvador, and with a “nod to Jimi Hendrix,” Edge put the “fear and loathing” into his guitar solo on the song. They have an ability to express inexpressible thoughts,” he says.
“I’m blessed because I’m part of the U2 group and they’re really good. Though he said he saw things there “that are really hard to explain,” he felt that through the band they could communicate what was happening via song.
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