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 U2 ​ **U2- Spreading Peace and Awareness throughout the World ** There are artists all throughout society who use their talents to spread awareness, our as a way to express agreement or disagreement to political, economical, or even civil topics. U2, a very well known band not only started large fundraising and charity organizations but they also wrote music that spread awareness all throughout the world about topics such as AIDS, political corruptions, and religious affairs. The band uses their lyrics to depict issues of society, such as civil rights movements, religion, politics, and domestic violence. Growing in the 1970’s in Ireland with Christianity as their primary religion, the rock band gathered all their opinions and facts, and created heart touching lyrics to songs that hit the magazine Rolling Stones top 20 Hits chart. U2 is one of the bands that most used their talents and work to create lyrics that touched the hearts of society with their messages peace and awareness.



One of U2’s most famous works was //Sunday, Bloody Sunday // from their album //WAR // based on the day that civil rights marchers were murdered in Derry, Ireland, known as Bloody Sunday while Northern Ireland was going through a time known as “The Troubles” (1972 Events of Bloody Sunday In Northern Ireland). On January 30 1972, During the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association’s (NICR) march against internment, British soldiers shot and killed 17 unarmed marchers. Throughout their song, the band describes their feelings towards such a hateful event. The lyrics describe the streets as having “broken glass” and “bodies” all over it (U2 | Sunday Bloody Sunday lyrics.). Not only do they mention the terrifying scenes, but they also mention in their lyrics “The war has just begun” (U2 | Sunday Bloody Sunday lyrics.). U2 was using their lyrics to announce how outrageous the action of killing an unarmed person is. Also I believe that with this song, the band was able to create somewhat of a tribute to those innocent people that died. Also, the lyrics of this song made it very clear to the heartless soldiers that performed such a tragic action that what they did was unjust, and unacceptable. Therefore, one of the many songs that U2 wrote as a form to spread awareness of war and violence.

Another one of the band’s songs, //Sometimes YouCan’t Make It on Your Own // was written on domestic violence, and relationships between parents and their children. The song was written by Bono, one of the group members, and in an interview with the magazine The Rolling Stones Bono states that his father was the “typical arrogant Irish man who thought he was better than everyone” (The Rolling Stone Interview: Bono: Rolling Stone), and since he was basically a low life with small dreams and hopes, he made sure that his children were the same. The song tells the parent that what they do to their children when they are young can permanently affect them. The song goes, //We fight all the time // //You and I... that's alright // //We're the same soul// //I don't need... I don't need to hear you say// //That if we weren't so alike// //You'd like me a whole lot more//

(U2 Lyrics - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own). This passage describes fights between parents and children. Once again the band used an issue in real life, in this case domestic violence, and created a song with heart touching lyrics to spread to parents what domestic violence may cause. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">U2 incorporated political issues not only into their lyrics but into their titles as well. In their 1984 album //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Unforgettable Fire //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">, the title was given to the album based on “a series of painting drawn by survivors of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. U2 also presented religious aspects into their work, such as in their 1981’s album //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">October //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> (U2's History - Biography of U2 from @U2) //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">. //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> In this album, the specific message that the band was displaying was religious value in life. In this album the band wrote a song named //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gloria //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> whose lyrics are written as if the singer is talking directly speaking to God himself. They sing “Oh Lord if I had anything at all I would give it all to you” (Gloria Lyrics by U2). I believe that writing such inspirational messages in their lyrics, the band actually spreads hope and joy to the people who hear it. During the time that the band was writing their music, there were civil issues all over the world, and many people were deeply disturbed by the violence. Also, society was more religious during that time, therefore hearing a gospel song would help bring peace the audience’s heart. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">During an interview with the magazine The Rolling Stone, Bono discussed how he and his band members came about, and who the people that inspired them were. When questioned about who inspired the band, Bono answered “I really remember John Lennon's Imagine. I guess I'm twelve; that's one of my first albums. That really set fire to me. It was like he was whispering in your ear -- his ideas of what's possible. Different ways of seeing the world.” (The Rolling Stone Interview: Bono: Rolling Stone) he also stated “Bob Dylan at the same time. Listened to his acoustic albums”. Just by thinking a little about the rock star’s answer, it is very clear how he came about to writing songs about such dramatic social issues because John Lennon himself used his work as a way to spread concerns about social issues. Also, Bono was questioned but the spirituality of him and his band members. The interviewer asked “You never saw rock & roll -- the so-called devil's music -- as incompatible with religion?” and Bono responded “Look at the people who have formed my imagination. Bob Dylan. Nineteen seventy-six -- he's going through similar stuff. You buy Patti Smith: -- "Jesus died for somebody's sins/But not mine . . ." And she turns Van Morrison's "Gloria" into liturgy. She's wrestling with these demons -- Catholicism in her case. Right the way through to, where she's talking to the pope”. Bono and his band had a passion for music and song writing, but they also had a passion for word of God, and for political and social justice. Thanks to their creativity and skill of combing all these passions one masterpiece, is what caused U2 to be considered one of the best rock bands every to be known, and till this day they perform their work and continues spreading awareness. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Many may think that the only way to get someone’s attention is by standing on a podium with a loud microphone and speaking with much authority. Unlike many artists who use their song writing or singing talents to spread messages about drugs, sex and rock n’ roll, U2 used their talents and passion to write about messages that actually had significant meaning in it. Many of the band’s songs brought hope and meaning into the lives of people who struggled during civil rights movements. Their music also spread awareness all over the world about some of the tragic events that were taking place. Going the experiences and suffering the hardship of living in the Irish middle class during that time, the band gathered their recollections of some of the domestic violence, and teenage drug use and wrote lyrics as a way to tell their audience what should and what shouldn’t be done. U2, along with many other artists, have proved that songs that contain meaning behind may sometimes get more attention and more responses to an awareness subject than posters and loud speakers.


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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">U2- Sunday Bloody Sunday **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Yes... //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I cant believe the news today // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Oh, I cant close my eyes and make it go away // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How long... // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How long must we sing this song? // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How long? how long... //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">cause tonight...we can be as one // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tonight... //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Broken bottles under childrens feet // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bodies strewn across the dead end street // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">But I wont heed the battle call // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It puts my back up // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Puts my back up against the wall //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sunday, bloody sunday // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sunday, bloody sunday // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sunday, bloody sunday (sunday bloody sunday...) // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(allright lets go!) //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And the battles just begun // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Theres many lost, but tell me who has won // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The trench is dug within our hearts // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And mothers, children, brothers, sisters torn apart //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sunday, bloody sunday // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sunday, bloody sunday //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How long... // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How long must we sing this song? // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How long? how long... //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">cause tonight...we can be as one // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tonight... // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tonight... //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sunday, bloody sunday (tonight) // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tonight // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sunday, bloody sunday (tonight) // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(come get some!) //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wipe the tears from your eyes // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wipe your tears away // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wipe your tears away // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I wipe your tears away // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(sunday, bloody sunday) // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I wipe your blood shot eyes // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(sunday, bloody sunday) //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sunday, bloody sunday (sunday, bloody sunday) // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sunday, bloody sunday (sunday, bloody sunday) // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(here I come!) //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And its true we are immune // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When fact is fiction and tv reality // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And today the millions cry // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We eat and drink while tomorrow they die //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The real battle yet begun (sunday, bloody sunday) // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">To claim the victory jesus won (sunday, bloody sunday) // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">On... //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sunday bloody sunday // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sunday bloody sunday... //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Works Cited //

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