The saints came&went
The song was for a good cause (Bono is ALWAYS behind good causes!),but,musically,does it work? Does it have a longer shelf life than "Do they know it's Christmas" and "We are the world"?
"The Saints are Coming" opens with a musical shout-out to the House of the Rising Sun. U2 and Green Day's "The Saints are Coming" revived the spirits of New Orleans when the Super Dome was reopened after Hurricane Katrina. It's supposed to be a lament, but Bono sounds sanctimonious and Green Day's front man sounds whiny. It's forgettable, easy listening rock. The Edge contributes a few electrifying riffs. "The Saints are Coming". . . came and went.
Excelent.
Very good album! Windows in the sky it's the most beautiful music that I've ever heard!.
"Spit on it."
" I suppose that's exactly what these two bands have. "Everyone should have their own cathedral. The superdome is their very own private cathedral, where they go to pray and sing hymns to the god of football, or possibly themselves. One hymn, it seems. I'll admit I haven't heard it. It's been a long time since I listened to either U2 or Green Day, though I might try one of them again. All I know about this bit of swag is what I can discern from the cover, which shows the faces of two men (not including the other members of each group) in profile, with the names of their bands in big block letters cutting between them. If I didn't know any better, I'd say this is one of those head-to-head, Band A vs. Band B split CDs where the annointed ones take turns covering each other's songs, and I wouldn't necessarily have a problem with that, except that the younger band is totally out of its league. So to speak. The style of "hard rock" that U2 and others spent decades tweaking, refining, and tearing holes in is something Green Day, at most, uses as a user's manual for their little toy Punk Rock Maker. Hence the only thing these groups can really do together is pander to their common audience, a tactic frequently employed by politicians, some of whom (I've heard it told) were in a way guilty for the disaster which the distributors of this product are trying to help patch up.
3 Great Reasons. Billie Joe, Bono, Music Rising
Better yet, all proceeds go to Music Rising. With the vocal talents of Billie Joe Armstrong and Bono, this song was guaranteed to be a hit before it was even recorded.
Best Single of 2006
They brought out the best in each other. Green Day and U2 cover The Skids and donate to Katrina releif. Taking on a cover song and melding it with a snippet of "House Of The Rising Sun" made this superstar collaboration the best single of the year 2006. Especially since our feds have conveniently forgotten about the victims of Katrina. " .
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