<![CDATA[ Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/topic/8398/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html en-us Copyright 2006, Kickapps feeds@kickapps.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@kickapps.com (WebMaster) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:04:19 GMT Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:06:49 GMT Kickapps Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://kickapps.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://kickapps.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://kickapps.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/341484/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-341484 Kamal767 wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/20...0/18/opinion/18bono.html

If this isn't entering the political arena (gushing about a politician) I don't know what is. I'm not saying musicians shouldn't be political. He can say whatever he wants, you are right. And I can also say that he is a self-serving hypocrite.

Gotta to disagree again. Since when does having a political opinion make you a politician? To say that would be to say because you have an opinion about Bono that makes you a rock star. 

Plus, I do plenty of human rights advocacy work in my community. Preventing opportunistic pop stars from co-opting the struggles is part of this work. At least Bono isn't as bad as Madonna, I suppose.

Many kudos to you for your... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (ceallach67) http://community.u2.com/sreply/341484 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:06:46 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/341454/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-341454 http://www.nytimes.com/20...0/18/opinion/18bono.html

If this isn't entering the political arena (gushing about a politician) I don't know what is. I'm not saying musicians shouldn't be political. He can say whatever he wants, you are right. And I can also say that he is a self-serving hypocrite.

Plus, I do plenty of human rights advocacy work in my community. Preventing opportunistic pop stars from co-opting the struggles is part of this work. At least Bono isn't as bad as Madonna, I suppose. ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Kamal767) http://community.u2.com/sreply/341454 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:05:19 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/340716/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-340716 Kamal767 wrote:
"Let me say that again; he is NOT a politician."

He could have fooled me. His stances seem to be guided more by political expediency than any other reason.

He's a musician/frontman with a lot to say.  Period. 

And I'm not just pissed that he didn't mention the certain issues I happen to care most about.... I care about Iran a lot! I've actually taken university courses on it and written papers about it, haha. I just see quite a trend in the causes he chooses to publicize, and the ones he doesn't. And when he chooses to enter the "political" arena for some issues and not others, I believe it is appropriate to call him out on it.

I'm sorry, the only arena that Bono enters is the rock arena where his band is playing.  He's got his beliefs and social issues that he speaks on, works... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (ceallach67) http://community.u2.com/sreply/340716 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:58:42 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/340318/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-340318
He could have fooled me. His stances seem to be guided more by political expediency than any other reason.

And I'm not just pissed that he didn't mention the certain issues I happen to care most about.... I care about Iran a lot! I've actually taken university courses on it and written papers about it, haha. I just see quite a trend in the causes he chooses to publicize, and the ones he doesn't. And when he chooses to enter the "political" arena for some issues and not others, I believe it is appropriate to call him out on it.

And it is exactly the belief that human rights ARE for all people in all countries (or stateless peoples) that motivates this critique.
]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Kamal767) http://community.u2.com/sreply/340318 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:25:33 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/339998/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-339998 Kamal767 wrote:
I oppose the oppressive Iranian regime entirely. In fact, I think most people that oppose the regime (in solidarity, from outside the country) don't actually appreciate just how wretched the regime is.

That said, it's pretty cowardly for U2 to be doing this. What about Palestinians who have been fighting oppression for more than 60 years now? Or Afghans or Iraqis, who's societies have been pulverized by foreign invasion, overthrow, and occupation? Or Haiti, who's people have bore the brunt of international meddling as much as anyone in the world?

I remember when I saw U2 in Toronto in 2005, Bono said the "we" are better than "the terrorists" because we believe that people are more important than ideas. Tell that to the over one million dead Iraqis (people) who died supposedly for the sake of freedom and democracy (ideas).

U2 only takes political stances when that stance is aligned with the... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (ceallach67) http://community.u2.com/sreply/339998 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:12:13 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/339214/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-339214
As for the continued "troubles", Bflorendo, I disagree with you. I think Bono has screamed and yelled for the surrender of the IRA and an end to the violence enough and I don't think they will return to protesting that. And of course the troubles will continue, they always will.

Finally, someone mentioned earlier tat the Iranian Protesters will "win back their... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (celticfc09) http://community.u2.com/sreply/339214 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:03:58 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/339146/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-339146 feeds@kickapps.com (bflorendo) http://community.u2.com/sreply/339146 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:30:27 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/338269/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-338269
That said, it's pretty cowardly for U2 to be doing this. What about Palestinians who have been fighting oppression for more than 60 years now? Or Afghans or Iraqis, who's societies have been pulverized by foreign invasion, overthrow, and occupation? Or Haiti, who's people have bore the brunt of international meddling as much as anyone in the world?

I remember when I saw U2 in Toronto in 2005, Bono said the "we" are better than "the terrorists" because we believe that people are more important than ideas. Tell that to the over one million dead Iraqis (people) who died supposedly for the sake of freedom and democracy (ideas).

U2 only takes political stances when that stance is aligned with the dominant power in the world, the United States. When the... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Kamal767) http://community.u2.com/sreply/338269 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:31:38 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/313351/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-313351
An Iranian ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Mohsen1388) http://community.u2.com/sreply/313351 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:05:15 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/285760/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-285760 Here's a slideshow tribute to the Iranian Protest Movement based on the beautiful song "Heroine" which was the result of an old collaboration between Sinead O'Connor and The Edge back in the 80s (for a bit more detail see my blog on this site)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMMRI8ZUagg
]]> feeds@kickapps.com (c_big_picture) http://community.u2.com/sreply/285760 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:15:23 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/204267/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-204267 bigwave wrote:




what i found most interesting about this video is that Edge has changed the guitar for this song. The past 3 tours EDGE used the telecaster and now Edge is back to the original guitar he played SBS on which is the fender strat.��

this hasent been done since the zoo tv tour and they only played SBS a few times during this time.� On the Joshua Tree tour and every tour before that the song was played on the stratocaster. ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (italian_macphisto) http://community.u2.com/sreply/204267 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:24:01 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/204124/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-204124 feeds@kickapps.com (heather118) http://community.u2.com/sreply/204124 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:47:29 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/204123/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-204123 feeds@kickapps.com (heather118) http://community.u2.com/sreply/204123 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:45:35 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/203184/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-203184
]]> feeds@kickapps.com (bigwave) http://community.u2.com/sreply/203184 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:18:49 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/202980/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-202980 feeds@kickapps.com (persianvalleygirl) http://community.u2.com/sreply/202980 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:12:47 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/201735/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-201735 feeds@kickapps.com (prksoda00) http://community.u2.com/sreply/201735 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:01:11 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/201649/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-201649 http://www.vohuman.org/Article/The%20First%20Declaration%20of%20Human%20Rights.htm ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (daddysgirl) http://community.u2.com/sreply/201649 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:45:00 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/201224/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-201224 joooj wrote:
The display in this video looks pretty much like Persian : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR8d1qM-GqE but it can't read it (i'm not iranian myself), some people on Facebook tell it starts with "Listen, Listen, Listen".

Definitly I would say it IS a tribute to the recent events in Iran.
Although the whole script cannot be read very well in this video, but yes it starts with "Listen, Listen, Listen". From the few words I can read, I guess it must be an alteration of an old poem (The Lament of the reed-flute) by the 13th century Persian poet Rumi. Here's a translation of the original poem :
http://www.khamush.com/tales_from_masnavi.htm#TheLamentofthe... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (PersianV) http://community.u2.com/sreply/201224 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:01:51 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/201216/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-201216
Many thanks to the band for their support.

(From an Iranian fan) ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (PersianV) http://community.u2.com/sreply/201216 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:40:38 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/reply/201189/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html#reply-201189 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR8d1qM-GqE but it can't read it (i'm not iranian myself), some people on Facebook tell it starts with "Listen, Listen, Listen".

Definitly I would say it IS a tribute to the recent events in Iran.
]]> feeds@kickapps.com (joooj) http://community.u2.com/sreply/201189 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:31:06 PST <![CDATA[ Sunday Bloody Sunday Goes Green for Iran ]]> http://community.u2.com/topic/8398/t/Sunday-Bloody-Sunday-Goes-Green-for-Iran.html It was an Iranian-born singer, Sussan Deyhim, you could hear after the end of 'Crazy'before 'Sunday' began and the choice of green lighting seemed like a definite symbolic shout-out to the protestors in Iran ... who've made green the colour of their demands for new elections.
Sunday Bloody Sunday has always been a song about peace but a quarter century after it was written seems like it's still taking on new meanings - even before Tuesday's show, the Iranconnection had been made online. When young Neda Agha-Soltan was killed during the protests, it sparked a series of online video tributes.... all to the soundtrack of Sunday Bloody Sunday. ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (bigwave) http://community.u2.com/topic/8398 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:04:19 PST