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=Sunday Bloody Sunday= =U2=



I can't believe the news today I can't close my eyes and make it go away. How long, how long must we sing this song? How long, how long? 'Cos tonight We can be as one, tonight.

Broken bottles under children's feet Bodies strewn across the dead-end street. But I won't heed the battle call It puts my back up, puts my back up against the wall.

Sunday, bloody Sunday. Sunday, bloody Sunday. Sunday, bloody Sunday. Sunday, bloody Sunday. Oh, let's go.

And the battle's just begun There's many lost, but tell me who has won? The trenches dug within our hearts And mothers, children, brothers, sisters Torn apart.

Sunday, bloody Sunday. Sunday, bloody Sunday.

How long, how long must we sing this song? How long, how long? 'Cos tonight We can be as one, tonight. Sunday, bloody Sunday. Sunday, bloody Sunday.

Wipe the tears from your eyes Wipe your tears away. I'll wipe your tears away. I'll wipe your tears away. I'll wipe your bloodshot eyes. Sunday, bloody Sunday. Sunday, bloody Sunday.

And it's true we are immune When fact is fiction and TV reality. And today the millions cry We eat and drink while tomorrow they die.

The real battle just begun To claim the victory Jesus won On...

Sunday, bloody Sunday Sunday, bloody Sunday..

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Why I've chosen this song?
I chosed this song because U2 is one of my favourite bands and for me is one of the most important on history times.When I heard the lyrics project I thought that a U2 song would be a great lyric project to do because U2 is a band that always try to give a message in his albums and concerts, I give evidence about that because of my assitence in the last two concerts on Barcelona of the band, the first one on the vertigo tour on 2006 and the second one on the 360 tour on 2009.U2 in his concerts always try to transmite political and social messages for example in songs like Sunday Bloody Sunday or Peace on earth.

What about the band?
U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. How many members are there on the band? There are four mebers,Bono (vocals and guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion). The band formed at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency. Within four years, they signed to Island Records, one of the most prestigious discographys on the world were they released their debut album Boy. By the mid-1980s, they had become a top international act. They were more successful as a live act than they were at selling records, until their 1987 album The Joshua Tree, which, according to Rolling Stone, elevated the band's stature "from heroes to superstar.

SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY- U2 1983
Sunday Bloody Sunday is one of my favourite songs and I think that contains lots of messages in nearly every verse of it, apart from the good song I think it is, there lyrics are really interesting and surprising.

What about the musical part of the song? Firstly is a strong rhythmic song were Larry Mullen (drums and percussion) trys a thing called Click track were he firstly was indignated about using it but finally he used it to give a more strong sound and rhythm to the song.

What is Bloody Sunday? Bloody Sunday was an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, in which twenty-six unarmed civil rights protesters and bystanders were shot by members of the British Army. This succes occured in the context of the conflict on North Ireland. All started with the civil rights movement in which members of the Irish community came together to protest against the injustice of internment,were they manifestated about their rights and where the government forces at the time could imprison you without trial. The march was supposed to be very peaceful and follow a designated root, so that those involved could state their own opinion without getting violent or causing problems to the residents of Londonderry. But finally the english army descontroled and started to involve on the succeses by attacking an killing Irish manifestants. The "Bloody Sunday" march was organised by NICRA, the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association.

What U2 talks about in the song? First of all they say that they can't believe what they are looking on the news this refers to the day before Bloody Sunday,they can't believe the succeses, they are horrified,¿ How long must we sing this song? Bono says refering to how many time North Irish people have to suport all this horror.

The second stanza talks about the aspect of the streets and at the end he gives a clear message about his none tolerance in violence,he says that he wont heed the batlle come he will put hi back up on front of the wall, he wont continue with this batlle and the message he is trying to give us is that there has to be peace on earth.

The rest of the song talks about facts os the war,family separation,the horror that wars and batlles on society such as te North Irish one and the feeling of the people in those days.

Finally,in the last stanza U2 give us a mesage with little relationship with Bloody Sunday he says that we drink and eat as normal when people in other parts of the universe are dying this says us that people all around the world are dying wile in other parts of the world are fighting about stupid things.

What is the message of the song? The message is that we dont have to be tolerant in things like violoence and war, and that eveybody can think the way they like ( indpendence,nacionalism,etc ). This song in those days seemed to be rebel but the only thing that the song says are true things about society, U2 always said it wasnt a rebel song.

Handout:
Reasons of choosing this song-favourite band and sepcial song.

Band (U2)- 4 members:Bono,The Edge,Larry Mullen and Alam Clayton.Dublin, Ireland

Analysis: Song with a message:peace,explains bloody sunday on North Ireland on 1972.

Fill in the gaps (before listening):
I can't believe the ........ today I can't close my ......... and make it go away. How long, how long must we sing this song? How long, how long? 'Cos tonight We can be as .........., tonight.

Broken ............. under children's feet Bodies strewn across the dead-end street. But I won't .......... the battle call It puts my ............., puts my back up against the wall.

Sunday, bloody Sunday. Sunday, bloody Sunday. Sunday, bloody Sunday. Sunday, bloody Sunday. Oh, let's go.

And the battle's just begun There's many lost, but tell me who has won? The trenches dug within our hearts And.........., children, ............ , sisters Torn apart.

Sunday, bloody Sunday. Sunday, bloody Sunday.

How long, how long must we sing this song? How long, how long? 'Cos tonight We can be as .........., tonight. Sunday, bloody Sunday. Sunday, bloody Sunday.

Wipe the tears from your eyes Wipe your tears away. I'll wipe your tears away. I'll wipe your tears away. I'll wipe your .......... eyes. Sunday, bloody Sunday. Sunday, bloody Sunday.

And it's true we are ............... When fact is fiction and TV .......... And today the millions cry We eat and drink while ........... they die.

The real battle just begun To claim the ......... Jesus won On...

Sunday, bloody Sunday Sunday, bloody Sunday..