Sunday Bloody Sunday

I first heard this song while i was taking irish literature. we had just finished Joyce's Portrait of the Artist (and may i just say that James Joyce is fucking brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stephen Dedalus forever!) and were just cracking open Cal by Bernard Maclaverty when our professor broke out this song. Without giving any background information, he asked us to listen and interperate. as a whole, we came up with the impression that the song was suggesting that we as humans need to stop war and violence...the only people that we are hurting by initiating these massacres are ourselves. In war, there are no winners, only losers and there is no right...no fight can be completely justified, no matter how noble the cause (e.g. WWII and the destruction of the Nazis). Bono is simply siting an event that brought him great sorrow and trying to bring a heightened awareness to people to show them just what conflict can become.

The last time I heard this song played on the radio, it was the night that bush (i refuse to capitalize that filthy name) was elected (not reelected...he DID NOT win in 2000). I was driving back from my stables after a relaxing evening with my horse (my trainer was away...hehe, thank god!) and WBCN (one of boston's local alternative rock stations) just announced that the monkey had won. the dj, who, like me, is a diehard massachusetts democrat, said that to mourn the tragic state of our country, he would play the only song that he saw fit for the hour...and then Sunday Bloody Sunday started blaring through the speakers. And I started crying. I actually had to pull over on a side street to regain my composure...this is one powerful song!

And all you republicans out there...i am simply a passionate democrat (the only way that i will make it to see 25 is if the idiots in d.c. actually pass a bill alowing for goverment funding to go to stem cell research...im fighting a losing battle with JRA, akylosing spondylitis and Lupis) so please don't lambast me with mean comments because of my very personal political views. Thank you.