"The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon." (Psalm 92:12)
Just one of the many times in the Bible that cedars of Lebanon are mentioned. I don't really know what the song is about, but I thought that would be an interesting tidbit considering most of the other songs on this album have religious references.
I think the Biblical reference to "Cedars in Lebanon" is the most astute basis for the title, which works with the other interpretations about it being about a soldier/war correspondent/etc... And also works with NLOH's theme about heaven on earth.
I think the Biblical reference to "Cedars in Lebanon" is the most astute basis for the title, which works with the other interpretations about it being about a soldier/war correspondent/etc... And also works with NLOH's theme about heaven on earth.
This is my least favorite sounding song on the album because it is so bare. I know a lot of people like bare, but in this instance it just seems either undone or too filtered to me. I keep wanting to like it, but find myself skipping it when it comes on in the car on...
This is my least favorite sounding song on the album because it is so bare. I know a lot of people like bare, but in this instance it just seems either undone or too filtered to me. I keep wanting to like it, but find myself skipping it when it comes on in the car on my ipod. I'm not the biggest fan of Bono doing the hungover-too many smokes-raspy talk thing, so that's probably why it doesn't do it for me.
I hate it when I really don't like a U2 song. It makes me feel disloyal or something!
Cedars of Lebanon is a common subject in the old testament. The Cedars of Lebanon were basically the finest timber you could have, it also represented riches beyond your wildest dreams. King Solomon built the temple out of the Cedars of Lebanon, and that makes that significant is that it meant that he had to hire 100s and 1000s of slaves to go gather the timber that was about 125 miles away, and was in a mountainous region.. How they crap they did it, i dont know... I guess thats why it took about 60 years to complete.
Cedars of Lebanon is a common subject in the old testament. The Cedars of Lebanon were basically the finest timber you could have, it also represented riches beyond your wildest dreams. King Solomon built the temple out of the Cedars of Lebanon, and that makes that significant is that it meant that he had to hire 100s and 1000s of slaves to go gather the timber that was about 125 miles away, and was in a mountainous region.. How they crap they did it, i dont know... I guess thats why it took about 60 years to complete.
Another meaning of Cedars...
Another meaning of Cedars of Lebanon that I find the most interesting is the references of it in a lot of the "prophetic" books of the Old Testament. One scripture, I dobelieve it is in Amos, is talking about the day when an enemy of Israel's will be defeated... Speaking in an obvious metaphor, the writer/prophet says that the Cedars of Lebanon will dance for joy. This is of course because they won't have to be cut down any more by the enemy of Israel as they build houses and ships etc. The irony of this is that Israel's enemies are never defeated, of course the enemy that the prophet Amos is referencing to is taken down, Israel still has there work cut out for them.
This song, at the second to last stanza, is the most important part of the song in terms of interpreting it, and of course the last stanza is the advise that Bono gives warning to everyone in regards to enemies... there is a lesson to be learned.
The second to last stanza talks about his head being lit like a cigarette, probably sunburned, and as he looks up into the cedars, he cannot see his enemy, he sees the unholy clouds, but not the enemies above him. The only way to see them would be to cut down the trees, the oh' so important cedars which after King Solomon's reign, became one of the most prized possesions int that region for infrastructure...
Oh and also, as for the song, I do like it, but only because of its rich cultural, political and historical allusions. Very important song, but as for the music it is as you say "bare", and doesn't get me excited or motivated. Its a song i listen to and reflect.
Oh and also, as for the song, I do like it, but only because of its rich cultural, political and historical allusions. Very important song, but as for the music it is as you say "bare", and doesn't get me excited or motivated. Its a song i listen to and reflect.
"The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon." (Psalm 92:12)
Just one of the many times in the Bible that cedars of Lebanon are mentioned. I don't really know what the song is about, but I thought that would be an interesting tidbit considering most of the other songs on this album have religious references.
I think the Biblical reference to "Cedars in Lebanon" is the most astute basis for the title, which works with the other interpretations about it being about a soldier/war correspondent/etc... And also works with NLOH's theme about heaven on earth.
I think the Biblical reference to "Cedars in Lebanon" is the most astute basis for the title, which works with the other interpretations about it being about a soldier/war correspondent/etc... And also works with NLOH's theme about heaven on earth.
This is my least favorite sounding song on the album because it is so bare. I know a lot of people like bare, but in this instance it just seems either undone or too filtered to me. I keep wanting to like it, but find myself skipping it when it comes on in the car on...
This is my least favorite sounding song on the album because it is so bare. I know a lot of people like bare, but in this instance it just seems either undone or too filtered to me. I keep wanting to like it, but find myself skipping it when it comes on in the car on my ipod. I'm not the biggest fan of Bono doing the hungover-too many smokes-raspy talk thing, so that's probably why it doesn't do it for me.
I hate it when I really don't like a U2 song. It makes me feel disloyal or something!
U2momma, it's okay not to love everything they put out.
U2momma, it's okay not to love everything they put out.
I can't say I love every song they produce, but I'd say I absolutely adore at least 90% of them.
I can't say I love every song they produce, but I'd say I absolutely adore at least 90% of them.
I guess it's kind of like anything else in life. You don't like everything about anything you like in life, right?
I guess it's kind of like anything else in life. You don't like everything about anything you like in life, right?
Cedars of Lebanon is a common subject in the old testament. The Cedars of Lebanon were basically the finest timber you could have, it also represented riches beyond your wildest dreams. King Solomon built the temple out of the Cedars of Lebanon, and that makes that significant is that it meant that he had to hire 100s and 1000s of slaves to go gather the timber that was about 125 miles away, and was in a mountainous region.. How they crap they did it, i dont know... I guess thats why it took about 60 years to complete.
Cedars of Lebanon is a common subject in the old testament. The Cedars of Lebanon were basically the finest timber you could have, it also represented riches beyond your wildest dreams. King Solomon built the temple out of the Cedars of Lebanon, and that makes that significant is that it meant that he had to hire 100s and 1000s of slaves to go gather the timber that was about 125 miles away, and was in a mountainous region.. How they crap they did it, i dont know... I guess thats why it took about 60 years to complete.
Another meaning of Cedars...
Another meaning of Cedars of Lebanon that I find the most interesting is the references of it in a lot of the "prophetic" books of the Old Testament. One scripture, I dobelieve it is in Amos, is talking about the day when an enemy of Israel's will be defeated... Speaking in an obvious metaphor, the writer/prophet says that the Cedars of Lebanon will dance for joy. This is of course because they won't have to be cut down any more by the enemy of Israel as they build houses and ships etc. The irony of this is that Israel's enemies are never defeated, of course the enemy that the prophet Amos is referencing to is taken down, Israel still has there work cut out for them.
This song, at the second to last stanza, is the most important part of the song in terms of interpreting it, and of course the last stanza is the advise that Bono gives warning to everyone in regards to enemies... there is a lesson to be learned.
The second to last stanza talks about his head being lit like a cigarette, probably sunburned, and as he looks up into the cedars, he cannot see his enemy, he sees the unholy clouds, but not the enemies above him. The only way to see them would be to cut down the trees, the oh' so important cedars which after King Solomon's reign, became one of the most prized possesions int that region for infrastructure...
Oh and also, as for the song, I do like it, but only because of its rich cultural, political and historical allusions. Very important song, but as for the music it is as you say "bare", and doesn't get me excited or motivated. Its a song i listen to and reflect.
Oh and also, as for the song, I do like it, but only because of its rich cultural, political and historical allusions. Very important song, but as for the music it is as you say "bare", and doesn't get me excited or motivated. Its a song i listen to and reflect.