Bono Would Be Proud!
Filed under: Canadialand > Listen To This > Bono > Colin MunroeCLICK HERE to check out a really cool cover of U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday by Colin Munore, that Canadian kid who did that wicked awesome reinterpretation of Kanye's Flashing Lights.
Posted: August 14, 2008 at 10:47 am
First!
Pretty good song.
LEFT HANDED MEN ARE AMAZING!!!!!!!
Ahhhh this is nice! Kinda reminds me of 'Hurt'. Little Darko, too!
I made it 33 seconds…and then caved. Delete.
Do people pay You to post these?
I've never been an extreme U2 fan, but as this is one of their songs that I actually do happen to like, I feel that this cover is really good and does it justice. And the video was cute!
It's ok. The original is better.
I don't like it.
I doubt U2 and Bono would like it at all.
I was waiting for the guys voice to change in the middle of the song.
WOW. I am normally not a fan of covers, but this one is just great.
Nice version. Awesome vid!
There is no passion in his voice, he is singing the lyrics, but he clearly isn't feeling them.
fuck bono
That was awesome! Thanks Perez!
This song is about the death of innocent people during one of the bloodiest battles in the North of Ireland. It's not a song about a picnic. No passion in this guys voice. He does not convey the essence of this song. Bono would not be proud, nor would any Irish person who lived through this.
I personally like Colin Munroe's sound and though he did a phenom job with Flashing Lights.
But so far Saul Williams has done the best remake of Sunday Bloody Sunday.
It has a great sound that mixes what can only be called progressive rap with industrial rock & electronic beats. Trent Reznor did the production.
Love! They even have it on itunes!
This was shot in Toronto and I actually got to see the set prior to the shooting…very cool.
Nice to see Perez luvs Canadian work.
CORRECTION *** MUNROE ***
Not Munore.
It sucks to mess up people's names.
Awesome song… Loved his version of Flashing Lights…
it's about a million times better than bono. I just think bono is extremely annoying. TEAM COLIN!!!
I really liked it. And SHINNY—here's why:
The sing-song quality and innocence in his voice matched the video and his message:
Soldiers are often thrown into war when they are mearly children, and that war can strip children of their innocence. Notice how the toy soldiers in the video are doing child-like activities and leisurely games, etc.
Does that help? I am not excusing anything or saying what happened in Ireland should be overlooked. And I am VERY PROUD of anyone who protects their country and freedoms of all, don't get me wrong on that either. But I think that was his personal take on the song and the message he was sending.
Sounds very Sufjan Stevens
i seriously doubt that "Bono would be proud"
this version has too cheery a tone (esp the banjo) to pay respect to a very serious and still fresh event in Irish history. Sunday Bloody Sunday is a song about that particular event, not war in general. putting a few toy soldiers in a rainbow land does not counter act the twinkly tone enough to make it satirical or poignant.
im not a big U2 fan but i do feel that this is one song you should not f*ck with.
BOOOOO-RING! What exactly is he adding to this song that is new and fresh? Isn't that the whole reason you do a cover??
BLAH…unecessary cover. Next time, be more original and don't just redo the original song!
i am in love with this video
and most of all….
the song
SO very Sufjan!
Not a bad re-make, but you cannot beat the original. Looks like the video is a screenplay of the kiddie books "I spy" (seek and find books like Where's Waldo?). lol
It's good. And being someone of Irish bearing myself. I do not find this a disservice to U2's work. Yes, it is a song about a really god awful event in Irish history. A day in history that I am not fond of, hate is never something that a nation can be proud of. I believe in a unified Ireland, not divided by religion and age old hate. This is why there is still unrest, because we are still holding on to the past. Yes, the British have had a horrible history in dealing with Ireland, but if you hang on to this with all the glory of Michael Collins and the IRA all we will breed is more hate. There is no room for hate like that anymore, if we can't grow away from it then we might as well become the Middle East where you're constantly at war over religion and a this person did that mentality. Peace.