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"On March 13, 1960, British-Irish musician Adam Clayton, U2, who had the 1984 UK No.3 single 'Pride, In The Name Of Love' plus over 25 other UK Top 20 singles. The 1987 UK and the world wide No.1 album The Joshua Tree spent 156 weeks on the UK chart. U2 scored five consecutive US No.1 albums from 1987. As a member of U2, Clayton has received 22 Grammy Awards."
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Thank you, my friend SGT (Join to see) for sharing the music video of U2 performing Pride (In The Name Of Love).
Background from allmusic.com
"'Pride' is the best song we've ever written," said Bono in a 1984 interview, and perhaps to date it was. Nearly 20 years later, it would still hold pride of place in U2's live set and was considered a modern rock classic. "Pride (In the Name of Love)" was in fact the single that delivered U2 to a wider audience; their first Top Forty Hit in the U.S. (it hit Top Ten in September 1984 in the U.K.), thanks to its association with the campaign to make Martin Luther King Day a holiday in the state of Arizona, it reached a wider American audience. The Edge's ringing guitar heralds in the majestic riff and martial drums, the bottom held down by a simple low thud of a bass. The freedom-fighting anthem is alternately gentle and powerful from verse to chorus, but the soundscape is unrelenting. It's a sound that has more in common with the big sound of War (1982) rather than the lighter touch that was taken on 1984's The Unforgettable Fire. Later, live versions of the song included a hasty, singalong captured for the film and soundtrack Rattle and Hum (1988); 1997's Zoo TV tour rendition threw into the already hefty mix samples of Dr. King's speeches. Just as the song's heroes like Dr. King fought to their deaths, in the name of love, U2 is unstoppable, and at its most passionate best, delivering the faithful message of "Pride (In the Name of Love)."
"Pride (In The Name Of Love)" written by Adam Clayton, Paul Hewson, David Evans, Laurence Mullen
Lyrics
"One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come, he to justify
One man to overthrow
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed on an empty beach.
One man betrayed with a kiss
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
(nobody like you...)
Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love..."
FYI LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SFC William Farrell SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless SSG William Jones SSG Diane R.
Background from allmusic.com
"'Pride' is the best song we've ever written," said Bono in a 1984 interview, and perhaps to date it was. Nearly 20 years later, it would still hold pride of place in U2's live set and was considered a modern rock classic. "Pride (In the Name of Love)" was in fact the single that delivered U2 to a wider audience; their first Top Forty Hit in the U.S. (it hit Top Ten in September 1984 in the U.K.), thanks to its association with the campaign to make Martin Luther King Day a holiday in the state of Arizona, it reached a wider American audience. The Edge's ringing guitar heralds in the majestic riff and martial drums, the bottom held down by a simple low thud of a bass. The freedom-fighting anthem is alternately gentle and powerful from verse to chorus, but the soundscape is unrelenting. It's a sound that has more in common with the big sound of War (1982) rather than the lighter touch that was taken on 1984's The Unforgettable Fire. Later, live versions of the song included a hasty, singalong captured for the film and soundtrack Rattle and Hum (1988); 1997's Zoo TV tour rendition threw into the already hefty mix samples of Dr. King's speeches. Just as the song's heroes like Dr. King fought to their deaths, in the name of love, U2 is unstoppable, and at its most passionate best, delivering the faithful message of "Pride (In the Name of Love)."
"Pride (In The Name Of Love)" written by Adam Clayton, Paul Hewson, David Evans, Laurence Mullen
Lyrics
"One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come, he to justify
One man to overthrow
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed on an empty beach.
One man betrayed with a kiss
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
(nobody like you...)
Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love..."
FYI LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SFC William Farrell SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless SSG William Jones SSG Diane R.
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The lyrics from song: "Early morning, April 4th, a shot rings out in the Memphis sky. Free at last, they took your life, they could not take your pride..." are in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King's death...
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The song famously mentions April 4th, but here are 10 not-so-famous things about it. | iHeartRadio
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