THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
190-U2-Pride(In The Name Of Love.)
1984-Number 3 single.
Best Bit-At 0.09.Unbelievably the lyrics contain a glaring error.In reference to Martin Luther Kings shooting,Bono sings,’Early morning,April 4,’when actually King was assassinated at 6.01 pm,the evening of April 4,1968.Bono who wrote the songs lyrics acknowledges the error and in live performances he sometimes changes the lyric to ‘Early evening.’
U2(see also best songs 766 and 320) were supporters of Martin Luther King Day being made a U.S. federal holiday,but when they took their ‘Joshua Tree’ tour to Tempe,Arizona they received death threats for supporting the holiday.Someone claimed they would shoot Bono on stage if he sang ‘Pride,’ the FBI were taking the threat very seriously. U2 went ahead and played the show,Bono said,’During ‘Pride I was singing the third verse,’Early morning April 4,a shot rings out in a Memphis sky.”I just closed my eyes and sang,and when I opened my eyes,Adam (Clayton) was standing in front of me.’
‘In the name of love,what more in the name of love?’
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