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“And it upset me as a person who read the Scriptures, to think that Christians in America were supporting this kind of thing, this kind of proxy war because of these Communists.” Later he adds, “I was not a Communist, but I felt it was wrong.Come on and get with us here, come down in theĭone down, done down, done down in the eveningīut I’m here to tell that the sun, that the sun, And while he says he didn’t feel they were in danger at the time, he knew lives were being lost nearby. “I remember the ground shaking and I remember the smell I suppose of being near a war zone,” the singer recalls. The small group he was with went into the country’s hills. Bono says he visited with some Americans who were “offering solace to refugees in the war in El Salvador.” In the clip, Bono details his visit to El Salvador in 1986, which culminated in the band crafting “Bullet the Blue Sky.” At the time, Ronald Reagan was president and the U.S. Musically, myriad U2 songs also reflect their activism, including The Joshua Tree‘s “Bullet the Blue Sky.” In the new video above, Bono discusses the origins of the 1987 song. Among their many charitable works, they’ve been involved in the ONE campaign, which fights extreme poverty, and RED, which provides help for AIDS drugs in Africa. Throughout U2‘s career, they’ve been human rights activists, both through music and deed. In the howling wind comes a stinging rain See it driving nails Into the souls on the tree of pain From the firefly, a red orange glow See the face of fear Running scared in the valley below Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue Bullet the blue In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum Jacob wrestled the angel And the angel was overcome You plant a demon seed You raise a.
