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    In U2's song "Pride (In the Name of Love)" what people are directly referred to?

    Question #81409. Asked by star_gazer. (Jun 03 07 3:52 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		"The song was originally intended to be about Ronald Reagan's pride in America's military power but Bono had been influenced by Stephen B. Oates's book Let The Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. as well as by a biography of Malcolm X. These caused Bono to ponder the different sides of the civil rights campaigns, the violent and the non-violent."


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_%28In_the_Name_of_Love%29

    Jun 03 07, 5:48 PM
    todd226

    		The song is about Martin Luther King, Jr.

    The first line of the last verse erroneously refers to King's shooting as "Early morning, April 4", when it was actually after 6PM. Bono admits the error and in live performances he occasionally changes the lyric to "Early evening..."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_(In_the_Name_of_Love)

    Jun 03 07, 5:49 PM
    MonkeyOnALeash

    		Jesus Christ.

    "ONE MAN BETRAYED WITH A KISS"

    Judas kissed Jesus to alert the Guard that He was the one they sought.

    Jun 03 07, 11:45 PM

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