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The Saints are Coming Video (not as seen on TV..)

Carol — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:52:37 +0000

I love this creative video set to the U2 / Green Day version of The Saints are Coming. It has been out on YouTube for quite a while, but I wanted to make sure it wasn’t going to get yanked for some sort of copyright violation before I linked to it on my blog. I really think this video captures the true spirit in which the song was performed at the Superdome last Oct.

‘Vertigo’ in New Orleans – Music Rising Video

Carol — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 23:28:33 +0000

Stumbled across this great little video on YouTube. It’s a promo for the Music Rising charity that was founded by The Edge (U2) and Gibson Guitars. They are doing really good things with the funds that they are raising. Phase one was to get instruments into the hands of professional musicians who had lost them as a result of the Katrina flooding. Phase two, which started just recently, is focused on providing instruments to churches (such as organs and pianos) and grade schools. They don’t accept donations of instruments (they do not have enough staff to handle restoration and distribution of instruments) however. They work with other organizations such as Mr Holland’s Opus Foundation to manage that type of donation.

Check out this video of The Edge and some New Orleans musicians doing a rendition of Vertigo. It is quite entertaining.

The Saints are Back!

Carol — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:49:00 +0000

The concert, although much too short, was a rousing start to a well played football game. If you missed the concert, or want to hear it again, you can watch the 10 minute performance at the Rhapsody site here. You can also download an audio version of The Saints Are Coming from the Rhapsody site as well, with the proceeds going to Music Rising. And my final plug, if you want a cool Music Rising t-shirt like the one Edge is wearing in the photo from my blog post yesterday, go to the U2.com site to the U2 shop (again, proceeds go to Music Rising).

Since the demise of the Packers, I have been looking for a new football team to ‘adopt’. I thought it might be the Titans, since Vince went there, but they aren’t playing Vince yet, and they are really painful to watch at the moment. I thought it might be the Bucks, since Chris went there, but Chris won’t be playing for a while since having his spleen removed last Sunday after taking a horrible beating on the field (get better soon Chis), and the Bucks aren’t any more fun than the Titans to watch at the moment (one can only be amused by Chucky’s scowls for so long). So, that leaves the Saints, since Drew went there, and they look wonderful!! I haven’t seen such a well played game of football, front to finish, offense, defense and special teams, for quite some time. So it’s official, I am now a Saints fan.

I added a few more entries on the Plant Catalog page today. Take a look if you get a chance. I also uploaded some new pictures of the gardens and plants in the greenhouse to Flickr today, check them out too.

Take care & rock on.
Carol

Music Rising High Tonight

Carol — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:26:50 +0000

Check out this four minute video of the ABC News interview with Edge and Billy Joe Armstrong. (Photo taken from ABC News)

They – U2 and Green Day together – will be performing Beautiful Day, Wake Me Up When September Ends, and The Saints Are Coming. There are a few short clips of the bands rehearsing in the Superdome on this video. There is also another video – listed just below the one above on the ABC News site – that has a minute or so of raw footage of the bands rehearsing. I am so excited!! This is going to be awesome.

U2 and Green Day Unite to Benefit Music Rising on MNF Pre-game Show

Carol — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:08:00 +0000

It’s kind of old news by now, but I still thought the topic deserved a mention. U2 and Green Day are probably my two favorite bands currently, so I can’t wait to see them live on stage together. What a great cause they are promoting also, Music Rising, which was founded by Edge to assist New Orleans area musicians after Katrina. The ESPN Monday Night Football game between the Saints and the Falcons will be the first NFL game played in the Louisiana Superdome since Katrina struck. The pre-game show will air from 7pm to 8:30 pm EDT, and it looks like the segment with U2 and Green Day will show at the very end (8:20 – 8:30pm). For more details see the complete press release.

The photo above, from the U2 non-subscription site, is of U2 and Green Day band members crossing the street in front of the Abbey Road Studios. According to the news on the U2.com site, U2 and GreenDay have been reheasing together recently at the Abbey Road Studios in London (where U2 has been recording some new songs!!!). At least one of the songs that they will perform next Monday for the benefit will be a rendition of The Skids song “The Saints are Coming”. I am not familiar with that song, but the lyrics (courtesy of the Into The Valley… site) to the original are below.

The Saints Are Coming
I cried to my daddy on the telephone
how long now
Until the clouds unroll and you come home
the line went
But the shadows still remain since your descent
your descent

The saints are coming, the saints are coming
No matter how I try, I realise there’s no reply
The saints are coming, the saints are coming

A drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief
How long now
Until a weather change condemns belief
The stone says
This paternal guide once had his day
Once had his day

The saints are coming, the saints are coming
No matter how I try, I realise there’s no reply
The saints are coming, the saints are coming

Words: Richard Jobson
Music: Stuart Adamson

It promises to be a memorable event. Be there if you can.