Laird Galloway
English 102
Michael Vonie
March 22nd, 2017
Controversy Analysis
WAR. One of the many great Irish rock band, U2, albums, but WAR was different it was U2’s greatest albums ever and was all about changing the tides and fighting the power. The song that did so was Sunday Bloody Sunday it not only brought national but worldwide attention to the police brutality on Bloody Sunday. Bloody Sunday was and still is one of worst cases of police brutality in history. Bloody Sunday was a demonstration in Londonderry (Derry), Northern Ireland, on Sunday, January 30, 1972, by Roman Catholic civil rights supporters that turned violent when British opened fire, killing many people and injuring even more. The song Sunday Bloody Sunday is all about
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the lyrics and the message, when you look at their official music video it is just about them preforming at a concert, there is no subliminal messages or secret political statements try to be said. Because it is all about one thing. Bring in national attention to the violence. If U2 had not brought worldwide attention to Bloody Sunday, the incident would most likely been blamed on the IRA. And that’s wat happened two different government agencies found the Paramilitary in the right saying the believed to be bomb threats. On 30 January 1972 in the area of Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a peaceful protest march against internment. Fourteen people died: eleven were outright shot, two were run over by army vehicles, another one was beaten and shot with rubber bullets, and the death of another man came four months later and was attributed to his injuries. Many of the victims were shot while fleeing from the soldiers and some were shot while trying to help the wounded. Which did not support the soldier’s claims. Many other protesters were injured by rubber bullets or batons, and two were run down by army vehicles. The march was organized by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, short for NICRA. Two investigations were held by different parts of the British government. The Widgery Tribunal, held the first investigation. The Widgery Tribunal held in their investigation immediate aftermath of Bloody Sunday, The Widgery Tribunal cleared most the soldiers and British authorities of blame. It described the soldiers' did as "bordering on the reckless", but accepted their claims that they shot at gunmen and bomb-throwers. The report was widely criticized as a cover up. The second investigation was held by The Saville Inquiry, and in 1998 to reinvestigate the incident. Following a 12-year inquiry, Saville's report was made public in 2010 and stated that the killings were both unjustified and unjustifiable. It found that all of who were shot were unarmed, that none were posing a serious threat, that no bombs were thrown, and that soldiers "knowingly put forward false accounts" to justify their firing. On the publication of the report, British prime minister David Cameron made a formal apology on behalf of the United Kingdom. And soon after the the Saville Inquiry was made public the police began a murder investigation into the soldiers who were involved in the killings However, the real damage came after the news broke about Bloody Sunday was one of the most significant events of troubles because many civilian citizens were killed, by forces of the state, in full view of the public and the press. It was the highest number of people killed in a single shooting incident during the conflict. Bloody Sunday caused a strong and sudden increased in catholic and Irish nationalist hostility towards the British Army and exacerbated the conflict. Support for the IRA (Irish Republican army) rose and there was a surge of recruitment into the organization, most notable in Ireland But the controversial point many people made at the time was less about the message and more about the lyrics. Many people thought the lyrics and sediment were too little too late. The album WAR was released in 1983 over ten years after the disaster of Sunday Bloody Sunday in 1972 and the lyric’s sound less mad about what happened and more depressed. Which made people confused about the album and the meaning behind it. Critics began asking why weren’t they angry and just flat out say the government did instead of explaining their feelings. Other people saw the up side to the way they approached showing their hopes for what they wish they could have done. As for the timing U2 is a world-famous band they could not just go accusing their own government of murder and lying without having all the facts ready and on hand. Another large controversial topic about U2 Sunday bloody Sunday is terrible violence that occurred in northern Ireland was not known worldwide so the problem you too was bringing attention to the topic very little new a lot about Big problem is that many were confused who's account to believe what they supposed to believe the government and would they said about bombs and terrorist attack and leave the police did what he thought was right where they supposed to believe that the police were so far in the wrong they murdered 15 people and injured another 15.
Many people did not want to believe because Edmond at the police could be in the wrong and could be so far in the wrong at the world at this time there were many police cases of police brutality and many people believed or false however bloody Sunday in Ireland proved AD police and make mistakes in this case it was a huge mistake by the police. Here in the US that maybe the police were in the wrong believe that is creating a very controversial topic about whether or not to believe U2 or believe the government. However, it not a very big due to the fact that you two were releasing their album 10 years after the events that happened Sunday bloody Sunday many people just had no idea what the band was …show more content…
referring. However, I have a very different theory about what Sunday Bloody Sunday is about it is about peace U2 is just using Bloody Sunday as an example of war but what they want is peace. By examining their lyrics it’s clear that the message that spreading is love and peace. “I can't believe the news today Oh, I can't close my eyes and make it go away” U2 is getting in touch with what everyone thinks when they see large acts of violence on the news and how we are sadden and felt guilty for not being able to help or do anything. When U2 says "how long we sing the song how long, how long has tonight, we can be as one tonight" they're just trying to to disasters that we're doing and they feel they are helping and making the world a more peaceful place. I think the most no waiting line from Sunday bloody Sunday is "broken bottles under children's feet body shit strewn across the dead end street but I won't heat the battle call I put my back up it's my back up against the wall" this is most notable saying but in looking at there's trash everywhere bodies everywhere people dying for no reason however nobody wants to back down nobody wants to be against the wall so people with their back there trying to be proactive in the back is never a constable that's the problem nobody's willing to back up so all anybody's doing that thing to another level and intern to making the world a worse place. U2 he's trying to make everybody see what they see and that is why I believe this topic so controversial. Annotated Bibliography Everett, Walter.
Expression in Pop-rock Music: Critical and Analitical Essays. New York: Routlege, 2009. Print.
• Walter Everett’s book Expression in Pop-rock Music is about what the different songs we Love and listen to daily are about on a deeper level. As well as what the different bands and singer want to express. It relates to my song Sunday Bloody Sunday because there is a large chapter about and what Sunday Bloody Sunday represents and how strong of a conflict U2 was fighting for.
Steverud, Jonas, and Brian Russell. "U2MoL." U2MoL - War - Sunday Bloody Sunday. Mourji, 22 Feb. 1998. Web. 01 Mar. 2017.
• U2MoL is a cite that has a very good explanation for the songs on the album WAR and especially the song Sunday Bloody Sunday. Much like N.W.A’s N***** with Attitude U2 received many threats from the police to the army about stopping their music because it reflected badly on them and just like N.W.A the did not and that’s what U2MoL is about it is a website about honor how these tragedies to light.
Weigant, Chris. "Sunday Bloody Sunday." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 16 June 2010. Web. 01 Mar.
2017. • Chris Weigant article about Sunday Bloody Sunday in the Huffington Post is about What the song is about on a deeper meaning. And how the song helped the people through a very hard time with deadly police attacks on people just trying to show their support. Richardson, Lee. Dimensions of Communication. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1969. Print. • Dimensions of Communication by Lee Richardson great book from a communications and rhetoric view points by using the lyrics from songs we love and never noticed like U2’s WAR album using their popularity to bring light to the tragedy of bloody Sunday and the language they used in their song to convey their message of information of what happened to the people who did not know. Bradby, Barbara. "God's Gift to the Suburbs? | Popular Music." Cambridge Core. Cambridge University Press, 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 11 Mar. 2017. • Cambridge University Press wrote about how U2’s Sunday Bloody Sunday not only broght light to the tragity but also started add fule to the flame
‘Confidence in the government declined between 1968 and 1980 largely due to political scandal’. To what extent do you agree?
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To the persistent individual, though, there is a body of music in existence that merits regard. It is powerful music written by the youth of America, youngsters who did have a stake in the Vietnam War. There can be little question about the origins of the power which American protest music conveyed: those who wrote such music lived each day with the real knowledge that they were losing friends in, and could possibly be forced themselves to go to, Vietnam. One such group, Creedence Clearwater Revival, made its contribution to this genre near the end of the Vietnam War.
Every war will have those who support the war and those who are against the war. In 1965, those who were against the Vietnam War made their views known by many forms of protesting such as forming organizations, rallying, and anti-war protest music. Anti-war protest music was an opportunity to put people’s perspectives into song to hopefully spread their message. Buffy Sainte-Marie wrote the song “Universal Soldier” in 1962 and her message was that “Universal Soldier is about individual responsibility for war and how the old feudal thinking kills us all” (Boulanger). The song “Universal Soldier” was used as a protest anthem during the Vietnam War and attempts to untangle one of the paradoxes of life that war never leads to peace through examining a soldier that is representative of every soldier in every nation.
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Irish nationalists planned to take Dublin and all of Ireland by force and rid themselves of the British. On the morning of Monday April 24, 1916, the day after Easter, a force between 1,000 and 1,500 men and women began a rebellion that they hope...
The Irish Republican Army was a well-known terrorist organization originating in Dublin, Ireland. The IRA (Irish republican Army) used irregular military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, and petty warfare against the United Kingdom. The IRA raged Guerilla warfare against the British, creating the Irish War of Independence. Even though the Irish Republic Army is no longer active, in their time they wreaked havoc any many different people. In this essay, the description of the group, historical and past events of the group and recent activities will be discussed.
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The 1960’s was a time of war and fear for the United States and many people were turning their accusations towards the government. “Masters of War” was written by Bob Dylan in late 1962 and early 1963. The focus of this song is a protest against the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis that was happening during the early 1960’s. The song is protesting on the American government having its citizens live in fear of a constant attack and hiding behind their shroud, unaffected by anything that would happen to the people. It shook the nation with its fierce and angry tone against the “military industrial complex.” Dylan’s lyrics stated that it was not contained by declaring a pointless war and not taking responsibility for the problems it was causing. “Masters of War” is a powerful song against the government and the military. The protest song “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan highlights how the looming aspect of the Cold War affected the people of the United States and demonstrates Dylan’s view on the governments involved.
In the Bogside area of Derry, there was a tragic incident known as Bloody Sunday or the Bogside Massacre for sometimes. Twenty-eight unarmed civilians were shot down by equipped British soldiers when protesting internment without trial introduced to deal with the escalating level of violence peacefully.(Gillespie). As a reaction to the tragedy, Bano in an Irish band called U2 wrote a protest song called Sunday Bloody Sunday, in which he asked for the peaceful future without conflicts. Repeating “how long must we sing this song?” among the whole lyric, this protest song Bano wrote utilized a peaceful way to depict the scenes of Bloody Sunday, the loathing for the horrible massacre, and their beautiful expects for the future filling with hopes.
In the same year A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was published, between 1000 and 1500 Irish patriots tried to capture the town of Dublin on Easter Day. The Easter Rising, as it was called, led to the death of approximately 1000 Irishmen and 500 Britons. Of the 1000 Irishmen, many were women and children, while of the 500 Britons; all were either soldiers or policemen. The Easter Rising was not a spontaneous ev...
This song can be analyzed as “a strong condemnation of the people responsible for the atrocities of war and for the deaths and the blood that it brings, with particular reference to the Vietnam War.” (Wordsinthebucket.com). Using very judgemental lexicon to refer to those in charge of the Vietnam War (1954-1975), it expresses aggression and indignation by the repeated use of the word “you” as a targeted word. “You that hide behind walls, You that hide behind desks” (Dylan) exhibits the absence of the “sense of forgiveness” (Wordsinthebucket.com). During this time of war, all people felt the sorrow and the horror that repeatedly showed itself as death. Families lost their children in war while the government or the higher ranking individuals watched only to know how many more men to send off as replacement. Most of those who returned came back with both physical and psychological scars which would follow them forever. In this world, war is not infrequent and so this song
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