Back in 1983, U2 opened their album War with the song "Sunday Bloody Sunday," a song about the Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland.
Now, 50 years after the event that inspired the song, the band has released a new version of the hit song.
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On Sunday, U2 released an acoustic version of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" to mark the 50th anniversary of the massacre. The black and white video also features footage from the Bloody Sunday massacre.
In the last verse of the song, Bono changes up the lyrics singing, “Here at the murder scene / The virus of fiction, reality TV/ Why so many mothers cry/ Religion is the enemy of the Holy Spirit guide/ And the battle just begun/ Where is the victory Jesus won?”
The video comes just a few days after Bono admitted he didn't like the name U2, a lot of their songs, and his own vocal performances. “In our head it was like the spy plane, U-boat, it was futuristic,” Bono said of the band's name at the time. “As it turned out to imply this kind of acquiescence, no I don’t like that name. I still don’t really like the name.”
He then went on to discuss why he doesn't like the band's songs or his voice, which he said makes him "cringe a little."
“I’ve been in the car when one of our songs has come on the radio and I’ve been the colour of, as we say in Dublin, scarlet,” he said. “I’m just so embarrassed.”
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