Shan JayaweeraU2 and Green Day - The Saints are Coming
October 31st 2006 05:21
"The Saints are Coming" is a song by the Scottish punk rock band The Skids, off their debut album Scared to Dance from 1978. The song featured Richard Jobson singing of a man facing inclement weather and personal fears. It reached number 48 in the UK Singles Chart.
The song's lyrics about storms and drowning came back to light after the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. In September 2006 it was announced that Green Day and U2 were to record a cover version of the song for charitable purposes.
To coincide with the joint U2/Green Day recording of "The Saints are Coming", both bands performed a live version of the song during the Monday Night Football Pregame show of the New Orleans Saints - Atlanta Falcons game on Monday night September 25, 2006. This was to be the first game in the Louisiana Superdome since it was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina .
In the four song set, U2 and Green Day performed "Wake Me Up When September Ends" followed by a medley of The Animals' "House Of The Rising Sun", The Skids' "The Saints are Coming" and U2's "Beautiful Day".
The video of this performance is below.
A music video for "The Saints are Coming," directed by Chris Milk, was released on YouTube on October 27, 2006. The video which you can watch below, has been receiving half a million views a day.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article The Saints Are Coming.
The song's lyrics about storms and drowning came back to light after the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. In September 2006 it was announced that Green Day and U2 were to record a cover version of the song for charitable purposes.
To coincide with the joint U2/Green Day recording of "The Saints are Coming", both bands performed a live version of the song during the Monday Night Football Pregame show of the New Orleans Saints - Atlanta Falcons game on Monday night September 25, 2006. This was to be the first game in the Louisiana Superdome since it was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina .
The video of this performance is below.
A music video for "The Saints are Coming," directed by Chris Milk, was released on YouTube on October 27, 2006. The video which you can watch below, has been receiving half a million views a day.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article The Saints Are Coming.
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