Vs Series: London Calling vs Sunday Bloody Sunday

The series had been running in the music section but as U2 appears in this one I’ll add it here.

London Calling vs Sunday Bloody Sunday

Heavyweight bout here between 2 songs with a political focus. What many think is the Clash’s finest song against the song that helped propel U2 to mainstream success.

London Calling

Title song from the 1979 album, London Calling deals with the frustration that had set in with the younger generation in the 70’s. Nuclear War, the Thames flooding London, 3 mile island, and the bands own frustration with their label and management all are part of the song.

The song reached number 11 on the UK charts but over the years grew in popularity.


Sunday Bloody Sunday

The song that helped break U2. About the troubles in Northern Ireland and “Bloody Sunday” in Derry in 1972. One of Larry’s most famous drum patterns and riff from the Edge.

Like many U2 songs Bono used the Bible to help write lyrics:

Matthew 10:35 - mother's children; brothers, sisters torn apart

Revelation 21:4 - wipe your tears away

1 Corinthians 15:32 - let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

LOL

LOL

On the vino again tonight MPare?

Quote from: MPare1966 on August 15, 2024, 07:47:14 PM

LOL

On the vino again tonight MPare?

Not yet. Just got back from a bike ride.

Interesting comparison. I’d go for London Calling.

Fake Beatlemania.  Love that line.

LC has aged so much better than SBS.  If it weren’t for U2 literally paying SiriusXM to play their catalog, you’d probably never hear that tired old warhorse anymore.

Quote from: So Cruel on August 15, 2024, 07:50:45 PM

Quote from: MPare1966 on August 15, 2024, 07:47:14 PM

LOL

On the vino again tonight MPare?

Not yet. Just got back from a bike ride.

So THAT’S what you’re calling it now

LC, obvs.

If you all been paying attention these past years in here, you know how cathartic SBS was for me in ‘83.

Fake Beatlemania.  Love that line.

LC has aged so much better than SBS.  If it weren’t for U2 literally paying SiriusXM to play their catalog, you’d probably never hear that tired old warhorse anymore.

SBS is still played a lot here on our rock radio stations. I hear it at least once a week in the car.

I give SBS the edge

If you all been paying attention these past years in here, you know how cathartic SBS was for me in ‘83.

Why?

Quote from: MPare1966 on August 16, 2024, 07:25:07 AM

If you all been paying attention these past years in here, you know how cathartic SBS was for me in ‘83.

Why?

My life as a music lover can be seperated in two eras: there was the Pre-WAR era and the Post-WAR era.

(Did I just do a Taylor Swift analogy?)

Quote from: Larry Lovebucket on August 16, 2024, 12:03:20 PM

Quote from: MPare1966 on August 16, 2024, 07:25:07 AM

If you all been paying attention these past years in here, you know how cathartic SBS was for me in ‘83.

Why?

My life as a music lover can be seperated in two eras: there was the Pre-WAR era and the Post-WAR era.

(Did I just do a Taylor Swift analogy?)

That’s fine.

But why did SBS resonate with you? To me, it’s a hopelessly naive statement on a complex socio political issue.

Quote from: Larry Lovebucket on August 16, 2024, 12:03:20 PM

Quote from: MPare1966 on August 16, 2024, 07:25:07 AM

If you all been paying attention these past years in here, you know how cathartic SBS was for me in ‘83.

Why?

My life as a music lover can be seperated in two eras: there was the Pre-WAR era and the Post-WAR era.

(Did I just do a Taylor Swift analogy?)

Mpare before War



Mpare after War