They are ordered to set aside all law enforcement duties, to ignore the destruction and to focus on one task: Find LAPD Detective Gavin Shaw, who disappeared just before the earthquake. In the chaotic aftermath of a massive earthquake that leveled much of the Los Angeles region, a LAPD deputy chief sends an elite team of detectives on a rescue mission. That's what 'Bullet the Blue Sky' is all about." - Bono, 1987įrom Salvation in the Blues, compiled by Chris Taguchi chris taguchi.I received a review copy of this book from NetGalley "America seems to be everything that's great about the world, and everything that's terrible about the world all rolled into one. 'Bullet the Blue Sky,' for example, was a culmination of looking at the wider political picture." - Adam Clayton, quoted by Antony DeCurtis in Revolver Magazine, Issue #3 / Winter 2000įrom Salvation in the Blues, compiled by Chris Taguchi chris taguchi.ca (3 rd of April 2007) "In a way, what started on War really came together on Joshua Tree. Gino Mondini tmondini cyt.net (17:th of March 2001) government for putting their noses, like always, where they are not supposed to. The song it may have been influenced by what they saw, but I can assure you that it was a big human rights shout out directed to the U.S. Also it is known that each member of the band is, before celebrities, humanitarians. It is understood that if this really happened it might have caused a strong impact on each of their minds, enough to make a public statement in one of their concerts, heard on the "Rattle and Hum" version. They saw the suffering of all of these people living in the open country trying to survive from several diverse encounters with the former government. The rumors say that U2 came to visit the guerrilla headquarters and even offered a private concert to them. If there was a plane bombing it was our's. What is not true is that there has never existed any dictatorship of any kind in our country and there wasn't any U.S. government to stop the spreading of communism in our country. What I would like to add is that yes, there was much influence by the U.S. It is a great honor for us to hear that one of the best rock n' roll bands still standing makes a remark of our country's struggle at that time in one of their songs. I was born in El Salvador and lived that horrible time. It seems that many people get confused with this song thinking that it was written solely about the Salvadorean Civil War. Jester jjarvis (contributed before the 20:th of February 1998) Bono and Edge say his guitar solo in it is supposed to be the keen of the bombs being dropped, and the rage of the war machines. or Into the arms of the world so as not to offend Americans. When originally writing the lyrics, Bono was not sure if he should say, And we run, into the arms.of America. But more than all this, it is about the way war destroys people. It is about the United States' policy of supporting dictators in 3rd world countries to oppose the spread of communism. It is musically supposed to represent the bombings of El Salvadorian towns during its civil war by US planes. But from reading the lyrics and reading a few books where Bono talks about the song. Well, as in many things, it is slightly open to interpretation. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.
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