Sir Aaron is Ma, Ma .... Ma .. Sterious
Okay, I am as cynical if not more so about rock star or celebrity attempts to be “socially conscience”. Might come from my years of working with Amnesty International and my jaded view of celbrities in general.
But I was watching some youtube clips that were explaining to me even more why I am a hugo Obama fan and frightened by the Cllinton royalty;
and the lots of Bono stuff came up and despite his usual rock-star persona I had to admit he is creating change! The man has the ear of humanitariian agencies around the globe and even forces meetings with lame-as-hell-duck Presidents of the United States.
Then came up the video of U2 and Greenday, and while I have been a hesitant fan of both (until I saw Greenday live in Seattle in front of a drive-in-movie-theatre-screen and hung out with them backstage) . . . and well U2 I fell in love with them for WAR and JOSHUA TREE and got pissed off at them for suing Bay Area artists and stealing their entertainment concepts for Zooropa . . . but possibly I forgive them for creating great music since and well . . . gotta agree that Bono has been using his fame in a positive way!
Back to Greenday and U2 doing “the Saints Go Marching In”, as most people realize, “the Saints” is the official song of New Orleans and this song and video actually premiered when the New Orleans Saints football team had its first game post-Katrina in the New Orleans Superdome(on Monday Night Football of all hightening dramatics). The same Superdome where thousands of Louisiana residents were evacuated to for days after a lackluster response by their own government more concerned with a misguided foreign war.
And so yea, I think i have grown to love the U2/Greenday collaboration!
