U2 & Green Day to record charity song

The Chief

10-09-2006

Apparently they will cover The Skids' "The Saints are Coming" and proceeds will go to The Edge's charity "Music Rising".

From U2.com:

Quote:
“The band are back in the studio and working on new material with producer Rick Rubin. Word is that Green Day are set to join them to lay down a cover of The Skids' 1978 post-punk classic 'The Saints Are Coming'.”

From GreenDay.com:

Quote:
“In the coming weeks, we'll be going into the studio with U2 to record a cover of the song "The Saints Are Coming," which was originally recorded by Scottish punk band, The Skids. We were asked by U2 to record the song with them to benefit Music Rising, an organization that replaces instruments musicians lost in Hurricane Katrina's wake.”

Sounds interesting.
I went off Green Day majorly after the American Idiot album, but I don't really mind them at the moment.
U2's last album, How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb, was seen by some as a return to the sound of their first, Boy, so it should be good to hear what these two bands sound like together - a sort of "post-punk meets pop-punk to do a punk-rock song"!

Whatever happens, it'll likely sell bucketloads.

The Chief

11-09-2006

BBC News link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5331106.stm

Not to mention an shameless bump to the top of the list!

Last edited by The Chief : 11-09-2006 at 01:35

performingmonk

11-09-2006

This is gonna be one to look out for. Good to hear U2 aren't waiting forever to get going on their next album.

The Chief

13-09-2006

Yeah, should be good - something to tide people over till the next album at least.

More, in-depth info from U2.com:
http://www.u2.com/news/index.php?mode=full&news_id=1982

Quote:
“Whatever the heritage of the famous Studio 2, it wasn’t the spirit of the sixties blasting out when U2 showed… it was seventies punk. Barely had the band arrived than they were into a cover of ‘The Saints Are Coming’, a 1978 hit for The Skids.

‘The saints are coming, the saints are coming.
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply’

Larry tells us they spent most of the day on this and were still working in the small hours of Wednesday. Green Day are arriving in a few days to work with them on a cover, a collaboration to benefit Music Rising.”

WatfordKev

13-09-2006

I cannot see this being an improvement on the monumental original. However, I presume loads of cash will go to a good cause, and hopefully there will be a renewed interest in The Skids!

The Chief

13-09-2006

Originally Posted by WatfordKev:
“I cannot see this being an improvement on the monumental original. However, I presume loads of cash will go to a good cause, and hopefully there will be a renewed interest in The Skids!”

I know a couple of Skids tracks, but not this one.
They were a Scottish band weren't they? (probably how I know of them)

--EDIT--

I really should read my own posts...

Last edited by The Chief : 13-09-2006 at 15:33

WatfordKev

13-09-2006

They sure were! Dunfermline to be precise. I believe that Jobson or Adamson (possibly both) were very good on the football pitch. Jobson's overblown lyrics, Adamson's magical guitar, the hits highs and lows, and of course the wicked webs that led away from the band after they split, there must be a good book in it all!

The Chief

13-09-2006

Originally Posted by WatfordKev:
“They sure were! Dunfermline to be precise. I believe that Jobson or Adamson (possibly both) were very good on the football pitch. Jobson's overblown lyrics, Adamson's magical guitar, the hits highs and lows, and of course the wicked webs that led away from the band after they split, there must be a good book in it all!”

Yeah!
Adamson was Stuart Adamson from Big Country wasn't he?
Or am I talking rubbish?

The Chief

19-09-2006

Video now up on YouTube btw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tLV1SW5u8Y

WatfordKev

19-09-2006

Yes it was the same Stuart Adamson who went on to Big Country - loads more commercial success, but not nearrrrrly so good as The Skids!!