Monday, September 25, 2006

Hitting The Skids

Further proof that U2 remains one of the coolest bands ever...

I listened to the pregame festivities for Monday Night Football tonight and heard the band and Green Day do a medley of songs featuring "When September Ends," "Beautiful Day" and a song I had never heard before.

Further proof that the internet is a godsend to music fans -- I came home, punched in the only lyrics I could understand on the radio broadcast and found the following lyrics from a band called The Skids:
The Saints Are Coming

I cried to my daddy on the telephone
how long now
Until the clouds unroll and you come home
the line went
But the shadows still remain since your descent
your descent

The saints are coming, the saints are coming
No matter how I try, I realise there’s no reply
The saints are coming, the saints are coming

A drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief
How long now
Until a weather change condemns belief
The stone says
This paternal guide once had his day
Once had his day

The saints are coming, the saints are coming
No matter how I try, I realise there’s no reply
The saints are coming, the saints are coming

Words: Richard Jobson
Music: Stuart Adamson

Great stuff, what with the reopening of the New Orleans Superdome and all. Interesting credit on the music. 80's music fans will remember Stuart Adamson as the late lead singer of the band Big Country.

Posted by Unclejbird @ 8:46 PM