Irish rockers U2 became the latest high-powered musical act to condemn the federal immigration raids with the surprise release Wednesday of a six-track EP that kicks off with a song forslain Minneapolis protester Renée Good.
Following in the footsteps ofBruce Springsteen,Bad Bunny, Billie Eilishand other artists, U2 recorded“American Obituary,”a four-minute plus musical condemnation of the crackdown that left the mother of three dead on Jan. 7.
"Renee Good, born to die free. American mother of three. Seventh day, January. A bullet for each child, you see," frontman Bono sings in the high energy rocker. "The color of her eye. 930 Minneapolis. To desecrate domestic bliss. Three bullets blast, three babies kissed. Renee the domestic terrorist?"
"America will rise against the people of the lie," the chorus chants.
"I am not mad at you, Lord," the song continues, an apparent reference to Good's final words that were captured on video. "You're the reason I was there. Could you stop a heart from breaking, by having it not care? Could you stop a bullet in midair?"
Titled "Days of Ash," the EP was released on one of Christianity's most somber days, Ash Wednesday.
The release also contains a poem set to music called "Wildpeace," by Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai, and other songs that focus on the ongoing clashes in Gaza and Iran and Ukraine.
The track "Yours Eternally" features guest performances by British pop singerEd Sheeranand Ukrainian rocker Taras Topolia, who has been fighting on the front lines against the Russians.
That track, U2 said in a press release to NBC News, will be accompanied by a short documentary that will be released on Feb. 24 to mark the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Bono, in the release, said a full length album with a more "joyful tone" is still in the works, but they're releasing these songs now because "these EP tracks couldn't wait."
Source: Drudge Report
