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  1. I am taking an American Pop culture class for a Humanities credit and the class is centered around music. Part of the requirements are to do a song analysis. I of course chose U2, and while I would've liked to choose a song I haven't heard to death, I chose SBS because it is a significant song.

    One of the things I am having trouble finding is what did SBS do for music, particualary American music. How did the song change music and how is today's music reflective of SBS? Any helpful leads or links or just thoughts would be helpful. I know the song's history and meaning, what it is and what it's not, but how did it influence music? Thanks for any help
  2. Hi and Welcome to the site .
    I think you should look at a few notible covers of the song by bands such as the RHCP and other famous ones (ones i can't remember ). The song is also in a lot of 'greatest songs' poll such as those by 'rolling stone' magazine, maybe they could give some insight into the influence of the song
  3. Thank you! I forgot to check The Rolling Stone Magazine's lists
  5. I think that SBS helped the political songs (which already existed, look at John Lennon, for example) to be rockers too, and of course to be direct and straight. SBS doesn't goes around the bush: it is a political and rebel (even Bono says not, it is ) song, and it goes like that, no disguise, no lies. Straight.

  6. To be honest, I don't think it did much. The eighties were still shit. It's not Smells Like Teen Spirit or anything by the Beatles.
  7. Originally posted by gwiz:To be honest, I don't think it did much. The eighties were still shit. It's not Smells Like Teen Spirit or anything by the Beatles.


    Agree
    Lyrically it had a huge influence, I'm sure about that, but pure musically it had not (I think).
    Altough this WAS the first song where U2 used some classic instruments in their music So it was a huge influence on themselves.

    If you want influencing songs you better pick an AB song, especially The Fly
  8. Originally posted by markp91:[..]

    Agree
    Lyrically it had a huge influence, I'm sure about that, but pure musically it had not (I think).
    Altough this WAS the first song where U2 used some classic instruments in their music So it was a huge influence on themselves.

    If you want influencing songs you better pick an AB song, especially The Fly


    Nope. Tomorrow was earlier with classic instruments

    I don't think Sunday Bloody Sunday had a really big influence overall. Only on the link between music and politics I think. Probably songs like 'Pride' had bigger influence.
  9. Originally posted by MirrorballBoy:[..]

    Nope. Tomorrow was earlier with classic instruments

    I don't think Sunday Bloody Sunday had a really big influence overall. Only on the link between music and politics I think. Probably songs like 'Pride' had bigger influence.


    Really? Oh, in U2BYU2 Bono claims that he met some guy who played a classic instrument and he asked Bono if they ever tried anything with clasical instruments. And apparently they didn't.
    Stupid Bono, doesn't even know how he made a song
  10. Originally posted by markp91:[..]

    Really? Oh, in U2BYU2 Bono claims that he met some guy who played a classic instrument and he asked Bono if they ever tried anything with clasical instruments. And apparently they didn't.
    Stupid Bono, doesn't even know how he made a song


    Probably he meant something different. Or he just wanted to forget the whole 'October album


  11. I think the latter
    Who doesn't wanna forget October? Hahahaha
  12. Interesting topic.

    One matter to possibly address is the impact of the Red Rocks version of Sunday Bloody Sunday had on America. Many people were introduced and became hooked on U2 because that video was shown on MTV, back when MTV actually showed music videos. There was no internet, no satelite radio, no file sharing, no discussion forums, etc. And most mainstream radio stations played the same music all the time (like today). So MTV was the place many people went to hear (see) new and different music. I suspect many people were first introduced to U2 by seeing that video on MTV. I can recall with friends reenacting that video with someone waving a white flag.
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