Sunday Bloody Sunday's influence on Music

Originally posted by BonosBeagle:I was thinking about these aspects:

SBS took punk's protesting, but it was a neutral stance. Take the The Clash or The Sex Pistols. The Clash especially were leftists, generally punks had a clear standpoint. SBS is protesting like post-punk's parent, punk, but it is taking a neutral side. Whereas The Clash and other punk bands were protesting about about the 'enemy' causing the 'problem', SBS was protesting about the effects of the problem (ie. the devestation of a war or massacre).

Also, punk music ( I use punk music as an example because it gave birth to post-punk, and I see that U2 took punk and made it something of a new creation) was rough and somewhat musically weaker than thr traditional rock band. U2 took punk rebellion but played with much more skill.

Summary is: SBS took the idea of 'punk' music, but took a neutral stance, not a side. Also, they cleaned up the sound a bit. Also, SBS opened the door for people to protest freely about their country in the form of song,

These sound like a good argument, or am I missing something that makes those ideas wrong.