Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Night Calls Chapter Tiffany Granath

John Legend "Pride (In The Name Of Love)"

For someone like me, are fond of the covers today I wanted to offer this alternative version of the 1984 U2 song Pride.
The meaning of this song has been well documented. On April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King was shot as he stood on the balcony of a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. During his short life, ML King struggled greatly to give and inspire pride in people of color. Bono picked up his desire after having read the writings and the text immediately took shape. While this is the obvious meaning, the allusions to Jesus Christ can not be ignored. Christ came in the name of love, He came and went, he was to justify, he came to change the situation. A man who washed up on a deserted beach could be that Christ was baptized. And, of course, Christ was betrayed with a kiss ...
I like to think of these two versions as to the evolution of a Renewed Sense .. in the first version, the most rock, Bono and the screams of the reef guitar seem to revive the pain, anger, the desire of rebellion of those days ... and the second version, which is well suited to images of a documentary, the piano takes the place of the guitar and the intensity of the voice of John Legend stress the importance of that character and his words ..
U2 Original Version
Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2


John Legend Version