The Church of Bono

Irish_Tom

Irish_Tom

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Lo all,

Saw this on Breakfast this morning. The Anglican Church is planning to use U2 songs as hymes in church services. I'm not religious but I think it's a good idea. I think it's time The Church started to update to fit into 21st century society. I appreciate that they have a lot of long-standing traditions which shouldn't be disregarded, but nothing good comes of striving to stay living in the past. (I live in Cornwall and the attitude of the older-generation locals is a good example of this).

I think that if they were going to adopt any modern songs, then U2's are the most suitable. Most people know them already, the band themselves do a lot of charitable work and christianity is an underlying theme in quite a few of their songs :)

I don't think that they should replace whole services with these songs, but intergrating them into existing services seems pretty fair to me.

The opposing voice on Breakfast this morning (can't remember his name) said that there was a moral issue against this because the songs were initially used for commercial gain.

What's your view on this? Christians and non Christians alike :)

Panzer
 
"All things bright and beautiful all creatures great and small..
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWOoo!
OOOOOOOooooooooooooEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOooooo!
EL - EH - VATION!"

I would go..
 
They should play Thrice instead.
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My my first view would be that anyone choosing U2 songs should be shot, other then that my second view is I agree entirely with Diesel's post ;)
 
I remember Bernard Sumner (New Order) saying about Bono:

" U2 - sposed to be Christians right...?...and one of commandments is about not being a false god....well that Bongo guy - he's having a good stab at it...."

thought it was pretty funny at the time - if memory serves it was a TV interview.

think I found the clip
I can't watch it in work as youtube is blocked :(

http://www.youtube.com/?v=0keUSnE0_5A
 
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Digital Punk said:
It'd only work if U2 waived the rights to any royalties though.

We'd see just how charitable and Christian bono is then.
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After that episode with the girl who worked on the set of one of their videos and tried to sell his hat on Ebay... who knows!

Panzer
 
Protestant or Catholic ?
I'm confused i thought U2 songs in the early days were battle crys of the IRA.
Can't imagine loads of old biddys singing along to Sunday ****** Sunday :p
 
Panzerbjorn said:
After that episode with the girl who worked on the set of one of their videos and tried to sell his hat on Ebay... who knows!

Panzer
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There was much more to that case than you seem to be aware. She stole loads of stuff, not just his hat and this was after he gave her permission to take some other things.


malc30 said:
Protestant or Catholic ?
I'm confused i thought U2 songs in the early days were battle crys of the IRA.
Can't imagine loads of old biddys singing along to Sunday ****** Sunday :p
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WTF are you on about? That is just downright offensive, have you actually heard the songs? They're about as far from IRA battle crys as it gets.
 
From the title I thought he was founding his own sect :) Wouldnt put it past the guy..


Interesting idea. I imagine it would only be in a few churches - there are some that play modern tracks already, just not by such big-name bands. ('Delirious' and 'Steve' spring to mind)
 
One More Solo said:
There was much more to that case than you seem to be aware. She stole loads of stuff, not just his hat and this was after he gave her permission to take some other things.
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Ah ok, I stand corrected :) I didn't realise.

As for the thread title, the topic made me think of the Family Guy episode "The Church of the Fonz".

Panzer
 
One More Solo said:
WTF are you on about? That is just downright offencive, have you actually heard the songs? They're about as far from IRA battle crys as it gets.
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He employed an x IRA dude to be his bodyguard for starters, shall i go on.
Of course the young wouldn't feel being blown up on a weekly basis during the 70's a problem though would they.
Sunday ****** Sunday without doubt was an IRA anthem.
Just because he has switched his publicity campaign to poverty now that doesn't make him any better than he has always been. Now his best mate is Bush he is probably worse. He goes on about recovering the republic and investing in Ireland when he himself moved his recording to Holland to avoid Irish tax. He is a fraud performer just looking to keep his career going.
 
Bono is the multi millionaire geezer who goes around the world in his private Jet complaining about poverty, right? Just checking ..
 
Panzerbjorn said:
Lo all,

Saw this on Breakfast this morning. The Anglican Church is planning to use U2 songs as hymes in church services. I'm not religious but I think it's a good idea. I think it's time The Church started to update to fit into 21st century society. I appreciate that they have a lot of long-standing traditions which shouldn't be disregarded, but nothing good comes of striving to stay living in the past. (I live in Cornwall and the attitude of the older-generation locals is a good example of this).

I think that if they were going to adopt any modern songs, then U2's are the most suitable. Most people know them already, the band themselves do a lot of charitable work and christianity is an underlying theme in quite a few of their songs :)

I don't think that they should replace whole services with these songs, but intergrating them into existing services seems pretty fair to me.

The opposing voice on Breakfast this morning (can't remember his name) said that there was a moral issue against this because the songs were initially used for commercial gain.

What's your view on this? Christians and non Christians alike :)

Panzer
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Oh purlease.

We've already got modern worship songs, stuff far better than U2. Bands like Delirious? have been doing it for over 10 years now, Matt Redman, Martyn Layzell, One Hundred Hours, Tree63, Third Day, Newsboys, Tim Hughes etc. etc. etc.
Why adopt U2 songs that are aimed at the mainstream when the christian material is already there?!
 
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I say stick both Bono and Geldof in a sack and stab them to death with blunt spoons! Hypocritical morons that they are.
 
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