Friday, October 28, 2005


.... U2 did some special remembering at their concert as reported here by U2 dot com ..........
Bono on the mike;
....... Bono mentioned three times in three different songs, someone who lived and died in Detroit. Not only did Bono invoke the civil rights heroine in Pride and Streets but also in One.

'From Rosa Parks in America to Nelson Mandela in Africa,' he announced, as Larry and Adam drove us into Streets, and it was a glorious din of appreciation such as even this tour has rarely heard. And then it was cellphone time with Rosa still on his mind.
'You can do a lot of interesting stuff with a cellphone
Get yourself into trouble
Call your mother
Call the President of the United States
You in Detroit know better than anyone
Rosa died here - lived here
Middle aged woman going home on a bus
Refused to give up her seat for a younger man
Because of her quiet dignity and strength
America became a better changed country
This song is dedicated to the mother of American civil rights movement
Rosa Parks God Bless you in your rest
This is One.'
U2 then played 'ONE' a very special song .........

Rosa Parks of course made history in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, when she refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man, as law dictated. She became a potent symbol of a divided society, igniting a boycott that was one of the first successful demonstrations of the civil liberties movement - and passing away this week, aged 92.

Sleep tonight, may your dreams be realised.