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Saturday, December 20, 2014

Saturday Night Live Music: "Happy Xmas (War is Over)"

This U2 cover, from Irish television 30 years ago, starts slow, but give it some time; once Bono's voice really kicks in, this rendition is wonderful:



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ugh. The bulk of this dreck is the sort of insipid, meaningless tripe that is usually associated more with McCartney than Lennon (I mean honestly, it's almost as bad as "Simply having a wonderful Christmas time"), but it's the "War is over if you want it" ending (no, it's actually not, you ridiculous man-child) that vaults this thing into the stratosphere as perhaps the most egregiously stupid bit of vile and delusional Boomer idiocy ever recorded.

Russell Arben Fox said...

Well, I guess that's a "no" vote for this one. Merry Christmas anyway!

Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas to you, too!