

And while he says he didn’t feel they were in danger at the time, he knew lives were being lost nearby. U2 Bullet The Blue Sky Mens Soft T-Shirt. “I remember the ground shaking and I remember the smell I suppose of being near a war zone,” the singer recalls. Stream ad-free with Amazon Music Unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The small group he was with went into the country’s hills. Bono says he visited with some Americans who were “offering solace to refugees in the war in El Salvador.” In the clip, Bono details his visit to El Salvador in 1986, which culminated in the band crafting “Bullet the Blue Sky.” At the time, Ronald Reagan was president and the U.S. The official U2 website with all the latest news, video, audio, lyrics, photos, tour dates and ticket information. Musically, myriad U2 songs also reflect their activism, including The Joshua Tree‘s “Bullet the Blue Sky.” In the new video above, Bono discusses the origins of the 1987 song. Among their many charitable works, they’ve been involved in the ONE campaign, which fights extreme poverty, and RED, which provides help for AIDS drugs in Africa. Throughout U2‘s career, they’ve been human rights activists, both through music and deed.
