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i got a copy of the U2 show in Hartford the other night (12/7, excellent recording, thank you DF for getting a great recording of the show), and i am scanning thru it to hear bits and pieces and i reached 'Sunday Bloody Sunday', and of course the moment the drums start, the crowd goes nuts, but then Bono says what i've heard him say a few times now, that the song is no longer an Irish song. it's now America's song so i skipped forward a little bit and they throw in a little bit of 'Rock the Casbah' (the well known chorus mostly) and Bono slows things down to talk about how he saw some grafitti in the mid-west and the image tattooed itself on the back of his eyes. a simple word -

coexist

only the 'c' is a cresent moon, the 'x' the star of david and the 't' a christian cross. if you look around the web, you'll find the image as it's not too hard to find. you may even find a shot of Bono kneeling on the stage with a blindfold with that on. he then went on to point out that Jesus, Jew and Mohammad (his phrasing) are all sons of Abraham, so that it's really nothing more than a family feud. it then sounds like he brings a little kid up on stage (end of the elipse?) who he has scream out 'NO MORE' and then he asks the kid his name, and judging by his reaction, Bono nearly fell over.

the kid he brought up was named Jacob.

'Sunday Bloody Sunday' really is our song now. and for whatever reason, it really hit me that it is our song...