The U2/Green Day Katrina Video: It’s Actually Not Terrible

noah | October 30, 2006 9:35 am

We were expecting the worst–read: more Jesus/Bono conflation–when we first clicked on U2 and Green Day’s Katrina-themed video for “The Saints Are Coming,” but the clip actually turns conventions of jingoism on its head in a way that’s, dare we say it, effective. In the context of, say, a football game, the song’s proclamation that “the saints are coming” would be accompanied by a phalanx of fighter jets; the “Saints” video fulfills that expectation, then gives it a fake-news spin that’s tinged with just enough anger to ensure it’ll never get played on NBC.

U2 and Green Day “The Saints Are Coming” video [YouTube]

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