These major aspects of U2’s lyrical contents have created the reputation and what they stand for today. Songs such as "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Silver and Gold", and "Mothers of the Disappeared" were motivated by current events of the time. These songs were written about the troubles in Northern Ireland while the latter concerns the struggle of COMADRES—the Mothers of the Disappeared—a group of women whose children were killed or "disappeared" by the government during the Salvadoran Civil War. Bono is a genius at writing ambiguous lyrics, allowing listeners to decide what each song means to them. The lyrics of U2’s songs make me believe that there is so much going on in the world that half of us don’t know about and U2 are trying to voice out to us, like a
These major aspects of U2’s lyrical contents have created the reputation and what they stand for today. Songs such as "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Silver and Gold", and "Mothers of the Disappeared" were motivated by current events of the time. These songs were written about the troubles in Northern Ireland while the latter concerns the struggle of COMADRES—the Mothers of the Disappeared—a group of women whose children were killed or "disappeared" by the government during the Salvadoran Civil War. Bono is a genius at writing ambiguous lyrics, allowing listeners to decide what each song means to them. The lyrics of U2’s songs make me believe that there is so much going on in the world that half of us don’t know about and U2 are trying to voice out to us, like a