Comments on: U2: “Jesus Christ” (Woody Guthrie)

By: browneheather

browneheather — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:37:54 +0000

ho-ly moley, cara.

By: c

Thu, 14 May 2009 00:58:24 +0000

The best thing about this era of U2 was the ridiculously hot guy who used to be their lead vocalist, as seen in this interview about the song Jesus Christ:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mspg5HEo2BI

By: Kyle Meredith

Kyle Meredith — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:56:51 +0000

Pop – my favorite U2 record. seriously. late nights on Mofo to the climax in Miami. pure bliss.

By: W

Sun, 03 May 2009 22:04:34 +0000

This is a great cover, from a great compilation lp for a good cause. Pop, however, sucks. W.

By: Neil

Neil — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:24:12 +0000

It’s cool to be able to hear the original version of this, thanks Heather!

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:32:07 +0000

I don’t know which came first (i.e. the Guthrie or the Seeger), but this song is the very same (apart from the lyrics) as a Pete Seeger song called “Jesse James.” The most readily available example of the Jesse James song would be to find Springsteen’s album We Shall Overcome and listen to his cover of Seeger’s “Jesse James”.

A bit of a trip to hear this sung about Jesus, to be honest. The lyrics have been changed to pertain to James, but not as much as one might think! “They laid poor Jesse in his grave.”

Greetings, from Canada.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:12:51 +0000

Absolutely: In a magnificent career, U2 never shone brighter for me than on Achtung, Baby.

By: James

James — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:46:39 +0000

Oh man, people look at me crazy when I tell them that Pop is underrated and then if they were to listen to it now, without the baggage that accompanied it back in 97, they would feel differently about it.

Still, it’s all Achtung all the time when it comes to U2 for me.