U2 PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE) BY U2MIXER

[sweetjanie5]

Great job! Very very beautifully done!

[FroggyHope]

One of the best videos here on YouTube.

[islamacros]

This video is so beautiful! It seems to be an official video of U2, beautiful song, beautiful man MLK,

[WhoDatKat777]

MLK was a great man...this is a great song.....since I just watched a documentary on MLK, this brought me to tears....

[TheKhroniclesOfKeir]

Beautiful video! Thank you Martin! You are loved and will always be missed!!!

[SirHatchporch]

Excellent work!

[espinozafn]

Even in 2009 This song still has relevance to the times that we live through. It rings true for every struggle we have come and gone through. When I was a little boy in the early 90s I listened to this song at night to fall asleep. Its no wonder that nearly over 15 years after I come back to it I still find truth to it. 28 years old today. Been in love with U2 since I was 11.

[LoyalRaiderFan]

One of the most unique and fascinating songs from one of the most unique and fascinating bands. I vividly remember this song jumping out at me back in 1984. At the time, there was nothing else quite like it and nothing else even CLOSE to the sound. Amazing that in the years that have passed, there have been many groups who have tried to duplicate, but never quite "got" it.

[wsciro]

Thankyou for taking the time in producing this video, it compliments a video that I felt led to produce in January, as a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King's life.....Blessings to you always and blessings to Bono for wanting to emulate Dr. Martin Luther King. It wouldn't be at all possible if there was not a faith connection in Jesus, our Lord and savior. I hope that this comment doesn't offend anyone. This is not my in attention. It is all done in the name of His Love......

[u2rulesmyworld]

Nice job on the video

you do good work

[JBraden]

i am just trying to explain the pop culture climate in the US in 84, and am probably doing it very poorly and un-tactfully. Apologies for that. I don't know how old you are.. but just consider- in '84 rap and hip-hop were just getting started and many people had yet to hear of it. We were ages away from cell phones, email, the internet, youtube and wikipedia. It was still the Cold War. Bottom line: great job on the video! sorry for the off-topic posts- pls delete if you prefer. ;-)

[u2mixer]

The pop culture climate in the US in 84 was squeaky clean AOR or college pop. It wasn't till rap and hip hop came into popular culture (ie kids started to spend their money on those artits) that MTV started to realise that they were missing out on the black dollar bill and bang - suddenly black artists get airplay. All these facts cannot just be a coincidence.

[JBraden]

i feel a bit silly now having written all of that- to clarify to any random person reading it ll- i love the video! all of my rambling on is in repsonse to U2mixer's question: I don't know why U2 decided not to use any footage - was it possibly the corporate shirts not wanting a black activist shown on primetime MTV? It seems hard to believe that U2 could have allowed this, ...

[JBraden]

but we should also remember that the band were still young men wanting to make progress in their musical career and maybe decided to take heed of their management's 'advice'. I wouldn't want to speak for the band.

[JBraden]

For example, one line in this song refers to Christ, not MLK, and there's another reference to a man "washed on an empty beach" -I still don't know who that refers to, do you?

At this early stage in their career, though their admiration for MLK was sincere, making the overt association in an mtv video would likely have seemed heavy-handed, odd, and been misunderstood.

[u2mixer]

It's all about metaphors Jay. I don't think showing a man of freedom would appear heavy-handed -why? We all know that MTV didn't show a black artist till around 83. So mix together that and a political point and hey, you're video is off the air. It really does seem that U2 took the easy way out - no issues and round the click airplay. IMHO. And it would have removed all misunderstanding to show footage of King.

[JBraden]

no i didn't know that they didn't show black artists until 1983, and honestly mtv has never been high on my list, it's just that in the 80s and 90s it's the only way most americans could see music videos at all (that i knew of at least). i was 9 years old when Pride and TUF came out, and still about three years away from really getting into U2 and music in general, so i won't get into tons of retro-speculation. nice job on this. they had their reasons. research may reveal them, or it may not...

[JBraden]

maybe i'm too young to speak to this accurately, but i said "heavy-handed" because in 84 they were young, unknown Irishmen in a rock band. i can't speak for a UK audience, but most Americans in 1984 would not have understood how MLK could've been such an inspiration to them. Blacks might've seen it as insincere, whites as incomprehensible. MLK's birthday was not a national holiday until 1986. Things have changed for the better. Knowing the facts of 24 years ago does not recreate the reality.

[JBraden]

Very nice as well! Since you've raised the issue in your (upper right-hand write-up) I'd venture to say that at that point they didn't omit MLK footage due to pressure from "the suits". They've always been strong in their own convictions, but equally devoted to making their message accessible to many people and allowing for several interpretations.

[JBraden]

Now that we can see how true they've stayed to their beliefs through ONE, DATA and MUSIC RISING, their sincerity is apparent even to the casual observer. Just my two cents of course. ;-)

[trinns]

Beautifully done!

[watermark260783]

Wow, great video once again, you're fantastic! I don't even want to know how much time it takes to create these videos. Thanks for sharing.

Long live Mr King's dream!

Btw, is there a possiility to download your videos in .avi or even .vob ??