Video: U2 and Green Day "The Saints Are Coming" video

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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 . [...]

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U2 and Green Day "The Saints Are Coming" video Yup, it's out on youtube :