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In the shit house a shotgun
Praying hands hold me down
Only the hunter was hunted
In this tin can town
Tin can town
No stars in the black night
Looks like the sky fell down
No sun in the daylight
Looks like it's chained to the ground
Chained to the ground
The warden said
The exit is sold
If you want a way out
Silver and gold
Broken back to the ceiling
Broken nose to the floor
I scream at the silence, it's crawling
It crawls under the door
There's a rope around my neck
And there's a trigger in your gun
Jesus say something
I am someone, I am someone
I am someone
Captain and kings
In the ships hold
They came to collect
Silver and gold
Silver and gold
Seen the coming and going
Seen them captains and the kings
See them navy blue uniforms
See them bright and shiny things
Bright shiny things
The temperature is rising
The fever white hot
Mister, I ain't got nothing
But it's more than you got
Chains no longer bind me
Not the shackles at my feet
Outside are the prisoners
Inside the free
Set them free
Set them free
A prize fighter in a corner is told
Hit where it hurts
Silver and gold
Silver and gold
" Yep, silver and gold... This song was written in a hotel room in New York city 'round about the time a friend or ours, little Steven, was putting together a record of artists against apartheid. This is a song written about a man in a shanty town outside of Johannesburg. A man who's sick of looking down the barrel of white South Africa. A man who is at the point where he is ready to take up arms against his oppressor. A man who has lost faith in the peacemakers of the west while they argue and while they fail to support a man like bishop Tutu and his request for economic sanctions against South Africa.
Am I buggin' you? I don't mean to bug ya...
Okay Edge, play the blues..."

NoEnzLefttoSplit Oct 21, 2012 - 17:48	lsfeder wrote: So tired of musicians getting political. Keep it to the music man, if you wan to be a politician go run for office and leave the guitar behind. I think the thing that bugs me is the issue of authenticity. (disclosure: I had my jaw very nearly broken in an anti-apartheid demonstration) The problem with Bono taking this stance is the degree it is coupled with pop art. When you stand up on stage heading one of the most internationally successfully acts and start promoting a message that you know at least 90% of your audience is going to agree with anyway, you're not actually bugging anyone, you are just posturing. This almosts demeans the very thing you are trying to support. I find it kind of sickening. Ok sure, he has used his position to try and do some good, just I wish it weren't so tainted by this kind of stage-like selbst-darstellung . [ Reply ]
LizK Aug 19, 2012 - 17:27	What moved the South African government to came to the table? Protest, non-violent and violent. Songs like this one, anti-aparteid. Western companies (IBM, BofA) finally getting convinced that their profits would be affected by their continuing prescense in SA. Protest here, protest there. A rising tide saying "It's time." So the music helps state the desires and voices the protest. [ Reply ]
Baketown Jul 19, 2012 - 06:52	I have not heard this forever! [ Reply ]
westslope Mar 14, 2012 - 13:17	On_The_Beach wrote: At least in the case of Hank Williams Jr. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/03/hank-williams-compares-obama-to-hitler_n_992513.html Nice touch. Good to know Hank Williams, Jr. votes, can run for office, have input on national security policy such as nuclear weapons targeting, etc. [ Reply ]
Foot Feb 11, 2012 - 18:51	Channeling another Irish classic: "...and her name was G_L_O_R_I_A" [ Reply ]
That_SOB Nov 08, 2011 - 13:02	lsfeder wrote: So tired of musicians getting political. Keep it to the music man, if you wan to be a politician go run for office and leave the guitar behind. We sing when government is good and we sing when government is bad, we sing of our conquests and of our oppression. IOW. ... People sing, it is a part of being human, and has been for some 20,000 years, as an means of expression and the use of a media we all know and understand. To sing is human, to sing about politics is "exclusively" human, and I dare say that isn't about to change any time soon. [ Reply ]
Proclivities Nov 08, 2011 - 12:51	Didn't Burl Ives sing this song in "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"? I guess that's a different tune. [ Reply ]
shakylegs Nov 08, 2011 - 12:47	Jesus Bono, get off the cross already. We need the wood. [ Reply ]
mfcrowe Nov 08, 2011 - 12:47	This comment applies to most of this album! "Am I buggin you, don't mean to bug you, ok Edge play..." Fooboy wrote: ... No Stereo in the World will go loud enough for this tune ! ... .... crank it up and enjoy ! [ Reply ]
On_The_Beach Oct 08, 2011 - 00:35	lsfeder wrote: So tired of musicians getting political. Keep it to the music man, if you wan to be a politician go run for office and leave the guitar behind. At least in the case of Hank Williams Jr. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/03/hank-williams-compares-obama-to-hitler_n_992513.html [ Reply ]
alux Oct 08, 2011 - 00:35	lsfeder wrote: So tired of musicians getting political. Keep it to the music man, if you wan to be a politician go run for office and leave the guitar behind. Oh please. Music has always been political. What do you think medieval troubadours were singing about? I'll take artist politicians over lobbyist politicians any day of the week. [ Reply ]
lsfeder Sep 06, 2011 - 14:35	So tired of musicians getting political. Keep it to the music man, if you wan to be a politician go run for office and leave the guitar behind. [ Reply ]
bluecshells Sep 06, 2011 - 14:34	This song was written in a hotel room in New York city....YES! Unite against HATE! U2 rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [ Reply ]
rhj4 Jul 05, 2011 - 20:20	U2 songs all start to sound the same to me... And I find myself tuning them out. [ Reply ]
lemmoth May 03, 2011 - 15:06	bluecshells wrote: Bono and the band should be honored. LOVE to them all!!!!!!!!! Amen to that brother ..... or sister. [ Reply ]
bobzane May 03, 2011 - 15:05	bobzane wrote: shut up [ Reply ]
bluecshells May 03, 2011 - 15:04	Bono and the band should be honored. LOVE to them all!!!!!!!!! [ Reply ]
bobzane May 03, 2011 - 15:04	shut up [ Reply ]
lemmoth May 03, 2011 - 15:03	scocam wrote: Please re-read my comment. You seem confused. Sorry. My assumption was "this thoughtless drivel" referred to Silver and Gold - the song we are supposed to be commenting on. [ Reply ]
mandolin May 03, 2011 - 15:03	...am i bugging you?..i don't mean to bug you... [ Reply ]