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Fiendish Thingy

(22,588 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:13 PM 15 hrs ago

U2: American Obituary



Thought this deserved more visibility, so I posted in GD.

Musically, I like this song much better than Springsteen’s. It’s more impactful, IMO.
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U2: American Obituary (Original Post) Fiendish Thingy 15 hrs ago OP
Thank You!!! Had not heard it. Raise up, America ☮ walkingman 15 hrs ago #1
Awesome! I was hoping they would join johnnyfins 15 hrs ago #2
Thank you LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #3
Excellent song! D. Spaulding 14 hrs ago #4
Thanks for posting this, Fiendish Thingy! calimary 14 hrs ago #5
Excellent! Bayard 14 hrs ago #6
Singing Resistance KT2000 13 hrs ago #7
Love it! Thank you for posting it. Sogo 13 hrs ago #8
Well done, U2! StarryNite 13 hrs ago #9
We're not dead yet U2. Ray Bruns 13 hrs ago #10
Wow! Great song. A lot in the lyrics to remember and repeat. wnylib 13 hrs ago #11
I posted it and an article about it and another song from the EP yesterday in both GD and Music Appreciation. highplainsdem 13 hrs ago #12
Sorry for the dupe Fiendish Thingy 12 hrs ago #13
I'm glad you posted it, since your post is getting more attention for it. highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #14
U2 releases Renee Good tribute song 'American Obituary' LetMyPeopleVote 7 hrs ago #15

johnnyfins

(3,647 posts)
2. Awesome! I was hoping they would join
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:43 PM
15 hrs ago

the fight. My favorite of this crop of protest songs is Billy Bragg/City of Heroes.

D. Spaulding

(483 posts)
4. Excellent song!
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:26 PM
14 hrs ago

and I was surprised that the EP is actually pretty good too. I like it better than some of their most recent stuff.

KT2000

(22,050 posts)
7. Singing Resistance
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:10 PM
13 hrs ago

For those joining the Singing Resistance, there are some good ones in this song. Power of the People!!

highplainsdem

(61,105 posts)
14. I'm glad you posted it, since your post is getting more attention for it.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:03 PM
12 hrs ago

All six of the videos were released yesterday, with American Obituary the 4th uploaded to YouTube, though it has more than twice as many views as any of the other songs.

I'd seen it mentioned on Reddit and then looked for other articles about it to decide which one to post.

LetMyPeopleVote

(177,544 posts)
15. U2 releases Renee Good tribute song 'American Obituary'
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:10 PM
7 hrs ago

"These songs were impatient to be out in the world," singer Bono said of the band's surprise new EP, "Days of Ash."



https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/u2-releases-renee-good-tribute-song-american-obituary-rcna259592

Irish rockers U2 became the latest high-powered musical act to condemn the federal immigration raids with the surprise release Wednesday of a six-track EP that kicks off with a song for slain Minneapolis protester Renee Good.

Following in the footsteps of Bruce Springsteen, Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish and other artists, U2 recorded “American Obituary,” a four-minute plus musical condemnation of the crackdown that left Good, the mother of three, dead on Jan. 7.

"Renee Good, born to die free. American mother of three. Seventh day, January. A bullet for each child, you see," frontman Bono sings in the high-energy rocker. "The color of her eye. 930 Minneapolis. To desecrate domestic bliss. Three bullets blast, three babies kissed. Renee the domestic terrorist?"

"America will rise against the people of the lie," the chorus chants.

"I am not mad at you, Lord," the song continues, an apparent reference to Good's final words that were captured on video. "You're the reason I was there. Could you stop a heart from breaking, by having it not care? Could you stop a bullet in midair?"

Titled "Days of Ash," the EP was released on one of Christianity's most somber days, Ash Wednesday.

The release also includes a poem set to music called "Wildpeace," by Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai, and other songs that focus on the ongoing clashes in Gaza, Iran and Ukraine.
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