Window in the Skies U2

Windows in the Skies

Window in the skies official video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeFVNTrmwdU

Read the lyrics to the song Window In The Skies and see if you can match the two
parts of each line

The shackles quit the gun

The bullets are undone
The heat when there's none
Will keep us thats in the sun
The rule has been moved
The stone has been disproved
The grain is are removed, ooh
All debts now a groove
Oh can't you see what our love has done
What it's doing to me
Love makes brought to its knees
Makes love when love may please
Soul strange enemies
Hate in a strip tease
Sky over our bed
Can reach it from our head
If you let of my head
And out me in your heart

Oh can't you see what our love has done

What it's doing to me
Please don't ever let me out of here

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I've got no shame
oh no oh no
Oh can't you see what love has done
What it's doing to me
Oh I know I hurt you but murder but you and I
Did everything and I made you cry
But love left I rhapsodize
And to love a window in the skies
Oh can't you see what love has done to every broken heart
Oh can't you see what love has done for every heart that cries
Love left a window in the skies
What do you think the song is about? What would you see through a window in the
skies?

Now watch the video and see how many famous singers you recognise: Put a tick
when you recognise someone from this list:

Elvis Presley
Johnny Cash
Marvin Gaye
Elvis Costello
Jimi Hendrix
Kurt Cobain
Britney Spears
The Who
Jay Z
David Bowie
A very young Keith Richards,
George Harrison
Vladimir Horowitz playing the piano
that guy from Wilco on bass!
Frank Sinatra
Iggy Pop
Chrissie Hynde
Beyonce
Fito and the Fittipaldis
Ray Charles
Joe Strummer
Smokey Robinson
Patti Smith
Jerry Lee Lewis
Robert Plant
Ronnie Spector
Arcade Fire
Roy Orbison
Kanye West
The Beatles
Elton John

Who would you have on your list if you were making this list, who would you definitely
not have?
What does the video tell you about Bono’s ego?

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 You can read more about how the making of the video in this article from the
Washington Post

Who's Who of Pop Peers From U2's 'Window'

By J. Freedom du Lac
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, January 28, 2007

In the breathtaking video for U2's new song, "Window in the Skies," Elvis Presley, Johnny
Cash, Billie Holiday, Marvin Gaye and a shirtless Iggy Pop take turns singing the lyrics on
Bono's behalf.

Instead of The Edge on guitar, you see Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Elvis Costello and a very
young Keith Richards, back when he looked like a George Harrison doppelganger.

And hey, there's Vladimir Horowitz playing the piano! And that guy from Wilco on bass! And
the manic Keith Moon on drums!

All thanks to the magic of editing and copyright clearances.

The "Window in the Skies" video is a stirring montage that features roughly 100 archival clips
of various musicians performing in concert. The footage has been carefully and cleverly
edited so that the performances sync up with U2's lyrics and music -- right down to Frank
Sinatra conducting the soaring song to its conclusion.

It's a triumph of postmodern reconstruction, a 4-minute 19-second celebration of some of

popular music's most beloved and influential figures.

Let other, lesser artists feature video cameos by one or two of their sorta famous friends. U2
seems to have invited the entire Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to its party, and more than a few
folks showed up: Ray Charles, Joe Strummer, Smokey Robinson, Patti Smith, Jerry Lee
Lewis, Robert Plant, Ronnie Spector, Roy Orbison. They were even joined by some

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celebrated newcomers, from rapper Kanye West to the Canadian indie-rock band Arcade
Fire.

"We wanted to honor these great artists," says Gary Koepke, the video's director.
"Throughout time, they've been playing music and trying to achieve greatness. We wanted to
celebrate them and their passion. This video had to happen. And it made itself, basically."

Well, not really. It took three months and plenty of man-hours to make the addictive video,
which has become a hit on YouTube and VH1 and has inspired endless pages of Internet
discussion-board messages about who exactly appears in the clip and when. (That's Lou
Reed, not Jim Morrison, at the 44-second mark; Beyonce, not Britney Spears, at 1:47. A
rundown of all of the artists might eventually appear on U2's Web site; until then, obsessive
music fans will have to keep guessing about whether that is or isn't Rory Gallagher.)

While Koepke oversaw creation of the video, he left much of the heavy lifting to others --
including three young editors who, he says, "wanted a break": his son, Max, plus David
Brodie and Julian Wadsworth. "They're all in their 20s and they love music and embraced
this. If I'd gone to somebody my age, in their late 40s, they would've grumbled and said,
'You're crazy.' The spirit of youth really drove this project."

Koepke had exactly one music video credit on his résumé prior to working on "Window in the
Skies" (David Bowie's "Slow Burn"). He's an advertising executive by trade, the co-founder of
a Boston agency, Modernista!, which last year teamed with Bobby Shriver and U2's
designated world-saver Bono on their "Choose Red" initiative -- a campaign that urged
consumers to buy red iPods and Motorola cellphones and such to help fund medication for
AIDS victims in Africa.

Koepke says the wheels began to spin almost immediately when Bono gave him a copy of a
new U2 song that was intended for a greatest-hits package. "Everybody probably has a
different interpretation," the director says, "but to me, the song is about time and the power of
love."

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