"Pride (In The Name Of Love)" is an old favorite song which deserves play today on Martin Luther King Day. The song comes from their career-expanding 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire. The album was produced by Brian Eno who encouraged a more atmospheric and ambient sound, a major change in direction for the band. Their previous three records had been produced by Steve Lillywhite. The album also featured an elegy to Martin Luther King, called "MLK."
The Unforgettable Fire also marks their long-term collaboration with photographer and director Anton Corbijn. Corbijn colloborated most notably with Joy Division on the video for the 1988 release of the single "Atmosphere", Echo and the Bunnymen and Depeche Mode. Corbijn recently directed Control (2007) which was about the band Joy Division and The American (2010).
The lyrics make reference to Jesus being betrayed with a kiss, as well as referring to the assasination of Martin Luther King, Jr. All came in the name of love.
Consider it Keep Musicking's version of a flashback lunch.
Lyrics:
One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come here to justify
One man to overthrow
In the name of love!
One man in the name of love
In the name of love!
What more? In the name of love!
One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resists
One man washed on an empty beach
One man betrayed with a kiss
In the name of love!
What more in the name of love?
In the name of love!
What more? In the name of love!
...nobody like you...there's nobody like you...
Mmm...mmm...mmm...
Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
In the name of love!
What more in the name of love?
In the name of love!
What more in the name of love?
In the name of love!
What more in the name of love...
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