This song was inspired by the 1987 Enniskillen bombing, when a bomb planted by the IRA exploded during a Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, killing 11 people and injuring at least 63. Simple Minds lead singer Jim Kerr explained to Q magazine in 1989: In the second part of Belfast Child Im trying to relate to people in Northern Ireland whove also lost loved ones. Im trying to talk about the madness and sadness and emptiness. Im not saying I have any pearls of wisdom, but I have a few questions to ask. When Im asked on American TV who my heroes are, rather than saying Lou Reed or Bob Dylan or someone who goes without saying, I say there are these people called Amnesty International and what they are doing I think is rather heroic. It only takes about 30 seconds.https://youtube/watch?v=7vhhTvcLoRw
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:54:21 +0000
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