Best ever One Tree Hill - U2, Dublin Point Depot скачать видео бесплатно


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Concert: U2- Dublin Point Depot, 1989-12-26, LoveTown tour.

One Tree Hill is a 182 metre volcanic peak located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is an important memorial place for both Maori and other New Zealanders. The suburb around the base of the hill is also called One Tree Hill. When Auckland was founded as a colonial town a totara tree stood near the summit which gave the hill its name.

The tree was cut down by a white settler in 1852, in an act of vandalism in one account, or for firewood in another. A radiata pine was planted in the 1870s to replace the previous totara.

Until 2000, the lone pine tree stood next to the obelisk. However, this remaining tree was later attacked twice with chainsaws by Maori protesters. The first attack happened on 28 October 1994, the anniversary of the 1835 Declaration of Independence. A second attack on the 5th of October 2000 left the tree unable to recover and so it was removed due to the risk of it dying and falling down.

The summit stands empty at the moment, except for the obelisk. A new nickname, No(ne) Tree Hill, soon became popular.

Irish rock band U2 wrote a song about the hill in their song One Tree Hill, which appeared on their album The Joshua Tree. It was written to honour New Zealander Greg Carroll, an employee of the band who died in a motorcycle accident in Dublin on July 3, 1986.

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The song also includes the massacre that took place in Chile in 1973. Victor Jara was a poet and song writer who was rounded up and taken to a stadium with thousands of other innocent people where they were beaten and killed.

On the morning of September 12, Jara was taken, along with thousands of others, as a prisoner to the Chile Stadium (renamed the Estadio Víctor Jara in September 2003). In the hours and days that followed, many of those detained in the stadium were tortured and killed there by the military forces. Jara was repeatedly beaten and tortured; the bones in his hands were broken as were his ribs. Reports that one of Jara's hands, or both of his hands, had been cut off, are, however, erroneous.[citation needed] Fellow political prisoners have testified that his captors mockingly suggested that he play guitar for them as he lay on the ground. Defiantly, he sang part of a song supporting the Popular Unity coalition.[citation needed] After further beatings, he was machine-gunned on September 15 and his body dumped on a road on the outskirts of Santiago, and then taken to a city morgue.

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9 years назад

Paul Murphy

We are all rivers running...Enjoy.

9 years назад

The Rim

this is my favourite u2 song ever+ever ahem-i went to paris on this tour (the 12th) and they played ONE TREE HILL!!! FCUKING (french connection) AMAZING!!! but this version is unbelievable...not only the edge's 'un-edge' solo, but also bono's fantastic vocals at the end-'THE BEST EVER ONE TREE HILL?' YEH DEFO !!!!!!(THATS SCOUSE FOR YEH DEFO) :-)

9 years назад

puto angel

U2 i migliori in assoluto

9 years назад

Mike Bongiorni

agreed

9 years назад

bumbleandprincess

Hi Zena,Yes i live in Auckland NZ.I am also a NZ Native Maori.One Tree Hill was such an amazing sight. High on a mountain with the single tree, it was a beacon to the world and visible from all over Auckland. Its Maori name is Maungakiekie.U2 wrote this song about Greg Carroll, also a Maori from New Zealand who became an assistant and close friend of Bono after he met the band in 1985 while they were in NZ. He was killed a year later when he was hit by a car while running an errand for Bono on Bono's motorcycle. The album The Joshua Tree, as well as the song,One tree hill, are dedicated to Greg Carroll.In 1994 the tree was attacked with a chain saw by a Maori activist but survived, unfortunately in 1999 when it was attacked again by vandals, it was decided that the tree would not survive and had to come down. The tree was 120 years old. The activist wanted to draw attention to the injustices he believed had been inflicted upon the Maori people by the New Zealand government.Most Maori (and New Zealander's in general) were outraged by this action and our hope is that one day another tree will be planted to take its place!!!!!I hope this answers your questions......................Aroha (Much love) from the people of NZ!!!!

9 years назад

Francisco Concho

Victor Jara" they did not silence your voice, poetry's, & guitar! You are here among us forever.....

9 years назад

Francisco Concho

Definitely dedicated this video & song to the people of my country Chile" Thanks U2

9 years назад

Francisco Concho

Pictures black & white Sadness times from one the most beautiful city in the world Santiago-Chile September 11 /1973 

9 years назад

theZeek

This version is nuts. Insanely great

9 years назад

Maria Moura

adoro esta música!!!!!!!!!!

9 years назад

TheBonehead2112

Maybe the best song ever done !!! thank you for posting !!

10 years назад

Renita Crocker

Hadn't heard this song in over 20 years.Must say still gives me goose bumb's.love the video. 

10 years назад

Rob M

On the face. ...

10 years назад

Perry Markee

The fire zone!!!!

10 years назад

hakaboy6924

koia kei te Bono pakipaki

10 years назад

sidDkid87

"And when it's raining /Raining hard /That's when the rain will /Break my heart"

10 years назад

Will C

Awesome. Each member is feeding off of the other. 

10 years назад

Debra Carter

SWEET

10 years назад

senorsmoke

Wow--that IS the best ever One Tree Hill. "Okay, Edge, play the blues"

10 years назад

Bono Lover

RIP Greg Carroll

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