House of the Rising Sun

In U2 and Green Day’s song “The Saints Are Coming” they use the intro from the song “The House of the Rising Sun” originally by The Animals. They just use it’s intro as their intro.

Anybody any idea why?

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Answer #1

they do :o

omg … I didnt even know … thats shameful hides under the bed

hehe xP

Answer #2

maby they thourght it was cool or trying to bring back an old song

ps.sorry about the spelling

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