John Legend cover of Pride (In the Name of Love)
Mar 28th, 2008 by cadmus
The History Channel has a documentary on Martin Luther King that will air on April 6th. It’s titled “Pride” and if you’ve seen the commercial for it you’ll hear U2 in the background. For the episode itself John Legend has written a cover of the song and a new video is out for it.
John Legend performs PRIDE (In The Name of Love)
Uploaded by ElectricArtist
I like the use of video segments of MLK throughout the video and the sound bites from his speeches. I’ll say the cover version is pretty good but as I watch the video I wonder why they didn’t use the U2 single or have them play a special version for the show. It’s not like U2 doesn’t have a special admiration for Dr. King, they wrote more than one song about him. Ultimately, it’s nice to see the name of the song used for the title of the documentary and the use of the song even if it is a cover.
Let me know what you think.
For those that prefer U2 playing the song, here’s probably my favorite live version:
via: @U2blog
edit: Bumped to be on the front page for April 4th.
Two great versions of a great song. Thanks for posting them.
Hey, it’s my pleasure. I like John Legend’s version and I’m looking forward to the History Channel documentary on Sunday.