U2 - Mothers Of The Disappeared [Bass Cover] (JT30 Project)

I used one of my Jazz Bass in this cover. I know well Adam used Moog Taurus bass synthesizer pedal in this song on the stage but unfortunately I do not have Moog Taurus pedal. My bass line isn't reproduce the same sound and feeling what the Moog Taurus could gives but my musical equipments are limited from this point of view. Thanks for your understanding.

U2’s fifth album called The Joshua Tree was released in 1987. This record made U2 global megastars and one of the greatest rock band of the world. The band will celebrate the 30 year anniversary of the album with a special tour in North America and Europe in 2017. I myself also would like to pay tribute to this wonderful album with this cover project of The Joshua Tree. I will release one song cover every month. I will use a new audiovisual technique and enhanced bass for the recording. Follow me through the year and let’s enjoy the songs of The Joshua Tree.

"Mothers of the Disappeared" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the eleventh and final track on their 1987 album The Joshua Tree. The song was inspired by lead singer Bono's experiences in Nicaragua and El Salvador in July 1986, following U2's participation in the Conspiracy of Hope tour of benefit concerts for Amnesty International. He learned of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo, a group of women whose children had "forcibly disappeared" at the hands of the Argentine and Chilean dictatorships. While in Central America, he met members of COMADRES, a similar organization whose children had been abducted by the government in El Salvador. Bono sympathized with the Madres and COMADRES and wanted to pay tribute to their cause.

The song was written on a Spanish guitar, and the melody lifted from a piece Bono composed in Ethiopia in 1985 to help teach children basic forms of hygiene. The lyrics contain an implicit criticism of the Reagan Administration, which backed two South American regimes that seized power during coup d'états and which provided financial support for the military regime in El Salvador. Thematically it has been interpreted as an examination of failures and contradictions in US foreign policy. The drum beat provided by Larry Mullen Jr. was processed through an effects unit that gave it a drone-like quality, which bassist Adam Clayton described as "evocative of that sinister death squad darkness".

"Mothers of the Disappeared" was favourably received by critics, who variously described it as "powerful", "a moving tribute", and containing "stunning beauty and sadness". The song was played seven times on the 1987 Joshua Tree Tour, and some recordings were considered for the ending sequence of the 1988 film Rattle and Hum. It was revived for four concerts on the 1998 PopMart Tour in South America, and for two of them, the Madres joined the band onstage for the performance, one of which was broadcast on television in Chile. Bono used the opportunity to ask former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet to reveal to the Madres the locations of their children's bodies. The song was played a further three times on the U2 360° Tour; one performance was dedicated to Fehmi Tosun, an ethnic Kurd who forcibly disappeared in Turkey in 1995. Bono re-recorded the song a cappella in 1998 for the album ¡Ni Un Paso Atras! (English: Not One Step Back!).

More details you can find here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothers...

U2 - Mothers Of The Disappeared / Live from Vancouver 12.05.2017 [Bass Cover]

Original song is written by U2 from the album "The Joshua Tree" (Islands Records, 1987)

Technical details/Hardwares:
Bass guitar: Squier by Fender Classic Vibe 60's Jazz Bass
Amplifier/Soundcard: Line6 POD Studio GX
Hardware (PC): Dell Inspiron 5547

Bass tunning: Db - Gb - B - E

Softwares:
Sound effects: POD Farm v2.59
Sound recording: Audacity v2.1.2
Sound mixing: Audacity v2.1.2
Greenscreen editing: Sony Vegas Pro v12.0
Editing complete video: Windows Movie Maker 2012

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