WHO DO YOU THINK????

Question

they are referring to as 'the saints' in The Saints Are Coming by Greenday & U2??

(I know the song is a remake.)

Answer 1

The original singers The Skids had a reason - see below!

In an interview with the Sunday Post on November 12, 2006, Jobson of The Skids said that he had written the lyrics about a friend of his who had recently joined the British Army, and been killed on tour of duty in Northern Ireland. He said that he had more or less written off much of his Skids material, but was sorry that Adamson had not lived to see it become such a success.