CREEMEDIA
Sun City has been viewed as the latest in a series of benefit records and events, but as Little Steven makes abundantly clear throughout the Sun City video, charity was not the motivation behind the project—raising consciousness was. Sun City marks a turning point in the ongoing struggle to keep rock relevant to itself and its audience.
CREEMEDIA
THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE
SUN CITY: THE MAKING OF THE RECORD by Dave Marsh (Penguin)
SUN CITY: THE VIDEO (Karl/Lorimar)
Wayne King
Sun City has been viewed as the latest in a series of benefit records and events, but as Little Steven makes abundantly clear throughout the Sun City video, charity was not the motivation behind the project—raising consciousness was. Sun City marks a turning point in the ongoing struggle to keep rock relevant to itself and its audience. When Bono remarks during an interview for the videotape that Sun City represents a stance neither left nor right, but one that’s “just common sense,” he’s uncharacteristically off base. The political nature of the South African struggle made participation here a tougher choice than helping out the fight against famine (like, who is for world hunger?).