Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick-would someone tell Bono to put a shirt on?
In 1990, the Red Hot Organization released the first of the Red Hot Benefit Series, an album titled Red Hot + Blue. The album consisted of modern pop and rock musicians covering the songs of Cole Porter, and the album is named for his musical, 'Red Hot and Blue'.
U2 covered the song 'Night and Day' in a somewhat dark style. And then they spoiled it by allowing Bono to go without a shirt under his jacket in the video. Yeesh. Though I did enjoy The Edge's impression of Aunt Jemima.
The album was re-released in 2006 as a CD/DVD set, with the album digitally remastered and all videos from the album included on the DVD.
None of the songs were released as official singles, but that did not stop the album from selling over one million copies, making it one of the music industry's first major AIDS benefit releases.
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