Full U2/Green Day jabs US government

The full-length video for Green Day and U2's collaboration on "The Saints Are Coming" has now appeared on YouTube -- and the clip is not without its political punch. The video contains footage of the two bands performing the song live and in the studio, interspersed with scenes of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. But then the video introduces fake television news reports showing hundreds of military planes and helicopters flying over the city and dropping supplies, while headlines across the bottom of the screen proclaim, "U.S. Iraq Troops Redeployed To New Orleans" and "Troops Come Home To Help Katrina Victims." The clip concludes with a shot of a sign that says, "Not As Seen On TV."

A teaser for the video first surfaced last week on YouTube and MTV.com.

The two bands recorded the song, originally done by Scottish group the Skids, at London's Abbey Road Studios. They performed it live during NFL pre-game festivities at the September 25th reopening of the Superdome in New Orleans.

"The Saints Are Coming" will be included on U2's upcoming compilation album, U218 Singles, due out on November 21st.

The performance and recording of the song was aimed at raising funds for Music Rising, the charity led by U2 guitarist The Edge to replace instruments lost after Hurricane Katrina.
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