U2101: United Colours

August 19, 2019August 18, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

Listening to a new U2 album for the first time is always a heady experience, but I can’t think of a single album that left me as dumbstruck after the first listen as the Passengers album, and that holds doubly true for the first track, “United Colours.” This track really defies easy description. On one […]

U2101 – One Minute Warning

August 12, 2019August 11, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

I know that many people who read my article every week might not think much of the Passengers album. It is weird, experimental, and strangely inaccessible. There is a debate on whether or not it should even be included in U2’s catalog. For the record, I believe that it should be included–all four members of […]

U2101 – One Step Closer

August 5, 2019August 4, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

I’m going to start out this week’s article by retelling a story that many of you probably already know. I feel, however, that I would be remiss in discussing this song without relaying the information that I have, so forgive me if you’ve heard this one. Back in 2001 or 2002, just after Bono’s father, […]

U2101 – Fez/Being Born

July 29, 2019July 28, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

I often think about how different No Line On the Horizon could have been had U2 stuck to their original plans. Apparently, the album, before it was released, was quite different– remember, producer Daniel Lanois said at one point that the album was as much of a departure from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb […]

U2101 – Cedars of Lebanon

July 22, 2019July 21, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

Bono played around a lot with writing about different characters for the No Line on the Horizon album. One of these characters was a reporter, stationed in Lebanon. I always thought that he was a newspaper reporter, mainly because he references the importance of headlines, but I suppose that he could be writing for the […]