This past weekend was my birthday, and as per my annual tradition, I mostly spent the day with my mother and my wife watching U2 stuff. The last thing we watched before bed this year was U2’s 1988 theatrical release, Rattle and Hum. During the segment of the film wherein the band visit Graceland, the […]
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“Exit” is a song from U2’s best-selling album, The Joshua Tree, which was first released in 1987. “Exit” is a dark song, both lyrically and musically, and the song’s words concern a trip into the mind of a very disturbed individual. For a band like U2, who have made their reputation recording hopeful, uplifting songs […]
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U2 fans can be a persnickety bunch. For one thing, it seems that some of us aren’t satisfied with anything the band do. I’m sure you’ve all read just as many negative internet comments and forum threads as I have, so you know what I’m talking about. For another thing, it seems that some of […]
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Today is a special date in U2’s history. As you read this, the day will have passed, but as I write this it is the 25th of September, 2016, the fortieth anniversary of the first meeting of what would later on become U2, the biggest band in the world. I thought that to celebrate the […]
Read MoreU2’s 1997 album Pop has the unfortunate distinction of being one of those albums that doesn’t get a lot of love. I’m not necessarily even talking about love from the fans, either. Although there was a great outcry of public hate from U2 fandom when the album was initially released, nowadays it is nearly as […]
Read MoreLast week, I wrote about “An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart” and how this song doesn’t really fit in with much of the other material on Boy, the album that it is from. Another song from that same record that feels separate from the rest of the album is the closer, “Shadows and Tall […]
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Although it is listed as two tracks on the Boy album it originated from, most U2 fans consider “An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart” to be one song. Indeed, the issue is somewhat confused by the fact that depending on which pressing of Boy you’re listening to, the two separate tracks that make up […]
Read MoreOf all the songs that U2 has written and recorded about love, none tell a tale so bleak, so heartbreaking, as “So Cruel”. From their 1991 masterpiece album Achtung Baby, “So Cruel” is all about a love gone tragically wrong.
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Even though it was never released as a single, U2’s song “Kite” has become a fan-favorite track. It’s not surprising that the song struck a chord with listeners. As Bono said “This song’s about letting go of somebody you don’t want to let go of”, and that’s a feeling that most of us can easily relate […]
Read MoreAlthough its mostly known to U2 fans as the pre-recorded opener to 1997’s Pop*Mart Tour, Pop Muzik was originally recorded and released back in 1979 by English musician Robin Scott, under the name M. The original song was a hit for Scott, reaching the top 10 in several countries, including the United States and his […]
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