I love guitar music. From power chords to wailing solos, the instrument upon which rock ‘n’ roll is based has never lost the hold over me that started when I was a teenager, just discovering girls and my own musical interests, and i do worship at the altar of guitar heroes like Slash and Jimi […]
Read MoreCovering U2 – Mermaids and Bullets
I thought that we’d take a look at two separate, unrelated, covers of U2 songs, one that seems to be pretty obscure, and the other, not-so-obscure at all. Starting with the obscure, I present this lovely cover of U2’s “Drowning Man” from female vocalist Madelyn Iris. I first heard this back around the turn of […]
Read MoreU2 101 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
“Sunday Bloody Sunday” is one of those songs that a lot of U2 fans seem to have mixed feelings about. I hear a lot of talk about how it’s one of those “warhorse” songs, like “One” or “Pride” that the band’s been playing regularly for too long, and how it’s time for the song to […]
Read MoreWhy U2? – Reason #9
If I’m honest, sometimes U2 get on my nerves a little bit. When I’m feeling petulant or depressed, when I want to wallow in a bad mood, I usually want to listen to something other than my favorite band. Bono’s spoken before about how difficult it can be to capture the emotion of joy in […]
Read MoreCovering U2 – Cleopatra Records’ We Will Follow
The very first U2 tribute album that I ever bought was We Will Follow, a collection put together by, and featuring artists from, Cleopatra Records, a label known mostly for their gothic and industrial output. I confess that, like I imagine many of you must be, I was somewhat skeptical about whether or not the […]
Read MoreU2 101 – Elevation
Its funny, but I still tend to think of All That You Can’t Leave Behind as “new”, even though it’ll celebrate its 14th anniversary this year. I still remember that, back before that album came out, “Beautiful Day” was being played on the radio, and it was getting plenty of love – rightfully so – […]
Read MoreWhy U2? – Reason #8
If you listen to a lot of rock music, you start to realize after a while that most bass players don’t have a personality. Maybe I should say instead that their playing lacks personality, as the norm for rock music seems to be for the bass to simply follow along with the guitar melody like […]
Read MoreCovering U2 in 8-bit
The internet is a weird and wonderful place. You probably already know that – at least the “wonderful” part, since you’ve obviously discovered this website – but there’s so much to see and do online that we sometimes miss stuff simply because we don’t know to look for it. Well, dear readers, that’s where U2radio.com […]
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