For almost a month now, I’ve been telling anybody & everybody who will listen & a few who won’t, how unbelievable SOI is. I’ve listed my reasons why, the number one being that I feel it is U2’s best work lyrically. Period! Today, I share with you the top 5 lyrics that have taken this […]
Read MoreU2’s Most Uncomfortable Song!
It’s time to talk about the elephant in the U2 room, and that’s “Sleep Like a Baby Tonight“. Is there any other song off the new CD that makes you more uncomfortable than SLABT? One of the problems is that it’s so good – I love it and hate it at the same time, if […]
Read MoreHey U2 Fans, It’s No Longer 1991!
I am declaring that music is no longer subjective! That’s right, Matial Law has been declared. Curfews are in effect. I am the John Lithgow to your Kevin Bacon’s Footloose. When The Edge said, “If you don’t like U2 music, you’re not trying hard enough,” he was addressing the haters. I’m talking to the fans […]
Read MoreNo GA Line on the Horizon!
Did you know that the average person spends approximately two years of their lives waiting in line, which conveniently provides me a reason to never, ever join a GA line for a U2 show. Say it ain’t so, Joe! Oh, it is so and you know why I refuse to be part of any GA line, […]
Read MoreU2 NEEDS Weird Al Yankovic …… Again!
Does anyone hold the right to be ridiculous more dear than…three time Grammy winner, Weird Al Yankovic? If you don’t think Weird Al is a comedic, musical genius, you need to reevaluate. Just last week, Mandatory Fun, Weird Al’s 14th CD, was released and immediately went to number one on the Billboard top 200 list. […]
Read MoreSound The Siren(s): U2 Rumors On The Loose!
Sound the alarm – I mean the Siren! So have you heard the news today? I can’t change it or make it go away. You know…the news/rumor/innuendo that U2 will/may/probably tour or release a CD in the next few months/years/decade. You have to love sensationalism. You can’t spell hyperbole without hype. In this tabloid/TMZ/reality TV […]
Read MoreCan U2 Flavored Ice Cream Save The World?
When I look at the world I see one thing…ICE CREAM! Who doesn’t like ice cream? I, for one cannot get enough of that lovey, dovey stuff. So, today I am going to ice cream out loud and say that all the problems of the world can be solved over a bowl of The Sweetest […]
Read MoreVan Diemen’s Land….Times Three!
You’re in my mind, all of the time, and I know it’s not enough, do you know what song has been rattling in my mind all week long? “Van Diemen’s Land”. 😉 The song that Edge wrote about the land on the edge of nowhere has been rattling and humming in my brain for the past […]
Read MoreIn Science & In “The Lab Coat?”
“Let me introduce you to the scientist of the family.” That was the introduction of The Edge by Bono at the Boston Garden on the Elevation DVD in 2001, what now seems like 100 years ago. Today, I’m going to introduce you to another scientist in the U2 family. No, he’s not as gifted musically and […]
Read MoreU2: Up For Auction?
They don’t know what you’re doing, babe it must be art…auction? Bono has been picking up paintings from every Tom, Dick and Picasso as of late in London, and now you can too. Well, put away your check books my fellow U2 fanatics – don’t worry if you’re running out of change – and whatever […]
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