This week we pay a visit to the video for U2’s first bona fide hit, “New Year’s Day,” although it only qualified as a hit in certain parts of the world…not so much in the United States, where I live.
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U2 VidWorks: A Celebration
After last week’s divergence due to the fan club gift announcement, we are back on schedule today with the third of U2’s promotional videos, the video for “A Celebration.”
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U2 Hot Topix: DVD Debacle
I know that I was supposed to be writing this week about the promo video for “A Celebration,” and I honestly did plan to. I still aim to cover that video eventually, but something happened this week that I feel compelled to write about instead.
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U2 VidWorks – Gloria
Following “I Will Follow,” U2 did not record another official promotional video for any of the other songs from their debut album, Boy. Oddly enough, they didn’t even make a video for the first single, “Fire,” from their second album, October. No, their next video did not come along until it was time to promote […]
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U2 VidWorks – I Will Follow
Well, it’s been a few weeks since I’ve written anything here. I hope that you all missed me as much as I missed you. Today, I am starting a new series, wherein I will focus each week on an official video by our favorite rockers, and I thought that I would start at the beginning […]
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U2’s The Eternal Remixes EP released
The new digital release U2 EP titled “The Eternal Remixes” was released on December 6th featuring 4 songs remixed in a collaboration with Indian artists. Tracklist: Pride (In The Name Of Love) (Karsh Kale 100 Voices Mix) 05:10 Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way (Lost Stories Remix) 02:28 You’re The Best Thing About […]
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U2101 – Summer Rain
Like many of you, I’m sure, I was beyond ecstatic when “Beautiful Day” came out nearly 20 years ago. I worked at a record store at the time, and I was able to order for myself a physical copy of the single as an import. I think I opened it up in the store and […]
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U2101 – Love and Peace or Else
“Love and Peace or Else” is a song that I believe to be, in some respects, underrated by the band itself. I say that because the band has ignored several perfect opportunities to revive the song since the end of the Vertigo Tour, the tour that was affiliated with How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, […]
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The Rosary and the Microphone
Dr. Nicholas Greco argues U2 may have a good message despite claims of hypocrisy against them. Greco explores U2 as a band interested in social justice alongside their particular brand of Christianity in his third book, The Rosary and the Microphone. The powerful imagery – and title of his book – of a microphone and […]
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U2101 – Crumbs From Your Table
There are several moments that I really enjoy on the DVD that came with the deluxe package of the How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb album, but perhaps my favorite moment on that DVD is the alternate version of “Crumbs From Your Table.” The opening guitar riff is, as Bono says at the time, “a […]
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