(Note: Links are in bold text.) The annual A Very U2 Christmas series was born out of an interest in curating all things U2 for the holiday season — mostly, their Christmas and winter-inspired songs. But over time, it’s evolved into a “where U2 has been this Christmas/year’s end” project. Unfortunately, there’s one problem with […]
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The U2 front man has just published Surrender: 40 Songs. One Story in which he uses forty U2 tracks to tell his story and the story of the band. Appearing on RTÉ Radio 1’s The Brendan O’Connor Show, he was asked by the host if his decision to write the book was based on a […]
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Grief and God have been part of U2’s story from the start. We got this invitation once,” Bono tells me. He speaks the next sentence with a tone of reverence: “The Reverend Billy Graham would love to meet the band and offer a blessing.” We’re on a video call, and the frontman for U2 is […]
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The annual Very U2 Christmas blog series was put on hold for the last two years — but just like Adam’s Santa Claus beard, it’s back this year with an installment for U2 Christmas 2021. And fortunately, there’s plenty to talk about! Here we go (note: links are in bold text). Sing 2 – Whether […]
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Sometimes life is funny in its synchronicity. As anyone who knows me already knows, I am currently enrolled as a full-time college student, pursuing my bachelor’s degree. This semester, I am taking a class on gender studies. This is noteworthy because this past week, and for much of the semester, we have been discussing in […]
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I had intended to talk about a different video today but I feel like there won’t be many more occasions of a new U2 video, so I decided that I should take advantage of the opportunity and write about the promotional video for U2’s new song, “Your Song Saved My Life.” The video is about […]
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U2 has won many awards over the years. 22 Grammy awards – more than any other band in history. Brit Awards. Golden Globes. A Hall of Fame induction. The list is nearly endless, but yet, somehow, its the ones that got away, the awards that U2 didn’t win that I tend to remember the most. […]
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I worry that the members of U2 are feeling old. I noticed a while back that after this video, which showcases the band performing live from a barge in the Hudson River, there were no more videos in support of Songs of Experience, which actually showed the band. There was a fistful of remix videos […]
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I often write about how I like videos that tell a story. Well, this video tells a story that is directly related to the lyric of the song in question. This video showcases four couples who are all answering the question, as presented in the song “You’re the Best Thing About Me,” of “Why am […]
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In a video campaign that had several entries, from “The Blackout” and on through all of the remix videos for “Love is Bigger Than Anything in its Way,” this video for “You’re the Best Thing About Me” might go down as the best video from Songs of Experience. Certainly, it is my favorite, as it […]
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