Like a lot of great U2 songs, “Raised By Wolves” doesn’t explicitly spell out an exact meaning. Rather, it allows itself to be interpreted a variety of different ways, depending on the listener and what’s going on in their life at the time. According to the Songs of Innocence liner notes, the song was written […]
Read MoreU2101 – Your Blue Room
I’m not sure why, but the Passengers album has been on my mind lately. Although it’s not technically a U2 record, I hope that no one will object if I talk a little about it today. The first time I ever heard Passengers, I was in my buddy Travis’s car, late at night in a […]
Read MoreU2101 – New Year’s Day
If you weren’t expecting this, you should have been. What other song could I write about today – “today” being January first – but “New Year’s Day“?
Read MoreU2101 – U2’s Christmas Songs
Since we’re smack dab in the middle of the year-ending Christmas/New Year’s holiday combo week, I felt that I’d be remiss if I didn’t cover U2’s contributions to the annals of Christmas music.
Read MoreU2101: Numb
After the excitement of last week’s tour announcement and the accompanying ticket sales, not too much went on with our boys this week, so I thought it would be a good time to continue my U2101 series.
Read MoreU2101 – Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
I’ve been spending a good deal of time over the last two weeks absorbing the second disc of Songs of Innocence. Aside from the acoustic session, which is fantastic, another star of the show is the alternate versions of two songs from the first disc, “The Troubles” and “Sleep Like a Baby Tonight, the latter […]
Read MoreU2101 – Cedarwood Road
When I first listened to Songs of Innocence, there were, of course, a few songs that really stood out to me as potential favorites. Today’s topic was not one of them – most of those early faves were from the first half of the album. Song for Someone, Every Breaking Wave, etc. I think that […]
Read MoreU2101 – Volcano
Someone requested that I write about “Volcano” for this week’s U2 101, and I always do my best to meet requests, so here goes. There’s been a fair amount of talk about “Volcano” since the album came out, and a lot of that has been recommending the song for a future single release. I can […]
Read MoreU2101 This is Where You Can Reach Me Now
After a couple of weeks to absorb the new album, I think I can safely say that my least favorite cut is probably “This is Where You Can Reach Me Now”, the band’s nod to their childhood heroes The Clash. I’ve never admitted this out loud before, but if I were being honest, I’d have […]
Read MoreU2101 – The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
The last few albums released by the band have all been introduced to the world via a first single that tried to strike a balance between sing-along hooks and buzzsaw guitar rock. The first example of this came about back in 2004 when How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb was launched with “Vertigo”. Vertigo may […]
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