With the recent news about U2 recording a video in Dublin, I couldn’t help but be reminded of a previous video which was filmed in that fair city, and so I decided to write about “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own” (SYCMIOYO) for today’s article. SYCMIOYO was first mentioned (to me, anyway) in […]
Read MoreU2101 – Original of the Species
As fanatical as I am about U2, I can find something personal that relates to me in almost every U2 song. Some, though. are easier than others. Some speak to me so immediately, and on such a deep personal level that it almost feels like Bono’s been watching my life from a distance and pulling […]
Read MoreU2101 – Almost Unreleased
Recently, I wrote about the flurry of activity that always seems to accompany a new release from U2. Nearly a decade ago (holy cow!) U2 celebrated the release of their eleventh LP How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (HTDAAB) with another release, The poorly named Complete U2 digital set from iTunes. One of my personal […]
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U2101 – October
Like most fans that I know, October is probably my least favorite U2 album. That’s not to say that I don’t like it, though – I think that it would be fair to say that it simply has less music on it that i adore than any of the other U2 albums. A few of […]
Read MoreU2101 – I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
I usually like to discuss older tracks in these articles – songs that have appeared on multiple tours, normally with several different arrangements. That said, I also have to follow my must, and today, I can’t get “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight” out of my head, so I’m just gonna give […]
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U2101 – Mofo
The very first time I ever listened to the Pop album, the night it came out, the song that made the biggest immediate impact on me was “Mofo”. That deep, wicked bass groove caught my attention like an electro-magnet and didn’t let go for the entire five+ minutes of the song’s duration.I think that Mofo […]
Read MoreU2101 – I Will Follow
The opening track on U2’s first LP, way back in 1980, I can’t think of another song ever recorded that served as a more perfect call to arms for what would become the greatest band in the history of the human race. From the very first note, this song served as an announcement that something […]
Read MoreU2101 – The Ground Beneath Her Feet
When I was 22 years old, I had no idea what love was – I’m sure that I’m not alone in that – but I did have a good handle on lust. I don’t just mean sexual lust either. The main difference between love and lust, I’ve learned, is that lust is entirely selfish, while […]
Read MoreU2101 – The Fly
I know that a lot of you are probably groaning to yourselves after reading the title up there “The Fly?!? Oh, man! I hate that stupid song!” while just as many of you (I’m looking at you here, Joe) are jumping up and down with joy. My first experience with the song came right after […]
Read MoreU2101 – Slow Dancing
As I matured in my U2 fandom, there was a period of transition from collecting albums to hunting down more obscure tracks, like one-offs for soundtracks and collaborations with other artists. One of my favorite discoveries from this period was the 1993 B-side, from the Stay single, “Slow Dancing“, which was originally written by Bono […]
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