The closing song on the album October is titled, “Is That All?,” but the music that makes up that song might be most well-known, best recognized, as part of another song that U2 have actually played on recent tours. I’m talking about the introduction to the track, which, when joined with “Electric Co.” is called […]
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As a fan, I always get excited when U2 releases a new single between albums. It’s as if the band is telling us, “this song is so amazing, burning with such intensity and modernity and relevance that we can’t even wait for the next album. We have to put this out NOW.” I felt that […]
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I was pretty pleased with the U2 360 Tour. Although the tour ended several years ago…almost a decade, now…U2 did one thing that I wish that they would do a lot more of. They played some oddities. Songs like “Electrical Storm,” “Your Blue Room,” and “Mercy” made their long-awaited live debuts, and the band also […]
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I remember once a few years ago…I don’t remember exactly when or what the occasion was, but I remember where I was living, so I can state with conviction that it was before No Line on the Horizon came out…Edge made the comment in an interview that his least favorite song that the band had […]
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There’s something fabulous about those deep album cuts that never get released as singles but somehow manage to become fan favorites anyway. Songs like “Kite” and “Raised by Wolves,” and the subject of today’s article, “I Threw a Brick Through a Window,” manage to capture the imagination of listeners in a way that the average […]
Read MoreI often think about Bono’s comment that it is easy to dial up anger or sadness or any one of the other “negative” emotions when writing music, but that real joy…that’s not so easy. Still, over the years, U2 has managed to capture that elusive feeling in several great recordings. “Rejoice,” from U2’s sophomore album […]
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For those of you looking to make summer travel plans, I have a recommendation for you. Cincinnati, Ohio is a great town, with tons of wonderful restaurants, attractions, restaurants, events, and, yes, restaurants. I grew up in the Queen City of the mid-west and I still miss it terribly. Unfortunately, U2 has only visited Cincy […]
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A long time ago, in a record store far away, a great debut album was released. This album was titled Boy, and it was the first LP from an Irish band called U2. Some few copies of this album, early pressings of the vinyl, for instance, have a short snippet of music at the end […]
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My favorite of U2’s early B-sides is probably the song “Touch,” from the 11 O’Clock Tick Tock single. “Touch” started out as a song called “Trevor,” which I have always thought to be about a friend of the band’s, or at least of Bono’s, from the Bible study group they attended. The lyrics to the […]
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If you were to catch me off guard and ask me what the first single released from Boy was, I might answer without thinking and say “I Will Follow.” Of course, if I were to say that, I would be wrong. For some reason, I tend to forget that “A Day Without Me” was released […]
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