The last two shows of the first leg of U2’s Elevation Tour on June 21 and 22 were simply magnificent. I couldn’t have asked for a better ending. Little did I know the third leg would get even better. Stay tuned. For the first show, we’ll call it Jersey1, I drove up to New Jersey […]
Read MoreCovering U2 – More Remixes
Today I want to talk about a few of my favorite official U2 remixes. I do so as part of a series of articles titled “Covering U2” despite the fact that remixes are not and never shall be the same thing as covers. In this sense, the term “covering” refers to the second definition provided […]
Read MoreU2 and Apple teaming up on September 9th, not so fast
Today the twitter-verse sort of exploded a wee bit with news of a possible U2 & Apple get together on September 9th. It all started with Bryan MacDonald’s tweet stating that the new U2 album will be “pre loaded” on the new iPhone 6, and we should expect an onslaught of promotion with a playing […]
Read MoreDublin City Council confirms the U2 Video Shoot on Dublin Bridge
According to The Sunday Times, the Dublin city council confirmed that last Sunday’s closing of the Samuel Beckett bridge was for a U2 video shoot. Last Sunday’s closing of the bridge was to enable filming on a “U2 project” but the band members were not present. Picture of the clapper showed “Summer Nights,” and it […]
Read MoreU2101 – Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
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 MoreKnow Your Bonoisms, Part 9 – Bono in the Pop Era
Thanks to FXX, which aired every episode of The Simpsons ever made over the past week, I was finally able to see U2’s appearance for the first time in 16 years (even though my daughter has the DVR set to record what seems like every Simpsons ever, the “Trash of the Titans” episode is never, […]
Read More“What do they sing in DC?” – Bono asks on the Elevation Tour June 14 – 15, 2001
“What do they sing in DC?” I will never forget when Bono looked down at me at the tip of the heart at the first Elevation show in DC and asked me that after “Desire.” I just froze. I was still in awe of being THAT close to Larry. Then Bono sang “Ground Beneath Her […]
Read MoreCovering U2 – More Third Party Remixes
Continuing our discussion from Monday about “Original of the Species”, I thought that today I’d start off by mentioning the Killahurtz Casa de Angeles mix of that song, which first came to my attention back in 2006, right around the same time as the last show of the Vertigo tour. The song appeared initially online, […]
Read MoreNo GA Line on the Horizon!
Did you know that the average person spends approximately two years of their lives waiting in line, which conveniently provides me a reason to never, ever join a GA line for a U2 show. Say it ain’t so, Joe! Oh, it is so and you know why I refuse to be part of any GA line, […]
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 […]
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