When it was decided in the early part of 1987 that U2 would not be performing their song “Red Hill Mining Town” live in concert, I imagine that the members of U2 were of the collective opinion that they wanted to do something else to show their solidarity with the mining communities of the UK.
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Even though The Joshua Tree is U2’s best-selling album, there are some songs – outtakes and the like – which are connected to this record but are still slightly obscure. One such example is the “One Tree Hill Reprise”, which will be released in about three months on the thirtieth anniversary edition of The Joshua […]
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Adam Clayton is the bass player for U2 and is an ambassador for the Dublin-based St. Patrick’s Hospital’s Mental Health Service ‘Walk in My Shoes’ facility. Happy birthday, Adam.
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I’m on an island at a busy intersection – which (fact alert!) happens to be the only U2 lyric to contain the word “busy.” Like you, I have places to be and jobs to do – and yet, we all strive to stay plugged in to all things U2. If today’s Facebook Live Q&A was […]
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Even though “Sunday Bloody Sunday” is frequently cited as the first time U2 made a political statement, I have fond feelings for another song – from the same album as “Sunday Bloody Sunday” – that I feel could tie with that other more famous piece for that title. I’m talking about “Like a Song”, one […]
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There isn’t a lot of music in U2’s catalog that sounds like the time at which it was recorded. Even their first record, Boy, has a kind of timeless quality to it that makes it hard for those not in the know to pinpoint exactly when it was recorded (except for “A Day Without Me”, […]
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Continuing our series on Joshua Tree related songs that might make the set-list on the upcoming Joshua Tree Tour 2017, today we’re taking a look at a song that I’d have to classify as a long shot – but that’s mostly because parts of it are definitely going to be played in another form. I’m […]
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A new magazine profile of U2 has uncovered some of their upcoming plans. They’re going to release a new mix of “Red Hill Mining Town” in advance of the tour commemorating the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree. In addition, they will head back into the studio in March to do more work on Songs […]
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I’m going through some shite right now (like you aren’t, I know…LIFE), and thought I’d share some U2 songs that I tend to fall back on when my hands are tied, my body bruised, there’s nothing left to win and nothing left to lose. Here we go: North and South of the River – This […]
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Today, I’m continuing my series of articles of songs from The Joshua Tree. The choice of song for this article is one that was initially written and recorded in 1985, a couple of years before The Joshua Tree was released in 1987, but a re-recorded version of “Silver and Gold” was released as a B-side […]
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