The first few times I heard the Zooropa album, it didn’t really connect with me. As I think back, I can’t really come up with a reason why, except maybe that it was so different.
Read MoreOne boy washed up!
DAMN YOU, U2! Once again, U2 has punched my conscience into tears by changing the lyrics of Pride. “One boy washed up on an empty beach” has resonated in my soul has that one line echoing in my head. The current refugee issue in Europe has stirred the continent into a frenzy. Are you going […]
Read MoreSeptember 5, 2015 – Turin, Italy – Palasports Olimpico
Setlist The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) Out Of Control Vertigo I Will Follow Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Song For Someone Sunday Bloody Sunday Raised By Wolves Until The End Of The World (Intermission) Invisible Even Better Than The Real Thing Mysterious Ways Desire Angel Of Harlem Torna A Surriento (snippet) / Every Breaking […]
Read MoreSeptember 4, 2015 – Turin, Italy – Palasports Olimpico
Setlist The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) The Electric Co. Vertigo I Will Follow Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Song For Someone Sunday Bloody Sunday Raised By Wolves Until The End Of The World (Intermission) Invisible Even Better Than The Real Thing Mysterious Ways Elevation Ordinary Love Every Breaking Wave October Bullet The Blue Sky […]
Read MoreU2101 – Angel of Harlem
“Angel of Harlem” has been on my mind a lot lately, because it’s one of those U2 songs with a radio version that only differs in the most subtle ways from the album version – in the case of “Angel of Harlem”, the difference seems to me to be that the horns are just a […]
Read MoreCongratulations to The Edge on His Daughter’s Wedding!
By now, most of us know that U2 attended the wedding of The Edge’s daughter, Hollie Evans, on Sunday. This isn’t about me saying, “You would have known that already if you followed me on Twitter” (although you would have!). Instead, this is about sharing in the joy of being in the U2 family. Hollie […]
Read MoreU2101 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
I have a very distinct memory of the first time I ever heard “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”. I was a child, I’d guess probably nine years old. It was late at night and I was out somewhere with my mom. We were waiting in the car – I think we were […]
Read MoreIn Defense of Alisa
Just to clarify, it’s Alisa with an “isa,” not a “yssa.” A Washington Times story recently cleared that up. But we’re not done clarifying here; to clarify further, she’s from D.C., not Denver. Wait a minute – when did our nation’s capital move to Virginia? Wow, I’m really behind on the times. Yes, I’m being […]
Read MoreU2101 – Satellite of Love
This marks the first time that I’ll be talking about a cover for my weekly article. I suppose that the first thing that I should advise you to do is to check out Lou Reed’s sublime original (I’ll even supply a link, right here)
Read MoreWhy Would U2’s Bono Promote Meerkat? What’s In It For Him?
U2 just wrapped up their iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour in North America with final shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In their first show in Silicon Valley, before Bono began singing “Desire,” he asked an audience member to come up on stage and share the event all over the world via Meerkat, […]
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