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U2 VidWorks – Pride (In the Name of Love)

Starting in the early 1980s, the power and importance of the music video cannot be overstated. MTV was a bona fide hit-maker, and it is hard to imagine a song doing well on the music charts without also having a popular music video. I say that to say this: I don’t know if U2 would […]

U2 VidWorks – Two Hearts Beat as One

Today we are discussing the promotional music video for “Two Hearts Beat as One,” the second single from U2’s third album, War. “Two Hearts Beat as One” is a fun, upbeat song and in general the music video follows the mood of the song. There are lots of shots of circus performers, a theme that […]

U2 Hot Topix: DVD Debacle

I know that I was supposed to be writing this week about the promo video for “A Celebration,” and I honestly did plan to. I still aim to cover that video eventually, but something happened this week that I feel compelled to write about instead.

September 28, 2019November 27, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 Special Edition – Skyscrapers

I don’t usually write about solo tracks from members of U2 or tracks that don’t include contributions by the whole band, but this week, I couldn’t help my self. The long-awaited Bono collaboration with Swizz Beatz and Kanye West, a song titled “Skyscrapers,” finally saw the light of day when it leaked to YouTube late […]

September 25, 2019 voxxLeave a Comment

U2 rumored to be working on a new album

The Irish band are busy preparing for the next leg of The Joshua Tree Tour 2019 but have reportedly began work on a new album. It’s news that could go some way to quashing any notion of the group potentially retiring with Bono previously hinting that U2 could look to wind things down. According to […]

September 23, 2019November 23, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 – Flower Child

I remember reading in BIll Flanagan’s superb book U2 at the End of the World that, when they are in the studio, U2 has a tendency to revisit the moods or feelings of everything they have ever recorded. Sometimes, it is easy to pick out where this has happened, kind of like how “One Step […]

September 9, 2019November 23, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 – Can’t Help Falling in Love

There’s a thin but definite delineation between recordings by U2 and solo work by a member of that band. Some times, that line gets a little blurry, such as with the topic of this week’s article, Bono’s cover of “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” This song began its journey into U2’s discography when Bono recorded […]

September 2, 2019November 23, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 – Elvis Presley and America

I know that you have all read in the past about my mixed feelings regarding The Unforgettable Fire album. Well, this song, “Elvis Presley and America” probably encapsulates those feelings more than any other. To start with, the music is just a slowed-down version of the backing track from another song on the same album, […]

August 26, 2019November 23, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 – Jesus Christ

Even for someone like me who doesn’t believe a lot of the Bible or most of what one might hear in a church, there are still plenty of positive life lessons to be learned from Christianity. Things like “Love your neighbor as yourself,” and “thou shall not commit murder” are good pieces of advice, no […]

August 19, 2019November 23, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101: United Colours

Listening to a new U2 album for the first time is always a heady experience, but I can’t think of a single album that left me as dumbstruck after the first listen as the Passengers album, and that holds doubly true for the first track, “United Colours.” This track really defies easy description. On one […]

August 12, 2019November 23, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 – One Minute Warning

I know that many people who read my article every week might not think much of the Passengers album. It is weird, experimental, and strangely inaccessible. There is a debate on whether or not it should even be included in U2’s catalog. For the record, I believe that it should be included–all four members of […]