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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.

August 5, 2019November 23, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 – One Step Closer

I’m going to start out this week’s article by retelling a story that many of you probably already know. I feel, however, that I would be remiss in discussing this song without relaying the information that I have, so forgive me if you’ve heard this one. Back in 2001 or 2002, just after Bono’s father, […]

July 29, 2019July 28, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 – Fez/Being Born

I often think about how different No Line On the Horizon could have been had U2 stuck to their original plans. Apparently, the album, before it was released, was quite different– remember, producer Daniel Lanois said at one point that the album was as much of a departure from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb […]

July 22, 2019November 23, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 – Cedars of Lebanon

Bono played around a lot with writing about different characters for the No Line on the Horizon album. One of these characters was a reporter, stationed in Lebanon. I always thought that he was a newspaper reporter, mainly because he references the importance of headlines, but I suppose that he could be writing for the […]

July 15, 2019November 23, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 – No Line on the Horizon

It isn’t often that the members of U2 feel so moved by a single song, or like a song so much, that they choose to name their album after that song. It’s happened, of course, but now that I think about it, in most of those circumstances, it wasn’t so much that the band were […]

July 8, 2019November 23, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 – Yahweh

I often get asked how I can claim to be an atheist, as I do, and still be obsessed with a “Christian” band, like U2. In response, I first explain that I don’t think of U2 as a Christian band. Sure, they have some songs that talk about God, but I’ve always thought of that […]

July 1, 2019November 23, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 – Get On Your Boots

I expect this to be one of the least traffic-generating articles that I’ve written for U2Radio.com, simply because I don’t expect the topic of the article to draw many readers. “Get On Your Boots” is probably the most hated U2 song that I can think of, and I think that that is a shame. Let […]

June 24, 2019November 23, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 – Fast Cars

Whenever U2 puts anything out for purchase, I make it a habit to at least buy the biggest, most elaborate, (most expensive) format available so as to not miss anything that is being made available as part of that release. Sometimes, if funds are available, I also buy copies of other formats, too. I’m certain […]

June 17, 2019November 23, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 – Grace

As I think about my personal history with the song “Grace,” the first thing that comes to mind is an anecdote from about eighteen years ago. I was sitting in line before my first general admission show, a concert at Rupp Arena for U2’s stop in Lexington, Kentucky on the Elevation Tour. The topic of […]