11 O”Clock Tick Tock – U2 ZOO Station Radio

February 4, 2019November 24, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 – Touch

My favorite of U2’s early B-sides is probably the song “Touch,” from the 11 O’Clock Tick Tock single. “Touch” started out as a song called “Trevor,” which I have always thought to be about a friend of the band’s, or at least of Bono’s, from the Bible study group they attended. The lyrics to the […]

June 1, 2015November 24, 2019 broadswordLeave a Comment

U2101 – 11 O’Clock Tick Tock

The big news from this past week seems to have been the great set that U2 played at West Hollywood’s Roxy Theatre. In case you missed it somehow, U2 played five songs (nearly half their set) from Boy-era releases, which means material that came out in 1980.