Near the end of the promotional cycle for “All That You Can’t Leave Behind,” U2 released one final video for “Stuck in a Moment.” This video showcased the band in the studio recording the song, as well as on vacation in the south of France. There is lots of laughter and good vibes from the […]
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One of my favorite aspects of U2 is the friendship that underpins everything else that the band members do. This is especially true for watching the band perform live, where the friendship bleeds through in living color. Not only is that friendship a draw for me and other fans of the band, but watching the […]
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I will freely admit that I am not a fan of American football. It is entirely too brutal for my taste, for one thing, so when I first saw the North American version of the video for “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out of,” I didn’t know what to think. It seemed to […]
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While not quite as excellent as the video we covered last week, Kevin Godley’s European version of the promo video for “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out of,” this week’s topic, the North American version of “Walk On” is another winning effort from U2, who found themselves on a true creative roll following […]
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Kevin Godley has directed some of U2’s best videos, from “The Sweetest Thing,” to “Numb” and the original video for “Even Better Than the Real Thing.” To this list of superior videos we can add the International version of “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of.” This video was, for me, one of […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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I was thinking earlier this week about the old days, when record or CD shops would open up at midnight on release days. I would line up with other music fans to purchase the newest release by our favorite artist. Most times, I was the lone U2 fan in the queue, but that never bothered […]
Read MoreIf I am to be perfectly honest, today’s song, “When I Look at the World,” is one of my least-favorite that U2 has ever recorded. If I am listening to All That You Can’t Leave Behind all the way through, I don’t skip it, but I rarely, if ever, choose to listen to the song […]
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Like most of you fellow U2 fans who are reading this, I go through phases in my U2 listening. There are some songs, for instance, that I just get in a mood for sometimes.
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