U2’v promotional video for “Stay (Faraway, So Close) is a fun and interesting little movie, directed by the German Film-maker Wim Wenders. Wenders is a friend of the band’s who has worked with them on several projects, but of all the U2-related projects that he has directed, this video is probably my favorite. The video […]
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Today we are talking about the promotional video for U2’s cover of Cole Porter’s “Night and Day.” This video is interesting for several reasons, the first of which is that it was the first song to incorporate some electronic elements, and therefore to break with the more traditional rock music that U2 had been doing […]
Read MoreOver the years, U2 have recorded several songs for Wim Wenders films. From “Until the End of the World” and “Stay (Faraway So Close) in the early 1990’s, through “The Ground Beneath Her Feet” and “Stateless” (not to mention the assorted other songs that various members of the band contributed to) for the Million Dollar […]
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