One of U2’s most under-appreciated songs, in my opinion, is the A-side from the early single, Another Day. Really, this song has all the hallmarks of early U2 — a soaring chorus, intricate guitar work, a catchy, bouncing bass-line, some vigorous and dynamic drumming, a little punk-rock aggression tempered with pop-rock melodic sweetness — I […]
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Happy New Year, everybody! I hope that all of your holiday wishes have come true and that you are now fighting fit and eager to tackle another new beginning. I also hope that this new year brings you everything you are hoping for, and that all of our lives are catastrophe-free for the next twelve […]
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I wanted to write something special today to celebrate the Christmas holiday that is only a couple of days away…one day away, as you read this…but the truth is, I’ve already written about every holiday song U2, or any member thereof, has contributed to. So, I decided to get a little creative and to write […]
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This week, we’re covering another early gem from the “world’s biggest band,” U2, in the song “Twilight,” which was first released as the B-side on U2’s second single, Another Day, and then saw the light of day once again, with significantly different lyrics, on the Boy album. I really appreciate that U2 took the time […]
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Sometimes, if I stop to think about it, the planning and foresight that the four members of U2 showed, even from the very beginning, astounds me. It is like they knew from a very early stage in their career that they would one day be the biggest band in the world. I’ve written a little […]
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Back in the day, when U2 didn’t have enough songs to fill up an entire set-list, they would often play a couple of songs twice. “11 O’Clock Tick Tock,” “I Will Follow,” and occasionally, to both open and close a handful of shows, “The Ocean.”
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I hope that all of you in the States had a happy Thanksgiving this past week. If you are not in America, I hope that your week was pleasant and happy. I’ve been writing these U2101 articles for a while now, and to be honest, I’ve started having a bit of trouble coming up with […]
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It is no secret that Bono has a charity-minded disposition. Over the years, he and the band that he fronts have dedicated their talents to no shortage of philanthropic causes, from several iterations of Band-Aid’s “Do They Know it’s Christmas,” right up to Street Lights’ cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound,” a new release […]
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Ever since “Disappearing Act” was first released, I have struggled with some of the lyrics. I like to think that I am pretty perceptive, and that I can get “deep” with the best of them, but this song has some sections that I just don’t get. That’s unfortunate too, because I think that the song […]
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I spent some time this past week listening to the unofficial Achtung Baby demos set . You know the one…there are early versions of “Until the End of the World,” and “Even Better Than the Real Thing,” and then some tracks that would go officially unreleased for twenty years, like “Blow Your House Down,” and […]
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