Every band has moods to their music, I think, although that’s less true with some artists than it is with others. Some artists seem to focus on one mood – anger, for instance – throughout their entire body of work. Most, though have at least a a couple of songs that delve into romance or […]
Read MoreU2101 – Cedarwood Road
When I first listened to Songs of Innocence, there were, of course, a few songs that really stood out to me as potential favorites. Today’s topic was not one of them – most of those early faves were from the first half of the album. Song for Someone, Every Breaking Wave, etc. I think that […]
Read MoreWhy U2 #33 – What Comes After Familiarity?
I noticed something in “So Cruel” tonight that I’d never noticed before – a kind of sliding click right before the main drum track kicks in. It sounds like drum sticks, but I’m not sure exactly what’s being done with them, The exact sound isn’t really the point anyway. The point is that it’s amazing […]
Read MoreU2101 – Volcano
Someone requested that I write about “Volcano” for this week’s U2 101, and I always do my best to meet requests, so here goes. There’s been a fair amount of talk about “Volcano” since the album came out, and a lot of that has been recommending the song for a future single release. I can […]
Read MoreWhy U2 #32 – Where To Next?
While I was driving home from my day job tonight, my iPhone randomly chose to play the following three songs for me, in this order: “Cedarwood Road”, “The Fly”, and “Mofo”. It struck me as the last of the three was playing that each of the three songs transported me to a very different location […]
Read MoreU2101 This is Where You Can Reach Me Now
After a couple of weeks to absorb the new album, I think I can safely say that my least favorite cut is probably “This is Where You Can Reach Me Now”, the band’s nod to their childhood heroes The Clash. I’ve never admitted this out loud before, but if I were being honest, I’d have […]
Read MoreWhy U2 #31 – The Case of the Controversial Covers
During this past week, U2 revealed the cover artwork for the upcoming retail release of Songs of Innocence. My first thought was “What are they thinking?”. If you haven’t seen it, the image is a touching picture of Larry and his 18 year old son, the former’s arms wrapped around the latter’s waist, with his […]
Read MoreCovering U2 – Ordinary Love Mixes
I’m going to take sort of a break from our coverage of all new things related to the new album for today’s article, mostly because, as far as I know, there haven’t been any remixes of any of the new material yet. The closest I can get is Ordinary Love, which has had a ton […]
Read MoreU2101 – Every Breaking Wave
Today I want to take a quick look at “Every Breaking Wave”, another song from U2’s latest, Songs of Innocence. “Every Breaking Wave” was very nearly released five years ago as part of No Line on the Horizon. Of course, I’d love to hear a good quality studio recording of the song as it existed […]
Read MoreWhy U2? #30 – U2’s Reactions to Criticism
A hot topic of conversation lately has been the backlash against U2 and Apple following the free release of Songs of Innocence. Of course, this is far from the first (or worst) time the band have been the focus of some negativity, and one thing that I really admire about the band is the way […]
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