When U2 first started out toward their goal of world domination, they weren’t very good. That’s not a dig at the band, it’s an honest fact supported by opinions from the band themselves as well as others, closely related to the band both then and now. They worked long and hard to get to the […]
Read MoreU2 Radio Roundtable – Love is Blindness
As a die-hard U2 fan, I sometimes forget that not every note which the band have ever emitted was pure, solid-gold manna, sprinkled from the heavens above by the four Irish gods of rock. I think that every fan probably has one or two songs that, for whatever reason, just doesn’t do it for them. […]
Read MoreU2 101 – Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
One of U2‘s most rockin’ songs is their single from the 1995 film Batman Forever, “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me.” The song’s title first appeared, in an obscured fashion, on the cover to their 1993 album Zooropa, and in many ways could serve to explain the ways in which Achtung Baby, it’s […]
Read MoreWhy U2 – Reason #16
One of the things that I really love about U2 is that they hang out with some really cool people. Some artists that I’d have very likely missed out on entirely if it weren’t for their U2 connections. A great example is Emmylou Harris, whose absolutely stunningly beautiful 1995 album Wrecking Ball features performances from […]
Read MoreU2 (and Larry) Appear to be Back on Track.
It’s tricky sometimes to keep up with Larry, especially since he takes such efforts to maintain a bubble of privacy around himself and his family. Because of this desire for privacy, it doesn’t surprise me that Larry might suffer through a serious health problem and never tell the fans. That’s his right – I’m kind […]
Read MoreCovering U2 – Metal Times Three
Believer are a thrash metal band from Pennsylvania who enjoyed their greatest success during the late 80’s and early 90’s (kind of like an Irish band that we all know and love) who performed a cover of one of my personal favorite U2 classics, “Like a Song“, for their 1990 album Sanity Obscure. Lead singer […]
Read MoreU2 101 – Acrobat and Love is Blindness
I remember the first time I ever heard “Love is Blindness“, the first thing that I noticed was the similarity between the melody of the organ intro in that song to the vocal melody that Bono sings during some parts of “Acrobat“, the preceding song on Achtung Baby. Since that time, I’ve come to appreciate […]
Read MoreWhy U2? – Reason #15
I wonder sometimes how fans of other bands rationalize in their own heads supporting someone who behaves like they belong behind bars. How do people convince themselves that it’s OK to buy Chris Brown’s music, for instance? Despite his much-publicized proclivity toward beating women, he still enjoys a career with top-ten singles and gold-selling records. […]
Read MoreCovering U2 – Lullabies
Today’s “Covering U2” article is for all you parents of young kids out there. I’ve had in my collection for a little while three albums of U2 songs given the lullaby treatment. The first is titled Babies Go U2 and consists of 14 instrumental tracks, including a few choices that I found to be somewhat […]
Read MoreU2 101 – Live and Rare
I thought that for our U2101 chat this week, we might do something a little different, and talk about a few of the songs that U2 have played live but which have never seen an official release. It hasn’t happened too often in their long career – it seems that the band prefer to rely […]
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