This marks the first time that I’ll be talking about a cover for my weekly article. I suppose that the first thing that I should advise you to do is to check out Lou Reed’s sublime original (I’ll even supply a link, right here)
Read MoreU2101 – Party Girl
I debated with myself when titling this article as to whether or not I should use the song’s full name – “Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl”, as it was labeled when it first appeared thirty-three years ago as a B-side on the single for “A Celebration” – but I chose to go with the […]
Read MoreCoping with U2 Tour Withdrawal
Last week, I talked about a disease that some fans were suffering from called U2 FOMO. Thankfully, most of us are over our cases of that now; it’s kind of hard to be afraid of missing out when there isn’t much going on. But now, some of us are suffering from something even worse: U2 […]
Read MoreGloria: Part Rock Anthem and Part Praise Music
Way back in early 2014, before Songs of Innocence was released and before I’d even warmed up to Vertigo, I found October in the used bookstore. I was actually looking for a Proclaimers album (and my brother was infinitely glad that I didn’t find one that day), but I came across a tiny cache of […]
Read MoreU2101 – Two Hearts Beat As One
Although the most recent show, the final show of the tour’s first leg, featured the tour debut of Party Girl, I chose to cover another song tonight, one which received it’s Innocence + Experience Tour premiere a couple of nights earlier, “Two Hearts Beat As One”.
Read MoreU2 FOMO – Do You Have it Yet?
You all know what FOMO is, right? Fear of missing out. Are you experiencing it yet? Unless you’ve been hanging out in New York City for the past 2 weeks, attending as many shows as possible and getting into the ultimate U2 fan party of the century otherwise known as the @U2 20th anniversary bash, […]
Read MoreU2 Goes Gaga!
Did you see all the U2 purists out there in social media land running scared in the valley below the other day when Lady Gaga took the stage with U2 the other night? “How could they?” “Why can’t they bring up a real fan?” “What is she wearing?” All to which I say to the […]
Read MoreU2101 – Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
I’m often reminded of a bet that Brian Eno supposedly made with Bono – that “Stuck in a Moment” would be the band’s biggest single ever. Even though Brian lost that bet, the song did become an important release from All That You Can’t Leave Behind, peaking at number two in the UK singles chart.
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The 25 Second Hug!
How do you sum up Leg I of U2’s Songs of Innocence & Experience Tour? Easy, with 1 simple 25 second hug. That’s right, my fellow U2 nuts, throw out your giant video screen, your set lists, Jimmy Fallon, Meerkat, Bono’s blond hair, Periscope, torn up books by the dozens, GA Lines, October, The Roots, […]
Read MoreAre U2 Fans Getting Spoiled? Part One (But Not the Same)
What kind of question is that? Of course we are; our faces are so spoiled by beauty that I’m doing this as a two-part series. Let’s examine the technological evolution U2 fans have been fortunate enough to benefit from over the past few decades, starting with the days when the guys were young, not dumb. […]
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