Remember the last time U2 performed in the Superbowl? Of course you do, it was recently ranked the greatest Superbowl performance of all time by USA Today. The performance was so brilliant that most people outside of New England forgot that my New England Patriots won that Super Bowl, the first of 3 wins in […]
Read MoreWhat Makes a Real U2 Fan?
This is a question I’ve asked myself often over the years, and I’m guessing you have too – especially these last few chapters of their career. This may only be the case on the West Coast (at least I hope it is, since I’m going to finally experience my first East Coast U2 show this […]
Read MoreU2 & “Deflate-gate!”
My good friend Danielson checked in with me this week wondering what all the “Hoopla” was about the Patriots and their deflated balls? (Go ahead and try to say that phrase without laughing) Then, young Daniel made a brilliant analogy and compared “Deflate-gate” to being a U2 fan. Mind officially blown! The connection is not too far […]
Read MoreWhy U2? #48 – The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts
Earlier this week, I was listening to a band who isn’t U2, (I’m not going to say who because this isn’t about tearing anyone down), and I remembered reading about how the particular record I was spinning was recorded with each band member recording their parts separately, in different studios in different parts of the […]
Read MorePar for the Course!
FORE! By now, you’ve heard about the Irish nut job with the golf club that was arrested on Larry Mullen Jr’s property a few months back and now found guilty. Anyone know where Rory Mcilroy, the World’s number one golfer was when all this went down? Anyhow, golf is a great game and U2 has referenced many golf […]
Read MoreKnow Your Bonoisms, Part 21: Would Bono Do a Reality Show?
That’s a big NO. I read that he was asked that once and answered in the negative, but if you Google “Bono reality show” now, you’ll find nothing but a full page of Chaz Bono reality show stories. But trust me on this: He won’t do it. Regardless, it’s fun to imagine the potential titles and possible […]
Read MoreU2 Is Trash!
Love, religion, sex, drug use, betrayal, church, politics….name me a theme that U2 fans haven’t discussed at length….I’ll give you one….Trash! That’s right, Trash. Now, I know most of you think that most of my blog posts are trash and usually you’re not too far off, but today I want to discuss the theme of trash, intelligently. I’m not […]
Read MoreWhy U2? #47 – Their Gratitude
I’ve heard and read a lot of reasons over the years that people have for hating U2, especially Bono, but none of them have ever been that the band were rude or anything less than gracious in person. It must get old to not be able to leave the house without being pestered for autographs […]
Read MoreWhere does U2 Rank In Your Life?
So my 7 year old son asked me the other day, “Do you love me?” He loves to get me going with these ridiculous questions that he knows the answers to, but the other day he followed it up with another question that took me quite by surprise…”Do you love me more than U2?” After […]
Read MoreU2 is Pretentious: So What?
Now that a movie with 90% of its title in parenthesis has been nominated for an Academy Award, this is the perfect time to discuss that unshakable idea about U2 that seems embedded in the public consciousness: that they are the consummate example of what it means to be pretentious. Here’s why that movie and […]
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