Some songs in U2’s catalog just sound better live. Songs like “Bad” and “Until the End of the World” have a quality when performed on-stage that, as good as the studio recordings are, just can’t be matched. I am starting to think that “One Tree Hill” belongs on this list as well. As evidence, I […]
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Today, we are taking a look at the much-maligned promo video for U2’s “Red Hill Mining Town.” For those of you who don’t know the story, this video was filmed in 1987 before the Joshua Tree album had been released, when “Red Hill Mining Town” was still being considered as the lead single from the […]
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Every week, before I actually write my article, I listen to or watch the piece of art that I am writing about that week, even if it is something that I have seen hundreds of times. As I was watching the video for Spanish Eyes right before beginning this article, it occurred to me that […]
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I have mixed feelings about the video for “In God’s Country.” I’m not even sure that we should be counting it as a promotional video because it was only ever released as part of an MTV documentary titled “Outside it’s America,” which was filmed and shown in 1987. The video for “In God’s Country” is […]
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This week we are looking at another absolutely wonderful video in the form of the promo video for “Where the Streets Have No Name.” This is probably one of the most well-known videos that U2 has released, and I believe that the video is nearly universally liked, as well — a favorite of both hard-core […]
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One of my favorite music videos ever is the one for U2’s hit song “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” The video is spontaneous feeling, full of fun and, yes, joy, a word that is often used to describe the music that U2 was recording around this time. The band members appear to […]
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The video for “With or Without You,” the first song of U2’s to reach number one on the American charts, has an interesting and somewhat complicated history. It started life as a dark and moody and very artistic film from Matt Mahurin. Listening to the song, which is itself dark and kind of moody, it […]
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Before we get into today’s topic, I want to mention quickly that if you haven’t had a chance to check out the 4k stream of Berlin 2018, available for viewing on U2.com as I type this, do yourself a favor and watch it right now…before you read the rest of this article. The video is […]
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This week’s topic is just a tad different from most of the videos that we have covered so far in this series. The video for “A Sort of Homecoming” is the first “live” promotional video that U2 had created up to this point in their career, and as such it has a different feel from […]
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With the promotional video for “The Unforgettable Fire,” U2 once again turn to director Meiert Avis, who had worked with the band on all of their videos to this point, save for the one which came immediately prior to this one, the video for “Pride (In the Name of Love).” Some of the videos that […]
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