There are several songs in U2’s repertoire that some fans seem to think should be dropped from the live setlists. Pride (In the Name of Love) is one, as is New Year’s Day. Sunday Bloody Sunday is another one, and people being tired of the song is a major reason for its reinvention on this […]
Read MoreU2101 – 40
As we continue to cover songs that are receiving nightly love on the Innocence + Experience Tour, I thought that this week we’d cover one of the oldest songs that U2 are currently playing, “40”.
Read MoreU2101 – The Hands That Built America
I had a little bit of trouble deciding what song to cover this week – Saturday night’s big surprise, “Lucifer’s Hands” was already covered a few weeks ago, there really weren’t any other big debuts this past week.
Read MoreU2101: Ordinary Love
With the Innocence + Experience tour premiere of “Ordinary Love” coming just four nights ago as I write this, I decided to do something a little different for this week’s U2101, and give you all a little peek into my creative process.
Read MoreU2101: In God’s Country
I’m trying to be mindful of current events as I write these articles, and one of the biggest events of this past week came on Friday night when U2 broke out The Joshua Tree’s “In God’s Country” during their concert in Phoenix, Arizona.
Read MoreU2101 – Bullet the Blue Sky
So, two shows into the new tour, what changes are we looking at? One missed a show – the first since that song’s debut. Of course, several new songs made their debuts at full U2 concerts, and a couple of golden oldies also found their way back into the set-list. Most notable of those, in […]
Read MoreU2101 – The Crystal Ballroom
I really didn’t know what to think of “The Crystal Ballroom” the first time I heard it. I think that of all the new songs (from Songs of Innocence) it’s probably the one that sounds most like what I expected when I heard that U2 were working with Danger Mouse.
Read MoreU2101 – The Troubles
Much has already been said about “The Troubles”, Songs of Innocence‘s closing track, (including this great article from our own Joe Pittella). So much so that I wanted to take my time writing my own take on the subject. That’s why it’s appearing near the end of my U2101 articles dedicated to the songs of […]
Read MoreU2101 – Invisible
I’m not much of a fan of American football. In fact, I can count on two fingers the number of times I’ve watched the sport in my adult life, and both of those times were due to the involvement of my favorite band. The first was back in 2002 when U2 played the Super Bowl […]
Read MoreU2101: Iris (Hold Me Close)
I think that one of the most tragic stories I’ve ever heard is the one about Bono’s mother, Iris, suffering an aneurysm at her own father’s funeral when Bono was fourteen, then dying a few days later. It’s so incredibly unlikely and filled with pathos that if I didn’t know it to be true, I’d […]
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