As I think about my personal history with the song “Grace,” the first thing that comes to mind is an anecdote from about eighteen years ago. I was sitting in line before my first general admission show, a concert at Rupp Arena for U2’s stop in Lexington, Kentucky on the Elevation Tour. The topic of […]
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“4th of July” is one of those songs from The Unforgettable Fire that I feel would have been better as a B-side. Honestly, it’s not that I dislike the song, although it isn’t my favorite, I often wonder what The Unforgettable Fire would have been like if it had contained one more “real” song instead of this […]
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I’ve written in the past about that magical year at boarding school when I was first introduced to and became interested in U2. One memory I have of that time is that the CD of The Unforgettable Fire that I had access to was scratched so that the beginning of “Indian Summer Sky” skipped. For […]
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I’ve written in the past about my mixed feeling for the Unforgettable Fire album. There are a few tracks that I consider to be mis-steps, but then there are a few songs that would be highlights no matter what album they were on. I remember reading many years ago a review wherein the reviewer stated […]
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A long time ago, I had a friend named Larry (no, not that Larry). Larry was a really, really cool guy who never complained when I went on and on about this rock band called U2. Because Larry was not familiar with any of U2’s recordings, I decided that what was needed here was a […]
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I recall the day I brought home my purchase of the CD single for “Pride (In the Name of Love),” and how excited I was to hear the B-sides, two songs titled “Boomerang,” parts 1 and 2. I was a little disappointed when I put the disc in and listened, only to discover that the […]
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I sat down at my computer today to write my weekly article with absolutely no idea of what I wanted to write about. That happens fairly often, actually, so it’s no big deal. Normally, something occurs to me pretty quickly, but today was different. I sat here for forty-five minutes with a completely blank mind. […]
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I have mixed feelings about the album The Unforgettable Fire. On one hand, my all-time favorite song is on this album, in “Bad,” but on the other hand, I also think that the only tracks that U2 has ever recorded that sound dated are on the same album. I don’t care much for the inclusion of […]
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In the early part of their career, U2 recorded a lot more instrumentals or nearly-instrumentals than they would in later days. I’m not really sure why that might have been…what motivated them to write and record instrumental pieces…but I can guess why they don’t do it anymore. As I have said in past articles, when […]
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I’m actually surprised that I haven’t already written about “Stranger in a Strange Land” before, as I like it quite a bit. It might be my favorite song on October…that’s hard to say, really, as a lot of that kind of thing depends on my current mood, but I am quite fond of this song. […]
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