I think that every U2 fan in the world, unless they’ve been living under a rock, was aware that tonight was the opening show of the eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Tour. I was lucky enough to catch a few streams of the show, (a HUGE thanks to all those who broadcast the show from Tulsa) and […]
Read More
Thirty-five years ago this year, U2 released War, the record that turned them into stars, at least in the UK. Since we’ve finished up our series on Rattle & Hum, I thought that it would be appropriate to go over a few highlights from War, before moving on to Zooropa, which also celebrates an important anniversary […]
Read More
U2 used to perform a lot more covers on-stage than they do now. Songs like “C’Mon Everybody,” “All Along the Watchtower,” and “People Get Ready” were important parts of U2’s set-lists during the late eighties. One other song to add to that list is U2’s cover of a classic Beatles song, “Helter Skelter.” I consider […]
Read More
Since in my last article I wrote about a song that was co-written by the legendary Bob Dylan, I thought that it was appropriate to discuss another Bob Dylan contribution this week. I’m talking about a song that was written by the master wordsmith, (although his version is not the most widely known), “All Along […]
Read More
This week, we’re talking about one of the most underrated songs in U2’s entire catalog. You know the type that I’m talking about–one of those songs that wasn’t released as a single and never received the attention that it deserves. There have been plenty of songs like that in U2’s career–songs like “Like a Song,” […]
Read More
This week, we are continuing our series highlighting some of the songs from Rattle and Hum, since that album is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary this year. Today’ topic is a little bit of an odd duck–it is a song that represents the first instance of Edge taking lead vocal on an entire song, with no […]
Read More
2017 was, as I’m sure you know the anniversaries of a couple of U2 albums–The Joshua Tree, celebrating thirty years, and Pop, which was released twenty years ago last year. We spent a good deal of time commemorating both releases, both here in these articles of mine and elsewhere (including a little tour that you […]
Read More
A couple of weeks ago, I had cause to listen to and think about the Passengers album. I know that there is a lot of debate as to whether or not the album should even be considered part of U2’s catalog. I personally feel that since the band has performed songs from this album live, […]
Read More
I have a fair bit of respect and admiration for Marvin Gaye–he’s not even my favorite R&B singer from the sixties or seventies, but I recognize that he wrote some fantastic social commentary that still resonates today. Bono, however–Bono must be a pretty big fan of the late singer-songwriter. At least, he really likes the […]
Read More
Bono is a fan of space travel. He made no secret of that fact during the 360 Tour, even singing “space travel turns me on,” and featuring countless visits via satellite with those amazing men and women who were serving aboard the International Space Station. That I can think of right now (and this might […]
Read More
