Last week, we looked at the video for “Get On Your Boots,” a wonderful, complex video for what is probably the least-loved song in all of U2’s catalog. This week, in direct contrast, I am critiquing the video for “Magnificent,” a fantastic cracker-jack of a song with, in my opinion, a ho-hum, overly-simple video. The […]
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If the comments I’ve heard from fellow U2 fans are to be believed, “Get On Your Boots” is probably the least-liked song that U2 has ever recorded. Twelve years after the song’s release, I still hear people complaining about the song and how much they hate it, but I never hear anyone mention the video. […]
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U2’s main video for “Vertigo” was, as far as I can recall, the first U2 video to feature heavy use of computer generated images. The video was directed by the duo of Alex Courtes and Martin Fougerol. U2 would go on to work with Mr. Courtes several times after “Vertigo” on subsequent videos, and the […]
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