Setlist: The Blackout Lights of Home I Will Follow Gloria – Gloria (Van Morrison) – Gloria (Patti Smith) Beautiful Day Dirty Day Zoo Station The Fly Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses Intermission (Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me) Elevation Vertigo – The Jean Genie Even Better Than the […]
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U2101 – The Little Things That Give You Away
When U2 debuted “The Little Things That Give You Away” in Vancouver this past May, I wasn’t sure what to think of it at first. I thought that the piano during the first half of the song was a little predictable and formulaic, and I didn’t get immediately what the lyric was about.
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U2101 – Summer of Love
One of my favorite guitar parts on the new album is the recurring riff that appears in “Summer of Love.” It’s chill and beautiful and melodic and serves as a great counterpoint to Bono’s vocal on the chorus, peaking in a high note just as the singer’s voice drops. It is a deceptively sophisticated piece […]
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U2101 – Love is All We Have Left
As I sit down at my computer desk to write this article, it has been 2018 on the east coast, where I live, for less than fifteen minutes. Of course, new beginnings are on my mind, so I thought it would be appropriate to write about the latest new beginning in U2’s world, the opening […]
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