Setlist The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) The Electric Co. Vertigo I Will Follow Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Song For Someone Sunday Bloody Sunday Raised By Wolves Until The End Of The World (Intermission) Invisible Even Better Than The Real Thing Mysterious Ways Elevation Volcano Every Breaking Wave October Bullet The Blue Sky Zooropa […]
Read MoreU2101 – Magnificent
Unlike most U2 fans I talk to, I actually like “Get On Your Boots”. It’s fun and funky and a little bit rockin’ and it scratches a very particular itch for me and my taste in music. I do agree with most fans, however, that it was a poor choice for first single in support […]
Read MoreU2’s Ticket Pecking Order!
Talk about payback! U2 just kicked the collective world in the blarney stones for a little racism thrown at their ancestors, way back in the mid 1840’s, 50’s, 60’s….. and, well, you get the point. Bono and the boys took the “Irish, need not apply” sign and just stuck it in the moment that you […]
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2015 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
Setlist The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) Out Of Control Vertigo I Will Follow Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Song For Someone Sunday Bloody Sunday Raised By Wolves Until The End Of The World (Intermission) Invisible Even Better Than The Real Thing Mysterious Ways Elevation Two Hearts Beat As One Every Breaking Wave October Bullet […]
Read MoreDublin, Here I Come…Maybe.
The following is a paraphrased conversation that I had with my wife about U2 in Ireland. Me: Um……honey? U2 is announcing Dublin dates today. My wife: Really, how exciting??? Me: Well, there’s speculation that it may be the last week of November. My wife: Oh, that’s when Thanksgiving is, I love Thanksgiving. That’s my all […]
Read MoreU2101 – Zooropa
The first few times I heard the Zooropa album, it didn’t really connect with me. As I think back, I can’t really come up with a reason why, except maybe that it was so different.
Read MoreOne boy washed up!
DAMN YOU, U2! Once again, U2 has punched my conscience into tears by changing the lyrics of Pride. “One boy washed up on an empty beach” has resonated in my soul has that one line echoing in my head. The current refugee issue in Europe has stirred the continent into a frenzy. Are you going […]
Read MoreSeptember 5, 2015 – Turin, Italy – Palasports Olimpico
Setlist The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) Out Of Control Vertigo I Will Follow Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Song For Someone Sunday Bloody Sunday Raised By Wolves Until The End Of The World (Intermission) Invisible Even Better Than The Real Thing Mysterious Ways Desire Angel Of Harlem Torna A Surriento (snippet) / Every Breaking […]
Read MoreU2101 – Angel of Harlem
“Angel of Harlem” has been on my mind a lot lately, because it’s one of those U2 songs with a radio version that only differs in the most subtle ways from the album version – in the case of “Angel of Harlem”, the difference seems to me to be that the horns are just a […]
Read MoreU2101 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
I have a very distinct memory of the first time I ever heard “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”. I was a child, I’d guess probably nine years old. It was late at night and I was out somewhere with my mom. We were waiting in the car – I think we were […]
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