U2 has had a significant connection to Berlin throughout their career, particularly during the 1990s when they recorded their album “Achtung Baby” in the city. The band was drawn to the city’s vibrant and creative atmosphere, which was undergoing a dramatic transformation after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The city and its history have […]
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The second promo video from U2’s album of reinvention, Achtung baby, was for “Mysterious Ways.” This song seems to be one of U2’s most well-known songs in the United States, even if the person who loves the song doesn’t know that it is by U2. I’ve known several people who professed to love this song […]
Read MoreIn the fall of 2002, around the time that U2’s Best of 1990-2000 came out, I was working at a record store in Cincinnati, Ohio. I remember that during the first time I played the store’s promotional copy over the in-store stereo system, when “Mysterious Ways” came on, one of the girls I worked with said “I […]
Read MoreToday I want to talk about a few of my favorite official U2 remixes. I do so as part of a series of articles titled “Covering U2” despite the fact that remixes are not and never shall be the same thing as covers. In this sense, the term “covering” refers to the second definition provided […]
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