This week, we are examining the 2015 video for “Song for Someone,” by director and producer Matt Mahurin. Mahurin’s name should be familiar to U2 fans as he has worked with the band in the past, most recognizably on the video for “With or Without You.” Mahurin is, as opposed to a storyteller, an artist, […]
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The videos from Songs of Innocence were somewhat unusual for U2 at the time in that there were a couple of short films that did not feature video footage of the band at all. The first short film was Aoife McArdle’s video for “Every Breaking Wave.” The second short film was Vincent Haycock’s video for […]
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Hello again, faithful readers. This week, we are discussing the promotional video that U2 released for the acoustic version of “Every Breaking Wave.” Upon initially viewing this video, I admit that I was not crazy about it. I like all the keyboards and guitars and other sounds that are evident in the original version of […]
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This week we are taking a glance at two related videos for “Every Breaking Wave.” The first of those two that we will be discussing is the short film by Aoife McArdle. Watching this short film I am reminded of my own youth–hanging out with the punks even though I wasn’t really a punk myself. […]
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Recently, I have read and heard lots of negative feedback regarding U2’s choice of “The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)” as the first single from Songs of Innocence. Apparently, there is a large subsection of the U2 fandom full of people who dislike this song. To me, it is a rocking, fun, romper-stomper of a tune, […]
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Songs Of Experience, out Friday On stage, U2 are as big as ever. The Joshua Tree tour in the summer was short by their standards, whizzing through the sports grounds of the western world, yet it still ended up as the 12th most lucrative tour of all time – a chart topped by their own […]
Read MoreSo it seems that U2’s Innocence + Experience Tour is done and over with, at least for now. “What’s next for the band” is the question on all our hearts and minds, so I thought that today I’d take a stab at playing fortune teller and try to guess what the next little bit of […]
Read MoreCedarwood: A fairytale of Innocence, have you seen this yet? Two authors, who were probably inspired by U2’s ability to morph their way into the world’s Ipod, are set to morph their way into libraries around the world this week with this children’s book, sporting young U2 characters. This “stories for boys” and girl’s is […]
Read MoreI really enjoyed all of the new songs that U2 premiered on the Summer 2010 leg of the 360 tour. Songs like “Glastonbury”, “North Star” and “Every Breaking Wave” really made those shows something special, as did my personal favorite of the songs that debuted at those shows, intro “Return of the Stingray Guitar”.
Read MoreI really didn’t know what to think of “The Crystal Ballroom” the first time I heard it. I think that of all the new songs (from Songs of Innocence) it’s probably the one that sounds most like what I expected when I heard that U2 were working with Danger Mouse.
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