After a couple of weeks to absorb the new album, I think I can safely say that my least favorite cut is probably “This is Where You Can Reach Me Now”, the band’s nod to their childhood heroes The Clash. I’ve never admitted this out loud before, but if I were being honest, I’d have […]
Read MoreU2101 – Every Breaking Wave
Today I want to take a quick look at “Every Breaking Wave”, another song from U2’s latest, Songs of Innocence. “Every Breaking Wave” was very nearly released five years ago as part of No Line on the Horizon. Of course, I’d love to hear a good quality studio recording of the song as it existed […]
Read MoreU2101 – The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
The last few albums released by the band have all been introduced to the world via a first single that tried to strike a balance between sing-along hooks and buzzsaw guitar rock. The first example of this came about back in 2004 when How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb was launched with “Vertigo”. Vertigo may […]
Read MoreU2101 – Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
With the recent news about U2 recording a video in Dublin, I couldn’t help but be reminded of a previous video which was filmed in that fair city, and so I decided to write about “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own” (SYCMIOYO) for today’s article. SYCMIOYO was first mentioned (to me, anyway) in […]
Read MoreU2101 – Original of the Species
As fanatical as I am about U2, I can find something personal that relates to me in almost every U2 song. Some, though. are easier than others. Some speak to me so immediately, and on such a deep personal level that it almost feels like Bono’s been watching my life from a distance and pulling […]
Read MoreU2101 – Almost Unreleased
Recently, I wrote about the flurry of activity that always seems to accompany a new release from U2. Nearly a decade ago (holy cow!) U2 celebrated the release of their eleventh LP How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (HTDAAB) with another release, The poorly named Complete U2 digital set from iTunes. One of my personal […]
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U2101 – October
Like most fans that I know, October is probably my least favorite U2 album. That’s not to say that I don’t like it, though – I think that it would be fair to say that it simply has less music on it that i adore than any of the other U2 albums. A few of […]
Read MoreU2101 – I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
I usually like to discuss older tracks in these articles – songs that have appeared on multiple tours, normally with several different arrangements. That said, I also have to follow my must, and today, I can’t get “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight” out of my head, so I’m just gonna give […]
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U2101 – Mofo
The very first time I ever listened to the Pop album, the night it came out, the song that made the biggest immediate impact on me was “Mofo”. That deep, wicked bass groove caught my attention like an electro-magnet and didn’t let go for the entire five+ minutes of the song’s duration.I think that Mofo […]
Read MoreU2101 – I Will Follow
The opening track on U2’s first LP, way back in 1980, I can’t think of another song ever recorded that served as a more perfect call to arms for what would become the greatest band in the history of the human race. From the very first note, this song served as an announcement that something […]
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