It seems like many years ago that I seriously started collecting U2 memorabilia and records. One of the first items I acquired was a vinyl copy of U2 Three, and at the time, I thought I had something really special and rare because I had never before heard “Boy/Girl,” one of that record’s B-sides. “Boy/Girl” […]
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This week we are taking a look at one of those songs that has only ever been released in a live version. That is to say that, like fan-favorite “Mercy,” no official studio version has ever been let out into the wild. Unlike “Mercy,” however, it is doubtful that a studio version of this song […]
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One of U2’s most under-appreciated songs, in my opinion, is the A-side from the early single, Another Day. Really, this song has all the hallmarks of early U2 — a soaring chorus, intricate guitar work, a catchy, bouncing bass-line, some vigorous and dynamic drumming, a little punk-rock aggression tempered with pop-rock melodic sweetness — I […]
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Happy New Year, everybody! I hope that all of your holiday wishes have come true and that you are now fighting fit and eager to tackle another new beginning. I also hope that this new year brings you everything you are hoping for, and that all of our lives are catastrophe-free for the next twelve […]
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This week, we’re covering another early gem from the “world’s biggest band,” U2, in the song “Twilight,” which was first released as the B-side on U2’s second single, Another Day, and then saw the light of day once again, with significantly different lyrics, on the Boy album. I really appreciate that U2 took the time […]
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Sometimes, if I stop to think about it, the planning and foresight that the four members of U2 showed, even from the very beginning, astounds me. It is like they knew from a very early stage in their career that they would one day be the biggest band in the world. I’ve written a little […]
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Back in the day, when U2 didn’t have enough songs to fill up an entire set-list, they would often play a couple of songs twice. “11 O’Clock Tick Tock,” “I Will Follow,” and occasionally, to both open and close a handful of shows, “The Ocean.”
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I hope that all of you in the States had a happy Thanksgiving this past week. If you are not in America, I hope that your week was pleasant and happy. I’ve been writing these U2101 articles for a while now, and to be honest, I’ve started having a bit of trouble coming up with […]
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It is no secret that Bono has a charity-minded disposition. Over the years, he and the band that he fronts have dedicated their talents to no shortage of philanthropic causes, from several iterations of Band-Aid’s “Do They Know it’s Christmas,” right up to Street Lights’ cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound,” a new release […]
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Ever since “Disappearing Act” was first released, I have struggled with some of the lyrics. I like to think that I am pretty perceptive, and that I can get “deep” with the best of them, but this song has some sections that I just don’t get. That’s unfortunate too, because I think that the song […]
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