I spent some time this past week listening to the unofficial Achtung Baby demos set . You know the one…there are early versions of “Until the End of the World,” and “Even Better Than the Real Thing,” and then some tracks that would go officially unreleased for twenty years, like “Blow Your House Down,” and […]
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I’ve been on an All That You Can’t Leave Behind kick for the last few weeks, a fact that anyone reading these articles probably already knew. My last few articles have all been about songs that are connected to that album, after all. That trend continues today with what is one of my favorite B-sides […]
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I was thinking earlier this week about the old days, when record or CD shops would open up at midnight on release days. I would line up with other music fans to purchase the newest release by our favorite artist. Most times, I was the lone U2 fan in the queue, but that never bothered […]
Read MoreIf I am to be perfectly honest, today’s song, “When I Look at the World,” is one of my least-favorite that U2 has ever recorded. If I am listening to All That You Can’t Leave Behind all the way through, I don’t skip it, but I rarely, if ever, choose to listen to the song […]
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I have a confession to make. I really enjoy a good, catchy, uplifting pop song. Pop music doesn’t have to be disposable, although a lot of it is…artists like Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift leave me cold, mainly because their music is pure cotton candy, devoid of any meaning whatsoever, but even that stuff has […]
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Surrender has been a theme of U2’s music throughout the band’s career. This could be, in part, because surrender is an important idea in Christianity–the idea of surrendering one’s whole life to God. It could also be important to the band members because of the thought that when, in a battle, one side surrenders, the […]
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I recently met a young man at the college I attend who knew next to nothing about U2. When one of my T-shirts sparked a conversation one night, he asked me for a good place to start with the band–a “jumping-on point.” Well, after giving it much thought, I decided that my new friend is […]
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As I’m sure you all know, Saturday’s U2 concert in Berlin, the second of two consecutive shows in that city, was cancelled after just five songs due to the fact that Bono lost his voice. Unfortunately, I was at work at the time and was unable to tune in to the show on Mixlr, but […]
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I often place Rattle and Hum‘s unique B-sides (i.e. new songs, not remixes or live versions) into two categories in my head. There’s one category for covers, which we’ve been visiting these last couple of weeks, and another for wholly original creations. U2 doesn’t do a whole lot of covers, so they tend to be something […]
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Last week, I wrote about how the “All I Want is You” single was the first time I ever bought a U2 single, and how much I loved the first B-side, U2’s cover of “Unchained Melody.” Well, of course, as a kid, I played the single for my mom…she agreed with me that the cover […]
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