Opening with the ominous, fiery protest of "Sunday Bloody Sunday," War immediately announces itself as U2's most focused and hardest-rocking album to date. Blowing away the fuzzy, sonic indulgences of October with propulsive, martial rhythms and shards of guitar, War bristles with anger, despair, and above all, passion. Previously, Bono's attempts at messages came across as grandstanding, but his vision becomes remarkably clear on this record, as his anthems ("New Year's Day," "40," "Seconds") are balanced by effective, surprisingly emotional love songs ("Two Hearts Beat as One"), which are just as desperate and pleading as his protests. He performs the difficult task of making the universal sound personal, and the band helps him out by bringing the songs crashing home with muscular, forceful performances that reveal their varied, expressive textures upon repeated listens. U2 always aimed at greatness, but War was the first time they achieved it.
We made it through Christmas! But, uh-oh. Here comes New Year’s Eve, and all it entails. Then, it’s New Year’s Day, when all too many of us will be trying to soothe our fevered brows and queasy bellies.I beg to differ with the U2 crew. All will NOT be quiet on New Year’s Day. So I figured I’d get a headstart on that annual tradition, the New Year’s resolution.I hereby resolve to more a
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I love it when I see something creative on any level, and I came across this while floating around the web. Somewhere, I am sure Bush is wishing he could have given this song as a speech. None the less its good humor. I can't imagine how long it took to edit, but the break down scene about half way through is great. Hope you enjoy.....
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Ah, remember the days when MTV used to air videos? Now, scan even further back, and remember the very first years of MTV. They didn't have a large catalog of music videos, so in order to make the programming work, they showed full-length concerts every Saturday night. Some of the concerts were pretty good (Squeeze jumps to mind), some were forgettable (Rainbow ... yikes!)Some shows, however, we...
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Don't go looking underneath your Christmas tree or Menorah for the new U2 album. The follow up to 2004's How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb won't be coming out till early '09. Dayum! That's five years in between!"We've hit a rich songwriting vein and we don't want to stop," Bono explained of pushing back the release on the band's Web site. "This is our chance for us to defy gravity once again." W...
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I love it when I see something creative on any level, and I came across this while floating around the web. Somewhere, I am sure Bush is wishing he could have given this song as a speech. None the less its good humor. I can't imagine how long it took to edit, but the break down scene about half way through is great. Hope you enjoy.....
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So much tender care went into this, I'm in awe. The inclusion of Bono's little opener from the live album is just a special touch.
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We made it through Christmas! But, uh-oh. Here comes New Year’s Eve, and all it entails. Then, it’s New Year’s Day, when all too many of us will be trying to soothe our fevered brows and queasy bellies.I beg to differ with the U2 crew. All will NOT be quiet on New Year’s Day. So I figured I’d get a headstart on that annual tradition, the New Year’s resolution.I hereby resolve to more a
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New Year's Day by U2 from 1983. That's the first song and MTV video that got me hooked on them. I ran out and bought that on vinyl and rocked merrily to it. Bought Boy, October and several 45s with b-sides soon after. Then came the EP Under A Blood Red Sky. Awesome. Picked up Unforgettable Fire when I was in Paris. Joshua Tree in Buffalo. I was half-Irish, they were full-on Irish. They were my ...
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Calm down fans of POP! I’m not talking about “Discotheque” or a few b-sides that are ass-shaking worthy. I’m looking at the early 80’s part U2’s catalog.Let me explain why the need for this post…..I recently checked out a U2 tribute band called Zooropa because cover/tribute bands kind of mystify me. (For an answer to this interest, read chapter/track five of Chuck Klosterman’s S
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I had to think about how to reply to SWozniak's comment on the Bush music video. He said he hates stuff like that and, worse, the one somebody made with "Imagine," he says, is sacrilegious. Anybody seen that one? Haven't myself. Anyways, my thoughtful (I hope) and non-flippant comment is below. Sorry for getting all serious and shit. I'm not really that kinda guy.
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| 1 Sunday Bloody Sunday |
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| 2 Seconds |
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| 3 New Year's Day |
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| 4 Like A Song... |
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| 5 Drowning Man |
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| 6 The Refugee |
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| 7 Two Hearts Beat As One |
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| 8 Red Light |
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| 9 Surrender |
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| 10 "40" |
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