U2.com is letting fans pick the track list for U22, the new 22-song CD set that will be included as part of the 2012 members’ package. Out of 46 possible songs that were played during the U2 360 tour, fans can choose 22 and the songs with the most votes will be included. It’s a [...]
Read more →“Driving to Midnight Mass in Dublin on Christmas Eve” as recited by Bono in the early 1980s for radio. Merry Christmas to all!
Read more →I love U2 fans. I’ve spent the better part of two decades defending U2 fans (whenever needed) to others who think we’re all a bunch of Bono-worshipping nutcases. In the mid-1990s, I almost wrote a book extolling the virtues and awesomeness of U2 fans. U2 fans are, for the most part, Good People. “Cool U2 [...]
Read more →When I was at the gym this afternoon, before I had put in my iPod earbuds, I heard U2′s “Beautiful Day” on one of the local classic rock radio stations. No complaints from me, of course, but really … how old does a song have to be to be called “classic rock”? “Beautiful Day” was [...]
Read more →With each passing year I realize that the album is a dying product. Years ago, I’d buy a new album and play it non-stop until I knew all the songs and could sing half the lyrics. Now, I buy an album and listen to it once, maybe 2-3 times, and then go back to the [...]
Read more →[Warning: Unusual amount of self-reflection and navel-gazing is about to follow. Feel free to click to the next blog in your feed reader.] It’s been probably 20 years since I could say that I liked U2′s song “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” The version with the choir from Rattle and Hum was [...]
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