There’s a line in U2’s One that people always get wrong: “We’re one but we’re not the same / we get to carry each other…” “Get” being the key word. I remember Bono explaining this some years ago, pointing out that it’s a subtle but significant difference. If “we’ve got to carry each other” rather…
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U2 Stun With A Live, Gospel Version Of ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’
“We want to play for you now a gospel song, a gospel song with a restless spirit”. What a beautiful and succinct way to describe one of the most meaningful hits of the 80s and from an album that’s just as powerful 30 years on as it was in 1987. U2 would’ve performed I Still…
The Missed Opportunity Of Band Aid 30
Band Aid 30 recording Do They Know It’s Christmas. I think it’s great – indeed vital – that good folks like Bob Geldof are galvanizing some of the biggest names in music to raise funds in the fight against Ebola. It just bums me out that given it’s 20 years since a new Christmas song…
U2’s Free Album: Is It Worth The Backlash? The 3 Best Tracks From ‘Songs Of Innocence’
The question could’ve been, is it worth the hype? But a couple of weeks after U2 surprised many with the release of their 13th LP Songs Of Innocence as a free iTunes download, the backlash is in full-swing. “More hated than Nickelback!” yelped one blogger’s headline while making a fact-ignoring case for U2’s downfall being…
The Edge Turns 50 – U2’s Best Soul Song
The vitriol against U2 fascinates me. A recent article here in New Zealand about Bono being the biggest prat in music attracted pages and pages of comments, most of them agreeing. Here is arguably the most dominant band of the last 30 years, a musical outfit capable of rock, pop, soul, electronica, dance, rock ‘n’ roll,…