On Songs & Albums U2 on Conan O'Brien I stayed up until the wee hours to see a most bizarre spectacle... U2 on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. While it was far from a total success, the bumpy and embarrassing moments were worth it for the highs, which included performances of "All Because of You,
On Songs & Albums U2 - Live in Seattle last night: A great show, slightly "dismantled" halfway through I've seen U2 perform live four times now, and I've seen the film "Rattle and Hum" almost ten times on the big screen, along with countless DVD viewings, so I know what they're capable of. Thus, I had high hopes about what
On Songs & Albums How to Dismantle a Misconceived Review After a false start, I have posted my full review of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Here it is, a song-by-song tour of the new U2 album. Forgive my intial write-up of the album. I'm just one listener out of zillions. But every time I hear U2,
On Songs & Albums Second Impression: U2's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb I've deleted my post from yesterday about the U2 album. Last night, I went home and put the CD on the BIG stereo and really let the thing breathe. I heard a whole different album. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is much, much more complicated than I
On Songs & Albums Who, how, and why you love Each member of U2 interviewed in USA Today: "This is a gigantic and preposterous analogy," [Bono] warns. "In the days after Hiroshima, people were never so close to their families and never so hedonistic. The world was a much more fragile place when they saw what the
On Songs & Albums U2 in The New York Times U2 wins raves in The New York Times today, and look great in the photo that accompanies the article. (That photo's sure a lot more interesting than the album cover, which is the most unremarkable in the band's history.) Here are some choice quotes: Tensions between
On Songs & Albums Mojo on U2's Atomic Bomb from Mojo: Other long-lived bands continue to impress, but none come even close to matching U2’s astonishing global commercial dominance in the rock field. Of the 12 tracks here (the UK and Japanese releases have an additional track, Fast Cars) over half are instant U2 classics and the remainder
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Four guys sitting on a bench. This may be the cover of U2's new album... I'm looking for confirmation of that. Here is the official tracklisting: * ‘Vertigo’ * ‘Miracle Drug’ * ‘Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own’ * ‘Love And Peace Or Else’ * ‘City Of Blinding Lights’ * ‘All Because Of You’ * ‘A
On Songs & Albums Was This Always His "Secret Ambition"? U2's new keyboardist may be... Michael W. Smith
On Songs & Albums U2 robbed! I don't like posting rumors... unless it has to do with titles or casting, just because it's so fun to imagine and speculate and argue. Remember when we were told that the new Star Wars film was going to be called THE CREEPING FEAR ?! Man, that
