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Songs of Ascent

A collection of 4 posts
U2

"A Long Obedience in the Same Direction."

It's a Nietzsche quote. The essential thing 'in heaven and earth' is . . . that there should be long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living. It's the title of
30 Mar 2010
U2

Will U2's "Songs of Ascent" Blast Off in June?

Members of U2 are talking again. That usually means very little. Their release-date predictions rarely come true. But still, this report is more encouraging than the last report I heard, in which it sounded uncertain whether this project was moving forward at all. What's most exciting to me
30 Dec 2009
U2

Is U2 stealing the title of their next album from another singer?

In short, it appears so. Bono has declared that U2's next album is called Songs of Ascent. With that in mind, it's worth taking note of this: http://bit.ly/1735Tl "Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief," Bono once sang.
12 May 2009
U2

U2's next album is "Songs of Ascent", coming soon.

I'm actually more excited about hearing this album, due to Bono's description (which, as most U2 fans know, usually isn't, um, precise): The new disc will be called "Songs of Ascent," and it will be more mellow than the current album, "
04 Mar 2009 1 min read
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