A U2 song a day

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Re: My Daily U2
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2018, 09:33:13 PM »
Just listened to my 2 new vinyls, AB and Zoo.

Great stuff back to back.
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Re: My Daily U2
« Reply #16 on: August 08, 2018, 06:35:38 AM »
Just listened to my 2 new vinyls, AB and Zoo.

Great stuff back to back.
This is really random, but a few times I have listened to AB last song to first song...interestingly, it's got a terrific flow that way as well. Try it sometime! (I suppose it would be difficult on vinyl, though ????)
Hey, hey, sha la la

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Re: My Daily U2
« Reply #17 on: August 08, 2018, 07:39:58 AM »
Just listened to my 2 new vinyls, AB and Zoo.

Great stuff back to back.
This is really random, but a few times I have listened to AB last song to first song...interestingly, it's got a terrific flow that way as well. Try it sometime! (I suppose it would be difficult on vinyl, though ????)

True, it would be tricky. I’ll try this on the iPhone  :)
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Re: My Daily U2
« Reply #18 on: August 08, 2018, 10:20:43 AM »
I've been listening to "Summer Rain" quite a bit.  "When you stop seeing beauty, you start growing hold. 
when you stop taking chances, you stay where you sit; you won't live any longer but it'll feel like it."
   Quite insightful lyrics.  Not sure about the "little bit too free with myself" part.  How do you interpret that?

That song does have some great lyrics. I always took "little bit too free with myself" as a way of saying he does too much or gives too much of himself at times, which can be draining or dangerous if you don't keep it in check. I could totally be wrong on that.

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Re: My Daily U2
« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2018, 10:22:30 AM »
I've been listening to "Summer Rain" quite a bit.  "When you stop seeing beauty, you start growing hold. 
when you stop taking chances, you stay where you sit; you won't live any longer but it'll feel like it."
   Quite insightful lyrics.  Not sure about the "little bit too free with myself" part.  How do you interpret that?

That song does have some great lyrics. I always took "little bit too free with myself" as a way of saying he does too much or gives too much of himself at times, which can be draining or dangerous if you don't keep it in check. I could totally be wrong on that.
Lyrics very similar: "and you give yourself away, and you give, and you give"...

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Re: My Daily U2
« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2018, 12:14:44 PM »

There's more to this song and video than meets the eye. First, it takes place against a backdrop of the band nearly splitting up over religion. It's a celebration of their decision to continue as a band. Second, the video is filmed in Kilmainham jail, a prison used by the English to imprison Irish Republicans, including Eamonn DeValera and Michael Collins, after Ireland's failed 1916 rising. The leaders of that rising were executed in the yard of that prison, triggering public outrage that would lead to massive recruitment for the IRA. The prison is a symbol of Ireland's conflicted past. That the band emerges from the prison, free of the shackles that threatened to destroy them, is worthy of celebration.
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Re: My Daily U2
« Reply #21 on: August 08, 2018, 07:18:51 PM »
Thanks for sharing that historical piece re. "A Celebration", Codeguy.  I've always loved that video and song--so joyful!

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Re: My Daily U2
« Reply #22 on: August 08, 2018, 07:19:41 PM »
Idiophone, nice interpretation of that line in "Summer Rain".  I can relate to giving too much away sometimes.

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Re: My Daily U2
« Reply #23 on: August 08, 2018, 11:28:57 PM »

Yeah, Dancing Queen in the rain!!!
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Re: My Daily U2
« Reply #24 on: August 10, 2018, 01:49:24 AM »
Why they never recorded this song themselves is a mystery to me. Bono’s lyrics are incredible, and 1980s Bono could have knocked this out of the park. Worldwide hit,
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« Reply #25 on: August 10, 2018, 07:58:59 AM »
Why they never recorded this song themselves is a mystery to me. Bono’s lyrics are incredible, and 1980s Bono could have knocked this out of the park. Worldwide hit,

Agreed. What a wonderful gift to Roy Orbison that was. And he sang it beautifully.

In the night of love words tangled in her hair
Words soon to disappear
A love so sharp it cut
Like a switchblade to my heart
Words tearing me apart
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Re: My Daily U2
« Reply #26 on: August 10, 2018, 12:08:33 PM »
There is video on Youtube of the Sunstudios sessions where they record part of it, and it sounds great. Much better than Roy Orbisons version.
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Re: My Daily U2
« Reply #27 on: August 10, 2018, 11:30:32 PM »
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Re: My Daily U2
« Reply #28 on: August 11, 2018, 09:50:51 AM »
Instrumental One Step Closer...just beautiful. If I remember right, Wook found this for me awhile back...I miss our Wookiee.


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« Reply #29 on: August 11, 2018, 02:08:37 PM »
Instrumental One Step Closer...just beautiful. If I remember right, Wook found this for me awhile back...I miss our Wookiee.

Excellent choice. I'd pair it with a well aged pinot noir!
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