"Today is the 31st anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence, and we stand with them," U2 conclude. They live everywhere in the world and have a common point : U2. Isn’t that a bullet hole in the poet’s head?' "‘Well,’ he replied, looking up to the statue 'The Russian empire seemed to think so. "A journalist asked Edge if there's a role for musicians and writers in this kind of situation. "Three months ago, Edge and I stood in front of a bronze statue of the same poet in Borodyanka," he continues. "They could have been written for this moment. "Six months ago to the day, when Putin’s army invaded Ukraine, Edge and myself recorded these words from the father of Ukrainian literature, Taras Shevchenko," Bono writes. In the post, they re-share Bono's reading of 'My Friendly Epistle' by Taras Shevchenko, the renowned Ukrainian poet. U2 are among those sharing their thoughts and reflections today, with a post on social media that considers the role of creatives during times of war and conflict. As a friend remarked recently, the only possible problem you can have with U2 is that everybody seems to like them.Today is Ukraine's Independence Day – but it also marks six months since the Russian invasion of the country began. The band’s shows, always extravagantly choreographed with special effects, are a multimedia sensation, and though U2 have not released any new albums since 2017 (that year’s Songs Of Experience, released as a companion to 2014’s Songs Of Innocence, is their most recent), their popularity among fans is still at a high, cutting across demographics and geography. Frontman Bono is one of the world’s most prominent philanthropists and activists, campaigning on many issues, including the war against poverty and AIDS, and has won numerous awards. Since then, U2 have become a larger-than-life mega-band. On one Rattle And Hum track, Harlem’s gospel choir, New Voices Of Freedom, collaborates with U2. Rattle And Hum is a must-listen album for anyone who wants to explore U2’s influences, including Americana, blues, folk, and even gospel and soul.
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King, who plays and sings on the bluesy When Love Comes To Town. U2 I Will Follow Addeddate: 03:08:44 Closed captioning: no Identifier: U2IWillFollow Scanner: Internet Archive Python library. Rattle And Hum has covers (a live version of The Beatles’ Helter Skelter Bob Dylan’s All Along The Watchtower, also performed live and a version of The Star Spangled Banner) and collaborations with Dylan himself (Bono and he sing together on the song Love Rescue Me), and with B.B. Coming out just after The Joshua Tree, it’s an unusual album, comprising both studio as well as live tracks, and it was complemented with a documentary film on the band. The Ocean, a softly wavering track from Boy, is short and enigmatic but it really is a sign of what the future of U2 would be: immaculately produced tight sound and lyrics with no sloppiness, both a hallmark of most of the band’s albums in the ensuing years.įor me, the other (early-ish) album by U2 that stands out from their consistently good catalogue is Rattle And Hum from 1988. The dark An Cat Dubh (Irish for “the black cat") is quite likely a reference to a short-lived affair that a young Bono had after briefly breaking up with his girlfriend (who is, incidentally, now his wife). Listening to the first track on Boy, I Will Follow, The Edge’s opening guitar riff sounds like you are about to listen to a dyed-in-the-wool, minimalistic punk band, but then (and soon) it morphs into a well-crafted shower of sound: the muscly rhythm section Bono’s impassioned singing and the lyrics ( I was on the outside/ When you said, you said you needed me/ And I was looking at myself/ I was blind, I could not see….), straightforward, yet deep with meaning.īono had lost his mother when he was in his early teens and I Will Follow, as well as some of the other songs on Boy, are about looking back at the past and at adolescence. But U2 borrowed heavily from the punk idiom. In the early post-punk years, many bands deviated completely from punk’s “we-don’t-give-a-fig" raw noisiness to adopt a more meticulously conceived sound. Boy was the first demonstration of that inimitable array. The most characteristic thing about U2 is the grand soundscape-a sweeping panoply of The Edge’s processed guitarwork the heavy rock rhythm of Mullen and Clayton’s rhythm section and Bono’s anthemic, message-laden lyrics and vocals. But Boy was an appropriate beginning to their stellar career. In their early years, they started by doing covers of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones they failed auditions in their early attempts to record albums and they had to make it in Ireland before getting noticed in England. Like many bands in the post-punk era, U2-a quartet comprising singer Bono (Paul Hewson), guitarist The Edge (David Evans), drummer Larry Mullen Jr, and bassist Adam Clayton-faced their share of struggle.
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