Jul 5, 2002 Comments Off
I Hate My MTV. And you should too.
For those of you who remember, I Want My MTV was their big slogan in the early 80s…remember the graphic of the astronaut planting the MTV flag on the moon? I guess in a way, it represented so much of what was cool about wanna-be counter-culture because it was just about the music, baby…friggen 24 hours a day of videos, non-stop practically!
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Jun 7, 2002 Comments Off
Love is blindness, I dont want to see
Wont you wrap the night around me?
Oh, my heart, love is blindness.In a parked car, in a crowded street
You see your love made complete.
Thread is ripping, the knot is slipping
Love is blindness.
Love is clockworks and cold steel
Fingers too numb to feel.
Squeeze the handle, blow out the candle
Love is blindness.
Love is blindness, I dont want to see
Wont you wrap the night around me?
Oh, my love,
Blindness.
A little death without mourning
No call and no warning
Baby, a dangerous idea
That almost makes sense.
Love is drowning in a deep well
All the secrets, and no one to tell.
Take the money, honey…
Blindness.
Love is blindness, I dont want to see
Wont you wrap the night around me?
Oh, my love,
Blindness.
May 5, 2002 Comments Off
From U2.com. It still sends chills down my spine whenever I watch it.
Beautiful Super Bowl
U2′s half-time performance at the US Super Bowl became a moving tribute to those who lost their lives on September 11th.
The band performed Beautiful Day, MLK and Where The Streets Have No Name.
As Beautiful Day wound down and MLK opened, a giant screen scrolled the names of victims in the attacks, introducing the opening chords of ‘Where the Streets Have No Name.’
The names reflected in overlapping patterns across the stands, which were dark save for countless camera flashes.
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Dec 8, 2001 Comments Off
Only 14 months ago, U2 reapplied for the job of world’s best rock band, writes Edna Gunderson in an in-depth interview for USA Today.
The Dublin quartet nailed that position with All That You Can’t Leave Behind, landed a big promotion with three Grammys for single Beautiful Day and got a raise with the Elevation 2001 Tour.
Pink slips? Red ink? Try gold mine. After topping charts in 32 countries, 10th album All That has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, 3.1 million domestically. The record-breaking tour, which ended Sunday in Miami, grossed an estimated $160 million, half of that in U.S. receipts.
In a downsizing industry, U2′s upswing contradicts rock doomsayers and confounds even the band members. Bono recalls pre-release jitters and characterizes last year’s cocky championship bid as a tease.
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Dec 5, 2001 Comments Off
NOV 21, 2001 13:37 – U2 frontman, Bono, has compared Osama bin Laden to the IRA, according to reports.
The singer told a British tabloid that bin Laden is nothing more than a middle-class brat:
“He’s just a rich kid, as often were the members of the Provisional IRA.”
“They were political science students. We grew up in their environs and got to despise them, these people who see ideas as more valuable than human life.”
