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That's right folks, can you believe it? Ten years ago this week, on September 23rd, 2004, we all went to a place called Vertigo for the first time, as the first single from U2's eleventh LP "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb", was released to radio. The single wouldn't be released commercially until November, shortly before the record, and the official music video would be released in late October, by which time the iPod commercial would already be out, but this is the real anniversary of Vertigo.
If you were around these parts then, you might remember that a Croatian radio station leaked it...I mean, it was going to be played that day no matter what, but that station played it some hours earlier than anybody else. There was a mad scramble to get it. Unlike Boots and The Miracle, which were instantly available on iTunes, the only way to get Vertigo was to pass the mp3 of the radio broadcast(well, various mp3s of various radio broadcasts) around. There wasn't even any YouTube yet in September of 2004.
It was the first new U2 we'd heard since Electrical Storm and The Hands That Built America in the fall of 2002. It got a very positive response here(although compared to Jet a lot), though I didn't love it right away.
Here wasn't the only place it got a very positive response. It was a hit right away. It was the last time U2 had that kind of hit single.
I just can't believe it's been ten years already. Time goes by too fast.
For your entertainment, here is one of the threads from that day in which people are passing the song around and posting their initial reactions:
http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f288/merged-i-give-you-vertigo-vertigo-is-here-97011.html
And if you want some nostalgia, here's the forum page from the EYKIW archives that that thread was on:
Everything You Know Is Wrong Archive - Page 725 - U2 Feedback
If you were around these parts then, you might remember that a Croatian radio station leaked it...I mean, it was going to be played that day no matter what, but that station played it some hours earlier than anybody else. There was a mad scramble to get it. Unlike Boots and The Miracle, which were instantly available on iTunes, the only way to get Vertigo was to pass the mp3 of the radio broadcast(well, various mp3s of various radio broadcasts) around. There wasn't even any YouTube yet in September of 2004.
It was the first new U2 we'd heard since Electrical Storm and The Hands That Built America in the fall of 2002. It got a very positive response here(although compared to Jet a lot), though I didn't love it right away.
Here wasn't the only place it got a very positive response. It was a hit right away. It was the last time U2 had that kind of hit single.
I just can't believe it's been ten years already. Time goes by too fast.
For your entertainment, here is one of the threads from that day in which people are passing the song around and posting their initial reactions:
http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f288/merged-i-give-you-vertigo-vertigo-is-here-97011.html
And if you want some nostalgia, here's the forum page from the EYKIW archives that that thread was on:
Everything You Know Is Wrong Archive - Page 725 - U2 Feedback
, HTDAAB was pretty much my first U2 album and it definitely opened me up to a whole new world of amazing music.
Loved to see the clip as a 14 y.o. and couldn't stop rocking t it. I was sooo young 
And STILL AM.
