Recent content by Dane-Dane

Wow never thought I'd see TWD and U2 together. My two faves. Love it. Wonder how much they got paid for that???

Well yea the song does seem out of context on an album full of songs about Dublin, but I understand it to be an album about first experiences and important moments. Obviously going to Calif was one of these moments for him. Most definitely the horrific past and the shiny sea before him...

This is really becoming one of my favorites CALIFORNIA! then we fell into the shiny sea the weight that drags your heart down well that's what took me where I need to be which is here, out on Zuma watchin' you cry like a baby god I love that verse :D and Edge's solo toward the last chorus is...

THIS^ but as for soloists: John Lennon's - Starting Over (age 40). Considered his opus but one could say was due to untimely death. Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros various albums but Streetcore comes to mind (age 50) see reasoning above.

Can't tell if your joking or not, but if that was the reason for not discussing or airing it someone please tell Bono that is a very un-"punk rock" :huh: thing to do.

Very good interview with Fanning but can't help but notice every song on the album was discussed sans Sleep like a Baby? Was subject matter too taboo for discussion...just seems weird not to discuss the best song on the album.(imo of course)

My kid wore my old Pop Mart Tour t-shirt to high school the other day and got great reactions from people, students and teachers alike. Don't know what they think of SOI though. My kid says it's alright but likes the older stuff.

YES!! I laugh hard thinking about Henry Rollins waking up that morning and seeing that he purchased U2's Songs of Innocence. Or let me guess, he's so retro he doesn't have an iTunes account.

That's a great article from people in the Ramones circuit. thanks for posting.

Bravo for you very cool story. 1984 was a magical year for U2. Remember the first time they played Pride on the radio and thought jeez, here we go they are going to be BIG...not my indy band anymore!

Absolutely. It might be a tribute meant for the Clash but when I hear this I think of the Specials (Ghost town and Gangsta) and a bit of the Stones.

Yes. That friend is Guggi's brother--the same guy that Bad was written about.

Sinead O'Connor was goading Bono on this subject. She had been pestering him two years ago to stand up and speak out about sexual abuse in the church and when she received no reply lambasted him in the press. I wonder if this song was in answer to that.

Got ya but I don't think his intention is to spell anything out to the audience. I think it's a matter of freeing his own personal demons. It's something he probably needed to let go for himself. If you've lost a loved one, especially one that championed you, that sense of regret carries with...

I disagree I took the coda a different way. I think it's a perfect ending and it's quite depressing. Iris is saying "free yourself to be yourself" and Bono is saying "if only you could see yourself" It's him yearning for his mother to see what he's become. I believe that is the true intention...