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How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb was released ten years ago today(well, yesterday in Europe). The Complete U2 package on iTunes was also released ten years ago today.
The Brooklyn Bridge show was ten years ago yesterday, televised on MTV.
The band's 2004 SNL appearance w/host Luke Wilson, in which they played Vertigo, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, a memorable rendition of I Will Follow at the end as the credits rolled(with the whole cast watching and totally into it), and All Because Of You and Vertigox2(after the broadcast ended) was ten years ago this past Thursday.
It seems like the last time the band was truly relevant, the last time people outside of the die-hard fanbase were legitimately excited for a new U2 album(which is kind of ironic given that inside the die-hard fanbase, it is often in the lower half of album rankings and often considered a creative low point for the band).
I think there are certainly a few standout tracks on the album, but I think what I get most nostalgic about when I think back to the album's release is the sense of excitement about it within the music world. NLOTH and SOI have failed to illicit that kind of excitement, even though many of us think they're both superior to HTDAAB. I also get nostalgic about all of us discovering the Unreleased&Rare tracks for the first time, and passing them around on here since they were album-only on iTunes.
So, raise your glass to the excitement of that album release period, and to an album that can still be enjoyable if you listen to the right tracks in the right order, even if it doesn't touch the highs that this band is capable of.
All Three SNL performances:
Vidéo Vertigo, Sometimes You Can't Make It..., I Will Follow - Live SNL 2004 - U2 - Rare, non-publié, remixé, en concert, le meilleur de U2 est ici ! - Musique
Full Brooklyn Bridge MTV telecast:
U2 - 2004-11-22 - In Manhattan and under the Brooklyn Bridge (full special) - YouTube
Original Of The Species from Brooklyn Bridge, cut from the telecast(Miracle Drug was also played but I couldn't find it on youtube):
U2 - Original Of The Species (Brooklyn Bridge) - YouTube
1. Vertigo
2. Miracle Drug
3. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
4. Love And Peace Or Else
5. City Of Blinding Lights
6. All Because Of You
7. A Man And A Woman
8. Crumbs From Your Table
9. One Step Closer
10. Original Of The Species
11. Yahweh
12. Fast Cars(Bonus)
(BTW, I think this Complete U2 cover is a lot better than the HTDAAB cover.)
The Brooklyn Bridge show was ten years ago yesterday, televised on MTV.
The band's 2004 SNL appearance w/host Luke Wilson, in which they played Vertigo, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, a memorable rendition of I Will Follow at the end as the credits rolled(with the whole cast watching and totally into it), and All Because Of You and Vertigox2(after the broadcast ended) was ten years ago this past Thursday.
It seems like the last time the band was truly relevant, the last time people outside of the die-hard fanbase were legitimately excited for a new U2 album(which is kind of ironic given that inside the die-hard fanbase, it is often in the lower half of album rankings and often considered a creative low point for the band).
I think there are certainly a few standout tracks on the album, but I think what I get most nostalgic about when I think back to the album's release is the sense of excitement about it within the music world. NLOTH and SOI have failed to illicit that kind of excitement, even though many of us think they're both superior to HTDAAB. I also get nostalgic about all of us discovering the Unreleased&Rare tracks for the first time, and passing them around on here since they were album-only on iTunes.
So, raise your glass to the excitement of that album release period, and to an album that can still be enjoyable if you listen to the right tracks in the right order, even if it doesn't touch the highs that this band is capable of.
All Three SNL performances:
Vidéo Vertigo, Sometimes You Can't Make It..., I Will Follow - Live SNL 2004 - U2 - Rare, non-publié, remixé, en concert, le meilleur de U2 est ici ! - Musique
Full Brooklyn Bridge MTV telecast:
U2 - 2004-11-22 - In Manhattan and under the Brooklyn Bridge (full special) - YouTube
Original Of The Species from Brooklyn Bridge, cut from the telecast(Miracle Drug was also played but I couldn't find it on youtube):
U2 - Original Of The Species (Brooklyn Bridge) - YouTube
1. Vertigo
2. Miracle Drug
3. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
4. Love And Peace Or Else
5. City Of Blinding Lights
6. All Because Of You
7. A Man And A Woman
8. Crumbs From Your Table
9. One Step Closer
10. Original Of The Species
11. Yahweh
12. Fast Cars(Bonus)
(BTW, I think this Complete U2 cover is a lot better than the HTDAAB cover.)