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U2 "Where the Streets Have No Name"
By Jeff Walker Special to The Weekender
When you think of Irish rock bands, you start near the end of the alphabet. U2 has simply been one of the major forces in rock n’ roll for two decades.
“Where The Streets have No Name” was written and released in their early years. The band’s singer and lyricist, Bono, said he often feels claustrophobic in a city and wants to break away from the values of the city and society in general.
Bono’s idea for a song about “streets with no names” came from a story he was told:
“An interesting story that somebody told me once, is that in Belfast, by what street somebody lives on, you can tell not only their religion, but tell how much money they’re making … literally by which side of the road they live on, because the further you go up the hill, the more expensive the houses become. You can almost tell what the people are earning by the name of the street they live on and what side of the street they live on. That said something to me, and so I started writing about a place where the streets have no name.”
It’s safe to say that these days, Bono and the boys can live on any street they want! “Where The Streets have No Name” finally found a home at the No. 13 position in the country in October of 1987.
Source: “The Joshua Tree,” Propaganda, Issue 5, January 1, 1987
--Times Leader
By Jeff Walker Special to The Weekender
When you think of Irish rock bands, you start near the end of the alphabet. U2 has simply been one of the major forces in rock n’ roll for two decades.
“Where The Streets have No Name” was written and released in their early years. The band’s singer and lyricist, Bono, said he often feels claustrophobic in a city and wants to break away from the values of the city and society in general.
Bono’s idea for a song about “streets with no names” came from a story he was told:
“An interesting story that somebody told me once, is that in Belfast, by what street somebody lives on, you can tell not only their religion, but tell how much money they’re making … literally by which side of the road they live on, because the further you go up the hill, the more expensive the houses become. You can almost tell what the people are earning by the name of the street they live on and what side of the street they live on. That said something to me, and so I started writing about a place where the streets have no name.”
It’s safe to say that these days, Bono and the boys can live on any street they want! “Where The Streets have No Name” finally found a home at the No. 13 position in the country in October of 1987.
Source: “The Joshua Tree,” Propaganda, Issue 5, January 1, 1987
--Times Leader