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A Perfect Formula
New U2 single Vertigo has fans begging for further instruction on the handling of explosives.
by Arya Imig
Features
On first listen, U2's new single "Vertigo", released to radio September 24, has nothing to say about war, third world debt, AIDS, or the post-9/11 world it's being released in. In fact, on first listen, U2's deceptively simple new single doesn't seem to have anything to say at all. With a Spanish spoken count-in that jumps from three to fourteen, Vertigo's music is immediately danceable, and rocks out as promised. Purported to be part of their response to the 'garage rock' boom of the last few years, the song contains aural traces of The Vines, and The Hives, but also has some pretty signature U2 moments. Adam Clayton's furious bass ramblings, The Edge's swirling guitar solo, Larry Mullen Jr's swinging and thrashing drum rhythm, and Bono's urgent cries combine to bring U2 into the 21st Century at last.
One definition of vertigo is "a confused, disoriented state of mind.", and after the first couple of listens, it hits you. U2's new single has lyrics with a mentality of someone trapped in the party scene who suddenly realizes that the cocaine they're taking isn't bringing them any closer to their potential. This is familiar territory for U2 (think "Discotheque"). "Hello, Hello", Bono sings, calling out from the depths of where he is. About two and a half minutes in, Bono, in another voice, says "All this, all this can be yours; All of this, all of this can be yours, All this, all of this can be yours, Just give me what I want, And no one gets hurt" Could it be Macphisto, Bono's early Nineties Satan incarnation, offering you an eternal party in exchange for your soul?
"It's everything I wish I didn't know," sings Bono about his dizzying state, "But you give me something I can feel." He's swirling downward, fading fast, but he sees this light at the top that he keeps reaching for. Could be God, or could be a girl: "Girl with crimson nails Has Jesus 'round the neck" It's whatever it is, the answers we seek or the questions we live with, that keeps us waking up.
U2's new single "Vertigo", released to radio September 24, says a million different things about what it's like to be living in these times, so different than and so the same as any other. We want to party, we want to consume, but with every drink we feel like we're further from where we need to be. U2's new single rocks like you're dancing at the apocalypse. It keeps you hanging on, though. It's still a beautiful day.
U2's forthcoming album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, from which the single Vertigo is taken, will be released in the U.S. November 23.
--Crazewire
A Perfect Formula
New U2 single Vertigo has fans begging for further instruction on the handling of explosives.
by Arya Imig
Features
On first listen, U2's new single "Vertigo", released to radio September 24, has nothing to say about war, third world debt, AIDS, or the post-9/11 world it's being released in. In fact, on first listen, U2's deceptively simple new single doesn't seem to have anything to say at all. With a Spanish spoken count-in that jumps from three to fourteen, Vertigo's music is immediately danceable, and rocks out as promised. Purported to be part of their response to the 'garage rock' boom of the last few years, the song contains aural traces of The Vines, and The Hives, but also has some pretty signature U2 moments. Adam Clayton's furious bass ramblings, The Edge's swirling guitar solo, Larry Mullen Jr's swinging and thrashing drum rhythm, and Bono's urgent cries combine to bring U2 into the 21st Century at last.
One definition of vertigo is "a confused, disoriented state of mind.", and after the first couple of listens, it hits you. U2's new single has lyrics with a mentality of someone trapped in the party scene who suddenly realizes that the cocaine they're taking isn't bringing them any closer to their potential. This is familiar territory for U2 (think "Discotheque"). "Hello, Hello", Bono sings, calling out from the depths of where he is. About two and a half minutes in, Bono, in another voice, says "All this, all this can be yours; All of this, all of this can be yours, All this, all of this can be yours, Just give me what I want, And no one gets hurt" Could it be Macphisto, Bono's early Nineties Satan incarnation, offering you an eternal party in exchange for your soul?
"It's everything I wish I didn't know," sings Bono about his dizzying state, "But you give me something I can feel." He's swirling downward, fading fast, but he sees this light at the top that he keeps reaching for. Could be God, or could be a girl: "Girl with crimson nails Has Jesus 'round the neck" It's whatever it is, the answers we seek or the questions we live with, that keeps us waking up.
U2's new single "Vertigo", released to radio September 24, says a million different things about what it's like to be living in these times, so different than and so the same as any other. We want to party, we want to consume, but with every drink we feel like we're further from where we need to be. U2's new single rocks like you're dancing at the apocalypse. It keeps you hanging on, though. It's still a beautiful day.
U2's forthcoming album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, from which the single Vertigo is taken, will be released in the U.S. November 23.
--Crazewire
