An Cat Gav
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
It's about time i gave out some credit and some love to one of my all-time favourite U2 tracks, An Cat Dubh, the black cat, I love it so much I even used it as inspiration for my Interference nickname.
TJT and TUF were the first U2 albums I got into, but after them it was Boy all the way. Years previously, a cousin of mine from dublin was staying with us and she had the Boy and War LP's with her. I was only about 6 but even then the artwork on the covers amazed me, it was so cool how they were showing this little boy at different phases of his childhood.
And its this feeling of adolescence that I love most about Boy and An cat Dubh in particular. The song sums up perfectly the feelings I had when I was a teenager, falling in love with girls for the first time, the insecurities you get with that, the love, the lust and the longing that go with unrequited love. The female in this song is as mysterious, sexy and cold as a black cat and seems totally unattainable.Playing and toying with our hearts. This is how I felt about most of the objects of my desire too when I was 14 and i can totally empathise with it!! The song is full of innocence but sexy and knowing at the same time!
The guitar riff is one of my favourites, and Bono's wo ho ho's are simply sublime!
I am totally in love with this song, its incredibly cool but also incredibly insular and heartbreaking. Not for the last time, Bono was inviting us to look inside his heart and soul.
Perfect, magical, classic.
An Cat Dubh...... An Cat Gav (i think i should spell that Gabh) salutes you!!
TJT and TUF were the first U2 albums I got into, but after them it was Boy all the way. Years previously, a cousin of mine from dublin was staying with us and she had the Boy and War LP's with her. I was only about 6 but even then the artwork on the covers amazed me, it was so cool how they were showing this little boy at different phases of his childhood.
And its this feeling of adolescence that I love most about Boy and An cat Dubh in particular. The song sums up perfectly the feelings I had when I was a teenager, falling in love with girls for the first time, the insecurities you get with that, the love, the lust and the longing that go with unrequited love. The female in this song is as mysterious, sexy and cold as a black cat and seems totally unattainable.Playing and toying with our hearts. This is how I felt about most of the objects of my desire too when I was 14 and i can totally empathise with it!! The song is full of innocence but sexy and knowing at the same time!
The guitar riff is one of my favourites, and Bono's wo ho ho's are simply sublime!
I am totally in love with this song, its incredibly cool but also incredibly insular and heartbreaking. Not for the last time, Bono was inviting us to look inside his heart and soul.
Perfect, magical, classic.
An Cat Dubh...... An Cat Gav (i think i should spell that Gabh) salutes you!!