Achtung Bubba
Refugee
It seems to me that All That You Can't Leave Behind and its related works have hit a few familiar notes, particularly when looking at coincidences with earlier albums:
BOY - B&W photography with a boy on the cover (in the background in the case of ATYCLB).
OCTOBER - Bono lost the lyrics, again - temporarily (thankfully) for ATYCLB.
WAR - Both include a song dealing directly with a terrorist attack in Ireland: Sunday Bloody Sunday and Peace on Earth.
THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE - Between Bad and the live version of Elevation, both demonstrate Bono's ability to come up with words ending in "-tion".
THE JOSHUA TREE - Both include a song dealing with the death of a close friend: One Tree Hill and Stuck in a Moment.
RATTLE AND HUM - Each includes one of the songs in which U2 mostly closely approaches R&B: Angel of Harlem and Stuck in a Moment.
ACHTUNG BABY - Both albums herald a rebirth following a lukewarmly recieved previous work.
ZOOROPA - Both personify an aspect of God as a woman: the Holy Spirit in "The First Time" and biblical grace in "Grace".
POP - Both have a song centered in and named after a major American city: Miami and New York.
(There may be other ironies; feel free to add your theories.)
And now we have U2 7, what seems to be an obvious reference to U2's first release:
U2 THREE.
BOY - B&W photography with a boy on the cover (in the background in the case of ATYCLB).
OCTOBER - Bono lost the lyrics, again - temporarily (thankfully) for ATYCLB.
WAR - Both include a song dealing directly with a terrorist attack in Ireland: Sunday Bloody Sunday and Peace on Earth.
THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE - Between Bad and the live version of Elevation, both demonstrate Bono's ability to come up with words ending in "-tion".
THE JOSHUA TREE - Both include a song dealing with the death of a close friend: One Tree Hill and Stuck in a Moment.
RATTLE AND HUM - Each includes one of the songs in which U2 mostly closely approaches R&B: Angel of Harlem and Stuck in a Moment.
ACHTUNG BABY - Both albums herald a rebirth following a lukewarmly recieved previous work.
ZOOROPA - Both personify an aspect of God as a woman: the Holy Spirit in "The First Time" and biblical grace in "Grace".
POP - Both have a song centered in and named after a major American city: Miami and New York.
(There may be other ironies; feel free to add your theories.)
And now we have U2 7, what seems to be an obvious reference to U2's first release:
U2 THREE.
