Free Stuff – and More

Yea we got the free tune of the week from our friends at APPLE more importantly we noticed some great buys on U2 music from the Itunes section. Anyway I am not here to plug them other than to say hey if your downloading from Itunes why not click here first and let us get a couple of buckets of love from Apple 🙂

Summer tour season coming up very soon. We are looking for some key players. You must be willing to write in your expereince, share some pics, video or sound if possible from your show. If your selected your going to have a chance to share your dream with all of us. So snap a pic of your ticket to prove your going a little write up about you – and send it over to us.

1987: Bullet the blue sky

“Bullet the Blue Sky” is the fourth track from U2‘s 1987 album, The Joshua . Although never released as a single, “Bullet the Blue Sky” has been played at nearly every one of the band’s live concerts since its first performance at the opening night of the Joshua Tree Tour on April 2, 1987. The song is one of the band’s most overtly politically toned songs, with live performances often being heavily critical of war and guns.

Amazing when you think about the fact that they released this ablum as a CD and it jumped way up in sales.

Bullet The Blue Sky

This song has been played at the following 646 shows on the Joshua Tree Tour

Bullet The Blue Sky lyrics

In the howling wind comes a stinging rain
See it driving nails
Into the souls on the tree of pain
From the firefly, a red orange glow
See the face of fear
Running scared in the valley below

Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue

In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum
Jacob wrestled the angel
And the angel was overcome
You plant a demon seed
You raise a flower of fire
See them burning crosses
See the flames higher and higher

Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue

This guy comes up to me
His face red like a rose on a thorn bush
Like all the colors of a royal flush
And he’s peeling off those dollar bills
Slapping them down
One hundred, two hundred
And I can see those fighter planes
And I can see those fighter planes
Across the mud huts where the children sleep
Through the alleys of a quiet city street
You take the staircase to the first floor
Turn the key and slowly unlock the door
As a man breathes into a saxophone
And through the walls you hear the city groan
Outside is America
Outside is America

Across the field you see the sky ripped open
See the rain through a gaping wound
Pounding on the women and children
Who run
Into the arms
Of America

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1984: I will follow

I Will Follow” is the opening track from U2‘s debut album, Boy. It was written by Bono after the tragic death of his mother, who died of a brain hemorrhage at the funeral of her father. The song was released as a single, and has since become a fan favorite live; it is the only song U2 has performed on every tour since they released their first album. It was U2’s first music video. It was directed by Meiert Avis in Dublin, Ireland. Both appeared on the compilation album and video collection

The Best of 1980-1990.

1984:(Pride) In The Name Of Love

This week we will travel back to 1984. I have select two songs from 1984. Pride and I Will Follow.

Pride (In the Name of Love)” is the second song on U2‘s 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire and was released as the album’s first single. Written about Martin Luther King, Jr., “Pride” is one of the band’s most recognized songs, and appeared as the opening track on the compilation The Best of 1980-1990, and on the 2006 compilation U218 Singles. The song was a mixed critical but major commercial success for the band and has since come to be regarded as one of the band’s best songs. It was named the 378th greatest song by Rolling Stone on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

U2 — “War” (1983)

For some strange reason, “War” is considered the high-water mark of their early work as a band. It replaced Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” at the top of the charts, becoming the band’s first #1 album in the UK. There were three huge singles in America and the record was eventually ranked number 221 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Objectively, “War” was U2’s worst album until 1997’s “” came along. Admittedly, the first three tracks are excellent. The record kicks off with the martial-drum intensity of “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” then segues into atmospheric nuclear nightmare “Seconds,” and…yet another atmospheric nuclear nightmare (not to mention one of their best songs), the classic “New Year’s Day.” At this point we’re running full steam.

Fresh New Look

We have been working behind the pages to build a fresh new look. In the meantime we will be posting our stories and comments. As we grow we are looking for concert people from each of the tour stops along the way. If your going to hit up a couple of cities we want to know. Your comments, photos, videos all welcomed to be shared with our readers.

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Thank you !

Whoever said an Apple a day keeps the doctor away was right ! Thank you! In deed we have worked very hard to drive the results. Now its paid off. So friends of U2. Its very easy to suppport the concept. Click the link and down load the song of the day as often as you like.

The new site annoucement is coming Monday, however enjoy and comment now. We have changed everything to be clean and focused for our fans. We are counting down the days to the first show. If your attending a show. We want to hear from you. Remember your photos, comments and all your stories are welcome. So bring them. Meantime for those of you that have yet to purchase the CD. Well – Thanks Apple – Peace – Love yea, mean it – Hair looks great- Music sounds fresh –

U2 Remixed – and other news

I guess it was about time for a re-mix right ? The CD is sliding down the charts faster then a high school girls panties on prom night. Sure I said it. Come on you thought it. So why not say it.

Anyway. U2 Bootleggers for years have created re-mixed songs. Now lookie here. Crookers, and Justice and now Fred Falke. Just finished listing to Fred’s mix and my my Freddie that’s a pretty tasty treat you have mixxed up for us. Magnificent will be the second single from NLOTH of course I liked the orignal CD name “French Disco” which was dropped during the session. A/R people most likely jumped up and down. “We need a CD name that we can sell !”

Ok, most of you visitors have been dropping some pretty cool mail on me. Yea I read most of your crap and file 13 a lot of noise. Rarely does an oppertunity to bake up some fresh comments about your lack of music taste pass me by. However this weekend I am going to pull back reflect on some music choices and dive right into the expanded sections next week. What does that all mean to you. Well folks that means we are going to go for a ride on a the musical highway.

My I will be selecting some tunes for you to enjoy, comment and of course share. No, you can’t download them from me. Just a list – If you want to buy them, please visit our sponsor. “APPLE”

Which brings me to the part I rave about iTunes. Yes its time that you folks clicked on the link.

Your not having to buy anything today, just enjoy the free song of the day, or free video.

Brings me to the sponsorship conversation. We are going to revise the whole site. Yes Virgina we are. tearing down the old to bring in a fresh new look in time for the Tour Kick off. We want to be able to welcome fans and have them share their stories and photos. A warm cozy place for us. So my sponsorship packages will be very limited and focused around a couple of items. Music, Social Media, Video and humm what ? You tell me

Anyway, I gotta roll out……. Later – Think of something interesting to share and send it to me.