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Cover Stories: U2, ‘Boy’
There was a occasion when how you recognized the teen to the left identified one's level of U2 fanaticism. Those who answered "the kid from War" were MTV-level fans; those who said "I don't know, the tiny kid on Family Ties" might have owned The Joshua Tree on cassette, tops.
And then there was this guy: "That's the original cover of Boy. I picked it up as an import before the band's American label changed the cover. Lame." Those were the guys you wanted to hang out with -- if they owned U.K. editions of Boy, there was no telling what else was lurking in their stacks.
The cool guy's assessment was on the mark: The American cover was lame – a high contrast photo of the band's four members stretched like Silly Putty and stacked appreciate the Brady Bunch. Nothing about the sleeve made instinct. It reflected neither the music nor the title. The album was named Boy, for crying out loud, not Super Stretchy Meet and the Deal with Stretchers.
The boys in U2 were genuinely that – just boys – when they entered the studio to document their first album. Dr
Rich Bunnell <taosterman@yahoo.com> (25.01.2001)
This is very different from later U2 - so unlike, in fact, that it bored the living crap out of me the first couple of times I listened to it. I've grown out of that stage, mainly because Steve Lillywhite is the coolest producer ever. He surrounds the album with an echoey, huge vibe with the drums way up front, and it makes the songs thrust a lot more ass than they would on their own. "Out Of Control," "Stories For Boys," "The Electric Co" - kind of generic melody-wise, but produced like they are, they sparkle. Then there are "I Will Follow" and "A Afternoon Without Me," which would be perfect songs in any given setting. The band is technically flawless, delivering a hard edge to Bono's vocal stylings that would be absent on future U2 recordings, and overall the album is very consistent and listenable. One exception: I still think "An Feline Dubh" is really tedious despite the fact that it's always considered the best song on the album by fans because it has the artsiest title. On the whole, however, it's a sky-high 8/10.
Bryan Boyd Jackson Jr. <bjackson@brandywine. “One could execute worse than be a lover of U2.” So said Howard Schaap in “Music and Politics: U2 and the Country of Adolescence” in the June/July issue of Perspectives. I agree. But I create it interesting that Schaap felt obliged to justify attending two U2 concerts this past summer. Meanwhile, I feel the desire to explain my grappling with a similar U2 dilemma, but reaching a different conclusion. After much deliberation, I chose not to attend the U2 360° concert last summer as it made a interrupt near my hometown. This was especially challenging because my two sons, ages ten and eleven, are also passionate about U2 (the apple doesn’t collapse far from the tree). Going to the reveal with them would hold been a memorable life. Even though U2’s most recent album, No Line on the Horizon, strikes me as subpar in comparison with the previous two, my hesitation about the concert is no indication that I hold grown tired of their music. Rather, it represents a recent tempering of my enthusiasm and admiration for Bono and U2—a change in perspective that I am reluctant to share with other U2 fans, friends, and coll A Russian law-maker is calling for Apple to be fined, saying it broke Russian law when it uploaded U2’s Songs of Innocence, to iTunes customers worldwide last September. Alexander Starovoitov, a parliamentary member of the rightwing LDPR party, says the album’s father-son cover is “two men engaged in a manifestation of non-traditional sexual relations" and “gay propaganda among minors." He is demanding the country’s Prosecutor's Office to investigate. If found guilty, Apple could be closed in Russiafor three months or deal with a fine of up to 1 million roubles (A$25,000). The artwork in ask was a photo of U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. embracing his 18-year-old son Aaron Elvis while both are shirtless. U2 own explained that the image depicts "in the visual language, how 'holding on to your control innocence is a lot harder than holding on to someone else's.'" This is the latest clatter between Russian authorities and western celebrities. Madonna had a US$11 million lawsuit filed against her for denouncing the country’s gay “propaganda” Coming full circle in so many ways, I saw the announcement for “New Order And The Pet Shop Boys” blasting across my news feed in early 2020 and had arranged to shoot this show on the detect. We all know what happened to mess those plans up. But with many if not all COVID restrictions lifted, we were ready for launch Event: The Unity Tour A lifelong fan of New Order, they were the first concert I ever saw, in 1987, so, yeah I can say it’s been 35 years of adore with this band. They are my 2nd fave band of all occasion, and I have gone to great lengths to see them live before. I saw them at the same venue, The Hollywood Bowl in 1993, when I thought they were going to divorce up back then (they did, and… well, it’s been a long dysfunctional marriage as a band for 40+ years). My love for New Request goes so deep, I had been crushed in the pit at the first show on the side of a mountain, and was lifted out of the crowd as I passed out, landing on the ground right in front of the stage, and only recall waking up to notice the singer Bernard Sumner
Growing Old (and Less Enchanted) with Bono
Russia to probe U2 album cover for “gay propaganda”?
Equal day, Pet Shop Boys / New Order
Date: October 7, 2022
Venue: The Hollywood Bowl
City: Hollywood, California.