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It's bloody good, isn't it? The sped-up bass line; the ear-piercing distorted guitar/synth solo; and the much darker atmosphere the music gives to the lyrics. Over the years (27 years!), I'd estimate that I've played this mix far more than the original. Flood at his very best. They really...

Firstly, forgive me if someone has noticed this before. While working this morning, I had my iTunes on shuffle, when the U2.com clip 'Edge Back' from the 2008 videos for the NLOTH sessions came up - you know the one, it starts with Edge fiddling about on the guitar and Eno in the background on...

My girlfriend bought me the remastered vinyl copy of The Joshua Tree for my birthday a few weeks ago and I thought I'd give it a spin on this sunny Dublin evening. I hadn't played the album in its entirety for a long time, but from the first organ notes of Streets to that fantastic processed...

Mods move this if it should be in another thread but I thought the first full reviews deserved a thread of their own. Dunno how you could review a record from hearing it twice, but they make an interesting read nonetheless. Oh and kudos to U2 for selling the single for 99c - picked up a copy...

After hearing about the work they did with traditional musicians in Fez, I was wondering to what degree we'll see these sounds integrated into the new album. I was listening to some (great) tracks at Malian ngoni player Bassekou Kouyate's myspace today, which contains the below and wondered...

Watching the start of the 'People in Need' fund-raising night on RTE (Irish state television) last night, Bono and Edge opened the programme with a brief rendition of C'mon Everybody - the telethon's theme tune - and Edge walked off playing the opening chords to Stairway to Heaven on acoustic...

Just downloaded Instant Karma from iTunes and was wondering what the credits are for the song - who produced, where was it recorded, etc? Why? Because in the context of the Abbey Road sessions I was wondering if it was recorded then and was the third Rubin song or not? Anyone got the CD and can...

Both Eason's and Read's on Nassau street in Dublin are selling U2 by U2, the very hardback edition that I spent 28euro on last October in the same city, for 6euro if it's any good to anyone!

Just saw them last night in Temple Bar Music Centre. Small venue for them to be playing yes but given that Boys and Girls in America is their first album to be released here it was great to see it sold out. What an amazingly good live band. They opened with Stuck Between Stations - excellent -...

I've purchased within the last two months a 30gb iPod (with video, photo, etc). My laptop however has two log-ons. One where I store all my work and my music, the other where I can connect to the internet (I can't connect through the first one). All of my music is on the first log-in, as I said...

It seems like a long time since I purchased a truly magnificent album, one that blew me away from start to finish. The only thing that reached that this year was Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over The Sea, which was released all of ten years ago. The new (2006 release) albums I bought...

I've been away for the past month travelling around Eastern Europe (top quality, definitely recommended by the way) and the last thing that I heard about was the beach clips. Now I come back and there's Green Day references, Rick Rubin, Abbey Road, etc. Can anyone fill me in without my having to...

The Word, No. 43, September 2006: 'The 20 Worst Duets As Elected by The Word' '....Mary J. Blige & Bono - One [2006] Ol' Just For Men collaborates in the murder-by-showbiz of U2's best song. This is so tragic that Bono ought to put together a charity gig to raise awareness of it.' :lmao:

Ok, so this is a debate that started with some friends of mine over a few pints, but nonetheless, it's worth thinking about. We were talking about Radiohead and a friend suggested that he had loved the band and loved OK Computer but was bitterly disappointed when Kid A came out as it was so far...

I've just finished reading Eamon Dunphy's (very ordinary) book from 1987 'U2: The Unforgettable Fire' and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations of other good U2 literature. BIll Flanagan's still stands out as the best I've ever read, but, after reading somewhere years ago that Dunphy's...