Did you know that Johnny Cash performed a song on U2's Zooropa CD? It's the very last track and it's sorta a secret song. Johnny sings the song while The Edge plays guitar and sings background. It's actually a pretty cool song to hear Cash sing.
Showing posts with label Zooropa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zooropa. Show all posts
Friday, September 04, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Lemon
Bono wrote this song after viewing film of his mother in a yellow dress.
Bono's mother died at her own father's funeral of an aneurysm. Bono was only 14.
Lemon was released on the Zooropa album, that was recorded part way through the Zoo TV tour. Zoo TV not only featured The Fly persona but also MacPhisto. MacPhisto performed the song on stage as well as in the video.
"We came up with a sort of old English Devil, a pop star long
past his prime returning regularly from sessions on The Strip
in Vegas and regaling anyone who would listen to him at
cocktail hour with stories from the good old, bad old days."
~ Bono's description of MacPhisto
Lemon is not only a song that U2 sings, but they featured it in their Popmart tour. The lemon was mirrored and during the second part of the concert the band came out of the lemon. It was quite a sight to see, with lights reflecting off of the mirrors. lol
Bono's mother died at her own father's funeral of an aneurysm. Bono was only 14.
Lemon was released on the Zooropa album, that was recorded part way through the Zoo TV tour. Zoo TV not only featured The Fly persona but also MacPhisto. MacPhisto performed the song on stage as well as in the video.
"We came up with a sort of old English Devil, a pop star longpast his prime returning regularly from sessions on The Strip
in Vegas and regaling anyone who would listen to him at
cocktail hour with stories from the good old, bad old days."
~ Bono's description of MacPhisto
Lemon is not only a song that U2 sings, but they featured it in their Popmart tour. The lemon was mirrored and during the second part of the concert the band came out of the lemon. It was quite a sight to see, with lights reflecting off of the mirrors. lol
Friday, July 31, 2009
Only Love Can Leave Such a Mark....
September 12th is drawing near and my excitement is building. I have seen stills of the concert in action, but I have refused to watch any video from it. I want to walk into Soldier Field experiencing the full force of the 360 tour, surprises and all.
Over the last few days I have been pulling out some of U2's older work. K had never heard Zooropa. As I drove and the music played I heard nothing but the sound of the music, a rare occasion in my car with a chatty 5 year old. I asked him if he knew who was playing the music, he said he didn't know so I told him it was U2. He didn't believe me LOL!
I said, "U2 made this album...." I paused realizing how long it had been since Zooropa released, "about 15 years ago...wow."
Anyway, I am starting to jabber on like my favorite Irish man likes to....lol
All this to say that in preparation of seeing U2 for the first time in three years I'm going to post daily (hopefully) about different songs. I hope it primes me for what I will experience. And I hope it might help those of you who do not understand my obsession to join me ;)
The song I chose to highlight today is Magnificent. One of my favorite songs off of U2's new album. In fact, it has sparked a new idea for my next tattoo....but I digress once again.
Today I was cruising around U2.com and watched the video for Magnificent for the first time. I had seen images of the shoot, but never watched the whole thing.
I wanted to link directly to the video but there it's not possible. If you want to see it click here then go to the third column and follow it down to the 6th row.
You won't be able to see the full thing, unless you are a member of U2.com, but you will get a good taste of what the video is like.
It amazes me how Bono still seems to woo the microphone as he sings into it. You can witness it for yourself in this video, with or without the membership.
Over the last few days I have been pulling out some of U2's older work. K had never heard Zooropa. As I drove and the music played I heard nothing but the sound of the music, a rare occasion in my car with a chatty 5 year old. I asked him if he knew who was playing the music, he said he didn't know so I told him it was U2. He didn't believe me LOL!
I said, "U2 made this album...." I paused realizing how long it had been since Zooropa released, "about 15 years ago...wow."
Anyway, I am starting to jabber on like my favorite Irish man likes to....lol
All this to say that in preparation of seeing U2 for the first time in three years I'm going to post daily (hopefully) about different songs. I hope it primes me for what I will experience. And I hope it might help those of you who do not understand my obsession to join me ;)
The song I chose to highlight today is Magnificent. One of my favorite songs off of U2's new album. In fact, it has sparked a new idea for my next tattoo....but I digress once again.
Today I was cruising around U2.com and watched the video for Magnificent for the first time. I had seen images of the shoot, but never watched the whole thing.
I wanted to link directly to the video but there it's not possible. If you want to see it click here then go to the third column and follow it down to the 6th row.
You won't be able to see the full thing, unless you are a member of U2.com, but you will get a good taste of what the video is like.
It amazes me how Bono still seems to woo the microphone as he sings into it. You can witness it for yourself in this video, with or without the membership.
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