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When U2’s Under A Blood Red Sky was originally released back in 1983, I have to be honest and say I wasn’t all that impressed with it. However, having said all that, hearing the new remastered version of Under A Blood Red Sky again all these years later has forced me to reconsider my original opinion ... read more |
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Yes that Glen Campbell. On his comeback album, the sixties and seventies country crossover giant offers his takes on the songs of modern artists like Tom Petty, The Replacements, and U2. This is what a great Glen Campbell album is actually supposed to sound like in 2008. It’s damn fine listening
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Veteran folk-rocker Jackson Browne has filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement against both the Republican National Committee and it’s candidate for president John McCain, according to a report published today by the Los Angeles Times. Browne says he is “incensed” by McCain’s use of his best known song “Running On Empty” ... read more |
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U2 are gearing up for a November release date of their much anticipated new album, according to several reports making their rounds on the internet. The followup to 2004’s smash hit How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb will be titled No Line On The Horizon and be in stores on Friday, November 14 ... read more |
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By the time of their third album, 1983's War, U2 had honed their chops as a live band to the point of being a damned formidable one. Yet surprisingly, the deluxe treatment of War is the least satisfying of the three remastered U2 reissues ... read more |
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1981's October is widely viewed as something of the weakest link in the original trilogy of U2's early albums. Still, when reconsidered on this newly remastered version, it becomes apparent that maybe October should have gotten a fairer shake ... read more |
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Last month, Universal Music reissued the first three landmark U2 albums in deluxe double disc packages. Of the three albums, the one I was most excited to get my hands on was Boy, as my own copy of the original, environmentally correct digi-pak CD has gotten a bit dog-eared over the years ... read more |
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Anybody remember Glen Campbell? Now eyeing a musical comeback, the country singer/guitarist plans to reintroduce himself to the music world on August 19 with a new album called, appropriately enough, Meet Glen Campbell, featuring cover versions of songs by Tom Petty, U2, and The Replacements ... read more |
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In case you’re Tom Hanks (3) in the Saturday Night Live Mr. Short Term Memory sketches or just new to the magic of Cinema Blend Music, I’ll give you a little run down of how this article works. I was at Lollapalooza all weekend. You probably weren’t. Therefore, since I’m an affable sort of guy, I’ll fill you in about all the goings on ... read more |
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People love to root for the underdog. People don’t however, tend to root for famed Liverpool act Echo and the Bunnymen – usually because those people are too busy purchasing tickets to other surviving ‘80s acts like the Cure or U2. This neglect is justified, though, because there is something about Echo and the Bunnymen that catapults them beyond their underdog status ... read more |
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The point mostly escapes me, since if you walk into a record store, there it is, right in the used section. The remastering factor might appeal to some people, but most people who are into ‘80s music enough to buy Boy own record players and passionately hate anything digital. Then again, the B-sides might be interesting, since they were made before The Unforgettable Fire when Bono discovered he was really a fallen angel ... read more |
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Longtime U2 manager Paul McGuinness spoke out against a music industry that looks the other way while music is being downloaded illegally, Reuters reported Tuesday. Addressing a MIDEM music conference audience in Cannes, France Monday, McGuinness urged ISPs to adopt disconnection policies to curb illegal downloaders, and government enforcement to make sure it happens. ... read more |
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That said, Snoop announced he is eager to collaborate with rock icons Bono and Sir Mick Jagger because his hip-hop peers no longer inspire him. The 36-year-old Fatherhood star, neé Calvin Broadus, says his next album could be influenced by rock ‘n’ roll and he plans to ask some classic musical legends to help him attain an edgier sound. ... read more |
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Well, it turns out we both screwed up. Apparently, Mencap’s Little Noise Sessions was actually Bono and The Edge. They played four obscure songs and even briefly broke into Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone.” NME was there, those bastards, and they’ve reported The Edge played a little keyboard before the duo closed with “Wave Of Sorrow.” I’m not even a huge U2 guy, and I wish I would have been there! ... read more |
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