Song of the Week: Kite

This week's song of the week is Kite from U2's 2000 album 'All That You Can't Leave Behind'. It is the fifth track on the album, and has only been played 106 times on only the Elevation and Vertigo tours. The last concert to have Kite played was in Auckland, New Zealand on November 24, 2006.

The song has a very clean and U2-esque sound to it (as do most U2 songs..). It's one of my favorite tracks on the album and can never pass it up on a playlist if it happens to be selected.

The song was written after Bono saw a kite fly out of control over Killiney Hill in Dublin with his daughters; the meaning translates to the fact that one day we have to let everyone we love go at some point--Bono was referencing his daughters, but during the Elevation tour, he often dedicated the song to his late father Bob. Truly a great song, truly inspirational and moving for sure.

-A. Kennedy



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Achtung Baby! Mercy...

As U2 continues their conquest of unknown lands (Turkey) and Europe, they recently have made a new addition in the family of U2 songs! Mercy made its first time debut ever in Zurich, Switzerland on September 18, 2010. Mercy was originally composed during the How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb sessions, and a studio recording was downloadable on iTunes with the purchase of the Complete U2 compilation. So far, Mercy has made the setlist of two other shows, Munich and Paris, and was sound-checked for the first time back at Istanbul's concert.

In other news, rumors are floating around on a re-release of a remastered Achtung Baby. It was obviously inevitable since they seem to be remastering all their old work; I'm not sure what they're going to do when they get to All That You Can't Leave Behind because the sound already seems to be mastered...

The rumor going around was let out by a tweet from music producer John Vanderslice, saying how the next room was being occupied by people remastering of the album. Hopefully there will be some cool stuff released with it, like a plush trabant or something...

-A. Kennedy




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Song of the Week: Wire

Wire, from U2's 1983 Unforgettable Fire album is this week's song of the week. The song is the third track on the album, and was never released as a single. It's only been played 80 times live, and was limited to only the Unforgettable Fire Tour of 1984 and 1985. It was last played Werchter, Belgium on July 7, 1985. Here is a live performance from 1985..

-A. Kennedy




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U2: Making History Everyday.

So much news! U2 played in Turkey for the first time ever, yesterday. It seemed to be an amazing concert in Istanbul, or should i say Constantinople...haha. U2 also played in Athens for the first time, and only the second time ever in Greece.

A very deserving audience received a very deserving setlist as well! U2 debuted 'Mothers of the Disappeared' on the 360 tour, Pride made its comeback, and Ultraviolet made its comeback as well :]

What didn't make the setlist is perhaps even more important and ground breaking. Earlier in the day, U2 sound-checked 'Mercy,' a U2 fan favorite from the How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb sessions. It was released with Itunes compilation of U2 called The Complete U2, but only download-able upon the purchase of the entire thing. Perhaps soon it will make it's debut like MOTD??? We'll wait and see I suppose.

To celebrate U2's arrival, Universal Turkey released a new 'Best of" album, but not on CD; rather on a SD card with other content preloaded. Oddly, the track listing is as follows:

1. No Line On The Horizon
2. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
3. Beautiful Day
4. City Of Blinding Lights
5. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
6. Pride
7. With Or Without You
9. Vertigo
10. New Year's Day
11. Mysterious Ways
12. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
13. Where The Streets Have No Name

In other news: more dates added for Australia! I'm glad I don't live down there because I would go to EVERY show since they are limited. Haha I would be broke!

I'm loving these setlist change ups! Looking forward to see what the setlist looks like for next summer :] Until then...

-A. Kennedy



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Song of the Week: Fast Cars

I'm always taken by surprise as to how fast Monday comes. Another Monday, another week, I suppose--and that means another Song of the Week! This week it's Fast Cars. Fast Cars was a bonus track on the 2004 album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb--but only for the releases in Ireland, UK and Japan. It was released also in the collector's editions in every region, and was a part of the Itunes compilation of U2 called The Complete U2. It was also remixed on the 'All Because of You' single.

The interesting thing about Fast Cars, is that it's the only song on the album that mentions the album title "Dismantle and Atomic Bomb," despite being merely a bonus track. Kind of like 'Walk On,' but Walk On was a main track on the album.

Surprisingly though, it has been played live; only 16 times on the Vertigo tour. The live performance translated well on stage, as you can see in the awesome video below. Do check it out for Bono's spanish rose dance...

-A. Kennedy



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