![]() ![]() God Is Love Song: Bono's habit of using "love" as a code word for "God" is in full force here, notably "Love Rescue Me," "God Part II" note which despite its name never mentions God, but its refrain is "I believe in love" and "When Love Comes to Town." The last one blows its own cover in the third verse though, by explicitly describing the Crucifixion.(This also explains Bono's somewhat baffling command to Edge to "play the blues" even though it doesn't sound very bluesy - the first recording definitely did.) U2 recorded its own version as a B-side to "Where the Streets Have No Name," but the live version considerably ramps up the energy level, with a blistering new guitar solo from The Edge. Originally Bono wrote it himself and recorded it with Keith Richards and Ron Wood, with a couple of acoustic guitars and no drummer. Evolving Music: This was the third version of "Silver and Gold" to be released, and each sounded quite different from the last."All I Want Is You" is a normal-length song with an epic instrumental coda. Epic Rocking: "Hawkmoon 269" goes on for nearly six and a half minutes, as does "Love Rescue Me," though the latter could hardly be called rocking.Deliberately Monochrome: Some portions of the film were in black and white a still from one such sequence is on the album cover.The first is introduced with Bono cracking, "This is a song Charles Manson stole from The Beatles. Cover Version: The first (and so far only) U2 studio album to include these, both of them recorded live: "Helter Skelter" by The Beatles, and "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan.Boléro Effect: "Hawkmoon 269" doesn't have a proper verse-chorus structure, it just builds and builds.Bo Diddley Beat: In "Desire." The Edge borrowed it from The Stooges' "1969.".Berserk Button: Clearly the Enniskillen bombing pressed Bono's."When Love Comes to Town" summarizes the events of the Crucifixion in the third verse.As the Good Book Says.: "Love Rescue Me" includes a slightly shortened version of the famous line from Psalm 23: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow (of death), I will fear no evil." The song subverts the next lines of the psalm though: "I have cursed thy rod and staff/They no longer comfort me.".Like Lennon's song, U2's lists off various things that Bono disagrees with unlike Lennon's song, Bono, a Catholic, chooses to direct his ire towards the devil and "his book" rather than God, the Bible, and Jesus. Answer Song: "God Part II", a sequel to John Lennon's "God".The Alcoholic: "Angel of Harlem" is a tribute to Billie Holiday that refers to her untimely demise from alcoholism and other drug abuse:.Album Title Drop: The album's title comes from "Bullet the Blue Sky": "In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum.".Bullet The Blue Sky - (live from Tempe).Pride (In The Name Of Love) - (live from Denver). ![]()
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