Saturday, August 30, 2008

An early October

Stage 2 of Jimmy's immersion into U2 began today with October, U2's 1981 offering. I picked up a hard copy for the car of the 2008 remastered version (not the $31 Deluxe version that was just released as well) at FYE for $11. The liner notes bill it as "The sound of a band in crisis yet on fire, October is U2's forgotten gem. A thunderous roar of spiritual confusion, and sci-fi rock, it is the album that almost finished them off before they began." I've always loved the album myself, although it does get put on the back shelf by many U2 fans who label it as their sophomore jinx. To me, the blatant, in your face, religion always spoke to me. And, it is not just because it is Christianity; it's not just the message that compels me, it's the delivery. It totally flies in the face of the new millennium's "speak up, then apologize" attitude.

One of the strengths of U2's producers has always been track sequencing. You'll never listen to a U2 album and go, "That should have been the first track, not _____". October is no exception, with "Gloria" starting us on the right foot. Unfortunately, that is as far as we got today, since I wanted to get that song into his head, especially the outro chorus. There was even a promise of a Happy Meal if he could sing along with it. After the 2nd or 3rd time listening, he started to get the sounds down, but at the end, would follow-up with, "Walk away song, daddy?" Well, at least he is in the right ballpark...

To be continued.

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

You're on the road
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You're in the mud
In the maze of her imagination

Marc Caputo said...

Nice traffic you've got here, bro.

I taught the girls the chorus to "Surrender" by Cheap Trick last night.

Paul Caputo said...

was that you or Mikey?

Marc Caputo said...

What's up, paranoia? This is the WORLD wide web - I have no idea who "bono" is.

Hey, "bono" - welcome aboard!

(BTW, what song is that from?)

Paul Caputo said...

it's from "Beautiful Day"

Marc Caputo said...

See, if I was Bono or "bono", I would have known that.

And forget Mikey - he starts with Joshua Tree and ends with Achtung, Baby.

Anonymous said...

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Marc Caputo said...

BTW, Mikey doesn't think he has 'The Joshua Tree'.

And I think the only reason he has 'Achtung Baby' is because 'One' was Cyclops and Marvel Girl's wedding song.

Hey, bono, throw us a real obscure verse - like a b-side or an outtake - make Paul a believer!

Marc Caputo said...

You know, we should rename "bono" and call him "Pete the Chop".

Then we could say - W'hatever happened to Pete the Chop?' But someone ELSE has to say 'Treasure' first and then we say 'Whatever happened to Pete the Chop?' in a different register to give the effects of the parentheses.

C'mon, bono, make your presence known!!

Anonymous said...

We knew the world was ready to receive the heirs to The Who. All we had to do was to keep doing what we were doing and we would become the biggest band since Led Zeppelin, without a doubt. But something just didn't feel right. We felt we had more dimension than just the next big anything, we had something unique to offer. The innovation was what would suffer if we went down the standard rock route. We were looking for another feeling.

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Yeah, bono, but even you have to realize that if it weren't for Joe Strummer dropping the torch and breaking it in 1982, you guys would only have ended up being Black 47 (or the Dropkick Murphys) 25 years ahead of schedule.

Anonymous said...

Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you.

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