To begin with, U2’s “Atomic City” explores a ton of themes including the following: In exploring the themes above, the song perfectly blends imagistic and metaphorical language to convey its message. Unity & Belonging...
In Arcade Fire’s anthemic track (“Wake Up”), we find a profound exploration of the themes of youthful naïveté and the ever-looming presence of mortality. The song sheds light on the innocence and sometimes the...
Readers with a bit of in-depth Biblical knowledge would recognize the title of this song (“Yahweh”) as being a transliteration of the official name of God as put forth in the Old Testament. Indeed some...
For starters, U2’s “So Cruel” was influenced by The Edge, at the time of its composition, being in the process of getting divorced from his first and only legal wife to date, Aislinn O’Sullivan. This...
John Mayer has dated some of the most famous women in Hollywood, especially back in the days around his musical heyday. So fans have speculated that this song may be about one of such individuals, Jennifer Aniston or...
As the story goes, “40” is a song which U2 composed and recorded on the spot. More specifically, they had significantly exceeded the studio time allotted to them to record the album War yet were still one...
Bono is arguably the most humanitarian permanent A list musician in the game – so much so that he has even been recognized in such a regard by the Queen of England herself. He was also nominated...
The July 13 1985 Live Aid benefit concert is remembered as one of the biggest gigs in music history with a live audience of at least 72,000 at the UK Wembley Stadium, and about 89,464 people simultaneously attending,...
Lead singer Bono is acknowledged as the member of U2 who actually wrote the lyrics to “Bad”. And he has given various, some may say even conflicting, explanations to the specifics of their meaning. But what it...
The changing nature in the taste of most music lovers from one genre of music to another certainly did not affect the activity and passion for music by the iconic Irish rock band, U2. From the...
