#2017 – MOFO – U2 - 5/11/2020

Happy 60^th birthday, Paul Hewson. I’d still like one more chance to see you guys live! I missed out on the “Under a Blood Red Sky” Red Rocks show – I had left Colorado 10 days prior. I missed out on seeing you at Denver’s Rainbow Music Hall with my buddy J.P., two years before that. I’d like one more try. I hear your band is pretty good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQtITWp3ua4

1997

#1451 – SUNDAY, BLOODY SUNDAY – U2 – 1/30/2020

January 30^th marks the anniversary of Bloody Sunday which was one of the most significant events in Northern Ireland’s troubled history. 13 civilians were killed by forces of the state, in full view of the public and the press.

I am not Irish. Nor am I taking sides. I only pose this question: If the strife and hatred in one of the world’s longest and most bitter factional disputes finally has lessened, then I cannot believe peace elsewhere in our troubled world cannot mirror the success in Northern Ireland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM4vblG6BVQ

1983

#78 – MYSTERIOUS WAYS – 12/16/2019

Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.'s rhythm section stand out on this one. The funkiest 4 pasty white guys from Ireland could ever get, until the Pop album a few years later but Sue loves this song so: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUE! Love you.

If there are still any U2 aficionados out there and you’d like to see an excellent documentary about the creation of the “Achtung Baby” release, check out 2011’s “From the Sky Down”. Great stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxcDTUMLQJI

1991