by Mark Nobes, chief editor
There are now 70 official U2 videos to choose from in this playlist, so this should be enough to keep you entertained for a while! Select the "Play All" button to get started, or you can select the playlist button (top left) and scroll through to whichever track you desire.
Now, here's some info about some of U2's work...
This quality tune has to be
the ultimate New Year's party song! It was often played at parties in the eighties,
at least, but I suspect it'll be some nonsensical "grab your crotch" tune these
days.
The track
was the first single to be released from U2's War album and reached #10
in the UK. The subject of the song was the Polish solidarity movement.
Who else loves that great bassline by Adam Clayton?
During the 80s, the
Irish rock band scored ten Top 10 singles and six hit albums in the UK.
Those albums being Boy, October, War, The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum. The Joshua Tree was
the most successful selling 25,000,000 copies worldwide and reaching
Diamond (10 x Platinum) status in the U.S. and 6 X Platinum in the UK!
The disturbing sleeve for the 12" vinyl
"SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY" (1983)
The first half of the eighties was packed with songs about political issues, and the lyrics in this one observe the unrest in Northern Ireland, particularly the Bloody Sunday shootings by British paratroopers on innocent crowds of civil rights protestors and other people simply there to support them.
The opening track on War was released as the third single in March 1983, but was not released in the UK.
"PRIDE IN THE NAME OF LOVE" (1984)
Reaching #13 in the UK and also a top ten hit across Europe, this was the first single to be released from The Unforgettable Fire. The initial reviews were rather mixed, but over the years the song has gained notoriety for its brilliance, and now often features in top 500 lists of "greatest songs".
The lyrics are about Martin Luther King, Jr., although even these were panned by Rolling Stone magazine at the time, which described them as "unremarkable". How such a quality tune could receive poor reviews I'll never know, but this is definitely in my list of best tracks from the 1980s, and is one of the Irish band's best-loved songs. The fact that so many people now rate Pride so highly shows just how unimportant the views of the critics are anyway.
"I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR" (1987)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For was U2's second single release from the 6x Platinum (UK) album The Joshua Tree, which was the Irish Band's biggest-selling album. It was also the second track
on the album.
Influenced by American gospel music, the song was the
follow-up to With Or Without You and reached #6 in the UK singles chart and #1 in the Billboard Hot 100.
Produced
by the legendary musician and producer Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, the
song was critically acclaimed, although band member The Edge once
described the song as sounding like "Eye Of The Tiger played by a reggae
band".
The third and final single released from The Joshua Tree album was Where The Streets Have No Name and reached #4 in the UK. However, in the U.S. and Canada only, God's Country was released as a fourth single and reached #48 in the UK as an import.
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Single Sleeve)
