FORGETTABLE FIRE

I’m generally pretty cold to U2. Always have been.

Occasionally I’ll let them in, if they promise to behave, wipe their feet, and leave the messianic crap out in the Mini.

In their journey from young punks, to Christian new-hope rockers, to self-important prigs, to postmodern “R*O*C*K” stars, to Classic Rock icons, the following bits and pieces have resonated with me:

-Two Hearts Beat as One, 12” extended mix.
-Bad (live), from Wide Awake in America. Compare this Christian new-hope version to the self-important prig version of the Rattle and Hum era for a dramatic rendering of that particular trajectory.
-Three Sunrises. Psychedelicious!
-Most of The Joshua Tree, except of course Bullet the Blue Sky. And those last two songs. Otherwise, it’s the perfect version of what it is.
-Lemon. Because, come on— Lemon.