Friday, October 23, 2009

Rocking For The Weekend: U2

This week, I wanted to post a U2 song because I'm going to see them on Sunday. However, their catalog is not exactly full of fun, exuberant, bust-out-of-work-early-on-Friday tunes. I was going to give up until I remembered this little gem, "Lady With The Spinning Head". It's a B-side, but definitely an "A" song. It seems to foreshadow Pop, their foray into dance music, but the song was recorded during the sessions that led to Achtung Baby. It was ultimately broken up for parts like an old car and pieces of it wound up in other songs. The astute ear can hear parts of what became "The Fly" and "Ultraviolet". Have a great weekend!


4 metawords:

Red said...

Have fun! Say "Hi" to Fergie for Falwless.

Mr London Street said...

Achtung Baby is the only record of theirs I can stomach.

The Diva on a Diet said...

Luck you, have a great time at the show!

Great tune, words, I def. hear "The Fly" in there.

BeckEye said...

Ah, old U2 right before they decided to stop being good.