Rattle And Hum - U2

The title is taken from the lyrics of Bullet The Blue Sky, and describes the sound of gunfire. This album does indeed go off like a shotgun. Taken from the 1988 film that follows their live performances over the previous two years, the double album contains 17 top tracks, although they don't include the phenomenal "Sunday Bloody Sunday" which was peformed in an emotionally wrought way during an American concert the day after the Enniskillin bomb ...
...The first track is a live version of "Helter Skelter" which is introduced by Bono saying "This is a song that Charles Manson stole from the Beatles, we're stealing it back." (The classic rock song was included on the Beatle's White Album and the drug addled mind of serial killer and Family leader, Charles Manson, compelled him to tell his followers that this was talking of the race war that he himself had been predicting, and was a signal to start ...

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OVERVIEW --------------- I can see that it's been over three years since the last review of probably MY favourite ever rock album. Released in 1988, let's see how it all stacks up in 2004: CONCEPT --------------------- This album includes live hits from their world tour of 1988 to promote the previous year's "Joshua Tree" album. New tracks written and recorded on the road are also included in "studio form". A live track followed by a studio ...
...that minor criticism put you off. The live tracks ("Pride", "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For") are electrifying and breathe new life into them. The previously unheard tracks are generally ace. Here's a breakdown of the tracks with marks out of five. HELTER SKELTER -------------------------- A live cover of the Beatles cut from "The White Album". It starts with Bono informing, "here's a song Charles Manson stole from Beatles. We're stealing ...

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This album cam after U2's mega breakthroughs of "THe Unforgettable Fire" and "The Joshua Tree". It was accompanied by a film that caused a lot of ill will as the band came across as pompous and pretentious. After the stadium rock of the previous albums this was a "back to the roots" excercise in which U2 toured America to discover their R'n'B and Soul influences. The album is part live and part studio and contains both old and new material. The ...
...chords, and three minutes of blistering rock, proving the band needed nothing but the absolute basics to sound absolutely awesome. The album opens with a live cover of the Beatles "Helter Skelter" which is every bit as frightening as the original, especially with its associations with the Manson "family". This segues into a beuatiful acoustic ballad "Van Diemen's Land" about transported criminals. They also cover Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower", ...

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...the luckless wind, comes a rattle and hum" and the rest, they say, is history..... Next two are not on the album, but in the dvd again. Running To Stand Still........What a song..... I love this song......... you have to listen to it. Has a powerful beat, and is great. Sunday Bloody Sunday...... About the bombing of a Rememberance Day Parade in Enniskillin (not too sure if I spelled it correctly), and a damn good song..... The emotion that is ...
...16) Pride (In The Name Of Love)...... This is the other song that was in honour of Martin Luther King... Early Morning, April Four, Shot rings out in the Memphis sky, Free at last, they took your life, but they could not take your Pride..... Wow, blows you away doesn't it? 17) All I Want Is You....... This is the other of my favourites on the album. All the promises we make, from the cradle to the grave, when all I want is you....... Mighty big ...

Aussieme1106 17.07.2004 · Read full review
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Rattle and Hum is U2s best album by miles, and the only album which is a) partly live and b) a double album that I have ever played regularly. The songs are outstanding, the live music superbly integrated with the studio work - all those dinosaur bands, take note, it CAN be done ! Most of all, this is an album which combines a musical odyssey, homage to heros and wonderfull originality into a seamless whole. The video is equally good, but the album ...

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...some really good stuff. Unfortunately Rattle and Hum is not one of their good albums. In my opinion Rattle and Hum is a bit ''look at us we're superstars so we can release any old rubbish''. U2 are a talented band but they havent shown their real talent on this album. Yes there are some good songs on the album eg angel of harlem and I still havent found what I'm looking for... but it isnt very well produced and also has several very weak songs. They ...

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