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U2 Is An Irish Alternative Rock Band From Dublin Formed In 1976. The Group Consists Of Bono Lead Vocals And Rhythm Guitar The Edge Lead Guitar Keyboards And Backing Vocals Adam Clayton Bass Guitar And Larry Mullen Jr. Drums And Percussion . Initially Rooted In Post-Punk U2's Musical Style Evolved Throughout Their Career Yet Has Maintained An Anthemic Sound Built On Bono's Expressive Vocals And The Edge's Effects-Based Guitar Textures. Their Lyrics Often Embellished With Spiritual Imagery Focus On Personal And Sociopolitical Themes. Popular For Their Live Performances The Group Has Staged Several Ambitious And Elaborate Tours Over Their Career. The Band Formed At Mount Temple Comprehensive School In 1976 When The Members Were Teenagers With Limited Musical Proficiency. Within Four Years They Signed With Island Records And Released Their Debut Album Boy 1980 . Subsequent Work Such As Their First UK Number-One Album War 1983 And The Singles "Sunday Bloody Sunday" And "Pride In The Name Of Love " Helped Establish U2's Reputation As A Politically And Socially Conscious Group. By The Mid-1980s They Had Become Renowned Globally For Their Live Act Highlighted By Their Performance At Live Aid In 1985. The Group's Fifth Album The Joshua Tree 1987 Made Them International Superstars And Was Their Greatest Critical And Commercial Success. Topping Music Charts Around The World It Produced Their Only Number-One Singles In The US "With Or Without You" And "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". Facing Creative Stagnation And A Backlash Following Their Documentary/double Album Rattle And Hum 1988 U2 Reinvented Themselves In The 1990s Through A New Musical Direction And Public Image. Beginning With Their Acclaimed Seventh Album Achtung Baby 1991 And The Multimedia-Intensive Zoo TV Tour The Band Integrated Influences From Alternative Rock Electronic Dance Music And Industrial Music Into Their Sound And Embraced A More Ironic Flippant Image. This Experimentation Continued Through Their Ninth Album Pop 1997 And The PopMart Tour Which Were Mixed Successes. U2 Regained Critical And Commercial Favour With The Records All That You Can't Leave Behind 2000 And How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb 2004 Which Established A More Conventional Mainstream Sound For The Group. Their U2 360 Tour Of 2009–2011 Is The Highest-Attended And Highest-Grossing Concert Tour In History. The Group's Thirteenth Album Songs Of Innocence 2014 Was Released At No Cost Through The ITunes Store But Received Criticism For Its Automatic Placement In Users' Music Libraries. U2 Has Released 14 Studio Albums And Is One Of The World's Best-Selling Music Artists In History Having Sold More Than 170 Million Records Worldwide. They Have Won 22 Grammy Awards More Than Any Other Band And In 2005 They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In Their First Year Of Eligibility. Rolling Stone Ranked U2 At Number 22 On Its List Of The "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time". Throughout Their Career As A Band And As Individuals They Have Campaigned For Human Rights And Philanthropic Causes Including Amnesty International Jubilee 2000 The ONE/DATA Campaigns Product Red War Child And Music Rising. Foundation The Band Originally Formed In 1976 When Larry Mullen Posted A Bulletin In His School Asking For Musicians To Form A Rock Band. The Band Then Consisted Of The Four Current Members Plus Three Additional Guitarists Including The Edge’s Brother Dick Evans Later A Member Of Virgin Prunes Ivan McCormick And Peter Martin. According To Legend Bono Originally Auditioned As A Guitarist But Couldn’t Play. He Auditioned As Lead Vocals But Really Couldn’t Sing. He Was However Incredibly Enthusiastic About The Band Extremely Charismatic A Great Writer And Was Strangely Able To Reach The Audience When The Band Played Something He Is Known For Still Today. Bono Will Reach Out Into The Crowd And Dance Or Mess With Someone In The Crowd At Every Concert. He Was Kept As A Member. The Extra Guitarists Would Soon Leave The Band And The Group Would Go Through The Names “Feedback ” And “The Hype” Before Finally Settling On U2. The 70s & 80s 1978 Was A Jumping Point Year For The Band Finally Finding Their Sound / Voice. U2 Won A Talent Contest In 1978 £500 And Funds To Make A Record. Paul McGuinness Became The Band’s Manager And U2 Released An EP Called Three And The Single Another Day The Following Year. U2 Went On To Release Their First Album Boy And Then More Critically Acclaimed Albums Incl. October War Under A Blood Red Sky And The Unforgettable Fire Featuring The Song PlayMLK Dedicated To Martin Luther King Jr . Seen By Many As A Political Band With More Charisma Than Others They Were Called “a Different Kind” Of Band. After A Short Break U2 Returned With The Joshua Tree & The USA Music Inspired Rattle And Hum Also A Movie Of The Same Name Based On The Tour . The 90s Promising ”to Dream It All Up Again” They Added Industrial And Dance Styles To Their Music. Trying To Drop A Goody Two Shoes Image They Went To Berlin Germany Supposedly To Develop New Self-Expressions. From There They Started To Make Fun Of Themselves And Had A Good Time Of It In Albums Like Achtung Baby Meaning ”watch Out Baby” Artwork Feat. Make-Up Artist Nassim Khalifa & Zooropa. Bono Took On Many Stage Personae Such As “The Fly” “Mirrorball Man” And “Mr. MacPhisto” For The Gigantic ZOO TV Tour. Later They Continued To Make Fun Of Pop Culture And All Its Extremes With The Album Pop And Consequent PopMart Tour Which Was Announced To Be Launched At A Kmart Store And Included A Giant Golden Arch Across The Stage. The 00s At The End Of The 90’s Into 00’s U2 Became Less Image And More Reality. With The Death Of Bono’s Good Friend Michael Hutchence The Lead Singer Of INXS Bono Wrote More Songs From The Heart Surrounding Ideas Like Life And Death Children Hope And The Real World Past All The Pop Culture And TV. Some Say They’ve Returned To A More Band-Centric Sound With Albums Like All That You Can’t Leave Behind Which Features A Song Kite Dedicated To Bono’s Father Who Passed Away Shortly After The Album’s Conception And 2004’s How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. The 10s U2 Went On The U2 360 Tour In 2009 And 2010. This Tour Set Records For The Highest-Grossing Concert Tour. The Band Worked With Producer Danger Mouse For Their Thirteenth Album Songs Of Innocence Which Was Released On 9 September 2014 For Free To All Apple ICloud Users. The Name There Are Many Theories As To The Origin Of The Name U2. For Example U2 Was An Intelligence Airplane That Was In Use By The United States During The Cold War. Other Obvious Candidates Include “You Too” And “You Two” Etc. Nonetheless The Official Line On The Name’s Origins Remains Unknown. The Band Has Been Quoted As Saying That They Did Think Of The U2 Spy Plane But Remain Hushed About Other Reasons… U2
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"New Year's Day" Is The Third Song And Lead Single From U2's 1983 Album War. The Song Is Driven By Adam Clayton's Distinctive Bassline And The Edge's Keyboard. It Was The Band's First Hit Single Breaking The Top Ten In The UK Peaking At #10 On The Singles Chart And Charting On The Billboard Hot 100 For The First Time In Their Career. In 2004 Rolling Stone Magazine Placed The Single At #427 On Their List Of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. History The Lyric Had Its Origins In A Love Song From Bono To His Wife But Then Was Reshaped And Inspired By The Polish Solidarity Movement. The Video Was Their First To See Heavy Rotation On MTV. It Was Filmed In Sweden In December 1982 And Directed By Meiert Avis. The Band Only Appeared In The Performance Scenes Of The Video As It Was Filmed In The Dead Of The Swedish Winter. U2 Guitarist Edge Revealed In The Official U2 Biography That The Four People Riding On Horseback In The Video That Appeared To Be The Four U2 Members Were In Fact Four Swedish Teenage Girls Disguised As The Members Of U2 Riding On Horseback With Masks Over Their Faces. This Was Done As The Band Were Frozen From Shooting The Video In Sub-Freezing Temperatures The Day Before. Their Biography States That Bono Refused To Wear Any Headgear Despite The Cold Weather And Had A Lot Of Trouble Mouthing The Lyrics. The Video Also Features Footage Of Soviet Troops Advancing In Winter During The Second World War. "New Year's Day" Is U2's Third Most Frequently Performed Live Song With The Edge Switching Back And Forth Between Piano And Guitar During The Song. It Has Been A Standard On Every U2 Tour Since Its Debut On 1 December 1982 At The First Show Of The War Tour's Pre-Tour. During The 1980s The Edge Used A Fender Stratocaster To Perform This Song Along With A Keyboard. During The 1990s And 2000s He Has Alternated Between A Gibson Les Paul Custom And Les Paul Standard. Coincidentally The Les Paul The Edge Used To Write This Song Was Sold For Charity. Up Until The Elevation Tour Adam Normally Used A Chorus Effect On His Bass Guitar For This Song Live. In 1983 Bono Said Of The Song "It Would Be Stupid To Start Drawing Up Battle Lines But I Think The Fact That 'New Year's Day' Made The Top Ten Indicated A Disillusionment Among Record Buyers. I Don't Think 'New Year's Day' Was A Pop Single Certainly Not In The Way That Mickie Most Might Define A Pop Single As Something That Lasts Three Minutes And Three Weeks In The Chart. I Don't Think We Could Have Written That Kind Of Song." "New Year's Day" Has Appeared On Numerous U2 Concert Video Releases Beginning With 1983's Under A Blood Red Sky. The B-Side Of "New Year's Day" "Treasure Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop? " Was Never Performed Live. However An Early Version Known Simply As "Pete The Chop" Was Played At Some Concerts In 1980 And Can Claim The Title Of Being The Last Commercially Unreleased Pre-Boy Song Known To Have Been Performed Live.
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U2 Is An Irish Alternative Rock Band From Dublin Formed In 1976. The Group Consists Of Bono Lead Vocals And Rhythm Guitar The Edge Lead Guitar Keyboards And Backing Vocals Adam Clayton Bass Guitar And Larry Mullen Jr. Drums And Percussion . Initially Rooted In Post-Punk U2's Musical Style Evolved Throughout Their Career Yet Has Maintained An Anthemic Sound Built On Bono's Expressive Vocals And The Edge's Effects-Based Guitar Textures. Their Lyrics Often Embellished With Spiritual Imagery Focus On Personal And Sociopolitical Themes. Popular For Their Live Performances The Group Has Staged Several Ambitious And Elaborate Tours Over Their Career. The Band Formed At Mount Temple Comprehensive School In 1976 When The Members Were Teenagers With Limited Musical Proficiency. Within Four Years They Signed With Island Records And Released Their Debut Album Boy 1980 . Subsequent Work Such As Their First UK Number-One Album War 1983 And The Singles "Sunday Bloody Sunday" And "Pride In The Name Of Love " Helped Establish U2's Reputation As A Politically And Socially Conscious Group. By The Mid-1980s They Had Become Renowned Globally For Their Live Act Highlighted By Their Performance At Live Aid In 1985. The Group's Fifth Album The Joshua Tree 1987 Made Them International Superstars And Was Their Greatest Critical And Commercial Success. Topping Music Charts Around The World It Produced Their Only Number-One Singles In The US "With Or Without You" And "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". Facing Creative Stagnation And A Backlash Following Their Documentary/double Album Rattle And Hum 1988 U2 Reinvented Themselves In The 1990s Through A New Musical Direction And Public Image. Beginning With Their Acclaimed Seventh Album Achtung Baby 1991 And The Multimedia-Intensive Zoo TV Tour The Band Integrated Influences From Alternative Rock Electronic Dance Music And Industrial Music Into Their Sound And Embraced A More Ironic Flippant Image. This Experimentation Continued Through Their Ninth Album Pop 1997 And The PopMart Tour Which Were Mixed Successes. U2 Regained Critical And Commercial Favour With The Records All That You Can't Leave Behind 2000 And How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb 2004 Which Established A More Conventional Mainstream Sound For The Group. Their U2 360 Tour Of 2009–2011 Is The Highest-Attended And Highest-Grossing Concert Tour In History. The Group's Thirteenth Album Songs Of Innocence 2014 Was Released At No Cost Through The ITunes Store But Received Criticism For Its Automatic Placement In Users' Music Libraries. U2 Has Released 14 Studio Albums And Is One Of The World's Best-Selling Music Artists In History Having Sold More Than 170 Million Records Worldwide. They Have Won 22 Grammy Awards More Than Any Other Band And In 2005 They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In Their First Year Of Eligibility. Rolling Stone Ranked U2 At Number 22 On Its List Of The "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time". Throughout Their Career As A Band And As Individuals They Have Campaigned For Human Rights And Philanthropic Causes Including Amnesty International Jubilee 2000 The ONE/DATA Campaigns Product Red War Child And Music Rising. Foundation The Band Originally Formed In 1976 When Larry Mullen Posted A Bulletin In His School Asking For Musicians To Form A Rock Band. The Band Then Consisted Of The Four Current Members Plus Three Additional Guitarists Including The Edge’s Brother Dick Evans Later A Member Of Virgin Prunes Ivan McCormick And Peter Martin. According To Legend Bono Originally Auditioned As A Guitarist But Couldn’t Play. He Auditioned As Lead Vocals But Really Couldn’t Sing. He Was However Incredibly Enthusiastic About The Band Extremely Charismatic A Great Writer And Was Strangely Able To Reach The Audience When The Band Played Something He Is Known For Still Today. Bono Will Reach Out Into The Crowd And Dance Or Mess With Someone In The Crowd At Every Concert. He Was Kept As A Member. The Extra Guitarists Would Soon Leave The Band And The Group Would Go Through The Names “Feedback ” And “The Hype” Before Finally Settling On U2. The 70s & 80s 1978 Was A Jumping Point Year For The Band Finally Finding Their Sound / Voice. U2 Won A Talent Contest In 1978 £500 And Funds To Make A Record. Paul McGuinness Became The Band’s Manager And U2 Released An EP Called Three And The Single Another Day The Following Year. U2 Went On To Release Their First Album Boy And Then More Critically Acclaimed Albums Incl. October War Under A Blood Red Sky And The Unforgettable Fire Featuring The Song PlayMLK Dedicated To Martin Luther King Jr . Seen By Many As A Political Band With More Charisma Than Others They Were Called “a Different Kind” Of Band. After A Short Break U2 Returned With The Joshua Tree & The USA Music Inspired Rattle And Hum Also A Movie Of The Same Name Based On The Tour . The 90s Promising ”to Dream It All Up Again” They Added Industrial And Dance Styles To Their Music. Trying To Drop A Goody Two Shoes Image They Went To Berlin Germany Supposedly To Develop New Self-Expressions. From There They Started To Make Fun Of Themselves And Had A Good Time Of It In Albums Like Achtung Baby Meaning ”watch Out Baby” Artwork Feat. Make-Up Artist Nassim Khalifa & Zooropa. Bono Took On Many Stage Personae Such As “The Fly” “Mirrorball Man” And “Mr. MacPhisto” For The Gigantic ZOO TV Tour. Later They Continued To Make Fun Of Pop Culture And All Its Extremes With The Album Pop And Consequent PopMart Tour Which Was Announced To Be Launched At A Kmart Store And Included A Giant Golden Arch Across The Stage. The 00s At The End Of The 90’s Into 00’s U2 Became Less Image And More Reality. With The Death Of Bono’s Good Friend Michael Hutchence The Lead Singer Of INXS Bono Wrote More Songs From The Heart Surrounding Ideas Like Life And Death Children Hope And The Real World Past All The Pop Culture And TV. Some Say They’ve Returned To A More Band-Centric Sound With Albums Like All That You Can’t Leave Behind Which Features A Song Kite Dedicated To Bono’s Father Who Passed Away Shortly After The Album’s Conception And 2004’s How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. The 10s U2 Went On The U2 360 Tour In 2009 And 2010. This Tour Set Records For The Highest-Grossing Concert Tour. The Band Worked With Producer Danger Mouse For Their Thirteenth Album Songs Of Innocence Which Was Released On 9 September 2014 For Free To All Apple ICloud Users. The Name There Are Many Theories As To The Origin Of The Name U2. For Example U2 Was An Intelligence Airplane That Was In Use By The United States During The Cold War. Other Obvious Candidates Include “You Too” And “You Two” Etc. Nonetheless The Official Line On The Name’s Origins Remains Unknown. The Band Has Been Quoted As Saying That They Did Think Of The U2 Spy Plane But Remain Hushed About Other Reasons… U2
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"New Year's Day" is the third song and lead single from U2's 1983 album, War. The song is driven by Adam Clayton's distinctive bassline and The Edge's keyboard. It was the band's first hit single, breaking the top ten in the UK, peaking at #10 on the singles chart, and charting on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in their career. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed the single at #427 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
History
The lyric had its origins in a love song from Bono to his wife, but then was reshaped and inspired by the Polish Solidarity movement.
The video was their first to see heavy rotation on MTV. It was filmed in Sweden in December 1982 and directed by Meiert Avis. The band only appeared in the performance scenes of the video as it was filmed in the dead of the Swedish winter. U2 guitarist Edge revealed in the official U2 biography that the four people riding on horseback in the video that appeared to be the four U2 members were in fact four Swedish teenage girls disguised as the members of U2 riding on horseback with masks over their faces. This was done as the band were frozen from shooting the video in sub-freezing temperatures the day before. Their biography states that Bono refused to wear any headgear despite the cold weather and had a lot of trouble mouthing the lyrics. The video also features footage of Soviet troops advancing in winter during the second world war.
"New Year's Day" is U2's third most frequently performed live song, with The Edge switching back and forth between piano and guitar during the song. It has been a standard on every U2 tour since its debut on 1 December 1982 at the first show of the War Tour's Pre-Tour. During the 1980s, The Edge used a Fender Stratocaster to perform this song, along with a keyboard. During the 1990s and 2000s, he has alternated between a Gibson Les Paul Custom and Les Paul Standard. Coincidentally, the Les Paul the Edge used to write this song was sold for charity. Up until the Elevation Tour, Adam normally used a chorus effect on his bass guitar for this song live.
In 1983, Bono said of the song, "It would be stupid to start drawing up battle lines, but I think the fact that 'New Year's Day' made the Top Ten indicated a disillusionment among record buyers. I don't think 'New Year's Day' was a pop single, certainly not in the way that Mickie Most might define a pop single as something that lasts three minutes and three weeks in the chart. I don't think we could have written that kind of song."
"New Year's Day" has appeared on numerous U2 concert video releases, beginning with 1983's Under a Blood Red Sky.
The B-side of "New Year's Day", "Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop?)", was never performed live. However, an early version known simply as "Pete the Chop" was played at some concerts in 1980 and can claim the title of being the last commercially unreleased pre-Boy song known to have been performed live. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.