By ETHAN
HERZINGER
Staff Writer
Irish-born rockers and a legendary band U2 wrapped up their Joshua Tree World Tour back in September. The classic 1987 album turned 30 on March 9, and through the spring and summer, the band was out on the road performing the masterpiece in its entirety with songs like “Trip Through Your Wires” and “Bullet In The Blue Sky,” songs the band hasn’t played in decades.
This December, U2 will finally be releasing a new LP titled “Songs of Experience,” their newest batch of songs since their infamous 2014’s “Songs of Innocence,” which was given as a gift to all iTunes customers, which in turn received mixed reviews. Luckily, U2 went back to the drawing board and will be releasing the new LP due on Dec. 1. Most of the songs written for “Songs of Experience” are based upon the works and styles of famous poet William Blake.
“You’re the best thing about me” is the first single released off of the LP, and it draws its influence from Motown. Completed in 2 days, the band completed the song twice because Bono and The Edge wanted the lyrics to “come to life.” The inspiration of the song came from when Irish media personality Eamon Dunphy commented that Bono’s wife, Ali Hewson was the best thing about the frontman, and soon became a love song.
Hopefully for the group the new album brings U2 back on top. With the 2014 flop of “Songs of Innocence,” maybe these songs will resonate more with fans as well as first time listeners in the way the rest of U2’s previous work has. The only way to see if the boys can make the next “Joshua Tree” or “Boy” or “Achtung Baby” is to wait and see when the new LP drops.
