New Years Day - U2
Let’s start off 2013 with the most original song imaginable for January first.
New Year’s Day, U2. (Ha! Caught you out! You thought I was going to pick Happy New Year by Abba, didn’t you?!).
New Years Day from the War album by U2. 1983 I think.
I was in college in London and had bought myself a walkman with the proceeds of my first summer working abroad. This song was on a cassette that had the entire album on both sides. I think the idea was that you could record other stuff on the back of it, but I never did. I used it as a quick way to flip between my favourite tracks, and skip the ones I didn’t like. This was a favourite album and for some reason reminds me of travelling on good old BR Intercity 125’s at cheap rates with my student railcard!
I loved early U2. Their music was exciting, angry, passionate, something I think that they lost in their later years as they got richer, balder and egotistical. Here they are pre-ego and pre-mullet in great 1980’s coats, playing in the snow.
Happy New Year!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1y50r_u2-new-years-day_music#.UQw7GqUaDS8
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