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in 46664 – The Concert
This concert was originally scheduled for February, 2003, and will now take place November 29. Bono is one of the confirmed participants.
‘Bomb’ Flattens Doubts About U2
U2’s new album has nothing to do with nuclear arsenals, yet its title couldn’t be more fitting.
Disarming and explosive, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (* * * * out of four) has the radiating energy of a reactor meltdown and the potential half-life of uranium. U2 is the new U-235, white-hot and untouchable.
Bomb, out today, is a blast, as quickly established by the spiking voltage of “Vertigo” and warped glam-rock of “Love and Peace or Else.” It’s also the band’s most emotionally absorbing work, riding on great swells of optimism and faith occasionally darkened by a chilly undertow of grief and anxiety.
Bomb’s majestic sweep owes much of its verve to the sparkle, thrum and roar of Edge’s bold guitar. Larry Mullen Jr. excites and fattens the songs with a pugnacious thump, spiced by the steady, seductive bass of Adam Clayton.
Bono, in peak form vocally and lyrically, sweats and bleeds passion, whether marveling at the human spirit in “Miracle Drug,” mourning shattered innocence in “City of Blinding Lights” or offering a healing prayer in the closing “Yahweh.” Read the rest of this entry »
