Summer Of Love
U2
SONGWRITER: Ryan Tedder; Brent
Kutzle & Jacknife Lee
COUNTRY: YRELAND
ALBUM: SONGS OF EXPERIENCE
LABEL: INTERSCOPE
GENRE: POP ROCK
YEAR: 2017
U2 are an
Irish rock band from Dublin, formed in 1.976. 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 has evolved throughout their
career, yet has maintained an anthemic quality 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 have staged several ambitious and
elaborate tours over their career.
The band
formed as teenagers while attending Mount Temple Comprehensive School, when
they had limited musical proficiency. Within four years, they signed with Island
Records and released their debut album, Boy(1.980). Subsequent work such as
their first UK number-one album, War(1.983), 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-1.980s, they had become renowned globally for their live act, highlighted
by their performance at Live Aid in 1.985. The group's fifth album, The Joshua
Tree(1.987), 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 to date: "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(1.988), U2 reinvented themselves in the 1990s through a new musical
direction and public image. Beginning with their acclaimed seventh album, Achtung
Baby(1.991), 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(1.997), and the PopMart Tour, which
were mixed successes. U2 regained critical and commercial favour with the
records All That You Can't Leave Behind(2.000) and How to Dismantle an Atomic
Bomb(2.004), which established a more conventional, mainstream sound for the
group. Their U2 360 Tour of 2.009–2.011 set records for the highest-attended
and highest-grossing concert tour in history. The group most recently released
the companion albums Songs of Innocence(2.014) and Songs of Experience(2.017),
the former of which received criticism for its pervasive, no-cost release
through the iTunes Store.
U2 have
released 14 studio albums and are one of the world's best-selling music artists,
having sold an estimated 150–170 million records worldwide. They have won 22 Grammy
Awards, more than any other band, and in 2.005, 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 social justice causes, including Amnesty International, Jubilee
2.000, the ONE/DATA campaigns, Product Red, War Child, and Music Rising.
The
winter doesn't want you
It
haunts you summer serenadings
A
long way from this frozen place
Your
face
Our
teacher, our preacher
It's
nature and like flowers growing in a bomb crater
From
nothing a rose it grows
I've
been thinking about the west coast
Not
the one that everyone knows
I'm
sick of living in the shadows
We've
one more chance before the light goes
For a
summer of love
A
summer of love
We're
freezing we're leaving
Believing
that all we need is to head over somewhere
In a
summer to come
So we
run
I've
been thinking about the west coast
Not
the one that everyone knows
I'm
sick of living in the shadows
We've
one more chance before the light goes
For a
summer of love
A
summer of love
Oh
and when all is lost
When
all is lost we find out what remains
Oh
the same oceans crossed
For
some it’s pleasure, for some it’s pain
I've
been thinking about the west coast
Not
the one that everyone knows
In
the rubble of aleppo
Flowers
blooming in the shadows
For a
summer of love
A
summer of love.
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