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When was u2 bullet the blue sky released5/11/2023 And let’s not even talk about that overblown mess with the iTunes release of their album Songs of Innocence in 2014.Īmidst all the noise, it’s easy to forget that they dominated the music world between 19, selling more than 150 million records and producing three of the best albums of all time The Unforgettable Fire (1984), Achtung Baby (1991), and the gem we’re going to revisit here, The Joshua Tree, released in 1987. Sum to that an inconsistent output over the last two decades, with albums that contain as many brilliant masterpieces as uninspired saccharine clunkers. On the other hand, their stance as a politically and socially conscious act has earned them the label of hypocrites and “social justice warriors” among the, let’s say, most “opinionated” factions of the internet. Their astronomic success has made of U2 pariahs amidst a section of radical indie fans who can’t forgive them for going from an experimental post-punk outfit into a global dancefloor sensation. In a time when complaining, self-importance, self-entitlement and faux outrage have become the world’s favourite pastime, music fans, the press and even those with no interest in the band had all found a reason to bash them. There are many reasons why today U2 is one of the music industry’s favourite targets The first ever Rugby World Cup kicked off at Eden Park with New Zealand vs Italy, and a 19-year-old Kylie Minogue released ‘Locomotion’ and ‘I Should Be So Lucky’. In 1987, Kendrick Lamar and Lionel Messi were born. The Reagan administration was immersed in the Iran-Contra scandal, over at the British Isles The Troubles were at boiling point, and the infamous “Black Monday” stock market crash left the world’s economy hanging by a thread. There were around five million people on the planet - over two billion less than today -, the Soviet Union still existed and there were two Germanys. The ’80s: Contextĭespite the ’80s not being so far away, the world was certainly very different back then. Imagine listening to music with no advertisements at 44.1 KHz/16 bit sampling frequency. Picture yourself having to actually go to a store and buy one of those archeological artefacts known as CDs. No LOLs, no heart-eyes emoji, no cat videos. Imagine life with no social media to vent out our frustration with the last season of Game of Thrones. On the other hand, for us, going back to the ’80s would feel like being thrown right into the Stone Age.
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