U2: War (Vinyl LP) The Beths Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith

I was also listening to a lot of Brian Eno and I wanted to see if I could write some material along those lines

Job Well Done

The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)

U2: War (Vinyl LP) The Beths Bessie SmithThe final album of U2's early period, before the group broadened its sonic palette and lyrical vision, War is a brilliantly conflicted album, sounding martial and majestic while its very purpose is to tear down false idols propped up by politics. Sunday Bloody Sunday and 40 take the subject of Northern Ireland's troubles head on, while it's the subtext of New Year's Day, which is about a sundered love relationship symbolic of a greater division. "Torn