Check out this wicked 'Optimus Time', a sweet T-shirt design by The Atomic Rocket that I bought. For those that are like WTF? it's a mix of Back to the Future and the Leader of the Autobots........
Who was the original MP3 player?
Let's face it, Soundwave was always the coolest Decepticon. If he had have been an Autobot, he would have been as popular as Optimus himself.
You can see in the picture below (taken from an early cut of the end of the Revenge of the Fallen) that Soundwave has rejected his evil ways and being the original MP3 player, has taken the music to the masses:
What does U2 really know about war?
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| I've got soul but I'm not a soldier |
Here's some songs which suggest U2 have some views about the effect of war...
GNR once asked in a song 'what's so civil about war anyway?'
U2 seem to write songs with lyrics about war in some form or another on just about every album they've released.
Except for Boy, that album was just full of stories....ahem.
U2's lyrical references to war heated up with the release of U2's first truly 'popular' album War. Marking Bono's ascent into a true lyrical monster, War's songs features thoughts on soldiers shooting protesting civilians in Sunday Bloody Sunday. 'Seconds' reflects on terrorist actions in trying to set off atomic bombs (a theme U2 often turn to) in a supposed attempt to cause nuclear war.
Maybe.
Maybe they just want us all to give peace a chance.
Winter
A song probably taken from the No Line on the Horizon album recording sessions, Winter was used in the soundtrack for the Wim Wenders film. Brothers (U2 have a long association with Wim - he directed their video for Stay and Until the End of the World was used for the film of the same name). Winter is about is a song about the experience of the armed forces in Afghanistan, where Winder's film is set.
The Unforgettable Fire
Inspired by paintings that were about the nuclear bombs that were dropped on the two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki to effectively end Japan's involvement in World War II, the Unforgettable Fire is a reflection not on war but the last effect of the atomic bombs had on the people of Japan.
Bullet the Blue Sky
Arguably the most political song U2 has ever written, at least it's probably the most popular one! The lyrics are a savage indictment on American foreign policy.
Miss Sarejevo from Original Soundtracks Vol 1.
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| Please don't let them kill us... |
The song's lyrics actually praise the rebellious spirit of the Sarajevan people who refused to surrender their way of life during the conflict.
And what did they do? They staged a beauty contest.
This clearly inspired the chorus of the song, "Here she comes, heads turn around, here she comes, to take her crown".
Please
If you could consider that the IRA's disgraceful and disgusting campaign against the people of Ireland was a civil war of sorts then Please is U2 exhorting Ireland's Political leaders to stop the civil war they have been waging.
Mothers of the Disappeared
Is a lyrical expression of the suffering experienced by the mothers and grandmothers of the thousands of children abducted during the conflict in Central America from the late 1970s through to the mid-1980s, particularly during Argentina's so-called "Dirty War" (1976-1983).
The Dirty war was a civil-style war that the American government covertly sanctioned in a bid to stop the 'communist threat' that was pervading at the time. Given this song was written in the mid-80s one can see how it's a cousin of sorts to Bullet the Blue Sky - indeed both songs appeared on the Joshua Tree album.
Cosplay, U2 and that's about it
So like it's time for a quick round up of what I've been up to internet-wise. First up I've been going a Lil crazy on the cosplay - here's some Barbarella featuring some cougar chick I've never heard of from Coronation Street doing her best Hanoi Jane impersonation. J
oker's evil girlfriend Harley Quinn made a costumed appearance and so did the Transformers.
We also visited some of Halo Reach concept art from a range of artists.
U2 stopped being invisible for a moment and turned it up a notch and played a massive show in Mexico which featured a version of Zooropa.
U2 stopped being invisible for a moment and turned it up a notch and played a massive show in Mexico which featured a version of Zooropa.
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