U2DVDs&MP3s

Hey.

I got two new U2 DVDs yesterday. I will tell you about them now.

The first one is called Classic Albums: The Joshua Tree. It's part of a series of DVDs in which the bands and the producers and engineers and all go back into the studio and listen to all the different tracks of all the different songs on the classic album and then talk about writing and recording the songs. At least, that's what this one was about. The DVD was made in 1999, but it also had footage of the music videos from The Joshua Tree and from different live performances between 1987 and 1998ish (I estimate but do not know for sure). It was very nice!

The other one is Rattle and Hum, which, if you remember two and three posts ago, I tried to win in an eBay auction along with another U2 DVD. Well, now I have Rattle and Hum. I watched it last night. It is wonderful! The visuals are stunning (I almost said something very shallow, but I will refrain from that ... for now). Most of the film is in black & white - it looks amazing. The parts that are in color look amazing as well! But the black & white concert footage with the lighting and all is great. It's not just a concert, remember? It's a film with documentary footage from behind the scenes of the tour and other documentary sorts of things. It's all so great. It made me want to be in a band and play music for thousands of people more than I've ever wanted.


After I watched the first DVD, I came in here and purchased 4 U2 songs. You think I am crazy. But I got 4 that I won't be able to get on CD, so it's okay. The first one is called "Sweetest Thing." The music video for that song was at the end of the Joshua Tree DVD I got, and it was, indeed, sweet. So I just had to buy the song. The other three are actually an EP called Exclusive. It's exclusively on iTunes, you see? And it's wonderful. It has an acoustic version of "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of," and live versions of "I Will Follow" and "Beautiful Day." Wonderful.


I guess that's all for now. Bye.