Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2!
- I remember back in 1984, I started to really like Depeche Mode & I was going with my band mate to buy a drum machine from a guy at our school....
( we were 14 years old, and had been starting our band playing "Judas Priest" songs(!!), but now we were fascinated by the new synth wave..)
We were on our way to get the drum machine, but stopped by at a another friends house first, and he put in a VHS with U2- Live at red rocks, and the performance & song was Sunday bloody Sunday...
I was stunned!!!
I cant explain it, but that song & that performance was just..... amazing, and I asked him to play it to me over & over again, at least 20 times...
The Drum intro was fantastic, and the guitar riff was magical!!!
I told my friend to forget about the drum machine, and buy a bass guitar instead, and we were "back" playing rock music...he, he...
But I must say that when I was very young in the early 70´s, I remember i heard a song that sounded "Fantastic", And It grabbed me in a similar way i guess...
-That song was Help!, with The Beatles!
I still think to this day that its the best " under 3 minutes", pop song ever written..
KK