U2 At The End Of The World Book | U2: At the END of the WORLD

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	• U2: At the END of the WORLD Bill Flanagan Delacorte Press, 1995 - 536 pages average customer review:based on 75 reviews
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highly recommended

Outstanding

An outstanding work of rock journalism. This is far from a starry-eyed fanboy tribute -- Flanagan is one of the most intellectually gifted rock critics out there, and here he turns his intellect on travel, music, pop culture, his own foibles, and, of course, U2 and their art.

Flanagan, one of the first American journalists to champion U2, is a confidant of the band, but it doesn't stop him from critically appraising their work. The book starts with U2 taking the last flight into East Germany before reunification, and follows the band all the way through the writing of Achtung Baby, Zooropa, and the tour that surrounded the two albums. It's probably U2's most creatively active period, and it's our good fortune that a writer of Flanagan's calibre tagged along for the ride. A must-read if you're at all interested in U2.

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U2 At The End Of The World Book

Brought as a present for the wife she hasn't complained must be alright as she is a big U2 fan

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thisbook is perfect if you want to know everyting about U2
I really love it !

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U2 and the Media

1992 was an interesting year for re-examination of the media. Both U2's ZOO TV tour and the documentary "Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media" emerged during this time. I was lucky enough to see both in the same year, though as a high school sophomore in '92, I would have hardly thought to compare the two projects. I was engrossed in all things U2 from 1992 through '97, and afterwards thought them square, pompous and boring. On the other hand, "Manufacturing Consent" grew to effect my life more with each passing year. While Chomsky took a decidedly intellectual path in studying how media propaganda is effective in manipulating, I've come to see U2's ZOO TV as being an artistically challenging model for exposing the modern media mechanism, as well. What Bill Flanagan's book does is show just how earnest they were in making people think, making the whole industry seem fickle, and discovering new ways to get their own humanitarian issues across.

This book is a fascinating ride through U2's personal journey, as they encounter people, places and political events that draw their attention at the dawn of the digital age. By the end of this book, I'd wished Flanagan had continued to write about U2 up through their "POP" album. It made a lot of sense that U2 would find the need to go anonymous with the Passengers project in '95. Even more interesting is the carnal/plastic reveling of "POP." After having read this book, I recently went back and re-read all the lyrics to that album. While teetering on the edge of their faith throughout the ZOO TV era, on "POP," U2 get as close to nihilism as one can before begging for meaning at the end of the album.

This is essential reading for anyone interested in how the music of the 1990s developed. The general public burned out on U2 by the late '90s, and the youth moved on, making them more a band for the aging generations. But here is a reminder of a band at the top of their game, confounding their onlookers, not through gimmick, but through earnest soul-searching.

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Journeys

This book is one of the few really great rock biographies. It does a great job of chronicling the band's past by giving a distilled view of their present, in both personal lives, internal processes, and musical career. All of that is the essence of the music of U2, and the legacy their music has created. Flanagan does them a great service in this bio, but also himself, for presenting them so well and staying out of the way. Well, mostly. His humor about touring with them is fairly expressive...

A backstage account of U2's 1991 world tour records the highlights of the highly popular rock group's travels, including a duet between lead singer Bono and Frank Sinatra, and the members' thoughts and feelings along the way. 60,000 first printing. $60,000 ad/promo.

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