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...One of the world’s best-selling music artists in history, as well as the band with the most Grammy Awards (twenty-two), U2 is an Irish alternative rock band, rooted in post-punk, but eventually influenced by aspects of electronic music. Its...

—Windmill Lane Recording Studios (Ireland)

Robert Strachan

Robert Strachan

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Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume I : Media, Industry and Society

Continuum, 2003

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...Windmill Lane was opened in 1978 by studio engineer Brian Masterson. Situated in an art deco building in an industrial area south of Dublin’s city center, the studio has become Ireland’s best-known recording studio. Masterson’s professional...

Rocking around Watford

Robert Edgar

Robert Edgar is Associate Professor in the York Centre for Writing at York St. John University, UK. His publications include Screenwriting (2009), The Language of Film (2015), The Music Documentary: Acid Rock to Electropop (co-editor, 2013) and The Arena Concert (co-editor, 2015). Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Julia Evan Shelton

Julia Evan Shelton

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The Arena Concert : Music, Media and Mass Entertainment

Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

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...Preface The arena is a space in which amazing things can happen. The arena is a space transformed into an imagined environment where experiences form memories which in turn shape experience. It is easy to think that in attending the arena...

“In God’s Country”: Spatial Sacredness in U2

Michael R. MacLeod

Michael R. MacLeod

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Timothy Harvie

Timothy Harvie

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U2 and the Religious Impulse : Take Me Higher

Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

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...U2 has understood the development of their songwriting as being most poignant when something sacred occurs. Similarly, fans of their music often refer to a U2 concert in spiritual terms, where an average stadium is turned into a sacred...

“Looking to Fill That God-Shaped Hole”: The Evolution of U2’s Spiritually Evocative Musical Gestures

Christopher Endrinal

Christopher Endrinal

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U2 and the Religious Impulse : Take Me Higher

Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

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...This chapter analyzes a corpus of “celebratory songs,” tracks that can be interpreted as a commemoration of some aspect of U2’s spiritual faith. I identify a specific musical gesture (the “Motive”) present at salient moments in each...

Finding What They’re Looking For: Evangelical Teen Fans and Their Desire for U2 to Be a Christian Band

Neil R. Coulter

Neil R. Coulter

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U2 and the Religious Impulse : Take Me Higher

Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

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...As U2 rose to international superstardom in the 1980s, a segment of their fan base was especially drawn to their Christian faith. Because members of U2 tended to be cautious in their public affirmations of faith, fans were left...

U2 and the Art of Being Human

Mark Peters

Mark Peters

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U2 and the Religious Impulse : Take Me Higher

Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

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...A wealth of recent studies exploring the connections between U2 and Christian faith have unveiled rich insights into the relationship between U2 and religion, but they often seek to link U2’s lyrics too closely to particular Christian...

The “Moment of Surrender”: Medieval Mysticism in the Music of U2

Brenda Gardenour Walter

Brenda Gardenour Walter

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U2 and the Religious Impulse : Take Me Higher

Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

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...U2’s music can be a powerful spiritual experience, in part because of the haunting and transcendent nature of their unique sound, in part because of lyrics that speak of aporia and longing for an intangible wholeness. In their cathedral...

“You Don’t See Me But You Will”: Jewish Thought and U2

Naomi Dinnen

Naomi Dinnen

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U2 and the Religious Impulse : Take Me Higher

Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

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...Bono’s love of the Psalms and the incorporation of scriptural references into his lyrics is well-noted by now, and though U2’s work could profitably be analyzed through the lens of literary tradition, what makes a theological inquiry...

“Like Faith Needs a Doubt”: U2 and the Theist/Nontheist Dialogue

Angela Pancella

Angela Pancella

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U2 and the Religious Impulse : Take Me Higher

Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

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...An increasing number of people, particularly in the West, are identifying as agnostic, atheist, or humanist; they have a nontheistic worldview. As the culture becomes more diverse, there is a need for models of engagement where friendship...