Running to Stand Still
Running to Stand Still

Author: Bearnárd O'Riain

Publisher: Jacana Media

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9781770090781

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A work of enduring love and self-reflection, this autobiography follows a troubled Irishman and his lifelong battle with inner demons. After a life of violence--including a warring family in his youth, enrollment in the Irish Republican Army, stints in prison, and spousal abuse--the author is finally forced to recognize these patterns of aggression and reevaluate his life. Aided by his loyal and loving wife, the author tells the story of his recovery and redemption through the discovery of the roots of his violence and provocation.

U2’s The Joshua Tree
U2’s The Joshua Tree

Author: Bradley Morgan

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-12-01

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1493061186

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U2 planted the seeds for The Joshua Tree during an existential journey through America. As Irishmen in the 1970s, the band grew up with the belief that America was a place of freedom and prosperity, a symbol of hope and a refuge for all people. However, global politics of the 1980s undermined that impression and fostered hypocritical policies that manipulated Americans and devastated people around the world. Originally conceived as "The Two Americas," The Joshua Tree was U2's critique of America. Rather than living up to the ideal that the country was "an idea that belongs to people who need it most," the band found that America sacrificed equality and justice for populism and fascism. This book explores the political, social, and cultural themes rooted in The Joshua Tree when it was originally released in 1987 and how those themes resonated as a response to the election of Donald Trump when U2 toured for the album's 30th anniversary. The author juxtaposes the band's existential journey through America with his own journey connecting with his Irish roots by becoming a citizen in the age of Trump and places U2's and The Joshua Tree's relevance in context with the current political climate.

U2: Song by Song
U2: Song by Song

Author: Aaron J. Sams

Publisher: Fonthill Media

Published: 2024-06-03

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13:

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U2 formed in 1976 when the drummer posted a note to the school bulletin board. Over forty years later, the band is still producing music and touring the world with the same line-up they have had ever since the 1970s. U2 have become one of the most successful rock bands of all time, releasing fourteen studio albums and over seventy singles. In this book, the reader is guided through each release, song by song, from the band's first album "Boy" (1980) until the single "Your Song Saved My Life" released in 2021. Everyone knows U2's biggest hits-songs like "With or Without You," "One," and "Beautiful Day"-but delve into all of the songs including B-sides, compilation tracks, and lesser-known album tracks. U2: Song by Song is a look at every song by the Irish rock group, written by a lifelong U2 fan. The book provides an examination of each track including the inspirations behind them and the impact that these songs have had on the world today. U2: Song by Song charts U2's rise to success, documenting chart positions, and awards given to each song.

25 Albums that Rocked the World
25 Albums that Rocked the World

Author: Chris Charlesworth

Publisher: Omnibus Press

Published: 2009-12-09

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0857120441

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From Elvis Presley's Sun Sessions to Radiohead's OK Computer, here is the very best of rock and pop music of the Twentieth Century. A consumer's critical guide to the music, enabling the reader to select the very best of an artist's repertoire before making a buying decision.

Running to Stand Still
Running to Stand Still

Author: Kimberly Reyes

Publisher: Omnidawn

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781632430724

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"This book is a dark, 21st-century fairytale set to music, short attentions spans, and long, shared familial memories. The narration takes place inside a Black, female body more attached to and comfortable with outside narratives, lyrics, stories, dreams, aspirational relationships, and images, than herself. Once she turns down the noise, she discovers boundaries, real and perceived, societal and self-imposed, and the horrific and wonderful things that can happen when they are breached"--