Zooropa时期的U2已经换了芯，所有U2的铁杆都是从80年代听过来的。。。
说起U2在1980年代的名曲可以说多的 数不过来，这次介绍的是一首稍微名气差点的，来自《The Unforgettable Fire》专辑的同名单曲。甚至在此后U2都很少这么气势磅礴睥睨当世一时无两的作品。
The Unforgettable Fire
by U2
Ice
Your only rivers run cold
These city lights
They shine as silver and gold
Dug from the night
Your eyes as black as coal
Walk on by
Walk on through
Walk ’til you run
And don’t look back
For here I am
Carnival
The wheels fly and the colors spin
Through alcohol
Red wine that punctures the skin
Face to face
In a dry and waterless place
Walk on by
Walk on through
So sad to beseige your love so head on
Stay this time
Stay tonight in a lie
I’m only asking but I…
I think you know
Come on take me away
Come on take me away
Come on take me home
Home again
And if the mountain should crumble
Or disappear into the sea
Not a tear, no not I
Stay in this time
Stay tonight in a lie
Ever after, this love in time
And if you save your love
Save it all
Don’t push me too far
Don’t push me too far
Tonight
Tonight
Tonight…
这张专辑里还有我喜欢的另外一首歌《Pride(In The Name Of Love)》。一看就知道这首歌是献给U2一贯尊敬的Martin Luther King Jr.的。这首歌有着浓重的人文气氛，”Free at last, they took your life, They could not take your pride”成了赞歌的标志语言。
Pride (In the Name of Love)
by U2
One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come, he to justify
One man to overthrow
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed on an empty beach.
One man betrayed with a kiss
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
(nobody like you…)
Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love…
U2的作品经常被和《圣经》联系在一期，他们很多作品中有着很深的宗教意识和理念，例如《Achtung Baby》中那首经典的《One》，但是这些情结都来自下面这首早期的圣歌《Gloria》（来自专辑乐队第二张专辑《October》），这里说的是“以U2的方式爱上帝”。
Gloria
by U2
I try to sing this song
I…I try to stand up
But I can’t find my feet
I try, I try to speak up
But only in you I’m complete
Gloria…in te domine
Gloria…exultate
Gloria…Gloria
Oh Lord, loosen my lips
I try to sing this song
I…I try to get in
But I can’t find the door
The door is open
You’re standing there
You let me in
Gloria…in te domine
Gloria…exultate
Oh Lord, if I had anything
Anything at all
I’d give it to you
I’d give it to you
Gloria…Gloria…
Bonus
Angel of Harlem
by U2
It was a cold and wet December day
When we touched the ground at JFK
Snow was melting on the ground
On BLS I heard the sound
Of an angel
New York, like a Christmas tree
Tonight this city belongs to me
Angel
Soul love…this love won’t let me go
So long…Angel of Harlem
Birdland on fifty-three
The street sounds like a symphony
We got John Coltrane and a love supreme
Miles says she’s got to be an angel
Lady Day got diamond eyes
She sees the truth behind the lies
Angel
Soul love…this love won’t let me go
So long…Angel of Harlem
Angel of Harlem
She says it’s heart…heart and soul…
Yeah yeah…(yeah)
Yeah yeah…(right now)
Blue light on the avenue
God knows they got to you
An empty glass, the lady sings
Eyes swollen like a bee sting
Blinded you lost your way
Through the side streets and the alleyway
Like a star exploding in the night
Falling to the city in broad daylight
An angel in Devil’s shoes
Salvation in the blues
You never looked like an angel
Yeah yeah…Angel of Harlem
Angel…Angel of Harlem…
这是U2在美国进行Joshua Tree巡演时出的现场专辑《Rattle & Hum》中的一曲，其内容自然是专门的加入了不少的美国味道，不过我喜欢它的节奏感。