This song title might as well be the tagline of my solitary, middle-aged existence and longing. But hey – we’ve got a blog to run here! I’m not about to crumble into some “woe is me” dirge and let that…
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I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (1987) – U2
Tagged with: daniel lanois, I still haven't found what I'm looking for, the edge, the joshua tree, U2
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
So Cruel (1991) – U2
I was recently reacquainted with So Cruel after years of not hearing it. During my late adolescence, it ranked among my favourite U2 songs, at a time when I enjoyed much of their work up until the Achtung Baby era.…
One (1991) – U2
[Bridge]You say love is a temple, love a higher lawLove is a temple, love the higher lawYou ask me to enter but then you make me crawlAnd I can’t be holding on to what you gotWhen all you got is…
All I Want is You (1988) – U2
All I Want is You was released in the era of U2 I enjoyed the most; namely between years 1987 and 1991 when the successive albums: The Joshua Tree, Rattle and Rum and Achtung Baby were produced. The last time…
The Telegram
A school-friend kindly sent me a telegram after I won at the Australian Schools Athletic championships, admitting I was good enough despite wearing cheap sneakers called ‘Trax‘. I still have the results of the event which show my Australian record just below Cathy Freeman who also…
Tagged with: All I want is you, Athletics, cathy freeman, Charles Bukowski, telegram, trax, U2, U2 All I want is you
Posted in Reflections, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Reflections, Sport and Adventure
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