4 STORIES
1983 · 80S
DERRY, UK
A martial snare, a chiming guitar figure, and a refusal: this is not a rebel song. With "Sunday Bloody Sunday," U2 took the most loaded poli…
1987 · 80S
A six-minute act of architectural longing, the opening track of The Joshua Tree begins not with a song but with a sustained sigh of synthesi…
1987 · 80S
A slow-burning anthem built on a single, hypnotic bass figure and a guitar that seems to bleed light, "With or Without You" arrived in 1987 …
1991 · 90S
A song often mistaken for a wedding hymn is, on closer listening, an argument between two people who can no longer pretend. Born during the …