LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 28, 2019…IT WAS 1983 AND U2 RELEASED IT’S
THIRD STUDIO ALBUM ‘WAR’. THE RECORD BECAME THE GROUP’S FIRST #1 ALBUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, KNOCKING ‘THRILLER’ OUT OF THE TOP SPOT. ‘WAR’ WAS U2’S FIRST OVERTLY POLITICAL ALBUM.
THE SONG NEWS YEARS DAY BY U2 WAS THE FIRST VIDEO FROM THE BAND TO GET HUGE AIRPLAY ON MTV ( REMEMBER WHEN MTV PLAYED VIDEOS)
ON THE VIDEO, YOU SEE WHAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE THE BAND RIDING HORSES. IT’S ACTUALLY 4 TEENAGED GIRLS DRESSED IN WINTER CLOTHES DOUBLING FOR U2. THE GUYS IN U2 WEREN’T EXPERIENCED RIDERS, AND BEING THE BAND WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TOUR PROMOTING THE ALBUM, IT WAS DEEMED NOT WORTH THE RISK TO PUT THEM ON HORSES.
A LITTLE TRIVIA, THE BOY ON THE COVER OF THE ALBUM IS PETER ROWEN. PETER WAS THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF BONO’S FRIEND GUGGI FROM THE BAND ‘THE VIRGIN PRUNES’.
HERE’S A GREAT ARTICLE ON WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE NOW
ultimateclassicrock.com/see-u2s-boy-cover-model-all-grown-up/
