LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 1, 2018…ON THIS DATE IN 1984 U2 RELEASED THE CD ‘THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE.’ THIS RECORD IS CONSIDERED A LANDMARK ALBUM FOR THE GROUP AND WAS RELEASE 35 YEARS AGO TODAY. ‘THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE’ STARTED A RUN FOR U2 OF NINE STRAIGHT ALBUMS THAT WOULD GO AT LEAST PLATINUM. THE HUGE SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM WAS ‘PRIDE(IN THE NAME OF LOVE).’ THIS WAS THE GROUP’S FIRST TOP 40 HIT IN AMERICA. THE SONG IS A TRIBUTE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. THE BAND WAS INSPIRED TO WRITE THE SONG AFTER A TRIP TO THE CHICAGO PEACE MUSEUM IN 1983 AND VIEWING AN EXHIBIT DEDICATED TO KING. AT THE SAME CHICAGO MUSUEM THE ALSO SAW A DISPLAY ABOUT THE VICTIMS OF THE HIROSHIMA BOMBING CALLED ‘THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE,” WHICH INSPIRED THE SONG AND PROVIDED THE TITLE OF THE ALBUM.
FROM ‘THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE’. HERE’S U2 WITH PRIDE(IN THE NAME OF LOVE)’
