U2 (grupa)

U2
U2
Osnovne informacije
Porijeklo	Dublin, Irska
Žanrovi	rock
Karijera	1976 do danas
Izdavači	Interscope Records (ranije Island Records)
Veb-sajt	u2.com
Članovi	Paul Hewson (Bono), Dave Evans (The Edge), Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen

U2 (bos. transkripcija: Jû tû) irska je rock-grupa. Čine je Bono (Paul Hewson), kao vokal, usna harmonika i povremeno gitara, The Edge (David Evans - gitara i klavijature, povremeno vokal i bas), Adam Clayton (basist) i Larry Mullen Jr. (bubnjar).

U2 je do danas prodao više od 150 miliona albuma, 6 puta imao br. 1 album u SAD-u i 9 br. 1 albuma u Britaniji. Osvojili su 22 Grammyja, najviše nakon Stevieja Wondera. U2 je jedna od najpopularnijih rock-grupa na svijetu još od 1980-ih. Grupa je politički aktivna, posebno u sferi ljudskih prava. Aktivisti su projekta Make Poverty History, a Bono je aktivist i organizacije "DATA" (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa - Državni dug, sida i trgovina u Africi).

U2 - Miss Sarajevo

1993. Bono prvi put posjećuje Sarajevo. Uz ono što je vidio i nadahnut dokumentarcem Miss Sarajevo Billa Cartera, Bono piše istoimenu pjesmu. U2 je uradio pjesmu sa Lucianom Pavarottijem, a premijerno je izvedena na jednom od humanitarnih koncerata Pavarotti i prijatelji 1995. u Modeni. Dokumentarac i pjesma šalju drugačiju poruku o okupiranom Sarajevu i životu u njemu. U2 je prvobitno izdao singl pod pseudonimom Passengers.

1997. grupa izbacuje album Pop. Iako je album u većem dijelu svijeta dobro prihvaćen, prodaja nije bila zadovoljavajuća, dostigavši tek jedno platinasto izdanje. Album je donio pjesme "Do You Feel Loved", "If God Will Send His Angels", "Last Night on Earth", te "Staring at the Sun".

Nakon albuma slijedi spektakularna turneja Popmart. Njen vrhunac bio je koncert u Sarajevu, a najupečatljivija stvar na koncertu punom emocija bila je pjesma Miss Sarajevo, gdje je Pavarottijev glas reproduciran sa starog gramofona. Bono u jednom trenutku na koncertu gubi glas, te je, nakon što je publika to primijetila, uslijedio nevjerovatan aplauz u znak podrške. Larry Mullen poslije je izjavio da je taj koncert vrijedio svih 20 godina njegovih nastupa, te da bi odradio još 20 za takav koncert. Bono je izjavio da mu se nikad nije desilo takvo što, te da bi vjerovatno u sličnim situacijama i s vidno oštećenim glasom bio izviždan, a ne nagrađen fanatičnim aplauzom.

Diskografija

1980 - Boy
1981 - October
1983 - War
1983 - Under A Blood Red Sky (Live)
1984 - The Unforgettable Fire
1987 - The Joshua Tree
1988 - Rattle and Hum
1991 - Achtung Baby
1993 - Zooropa
1995 - Original Soundtracks No. 1
1997 - Pop
2000 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
2004 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
2009 - No Line on the Horizon
2014 - Songs of Innocence
2017 - Songs of Experience
2023 - Songs of Surrender

Kampanje

U2 je poznat po humanitarnim akcijama skoro koliko i po svojoj muzici. Bono je posebno aktivan u kampanjama koje apeluju na pomoć nerazvijenim zemljama Afrike. Neke kampanje za poštovanje ljudskih prava u kojima je učestvovao U2 jesu:

Amnesty International
Greenpeace
African Well Fund
Support for Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi
DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa)
Chernobyl Children's Project
Jubilee Debt Campaign
The ONE Campaign

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p r u U2
Bono Adam Clayton The Edge Larry Mullen Jr. Dik Evans Ivan McCormick
Studijski albumi	Boy October War The Unforgettable Fire The Joshua Tree Rattle and Hum Achtung Baby Zooropa Pop All That You Can't Leave Behind How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb No Line on the Horizon Songs of Innocence Songs of Experience
Kompilacije i EP-ovi	Three Wide Awake in America Please: PopHeart Live EP The Best of 1980-1990 7 The Best of 1990-2000 Exclusive The Complete U2 Live from Under the Brooklyn Bridge U218 Singles Wide Awake in Europe
Ostali albumi	Under a Blood Red Sky Melon: Remixes for Propaganda Original Soundtracks 1 Hasta la Vista Baby! U2 Live from Mexico City Live from the Point Depot U2.COMmunication Zoo TV Live U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle Live from Paris Medium, Rare & Remastered Artificial Horizon Duals U22: A 22 Track Live Collection from U2360° From the Ground Up: Edge's Picks from U2360°
Filmovi	U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky The Unforgettable Fire Collection Rattle and Hum Achtung Baby: The Videos, the Cameos, and a Whole Lot of Interference from Zoo TV Zoo TV: Live from Sydney PopMart: Live from Mexico City Elevation 2001: U2 Live from Boston U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago Vertigo 05: Live from Milan U218 Videos Live from Paris U2 3D Linear U2 360° u Rose Bowlu From the Sky Down Innocence + Experience: Live in Paris
Turneje i koncerti	"U2-3" "Boy" "October" "War" "The Unforgettable Fire" Live Aid A Conspiracy of Hope "The Joshua Tree" "Lovetown" "Zoo TV" "PopMart" (koncert u Sarajevu) "Elevation" Šou u poluvremenu Super Bowla XXXVI "Vertigo" "U2 360°" Turneja "Innocence + Experience" Turneja "The Joshua Tree 2017" Turneja "Experience + Innocence"
Saradnici	Anton Corbijn Brian Eno Dik Evans Dave Fanning Flood Howie B Jimmy Iovine Daniel Lanois Steve Lillywhite Paul McGuinness Willie Williams
Povezani članci	Nagrade Diskografija Pjesme Obrade U2-ovih pjesama Koncertne turneje The Million Dollar Hotel (muzika za film) Mother Records AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered U2 by U2 U2 Tower

p r u Grammy za album godine
1959–1979.	The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini (1958) Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1959) The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart – Bob Newhart (1960) Judy at Carnegie Hall – Judy Garland (1961) The First Family – Vaughn Meader (1962) The Barbra Streisand Album – Barbra Streisand (1963) Getz/Gilberto – Stan Getz, João Gilberto (1964) September of My Years – Frank Sinatra (1965) A Man and His Music – Frank Sinatra (1966) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1967) By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell (1968) Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969) Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1970) Tapestry – Carole King (1971) The Concert for Bangladesh – razni izvođači (1972) Innervisions – Stevie Wonder (1973) Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1974) Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1975) Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1976) Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (1977) Saturday Night Fever – Bee Gees / Razni izvođači (1978) 52nd Street – Billy Joel (1979)
1980–1999.	Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross (1980) Double Fantasy – John Lennon i Yoko Ono (1981) Toto IV – Toto (1982) Thriller – Michael Jackson (1983) Can't Slow Down – Lionel Richie (1984) No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1985) Graceland – Paul Simon (1986) The Joshua Tree – U2 (1987) Faith – George Michael (1988) Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt (1989) Back on the Block – Quincy Jones i razni izvođači (1990) Unforgettable... with Love – Natalie Cole (1991) Unplugged – Eric Clapton (1992) The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston (1993) MTV Unplugged – Tony Bennett (1994) Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1995) Falling into You – Celine Dion (1996) Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (1997) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (1998) Supernatural – Santana (1999)
2000–2019.	Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (2000) O Brother, Where Art Thou? – razni izvođači (2001) Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2002) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast (2003) Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles i razni izvođači (2004) How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2 (2005) Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks (2006) River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock (2007) Raising Sand – Robert Plant i Alison Krauss (2008) Fearless – Taylor Swift (2009) The Suburbs – Arcade Fire (2010) 21 – Adele (2011) Babel – Mumford & Sons (2012) Random Access Memories – Daft Punk (2013) Morning Phase – Beck (2014) 1989 – Taylor Swift (2015) 25 – Adele (2016) 24K Magic – Bruno Mars (2017) Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves (2018) When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish (2019)
2020–2039.	Folklore – Taylor Swift (2020) We Are – Jon Batiste (2021) Harry's House – Harry Styles (2022) Midnights – Taylor Swift (2023)

p r u Grammy za najbolji rok-album
1990–e	Voodoo Lounge – The Rolling Stones (1994) Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1995) Sheryl Crow – Sheryl Crow (1996) Blue Moon Swamp – John Fogerty (1997) The Globe Sessions – Sheryl Crow (1998) Supernatural – Santana (1999)
2000-ite	There Is Nothing Left to Lose – Foo Fighters (2000) All That You Can't Leave Behind – U2 (2001) The Rising – Bruce Springsteen (2002) One by One – Foo Fighters (2003) American Idiot – Green Day (2004) How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2 (2005) Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006) Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace – Foo Fighters (2007) Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends – Coldplay (2008) 21st Century Breakdown – Green Day (2009)
2010-e	The Resistance – Muse (2010) Wasting Light – Foo Fighters (2011) El Camino – The Black Keys (2012) Celebration Day – Led Zeppelin (2013) Morning Phase – Beck (2014) Drones – Muse (2015) Tell Me I'm Pretty – Cage the Elephant (2016) A Deeper Understanding – The War on Drugs (2017) From the Fires – Greta Van Fleet (2018) Social Cues – Cage the Elephant (2019)
2020-e	The New Abnormal – The Strokes (2020) Medicine at Midnight – Foo Fighters (2021) Patient Number 9 – Ozzy Osbourne (2022) This Is Why – Paramore (2023)

p r u Grammy za najbolji album alternativne muzike
1990-e	I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got – Sinéad O'Connor (1990) Out of Time – R.E.M. (1991) Bone Machine – Tom Waits (1992) Zooropa – U2 (1993) Dookie – Green Day (1994) MTV Unplugged in New York – Nirvana (1995) Odelay – Beck (1996) OK Computer – Radiohead (1997) Hello Nasty – Beastie Boys (1998) Mutations – Beck (1999)
2000-ite	Kid A – Radiohead (2000) Parachutes – Coldplay (2001) A Rush of Blood to the Head – Coldplay (2002) Elephant – The White Stripes (2003) A Ghost Is Born – Wilco (2004) Get Behind Me Satan – The White Stripes (2005) St. Elsewhere – Gnarls Barkley (2006) Icky Thump – The White Stripes (2007) In Rainbows – Radiohead (2008) Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Phoenix (2009)
2010-e	Brothers – The Black Keys (2010) Bon Iver – Bon Iver (2011) Making Mirrors – Gotye (2012) Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire Weekend (2013) St. Vincent – St. Vincent (2014) Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes (2015) Blackstar – David Bowie (2016) Sleep Well Beast – The National (2017) Colors – Beck (2018) Father of the Bride – Vampire Weekend (2019)
2020-e	Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple (2020) Daddy's Home – St. Vincent (2021) Wet Leg – Wet Leg (2022) The Record – Boygenius (2023)

p r u Grammy za snimak godine
1959–1979.	"Nel blu, dipinto di blu" – Domenico Modugno (1958) "Mack the Knife" – Bobby Darin (1959) "Theme from A Summer Place" – Percy Faith (1960) "Moon River" – Henry Mancini (1961) "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" – Tony Bennett (1962) "Days of Wine and Roses" – Henry Mancini (1963) "The Girl from Ipanema" – Astrud Gilberto i Stan Getz (1964) "A Taste of Honey" – Herb Alpert i the Tijuana Brass (1965) "Strangers in the Night" – Frank Sinatra (1966) "Up, Up and Away" – The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, Ron Townson) (1967) "Mrs. Robinson" – Simon i Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1968) "Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In" – The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, Ron Townson) (1969) "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Simon i Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1970) "It's Too Late" – Carole King (1971) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Roberta Flack (1972) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Roberta Flack (1973) "I Honestly Love You" – Olivia Newton-John (1974) "Love Will Keep Us Together" – Captain i Tennille (Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille) (1975) "This Masquerade" – George Benson (1976) "Hotel California" – Eagles (Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Joe Walsh) (1977) "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (1978) "What a Fool Believes" – The Doobie Brothers (Jeffrey Baxter, John Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Tiran Porter, Patrick Simmons) (1979)
1980−1999.	"Sailing" – Christopher Cross (1980) "Bette Davis Eyes" – Kim Carnes (1981) "Rosanna" – Toto (David Hungate, Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Porcaro) (1982) "Beat It" – Michael Jackson (1983) "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Tina Turner (1984) "We Are the World" – USA for Africa (1985) "Higher Love" – Steve Winwood (1986) "Graceland" – Paul Simon (1987) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (1988) "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Bette Midler (1989) "Another Day in Paradise" – Phil Collins (1990) "Unforgettable" – Natalie Cole s Natom Kingom Coleom (1991) "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton (1992) "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston (1993) "All I Wanna Do" – Sheryl Crow (1994) "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (1995) "Change the World" – Eric Clapton (1996) "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin (1997) "My Heart Will Go On" – Celine Dion (1998) "Smooth" – Santana (Rodney Holmes, Tony Lindsay, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow, Benny Rietveld, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson) i Rob Thomas (1999)
2000−2019.	"Beautiful Day" – U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2000) "Walk On" – U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2001) "Don't Know Why" – Norah Jones (2002) "Clocks" – Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion, Phil Harvey, Chris Martin) (2003) "Here We Go Again" – Ray Charles i Norah Jones (2004) "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Frank Edwin Wright III) (2005) "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Dixie Chicks (Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison) (2006) "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (2007) "Please Read the Letter" – Alison Krauss i Robert Plant (2008) "Use Somebody" – Kings of Leon (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill) (2009) "Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum (Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood) (2010) "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele (2011) "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye i Kimbra (2012) "Get Lucky" – Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo) i Pharrell Williams i Nile Rodgers (2013) "Stay with Me" (Darkchildova verzija) – Sam Smith (2014) "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson i Bruno Mars (2015) "Hello" – Adele (2016) "24K Magic" – Bruno Mars (2017) "This Is America" – Childish Gambino (2018) "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish (2019)
2020−2039.	"Everything I Wanted" – Billie Eilish (2020) "Leave the Door Open" – Silk Sonic (2021) "About Damn Time" – Lizzo (2022) "Flowers" – Miley Cyrus (2023)