After 40 Years, U2 Is Still Huge. Why?

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The New York Times

Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Music

3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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A conversation about the band’s 14th album, “Songs of Experience,” and its ongoing quest for bigness.

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0:00.0	When you look so good, you're painting your face doesn't show.
0:06.0	Welcome to the New York Times podcast, your band of unruly and totally not representative
0:11.5	accolades of music,
0:13.0	news and criticism.
0:14.8	I'm your host, John Caramonica.
0:16.5	When the world is ours,
0:19.2	that the world is not your kind of thing. No, that is. You're not you can't for me.
0:23.0	No, that is, you're the best thing about me.
0:28.0	You two.
0:30.0	They have a new record, It's called Songs of Experience.
0:34.8	That is a song of Experience.
0:38.4	Sort of.
0:40.3	Anyway.
0:41.3	And you know if we're talking about you too, excuse me.
0:43.0	And you know if we're talking about you too, you know John Varellis,
0:46.0	Chief Pop Music Critic in the New York Times,
0:48.0	is in the building. Hey John.
0:50.0	Okay, so J.P. you double dipped on this YouTube project.
0:53.3	Yeah, okay, that's okay. I'm all in favor.
0:57.2	Okay, so let's map out what's happening.
1:00.2	Songs of Experience came out. It comes out today, if you're downloading this on the day of release this Friday.
1:05.0	But they've been working on this project for quite some time.
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