The U2 Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Two U2 fans review all of the band's output, beginning with their studio albums: Boy, October, War, The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, 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 and Songs of Experience.
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In the final episode of the season, Jonny, Tobi and Tyler fight back the emotion to discuss the final The Beatle's album, Let it be.Enjoyed the journey? Get in touch and let us know your thoughts.
A Year in the Life strikes 11! I'm the penultimate episode, Jonny and Tyler (and Tobi) take eachother and The Beatles to task over songs, lyrics and setlists. How will this classic album, 'Abbey Road' fare?
Tyler and Jonny take a frustrating and blissful trip through The Beatles (aka The White Album). Enjoy Part 1 (it's massive) and stay tuned for Part 2.
The wait is over. Jonny and Tyler finally break the chains and liberate Captive from the RevU2 holding bay. But will this largely ignored, cult film and OST live up to expectations?
Jonny and Tyler bring you their review of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
This week on #AYITL, A Year in the Life, the latest podcast from the RevU2 podcast it's summer, the sun is shining and Jonny and Tyler are ready for the next Beatle's album. Relax and float downstream with Tyler and Jonny as they circumnavigate Revolver.
The RevU2 boys cover Beatlemania, Jesus and cowbells as they review ‘A Hard Day’s Night’.
RevU2 hosts, Tyler and Jonny, set out on their magical mystery tour through the Beatles' back catalogue, starting with the fab four's charming, rough n' ready debut, 'Please Please Me'.
In this episode Jonny and Tyler return to close out 2023 and discuss U2's latest song, 'Atomic City', U2's new show 'U2 UV Achtung Baby Live at The Sphere' and Larry Mullen's future with the band.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 podcast, Jonny and Tyler complete their sonic sojourn with Songs of Surrender and the final disc: Bono.
This week on The U2 Podcast, Jonny and Tyler continue their tantalising trek through Songs of Surrender with Adam's disc.
This week on RevU2 - U2 Podcast, Jonny and Tyler continue their audio odyssey through Songs of Surrender with Larry's disc.
Jonny and Tyler begin their epic journey across the 40 "reimagined" songs from Songs of Surrender, giving a broad overview and then getting stuck into The Edge's opening disc.
This time Tyler and Jonny compare notes on Bono's weighty autobiographical tome: Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.
This time on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Jonny and Tyler finally arrive at Glastonbury 2011. Asking all the important questions as usual, What's up with the Bono's shoes? Why is Adam Clayton a chocolate bar? All this and much, much more.
Get those spurs shined for Jonny and Tyler's review of their Southern majesties, Kings of Leon, and their fourth (arguably most U2-ish) album: Only by the Night.
This time Tyler and Jonny review Danish band Mew's 4th studio album, the epic, starry and broodingly dark, "And the Glass Handed Kites".
The special Manchester, Low Four studios gig mentioned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4vuyDGoYFc
TUML's Britpop pilgrimage reaches its end as Jonny and Tyler return to their hometown of Wigan. Pray silence please for The Verve and their 1997 smash, Urban Hymns.
Jonny and Tyler take a stroll round the corner and review Burnage and Manchester legends, Oasis and their hit-laden 90s classic, (What's the Story) Morning Glory.
Don't Look Back in Anger being sung by the crowd in Manchester city centre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeyXgpn6mBk
Noel Gallagher, Copycat or Genius? https://youtu.be/ZMKwP2Rd-2s
Tyler and Jonny flippity flop into their big suits and take a trip to the 80s for Talking Heads' sensational concert film: Stop Making Sense.
Fancy comparing studio and live versions of the concert? Here you go: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2wmEpE0nIuT6b5U6QRKzoV
Want to hear all of RevU2's favourite tracks from every TUML review so far? Neil has kindly put them together here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ENQ6oDsElge1WbaRl7eSk?si=mMBktbmPRduW4y1emiQ6aQ&nd=1
RevU2 returns with the always interesting, often inspirational and certainly inimitable, Peter Gabriel. The episode marks new territory as Jonny and Tyler discuss coolness, influence and, of course, gated drums. Join us and 'Melt'.
Break out!...and join the RevU2 boys for a hard rock classic, featuring Adam Clayton's call to Phil Lynott, Slane nightmares and an absolute cracker of a rock album from Thin Lizzy: Jailbreak.
BBC Legends Documentary: Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcI3AyMJxkE
Saddle up for another season of TUML (A RevU2 Podcast), starting out with the mold-breaking 'Horses' by Patti Smith. We discuss the many U2/Smith connections and then go track by track through the 1975 classic.
Apologies for Jonny's terrible audio - this will be rectified in future eps.
Tyler and Jonny round off this challenging year with a jam-packed Christmas Special of RevU2 - The U2 Podcast, by exchanging gifts, answering your questions and a couple of festive drinks (or more than a couple in Tyler's case). With special celebrity appearances from rock and actual royalty, who could resist this opportunity to raise a glass to 2020 then firmly kick its arse out the door?
Link to our conversation with Jeff Morton: https://bit.ly/38sZdkq
This time on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast Tyler and Jonny rev up the trabants and return to the 90s for a look at Davis Guggenheim's rockumentary, From the Sky Down. Will the band implode or re-invent? Will they escape the shadow of the Joshua Tree? Will Brian Eno ever get away from interior decorators?
This time on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Tyler and Jonny fly back to the early 00s and check out the remastered 4K videos from All That You Can't Leave Behind, featuring Beautiful Day, Stuck In A Moment, Elevation, Walk On and even The Ground Beneath Her Feet.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeHGqlO5S6wuvK1m_TQrHrg/featured
This Week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Jonny, Tyler and a returning friend chew over U2's momentous homecoming gig at Slane Castle, a gig marked by grief, tribalism and an acute demand for tickets. This is our first live-show episode for a while; we hope you liiike itttt!
Special thanks to twitter users: Graham (@joshthetree)Mark(@iamjurassicmark)and Joel (@McDonnellJoel) for their excellent U2-Detective skills.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast...In a RevU2 first, Tyler and Jonny review three of U2's music videos from Songs of Experience, each created with or by the superbly-talented Broken Fingaz Crew.
Let us know which music videos you'd most like us to discuss in future via all the usual links at the end of the show.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast Tyler and Jonny book in for a brief (well, nearly 2 hour) stay at the Million Dollar Hotel, reviewing the movie itself and the soundtrack from U2 et al.
DISCLAIMER: This episode was recorded prior to the second Greater Manchester lockdown and the unfortunate cancellation of the Welcome to the North Side festival (so Tyler isn't off to Dublin as mentioned here).
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Jonny and Tyler ask where has the time gone and answer your second batch of questions. Thanks to all our listeners, long-time and just-arrived.
Jonny and Tyler pay their respects to one of the strongest debuts of the 2000s and discuss the ever-crossing paths of U2 and Arcade Fire.
Tyler's pick this time is James - no, not one of their 90s classics, but the more recent (and nonetheless catchy) La Petit Mort. With a sceptical Jonny and few U2 links to speak off, how will RevU2 fare? Sit down and have a listen...
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... We sift through Bono's letters and discuss our thoughts on his 60 song selections, before ending by reading our own messages to Mr Vox himself.
Get down on your knees for Songs of Faith and Devotion, an album by one of U2's most consistently compared peers, the mighty Depeche Mode.
And because Jonny and Tyler were so perplexed, here's how to pronounce 'uilleann' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKtgnxa_Pig
Tyler and Jonny continue their robot-rock odyssey with Random Access Memories by Daft Punk.
Eins, zwei, drei, vier! It's time to crank up the voltage on The Man Machine by Kraftwerk.
This week on RevU2 - U2 Podcast... Tyler and Jonny record their first separate location pod, answering your questions to bring a little joy during lockdown. Apologies if we didn't get to your question - there may well be another round!
Jonny and Tyler roll the dice on Las Vegas's finest: The Killers and their scorching debut album. Come and see what all the fuss is about...
Jonny and Tyler take a trip down under once again to review The Brink by The Jezabels. Do take the time to check 'em out here and elsewhere:
The Jezabels - Time To Dance (Live at Music Feeds Studio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swFs4FL9D58 The Jezabels - 'Look of Love' (live for Like A Version) https://youtu.be/m2dCJGmjCpI The Jezabels "City Girl" LIVE Studio Session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fvzJA-Hcgg
Jonny and Tyler sit down with sensational U2Baby just before their gig at the Woodley Arms, Stockport. Expect a mixture of live and pre-recorded snippets from the band during our conversation, in which we cover setlists, guitar geekery and replicating the feeling of genuine U2 gig. Thanks again to the guys.
http://www.theu2tributeuk.com/ N.B. Please listen in full stereo for maximum audio quality.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Tyler and Jonny catch up to briefly mull over the release of 'Ahimsa' and Tyler's trip to Seoul.
Jonny and Tyler return for another excitingly ill-informed season of TUML (Then U Might Like). This time we're diving into the most requested of U2's contemporaries, Simple Minds, and their cinematic, bassline-infused and all-round dazzler: New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84).
Tyler and Jonny take on another of U2's enduring influences with The Clash's raucous and vital self-titled debut.
With apologies that Jonny says Tommy Ramone (i.e. Thomas Erdelyi) was Bulgarian-American when he actually Hungarian-American.
Jonny and Tyler play with madness as they consider Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album. Can Tyler decipher the story hidden deep within this concept album? Can Jonny be converted into a metal head or even an Ed Head? All this and the usual amount of bickering and truly terrible impressions guaranteed in Episode 4 of RevU2's TUML.
Then U Might Like continues with a trip to 1987 as REVU2 discuss Australia's INXS and their seminal sixth album KICK.
Jonny and Tyler are back with another musical journey. Diving deep into bands and albums that were influential to, influenced by or a contemporary of U2. Episode 2 see's REVU2 take on Scottish band Travis with their third album 'The Invisible Band.'
Jonny and Tyler are back with another musical journey. Diving deep into bands and albums that were influential, influenced by or a contemporary of U2. First up is Coldpay's debut album Parachutes.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Tyler's short but juicy interview with Adam from the Irish Rock 'N' Roll Museum Experience.
This time: - Tyler finds out about Larry’s canine situation. - We hear about the make or break situation of recording War. - And we discover why Larry had no dialogue on The Simpsons.
Check out the fantastic museum here: https://irishrocknrollmuseum.com/
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... We finally get to experience the latest tour and share our thoughts. This week:
- U2 bare all without the protective shade of a certain tree
- there are welcome returns and unexpected deep cuts
- Jonny and Tyler take you through two nights of Manchester greatness
This time on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... A little teaser for our upcoming review of the eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour. As featured on U2.com
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... RevU2 returns with a few stringray guitar riffs and a couple of pages from the book of your heart. This week: - RevU2 returns to Songs of Innocence and Experience for a reappraisal - Bono and gang pull out the stops to deliver substantial bonus material - And Jonny and Tyler fume at the lack of mainstream appreciation for certain singles
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... RevU2's first film review and it's the level of quality you've come to expect and cherish. This week: - Will Bono be gunned down by an old friend? - Will Shook Up! make it big? - And will Tyler and Jonny get basic details about the band's history correct?
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... We’re back with a brand new RevU2 episode…or should that be RevU-Passengers? Revassengers? It’s all gone a bit experimental tbh…
This time: - We hear your 3-word summaries of Original Soundtracks 1. - U2 and a few other passengers score films that mostly don’t exist (or make much sense). - And Jonny and Tyler repeatedly butt heads over Eno's role and manage to drag out the review to epic lengths with bonus Hobbit and Friends digressions!).
This week On RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Jonny and Tyler finally arrive at Experience (Part Two; The Showman to 13) with all the disagreements, discussion and diabolical links you've come to expect.
This week: - U2 face down fear, hate and immortality - We put Tyler's Best Thing theory to the test then hear your thoughts on the new album - And finally, Tyler receives an unexpected surprise
This week On RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Jonny and Tyler finally arrived at Experience and it's a two part classic with all the disagreements, discussion and diabolical links you've come to expect. In Part one we discuss the U2's journey to Experience from Innocence and review part one of Songs of Experience; 'Love Is All We Have Left' to 'Red Flag Day.'
Run for cover! RevU2 - The U2 Podcast returns for a bonus episode, reviewing AHK-toong BAY-bi (Covered).
This time: - Twelve artists have a crack at covering one of U2’s most highly regarded albums. - We hear your thoughts via Twitter on covers of U2 songs. - And Jonny and Tyler apologise in advance for criticising bands they know even less about than the lads from Dublin.
A link for the cover album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZvgIhawBF4&list=PL5Hu9G86A9xeGEThMlZ5-bV_ELMvtFuJS
A link to December’s SoundCloud for some excellent music/covers. https://soundcloud.com/december-12
Hello, hello and welcome to our Top Tens episode.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - Jonny and Tyler reel off their favourite U2 albums and songs. - Tyler reveals his ideal stage while Jonny dreams up his perfect setlist. - And RevU2 looks back over a busy year and ahead to Songs of Experience.
Bonsoir and welcome to the Innocence and Experience tour, live from Paris (and London).
This week on REVU2 - The U2 Podcast: - U2 make a defiant return to Paris in a charged atmosphere and give up their stage to special guests. - Jonny and Tyler enjoy a tight, narrative-based show and cringe as fans flood the stage. - We reflect on our U2 live journey and how the band has evolved from innocence to experience.
“Honey, I’m home!” – welcome to the 360 Tour, Live from Pasadena (and Sheffield).
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - The Dublin boys get themselves in a spin after Bono gains inspiration from cutlery. - U2 smash various records with an ambitious tour and an insane stage. - And Jonny and Tyler are each treated to their favourite songs live.
Hello, hello! We’re at a place called Chicago!
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - The evolution of the Elevation tour hits the road in dizzying red and black. - Jonny and Tyler recount their memories of their first U2 gig in Manchester. - And RevU2 launches the ‘Find Gareth’ appeal!
Apologies for getting Gavin Taylor (and anyone else's) name wrong yet again.
El – ah – vay – shun! RevU2 gets back to basics with the Boston Live DVD.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - U2 strip back (most) of their postmodern trappings to reveal the true heart beneath. - The band struggles with personal and later global tragedy. - Jonny and Tyler fail to get beyond ‘definitive’ in their descriptions of the show.
Boom-cha! and welcome to PopMart, Live from Mexico City.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - Late 90s U2 inhabit rock n’ roll at its most fanciful and cartoonish (quite literally at one point!). - Tyler gives us the inside track on LED technology and turns the air blue. - And Jonny bangs on about guitars even more than usual.
RevU2’s first live episode is here and it’s a big one! The first part documents our trip to Twickenham with interviews from U2 fans and a few clips from the band. The actual review commences around 42 minutes in. Thanks again to everyone we met and the amazing crowd on the day.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - U2 fans, both domestic and international, give us their hopes and predictions for the show. - We find out how many of our Joshua Tree expectations were fulfilled. - And Jonny and Vinny read American poetry while Tyler has a unique full-body reaction to his favourite song.
A video "unboxing" of the stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzZIT2_85n4
N.B. We got some of our details about U2’s Doppelgangers mixed up this week but have edited out the blunders and will clarify things next time. Check out U2sdoppelgangers.weebly.com for more info.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast tunes into ZooTV via an electric transmission from Sydney:
- U2 dream it all up again and return with an entire TV station in tow.
- Jonny and Tyler consider the legacy of ZooTV on acts as diverse as Lady Gaga, Rammstein and Arcade Fire.
- And Tyler reveals which of Bono’s many costumes he has donned for halloween.
RevU2 - The U2 Podcast trips back into town with The Joshua Tree and Lovetown tours, focusing on the Live in Paris DVD performance.
This week: - The Joshua Tree comes to Paris sans one of the album’s best tracks. - Bono is elevated (quite literally) by an enthusiastic fan. - Jonny and Tyler talk bad cover versions, minimal stage design and brave fashion choices.
RevU2 - The U2 Podcast blazes on with The Unforgettable Fire tour.
This week: - RevU2 travel back to 1984 for an unforgettable evening in Dortmund. - Following a change of musical direction and top 5 hits, U2 face their critics. - Jonny and Tyler tie up the loose ends of Live Aid, Wide Awake “in America” and the Conspiracy of Hope tour.
Live from Dortmund: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDAwptDxlBo
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Jonny and Tyler brave the elements to review U2’s landmark live album, Under A Blood Red Sky.
This week: - U2 gamble their future on a high stakes show. - Bono makes some questionable fashion choices while the rain beats down. - And we find out whether Jonny or Tyler have cashed in their magical concert ticket yet.
Season 4 arrives on the scene with ‘Another Time, Another Place: The Marquee Club, 1980’ and a general chat about U2’s early performances.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - Jonny and Tyler consider U2’s landmark London gig. - An adventurous young Bono pulls a dangerous stunt at the US festival. - And RevU2 talks band names, walkouts, Christianity and dodgy stage attire.
RevU2 drops by for another brief bonus episode, in which Tyler and Jonny focus on U2 releases in April 2017.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - Jonny and Tyler discuss XXX (not the Vin Diesel film). - The Dublin lads return to Red Hill. - And Tyler gives us his Record Store Day anecdote featuring: pancakes, orders gone awry and questionable packaging.
RevU2 - The U2 Podcast swings back into town for an out-of-season bonus episode, in which Tyler and Jonny untangle the soundtrack for Spider-man, Turn Off The Dark!
This time: - Bono and Edge get caught like flies in an unholy mess of a musical. - RevU2 try (and fail) to distinguish rock songs from musical songs. - And we find out precisely what Steve Lillywhite has been up to in KFCs in Indonesia.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... The 30th Anniversary Joshua Tree tour, the 20th Anniversary of Pop, expectations about Songs of Experience and the rest of 2017. Jonny and Tyler discuss everything from what they expect Bono and the band to wear to how they would compile this year's setlist.
In what is shaping up to be a game changing year in the career of U2, RevU2 give their two cents on what we should and should not expect.
RevU2 - The U2 Podcast reaches the end their B-sides odyssey with the Best Of that might have been.
This week: -U218, Green Day and Rick Rubin are each given a stern appraisal. -Jonny is merciful while Tyler goes crazy for remixes. -And finally, is there hope on the horizon for re-buffed Boots?
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - U2 continue to make questionable choices about B-sides. - Other modes of fruit-based transport are considered. - And Jonny and Tyler just about struggle through a maze of remixes.
RevU2 - The U2 Podcast begins a sequence of B-sides reviews with the second CD from U2's 1980 – 1990 Best Of.
In which: -The Dublin boys take a swing at some classic cover versions. -RevU2 celebrates the unknown and oft neglected of U2’s back catalogue. -Jonny and Tyler spend a heartbroken evening at a certain hotel.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Season 3 kicks off in earnest with RevU2's long-awaited (and just plain long) review of Songs of Innocence.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... An introduction to our long and long-awaited review of U2's Songs of Innocence. The track by track review will follow. Why was Bono lucky to see the album's release? How did The Edge, Larry and Adam cope without their singer? How did No Line On The Horizon affect the bands mindset? All this and more in Episode 13 of RevU2 - The U2 Podcast...
RevU2 - The U2 Podcast returns for a one-off Christmas special!
This week: - RevU2 discusses the band's most festive moments. - Jonny sets out his 3 suggestions for better Christmas listening. - And Tyler gets a surprise at the end of the show.
N.B. Jonny is sorry for getting Betty's name wrong.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... we’re buckling up our boots for No Line On The Horizon!
- U2 decamp to Fez and attempt to soak up some Moroccan vibes.
- Producers come and go as fans wait with baited breath (or should that be Breathe?).
- And things get meta as there are audio issues for both U2 and RevU2.
N.B. Since recording Jonny has realised that a certain song is two minutes shorter than he originally stated, though he maintains that this speaks volumes about said song.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Jonny and Tyler are back to review U2's 11th studio album, 'How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.' On this week's show: - How much have the band aged? - What could be better than the smell of a new born baby's head? - And Jonny once again resurrects jokes from episode one!
The 00s take off with All That You Can’t Leave Behind
This week: - U2 shed the irony and return with at least half an album of classic songs. - The album acquires deeper resonance as a violent decade begins to unfold. - And there are mistaken lyrics a plenty as hearing aids are contemplated.
This is the way the 90s end, not with a bang but a POP!
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - U2 vies with young talent and a fresh music scene. - The band smuggle tough theological theories inside a postmodern pop package. - And Jonny and Tyler ask the listeners for help with a long, long disputed lyric.
Season 2’s sensory odyssey continues with Zooropa.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: -The Irish lads dream out loud about lemons -The Edge gets his capable hands on a production credit -And a Bono and Bukowski anecdote goes badly off the rails
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Season 2 pulls out of the station with Achtung Baby! This week: - U2 take a neon axe to their monochrome past. - The Dublin boys go on a make or break trip to Berlin. - And Tyler and Jonny lose themselves in the gritty city of Achtung Baby (and discuss the hangover).
The sixth and final episode of RevU2’s first season.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - RevU2 follows the band’s lead and invites a special guest to help record their longest podcast yet. - The Edge slides down a small hill. - And B. B. King reveals just how good he is at chords.
N.B. There is a little more preamble this episode, so head to the 9:30 mark if you want to skip right to the track by track reviews.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Jonny and Tyler take on The Joshua Tree: -U2 take on the American dream -RevU2 takes apart the band’s landmark album -And a misconceived music video nearly scuppers a classic track
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - U2 embark on an American Odyssey - Brian Eno provokes both praise and rage. - And finally, a classic track gets some very bad reviews.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - The Edge goes on holiday alone. - U2 leave behind one of their best songs. - And the band get nervous around The Coconuts
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast The two bespectacled U2 fans, Jonny and Tyler continue their musical journey as they RevU2 the band's second album October.
This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast Two bespectacled U2 fans, Jonny An Tyler start reviewing all of U2's output and it all begins here with Boy.