U2 ::: These Irish in America

RollingStone.com has come out with the Top 25 Music DVDs of All Time and our boys come in last. I have to admit I'm a tad surprised Rattle and Hum even made the cut considering all the supposedly bad reviews it got from the music press. But who makes these lists anyway? I'm sure they left out a good number of great ones, too. All the same, I think this is a good way to remind Bono that the cummerbund isn't really considered a cool stage prop.

Here's what RS said:

25. U2: Rattle and Hum (Paramount Pictures)

This was the 1980s answer to Zeppelin's The Song Remains the Same: The world's biggest rock stars acting out their fantasies -- except instead of knights or wizards, U2 just wanted to be Americans. They rock out with B.B. King, visit Sun Studios in Memphis and play a rooftop gig in L.A. -- Bono even commands, "Edge, play the blues!" Sure, the Irish rovers get carried away with their reverence for the Elvis-Dylan-Hendrix tradition. But they live up to it with "All I Want Is You," possibly their finest song. (Although it was used even better in Reality Bites.)

Speaking of DVDs, the POPMart DVD isn't locally available yet. Wonder when the folks at Universal will come around to getting that stuff on the shelves. Watch out, you slackers. You don't want to spark the ire of a novice marketing student who thinks and feels like Merry and Pippin up on Treebeard's branches. (Shoulders?) This is the kind of thing that inspires madness. Like a dreadful 80s power ballad that just won't die.

Personal notes:

Hey, I've a few things I'm praying for but I constantly have to remind myself that before all that, I need to give thanks. I need to touch base with who I am and which questions matter. I do get the love after all.