Beat Surrender

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Sweeting, Adam (25 April 2002). "That was the modern world". The Guardian. The Jam were British New Wave at its most quintessential and successful. Heim, Mark (24 February 2023). "U2, Notre Dame team up for exclusive vinyl release of upcoming 'Songs of Surrender' album". AL.com . Retrieved 26 February 2023. The 1982 release The Gift – the band's final studio LP – was a massive commercial success, peaking at No.1 on the UK charts while spending an unprecedented 16 weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100. It featured several soul, funk, and R&B-stylised songs; most notably the No.1 hit " Town Called Malice", which boasts a Motown-style bassline somewhat reminiscent of The Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love". The song included work by Keith Thomas and Steve Nichol, who later became well known as members of the R&B groups Legacy and Loose Ends respectively. "Town Called Malice", a reality-based tale about dealing with hardship in a small, downtrodden English town, is one of a handful of Jam songs Weller still performs (along with " That's Entertainment", "Man in the Corner Shop", "Strange Town", "Art School", "Start!" and "In the Crowd"). [32] [33] [34] U2 commissions 40 fans to make videos for all of their 'Songs of Surrender' ". KUPD. 22 February 2023 . Retrieved 26 February 2023. Beat Surrender” was not included on any original Jam studio album, as their sixth and final release, The Gift, had been released some eight months earlier, in March 1982. Polydor filled the Christmas void with a live Jam compilation covering their entire lifespan, Dig The New Breed, which hit No.2. In the new year, the complete Jam singles catalogue was reissued and created chart history when, in the first week of February, all 13 releases were in the Top 75.

Over the course of recording Songs of Surrender, the Edge estimated that the group created 50 new song arrangements in total. [11] Songs such as " Angel of Harlem" and " Moment of Surrender" were in contention to be included on the album but were ultimately left off. [21] Release and promotion [ edit ] Pre-announcement updates [ edit ] Pierre Perrone (27 April 2009). "John Weller: Father of Paul Weller who managed his son for 30 years". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Blistein, Jon (10 January 2023). "U2 Reimagined 40 of Their Own Songs for New Album 'Songs of Surrender' ". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 10 January 2023. Writing and recording [ edit ] The album was mostly recorded by guitarist the Edge and lead vocalist Bono. Beat Surrender" was previewed live on the first episode of The Tube, on 5 November 1982. [8] Musicians [ edit ]News of the album and its title first leaked on April 1, 2022 via U2Songs.com. However, prior to that Adam Clayton revealed the band were working on such a project in 2021 via U2 X-Radio, sharing, “Well, you know we are playing around with rearranging some of the songs that we have and setting them in a more acoustic environment. Edge got a bit of a bee in his bonnet and said you know, no pun intended, said let’s look at these songs and imagine them in a different context. So we are playing around with that. He’s putting a lot of work into changing the keys, and moving them onto piano and that sort of thing. And hopefully we will have something towards the end of the year that will show a different light on U2. I think it’s an opportunity to explore different versions of the band in a way. Because it’s very much the early days, it’s embryonic, it could go somewhere between Leonard Cohen or Johnny Cash – very stripped down and bare – towards something that is very lush.” At the time Adam was not confident on how the material would be released, and whether it would be a single album, or a series of EPs. Listen to the best Style Council songs on Apple Music and Spotify. Broadening Horizons (Speak Like A Child; The Paris Match; Have You Ever Had It Blue?; Fairy Tales; That Spiritual Feeling) Also written from a personal perspective, Our Favourite Shop’s “A Man Of Great Promise” was Weller’s tribute to his old school friend and writer, Dave Waller, with whom Weller had set up the short-lived publishing house, Riot Stories Ltd. The company folded after Waller’s premature death in 1982, but his passing spurred Weller into writing a heartfelt eulogy, which still ranks among the very best Style Council songs.

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Bono and Edge join Zane Lowe on a road trip across the desert to discuss Songs of Surrender and reflect on their songwriting, their faith, and their journey together as both bandmates and friends.