It's not just that there are a ton of songs that contain "red." Apparently a great many of them are specifically entitled "Red Light." If I had had enough foresight to realize this, that could have been the weekly theme itself. Probably a bit too late for that, but at least I can put up this one from U2. I've posted tracks from War before, so it seems obvious.
It's like I have to constantly remind myself that this is what this band used to sound like. U2 has been around for so long and have undergone so many style shifts that I have to slot War every now and then and say "This is what got me into them. This is what made me think they were one of the coolest bands around when I was a high school dimwit." Look, I'm not here to pass judgment on which phases of U2's career are "good", "better", "crappy" or what have you. If you think the Zooropa album is awesome and terrific or that the Atomic Bomb one is the beez kneez, that's OK. I just enjoyed the band's output a lot more when they were putting out the likes of Boy and War.
It's like I amicably "divorced" U2 at some point. Except I didn't get half of everything they own.
Hear "Red Light" on YouTube.
This is part of a week-long series on "red" songs.
