"He mea paʻakikī ke loaʻa ʻehā mau kānaka maikaʻi aʻe," wahi a Niall Stokes, ka mea hoʻoponopono o ka makasina kaulana ʻo Irish ʻo Hot Press.
"He poʻe akamai lākou me ka makemake nui a me ka makewai e hana i ka hopena maikaʻi i ka honua."
I ka makahiki 1977, ua hoʻolaha ka mea hoʻokani pahu ʻo Larry Mullen ma Mount Temple Comprehensive School e ʻimi ana i nā mea hoʻokani pila.
Ma hope koke iho, hoʻomaka ʻo Bono (Paul David Hewson i hānau ʻia ma Mei 10, 1960) i ka hīmeni ʻana i ka The Beach Boys Good Vibrations hits me Larry Mullen, Adam Clayton a me The Edge (aka David Evans) i mua o nā haumāna ʻona o ke kulanui.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana ua hui lākou ma lalo o ka inoa ʻo Feedback, ma hope ua hoʻololi lākou i ko lākou inoa i Hype, a laila i ka makahiki 1978 i ka inoa kaulana loa ʻo U2. Ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana i ka hoʻokūkū talena, ua pūlima nā kāne me CBS Records Ireland, a hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai ua hoʻokuʻu lākou i kā lākou hoʻokahi ʻekolu.
ʻOiai ua "ma ke ala" ka lua o ka hopena, ua mamao loa lākou mai ka miliona miliona. Ua mālama ʻo Paul McGuinness i nā keikikāne a ua ʻaiʻē i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hui pōhaku ma mua o ko lākou kau inoa ʻana i Island Records i ka makahiki 1980.
ʻOiai ua hāʻule kā lākou UK LP 11 O'Clock Tick Tock i nā pepeiao kuli, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album Boy ma hope o kēlā makahiki i hoʻokuʻu i ka hui i ke kahua honua.
HOKU HOUR U2
Ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kā lākou album mua i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ʻo Boy, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui pōhaku i ʻOkakopa i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope, he album ʻoi aku ka palupalu a hoʻomaha hoʻi e hōʻike ana i nā manaʻo Karistiano o Bono, The Edge a me Larry a kūkulu i ka kūleʻa o Boy.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Adamu he manawa koʻikoʻi loa ia nona, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻoliʻoli ʻo lāua me Paul i kēia alakaʻi ʻuhane hou i hahai ʻia e ke koena o ka hui.
ʻO Bono, The Edge a me Larry nā lālā o ka hui Kalikiano Shalom i kēlā manawa a ua hopohopo lākou no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hui pōhaku U2 e hoʻololi i ko lākou manaʻoʻiʻo. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua ʻike lākou i ke kiko o loko a ua maikaʻi nā mea a pau.
Ma hope o ka kūleʻa haʻahaʻa o nā album mua ʻelua, ua lanakila ʻo U2 me War, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Malaki 1983. Ma muli o ka kūleʻa o ka New Year's Day single, ua komo ka moʻolelo i nā palapala UK ma ka helu 1.
ʻO ka moʻolelo aʻe, ʻo The Unforgettable Fire, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ke ʻano ma mua o nā mele wiwo ʻole o ka album War. Ma mua o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana i ʻOkakopa 1984, ua komo ka hui pōhaku U2 i kahi ʻaelike hou i hāʻawi iā lākou i ka mana piha o nā kuleana o kā lākou mau mele, ʻaʻole i lohe ʻia ma ka ʻoihana mele i kēlā manawa. ʻAe, kākaʻikahi mau kēia hana.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi EP, Wide Awake ma ʻAmelika, i Mei 1985, i loaʻa iā 2 mau mele studio hou (The Three Sunrises and Love Comes Tumbling) a me 2 mau leo hoʻopaʻa ola mai ka huakaʻi ʻEulopa a Unforgettour (A Home of Homecoming and Bad). Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma US a me Iapana wale nō, akā kaulana loa ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea lawe mai a hiki i ka pakuhi ma UK.
I kēlā kauwela (Iulai 13), ua hoʻokani ʻo U2 i kahi ʻaha mele Live Aid ma Wembley Stadium ma Lākana, kahi o kā lākou hana ʻana kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi o ka lā. ʻO ka Queen set wale nō ka hopena like. Poina ʻia ʻo U2 i ka hoʻokani ʻana o ke mele Bad no 12 mau minuke.
I ka wā o ka mele, ua ʻike ʻo Bono i kahi kaikamahine ma ka lālani mua o ka lehulehu, ʻo ia ka mea e pilikia ana ka hanu ʻana ma muli o ka hili ʻana, a hōʻailona ʻo ia i ka palekana e hoʻokuʻu iā ia i waho. I ko lākou hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻokuʻu iā ia, ua lele ʻo Bono mai ke kahua e kōkua a hoʻopau i ka hula mālie me ia ma waena o ke kahua a me ka lehulehu.
Ua makemake ka lehulehu, a i kekahi lā aʻe, ua ʻike ʻia nā kiʻi o Bono e pūliki ana i ke kaikamahine ma nā nūpepa a pau. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i hauʻoli loa ke koena o ka hui, no ka mea, ua ʻōlelo lākou ma hope ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike i kahi i hele ai ʻo Bono, ʻaʻole hoʻi lākou i ʻike inā hoʻi mai ʻo ia, akā ua hoʻomaka ka ʻahamele! Hoʻokani kūʻokoʻa lākou a hauʻoli loa i ka hoʻi ʻana o ka mea mele i ke kahua.
He hemahema ia no ka hui mele. Ma hope o ka ʻaha mele, ua noho kaʻawale ʻo ia no kekahi mau pule, me ka manaʻo maoli ua hoʻonoho ʻo ia iā ia iho a me 2 billion mau kānaka, e hōʻino ana i ka inoa o U2. ʻAʻole a hiki i ka haʻi ʻana aku o kekahi hoa pili iā ia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi o ka lā i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia i ka noʻonoʻo.
HIKI IA LAKOU E HAALELE MAHOPE
Ua kaulana ka hui pōhaku no kā lākou mau hana hoʻohiwahiwa ola a lilo i mea manaʻo maoli ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hopena nui ma nā palapala pop. Me ka lanakila nui miliona o The Joshua Tree (1987) a me ka No.
Ma Rattle and Hum (1988) (ʻelua album a me ka palapala), ua ʻimi ka hui pōhaku i nā kumu mele ʻAmelika (blues, ʻāina, ʻeuanelio a me nā kānaka) me ka manaʻo koʻikoʻi, akā ua hoʻohewa ʻia lākou no ka hoʻomake ʻana.
Ua hana hou ʻo U2 iā ia iho no kahi makahiki hou me kahi ala hou ʻana ma 1991 me Achtung Baby. A laila, loaʻa iā lākou nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i hoʻohenehene a hoʻowahāwahā iā lākou iho. ʻO kahi mākaʻikaʻi zoo maʻamau i ka makahiki 1992 kekahi o nā hōʻike pōhaku nui loa i hana ʻia. ʻOiai ko lākou hiʻohiʻona nani, ua hoʻomau ʻia nā mele o ka hui i nā mea o ka ʻuhane.
I ka makahiki 1997, ua hoʻokuʻu koke ka hui pōhaku i ka album Pop e hoʻokō i nā kuleana huakaʻi kahua pāʻani a ua hui ʻia me nā loiloi maikaʻi loa mai Rattle a me Hum.
Ke hele mai nei kekahi mea hou, akā i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole i ka wiwo ʻole i mua, ua ʻimi ka hui e hōʻoluʻolu i nā mea pā ma ka hana ʻana i nā mele e pili ana i kona mau aʻa 1980s.
ʻO ka inoa kūpono i kapa ʻia ʻo All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000) a me How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004) i kālele ʻia i nā riffs a me nā mele ma mua o ka lewa a me nā mea pohihihi, a ua hoʻokō i ke kūkulu hou ʻana i ka quartet ma ke ʻano he ikaika kālepa, akā he aha ke kumu kūʻai. ? Ua lawe ka hui pōhaku i ʻelima mau makahiki e hoʻokuʻu i kā lākou album studio 12th, No Line on the Horizon (2009).
Ua kākoʻo ka hui i ka album me kahi huakaʻi honua i hoʻomau ʻia no nā makahiki ʻelua e hiki mai ana. Eia naʻe, ua ʻoki pōkole ʻia i ka Mei 2010 i ka wā i hana ʻia ai ʻo Bono i kahi ʻokiʻoki no ka ʻeha hope. Ua loaʻa iā ia i ka wā o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kahi ʻahamele ma Kelemania, ua loaʻa iā ia i ka makahiki aʻe.
Ua hāʻawi ʻo U2 i ke mele Ordinary Love i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013). I ka makahiki 2014, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Songs of Innocence (ka hapa nui e Danger Mouse) no ka manuahi i nā mea kūʻai a pau o Apple's iTunes Store i kekahi mau pule ma mua o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana.
He mea hoʻopaʻapaʻa ka neʻe ʻana akā ua huki ʻia ka manaʻo, ʻoiai ua hui pū ʻia nā loiloi o ke mele maoli. Ua hoʻopiʻi ka nui o ka poʻe hoʻohewa no ka paʻa mau ʻana o ka leo o ka hui pōhaku. Ua loaʻa pū i nā mele o ka ʻike (2017) ka hoʻohewa like ʻana, akā naʻe, ua hoʻomau ka hui i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ke kūʻai aku.
Ua lanakila ʻo Rock band U2 ma luna o 20 mau makana Grammy i ka wā o kā lākou ʻoihana, me nā album o ka makahiki e like me The Joshua Tree and How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka hui i ka Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ma 2005.
