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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. A Milestone in Cultural Understanding of U2By owlFirst my bias. I am a college professor. avid U2 fan. and co-presented at the U2 conference in 2009. Our conference paper did not make it into this volume. Having read these essays cover to cover. I fully understand why. Most of these essays are heavyweight: brilliantly insightful discussions of U2 from multiple academic disciplines not easily accessible to the casual fan. The book is an intellectual gem with a depth of riches for those willing to mine.Beth Maynards analysis of the U2 concert experience as leitourgia describes what U2 live means to me better than anything I have ever read - and gave me a new word. Christopher Endrinals explanation of multiregister and multilayering in U2s music in the 1990s totally elevated my appreciation of music intricacies about which I had no clue (three voices in "The Fly"). Each essay presents new concepts. challenges. and rewards: Ricoeur and selfhood. fallen angels. antilanguage. rhetoric of the auspicious. U2 in space-time.For the engaged fan with no interest in the more intellectual discussions of U2. there are three must-reads: DeCurtiss introductory overview. Neil McCormicks description of U2s formative environment (Dublin late 1970s). and Danielle Rheacute;aumes detailed account of the return of Bonos briefcase (lost before October).I have nearly every book written about U2. In my opinion. this book is the seminal work in the U2 canon interpreting U2s gift to humanity.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Thoughtful. perceptive and a great read.By DavidExploring U2: Is This Rock n Roll? Essays on the Music. Work and Influence of U2 destroys the notion that this is typical about one of the most written about bands. This work is written and edited from a scholarly paradigm. but is very accessible to all that love music. I enjoy U2 as a musicians and a voice for activism. but that is not required to enjoy a read through this book.A uniqueness to this book is that it is both a great entry point. with its lively stories told by those close to the band. and a work of great depth written by those that sit in institutions of learning and ponder such things. (Good gig if you can get it.Id imagine.)Bottom Line: I own it. and have enjoyed it greatly both as reference and educational read.
