U2-A Diary

The Simpsons episode that U2 appeared on is included on the Simpsons Season 9 DVD. That DVD apparently includes some video shot on the day U2 recorded their audio at Fox Studios, along with some commentary from Simpsons regulars about that day.

I’m thinking that might be helpful for the book, especially since I have no idea the exact date that U2 recorded their audio.

Does anyone have the DVD? Does it tell what day U2 did their parts?

I won’t be able to use this in the book, but it’s kinda interesting nonetheless: I’m re-reading some old articles, looking for dates/events for the book, and there’s a mention in a Rolling Stone article that the original inspiration for “With or Without You” was a 1977 punk/electronica song called “Cheree” by a duo called Suicide.

It’s on iTunes.

Take away the electronica element, and you can hear how the song could be called WOWY’s original inspiration. Innaresting…..

By the way, that link above is to the U.S. iTunes Music Store. The track is also available in the UK store. I didn’t check the others, sorry.

Now back to my research!