*** I get a kick out of our head honchos in the music department choosing U2 as our artist of the month, when the only songs by the band that we play are "With Or Without You", and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".You'd think an artist of the month would be a group that has more of its music playing on the station, even if it's only for that month.
Look, I'm a fan of U2, and would welcome the addition of more songs from their discography to our playlist. But, to make them the artist of the month when we don't play any of their songs -- except for their two biggest hits, that if they were human, would be old enough to drink legally in the U.S. -- is a tad humorous.
Following this logic, the next artist of the month will either be R.E.M., or Billy Idol.
So, I tried to do a little better job of representing the "artist of the month" by playing one of their brand new songs during the birthday segment. Bassist Adam Clayton turned 49 today, so we played "Magnificent", which U2 recently performed on the David Letterman show.
*** For the 80's Escape, we brought out some U2 again -- team player that I am -- by playing the song that is probably better known for its video, "Where The Streets Have No Name".
