How to Dismantle an Atomic Blog

You may ask yourself, for those of you who really know me and actually read my writing, why another new blog Cordell? Why can’t you just pick and stick with one? The answers to these questions are still unclear to me at the moment, but I believe it has something to do with my creativity and always trying to reinvent myself as a writer.

I believe the real reason I chose to start this blog is because of my love and adoration for music and how it has touched, changed, and inspired me throughout my life. What better way to delve deep inside myself and find out what really makes me tick than by dissecting the music of the greatest rock & roll band of all time. If it weren’t for the eclectic sounds and lyrics of U2 I don’t know that I would have ever been in tune with my emotions, let alone express them in writing.

Looking back, I was a young boy on the verge of becoming a teenager when I was first exposed to the beautiful musical genius of U2. I remember being a boy scout and heading to Arches National Park for a three day camping excursion in the desert. It was spring break and we were leaving for our destination before the sun arose on Thursday. My next door neighbor friend and I would be traveling with one of our young leaders in his tan Mazda pickup. Little did I know that shortly after leaving the town of Price for fuel, I would listen to, for the first time, the Joshua Tree album and fall in love with the music of an Irish rock band that would forever be a constant in my life. I remember finally purchasing the album on cassette and playing it on continuous loop on the small stereo system in my bedroom and the rest is history.

I plan to use this blog when I feel so inspired to post video, lyrics, and quotes from the band. I’m also hoping to dissect some of the song lyrics and come up with my own interpretations and how they might relate to my life in some way. Whatever does end up happening with this new endeavor I will always remember I can’t live with or without U2.