Today’s edition comes courtesy of U2. I figured it’s about damn time I featured one of their great songs from yesteryear when the Irish band ripped it up.

While albums such as Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby drew plenty of notoriety for their originality and creativity producing many hits such as “Where The Streets Have No Name,” ”I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “With Or Without You,” “Bullet Blue Sky,” “Mysterious Ways,” and “One,” what’s forgotten is that older albums such as The War Album and The Unforgettable Fire were tremendous in their own right with very distinct sounding songs.

Forget about big hit “Sunday Bloody Sunday” for a minute. As great as it is, there’s plenty of other underappreciated songs which fly under the radar including “Bad,” “Forty,” “The Unforgettable Fire,” and “Party Girl.”

This is what separates U2 from many bands is their variety. Sure. They’ve opened eyes by going against their distinct sound at times but anyone who has their most recent How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb knows that they returned to that unique sound with songs such as “City of Blinding Lights” and “Miracle Drug.” These two got lost in the shuffle of the overhyped “Vertigo” which was originally written some two decades ago but never put to use until a few years ago.

Truthfully, it’s not a bad song. However, between how overplayed it was and the ridiculous Super Bowl hype it got, it became annoying. For some unknown reason, radio stations think it’s cool to keep overplaying the same stuff. Why not show a little gusto and play some of the other songs from what essentially was U2’s best work since Achtung Baby? That btw is what’s wrong with music today.

Nobody has balls.

In any event, today’s feature is the one of a kind patriotic tune, “New Year’s Day.” It’s been played a lot and really is a wonderful song. Definitely one of their best.

So, sit back, relax and enjoy this cool video which really works if you feel Bono’s lyrics.

U2: “New Year’s Day“