![]() In “Things to Make and Do,” Adam’s playing is definitely focused on rhythm, and the speedy little part that he employs to keep the song moving along is positively irresistible…I can’t help but tap my feet and nod my head when listening to this song. Normally, of course, we have Bono’s vocal carrying the main melody, but Adam also plays a melodic part quite frequently, while Edge normally plays a kind of hybrid melodic/rhythmic thing. ![]() It is also sort of neat, as a curiosity, to hear the melody resting almost solely on the guitar part in a U2 song, simply because it isn’t something that the band does very often. I especially enjoy the bass grooves that Adam executes in the song, and Larry’s drumming is a joy, as always. The reason that I forget about this song certainly has nothing to do with the quality of the piece, because “Things to Make and Do” is nothing if not memorable, mostly because it is so darn fun. Perhaps, then, it should come as no surprise that I also tend to forget that the B-side to that single was U2’s first instrumental cut, and the last instrumental that the band has played live, (not counting “Return of the Stingray Guitar,” which I don’t think of as an instrumental for a variety of reasons) “Things to Make and Do.” ![]() For some reason, I tend to forget that “A Day Without Me” was released as a single, let alone that it was the first single from U2’s debut album. ![]() If you were to catch me off guard and ask me what the first single released from Boy was, I might answer without thinking and say “I Will Follow.” Of course, if I were to say that, I would be wrong. ![]()
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