"New Year's Day" by U2, a cover by Mike Massé and the U2bers (Phil Wormdahl, Tyler Johnson and Cameron Curtis). Posted on St. Patrick's Day, 3/17/21.
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Liner Notes:
"New Year's Day" was on the set list of the first gig I ever performed with a band in 1985, when I was in 9th grade. My band "Infra-Red" performed this at our 9th grade "going away" party, celebrating our junior high graduation. I had the dubious honor of singing lead vocals on this song, among other difficult songs ("Tom Sawyer" comes to mind). Let's just say there was a lot of falsetto involved. Thankfully my voice has evolved since then. I still remember our drummer, Scott Slusher, introducing this song: "This song is for all of you who like something a little...different. This is U2." Yes, U2 was considered "different" back in the day, and oh how I loved them for it. And still do!
My first memories of "War" are from my sister Michele adoring the album and listening to it while playing "quarters" with her high school friends. My parents allowed drinking at our house, apparently, so our backyard patio was the place to be. It was the 80's, so don't judge.
This is the first recording from what we dubbed the "War Project." We plan to tackle "Bad" next (which isn't from "War", but who's counting). I look forward to bringing you more remote collaborations with the guys from "Rattle and Hum", a Salt Lake-based U2 tribute band that I met when I lived in SLC. In fact, Phil is a fellow attorney, and if you've been paying attention, you've seen him on other U2 covers on my channel (known as "The Phil") live from the Pie. Phil, Ty, Cam and I performed an acoustic-ish U2 set at the Irish pub "Piper Down" in SLC under the name "Achtung Babies," so this isn't our first time working together. I look forward to our future collaborations.
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The band:
Phil Wormdahl: guitar
Tyler Johnson: bass
Cameron Curtis: drums
Mike Massé: vocals, piano
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-Mike
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