U2's "Window in the Skies"

Second and final single from the band's U218 collection.
Everyone's here. It gives me chills.

MacKenzieLand: Top 20 Singles of 2006

1. Nelly Furtado - "Maneater" [Video]


2. Amy Winehouse - "Rehab" [Video]


3. Jay Z - "Show Me What You Got" [Video]


4. Rogue Traders - "Voodoo Child" [Video]


5. Justin Timberlake - "SexyBack" [Video]


6. Echo and the Bunnymen - "Scissors in the Sand" [Video: Paradiso Main Hall 2005]


7. Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone - "Ridin'" [Video]


8. Lily Allen - "LDN" [Video]


9. Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland - "Promiscuous" [Video]


10. Ellen Allien and Apparat - "Way Out" [Video]


11. Battle - "Tendency" [Video]


12. Love Is All - "Busy Doing Nothing" [Video: SXSW 2006]


13. Rihanna - "S.O.S. (Rescue Me)" [Video]


14. Muse - "Knights of Cydonia" [Video]


15. Serena Maneesh - "Drain Cosmetics" [Video]


16. Editors - "All Sparks" [Video]


17. Green Day and U2 - "The Saints Are Coming" [Video: Live in New Orleans]


18. At the Lake - "I Made My Excuses and Left"


19. South - "Up Close and Personal" [Video: Filmed in NYC's Times Square, featuring Casey from Margot and the Nucear So and So's]


20. I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - "According to Plan" [Video]

Holiday Mix Tape

I love mix tapes, er... mix CDs... mp3 mixes. I blogged about Halloween, so here I am again, bloggin' about rad holiday songs. If that makes me a total twenty-something destined for yuppiehood, so be it. So, now that that's settled, it's time for some holiday mix action. Whether or not you dig the O.C.'s jukebox of indie rock faves or prefer a collection of timeless standards, 'tis the season of Comfort & Joy, fools.

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi
Merry Christmas Baby - Bruce Springsteen & the E. Street Band
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2
Christmas in Hollis - Run DMC
Last Christmas - Wham!
The Christmas Party - The Walkmen
Donna & Blitzen - Badly Drawn Boy
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon
Baby It's Cold Outside - Dean Martin
The Christmas Song - The Raveonettes
Christmas With You is the Best - The Long Winters
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) - Nat King Cole
Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
Misty Mountain Hop - Fleming & John
Wonderful Christmas Time - Wings
Do They Know It's Christmas - Band-Aid

Also, to spread the holiday cheer, the Little Ones have created a special Holiday screen saver as their Christmas gift to you! Once it's installed, your countdown to Christmas Day is ON! Plus, there's a crap ton of holiday trivia and fun facts! But the best prezzie of all is that on Christmas Eve, fans will be able to access a free download of an exclusive track from the Little Ones. It will only be available for those who download the screen saver and accessible for ONE day--December 24th!

THE LITTLE ONES CHRISTMAS SCREEN SAVER:
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Eighteen Eighteen Eighteen Eighteen and I Like It

Out today! U218 Singles includes two new songs, "The Saints Are Coming" with Green Day and "Window in the Skies." For those who know me best know how much this band means to me. If that deems me uncool, boo ya!

The Hotness That Is LMJ

Happy Birthday to U2's Larry Mullen Jr., who turns 45 today!
*Thanks to Alyssa for reminding me!

U2 at Church

Throughout their 30-year career, U2 has sifted through various images of religion. It's not any big secret. Bono, the Edge, and Larry Mullen Jr. had their own Bible study group in the pre-U2 days. Their second album, October, is loaded with Christian images, and during its recording, critics hailed U2 as a Christian band, something that U2 has always denied. Bono got to hang out with Pope John Paul II before his passing in 2005. They're just a rock & roll band, right?


Today, a few churches are turning to U2. USA Today reports that the U2 Eucharist, is a "traditional Episcopal liturgy" that refers to some of U2's best-selling songs such as "Beautiful Day" and "Pride (In the Name of Love)" as hymns. The concept involves combining U2 songs with related religious montages. Reverend Paige Blair, a parish priest in York Harbor, Maine, incorporated some of U2's lyrics during a sermon in July 2005. Since then, she's gone on to assist 150 churches with their own U2 Eucharists, and the idea is spreading like wildfire across 15 states and seven countries. They're not worshipping Bono, but choosing to use him and the band's work as an example of spreading the word.