OCTUBER

Uno de los discos mas conflictivos de U2, se tuvo que realizar muy apresuradamente debido a que Bono perdio las letras antes de entrar al estudio a grabar. Un disco muy euforico, cargado de una lirica muy densa, tiene sonidos que los U2 jamas volvieron a utilizar.
Este segundo album de estudio del grupo dublinés se grabó en 1981 entre Francia e Irlanda. Se le ha calificado como "el peor disco de U2", pero lo cierto es que contiene canciones muy interesantes. Además, estuvo envuelto en la polémica porque días antes de la grabación, un maletín con las partituras y las letras de las canciones fue robado. Años después, fue devuelto, pero siempre se dijo que esa era la causa del bajo nivel del disco. Abre el tema "Gloria", uno de los más repetidos en los conciertos de los años 80, e inspirado en la religiosa Irlanda. "October", la canción que da título al disco, es una balada acompañada por piano en la que Bono luce las cualidades de su voz.
Gloria (4:13)


Di Oh Yo
Di Oh Oh
Two, Three, Four...

Take it up!
Take it! Pick it Up!
Up! Up!

And I tried to sing this song-ah
I tried to stand up
But I can't find my feet
I try, I try to speak up
But only in you I'm complete

Gloria, in Te Domine
Gloria, exultate
Gloria, Gloria
Oh Lord, loosen my lips...
And I try to sing this song-ah
I try to get in
But I can't find the door
The door is open
You're standing there
You let me in
Gloria, in Te Domine
Gloria, exultate
Oh Lord, if I have anything,
Anything at all --
I give it to you...

I --
Give it to you...
Gloria, in Te Domine
Gloria, Gloria
Gloria, in Te Domine
Gloria, Gloria
Gloria, is a day away
Gloria, Gloria
Gloria, in Te Domine...

I Fall Down (3:40)

Julie says, "John, I'm getting nowhere"
I wrote this letter hope to get to someplace soon
I wanna get up when I wake up,
But when I get up
I fall down
Julie, wake up
Julie, tell the story
You wrote the letter
Said you were gonna get there someday
-- Gonna walk in the sun
And the wind, and the rain,
Never walk back again...
Now you fall down, you're falling down
You fall down, you fall down
Julie, say something
Julie, say you're sorry
You're gonna get better
You'd better not leave me here anyway
I want to get up when you wake up,
But when I get up
I fall down, and I'm falling down
I fall down
I broke myself!
Oo Hoo
Oo Hoo
I fall, I fall down
I'm falling down
I fall down when you fall down
When I'm falling down
Is when you're falling down
When you fall down
I fall down,
I fall down

I Threw a Brick Through a Window (4:55)

I was talking, I was talking to myself
Somebody else -- talk, talk, talking
I couldn't hear a word, a word he said
He was my brother (brother, brother)
I said there was no other way out of here
Be my brother (brother, brother)
Got to get out
Got to get out
I was walking,
I was walking into walls,
And back again
I just keep walking...
I walk up to a window, to see myself
And my reflection -- when I thought about it --
My direction --
Going nowhere, going nowhere
No one, no one is blinder,
Than he who will not see
No one, no one is blinder, than me
I was talking,
I was talking in my sleep
I can't stop talk, talk, talking
I'm talking to you
It's up to you
Be my brother (brother, brother)
There is another way out of here
In my brother (brother, brother)
Gotta get out, gotta get out
Gotta get out of here

Rejoice (3:37)

(Are you ready Larry?)
(I can't find my drumstick)
(It's down around your ankles)
(I've got it)
(Ready Bono?)
Uppppp!
(I'm going to the right)
(I'm going to the left)
(I'm moving around)
He's falling, he's falling,
And outside the buildings are tumbling down
And inside a child on the ground
Says he'll do it again
But what am I to do?
But what in the world am I to say?
There's nothing else to do
(Keep moving)
He says he'll change the world someday
I rejoice!
(Keep it going)
This morning I fell out of bed,
When I woke up to what he had said
Well, everything's crazy, but I'm too lazy to lie here
But what am I to do?
Just tell me what am I supposed to say?
I can't change the world,
But I can change the world in me.
If I rejoice,
Will the world go away,
And rejoice?

Open up,
Up,
Were going outside!

And what am I to do?
Just tell me what am I supposed to say?
I can't change the world,
But I can change the world in me,
If I rejoice!

And we go on --
And we open up --
Oh, ta joy
Rejoice, in the rest of the world!
Rejoice, we open up and
Reeeeeeeeeeeeejoice!
Rejoice!
Re-reach out, rejoice!
Rejoice!


Fire (3:50)

Bah, ba
Bah ba, ba, ba
Bah ba
Bah, ba, ba, ba

I..., I..., I..., I...
Yo, yo
Falling, falling
The sun is burning black
Calling, calling
It's beating on my back,
With a fire, (fire)
Oo Hoo
With a fire (fire)
Oo Hoo

Calling, calling
The moon is running red.
Pulling, pulling
It's pulling me instead,
With a fire, oh, oh ho,
Oo Hoo
Fire oh, oh ho...
Oo Hoo
But there's a fire inside.
When I'm falling over,
There's a fire in me.
When I call out,
I built a fire!
I'm going home.

Falling, falling
The stars are falling down.
Falling, falling
They knock me to the ground,
With a fire oh, oh ho
Oo hoo
Fire oh, oh ho
Oo hoo

But there's a fire inside.
When I'm falling over,
There's a fire in me.
When I call out,
There's a fire inside.
When I'm falling over,
I built a fire!
I'm going home...

Calling, calling
Falling, falling
Falling, falling

Tomorrow (4:37)

We're ready to go.
All right let's do it.
Right, you have to open up a bit there...

Won't you come back tomorrow?
Won't you come back tomorrow?
Won't you come back tomorrow?
Can I sleep tonight?
Outside,
Somebody's outside
-- Somebody's knocking at the door.
There's a black car parked at the side of the road
-- Don't go to the door,
Don't go to the door...
-- I'm going out,
I'm going outside, Mother
-- I'm going out there...
Hoo Hooo

Won't you be back tomorrow?
Won't you be back tomorrow?
Will you be back tomorrow?
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie....

Who broke the window?
Who broke down the door?
Who tore the curtain?
And who was he for?
Who'll heal the wounds?
Who heals the scars?
Open the door,
Open the door...

Won't you come back tomorrow?
Won't you be back tomorrow?
Will you be back tomorrow?
Can I sleep tonight?

‘Cause I want you
I, I want -- you
I really want...
I, I want, I, I
I want you to be back tomorrow.
I want you to be back tomorrow.
Will you be back tomorrow?
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie...
Oh, won't you be back tomorrow?
Won't you be back tomorrow?
Will you be back tomorrow?
Open up,
Open up to the love of God
-- To the love of He who made the blind to see.
He's coming back,
He's coming back.
I believe it!
Jesus‘s coming!

And we're gonna be there!
I'm gonna be there, Mother!
I'm gonna be there, Brother!
I'm going out there!
Oo Hoo...

And you're gonna be there!
And you're gonna be there...


October (2:22)


October
And the trees are stripped bare
Of all they wear
What do I care?

October
And Kingdoms rise
And Kingdoms fall
But you go on
And on...

With a Shout (Jerusalem) (4:03)

Ohh,
And where do we go?
Where do we go from here?
Where to go?

To the side of a hill,
Blood was spilt.
We were still looking at each other.
But we're going back there --
Jerusalem,
Jerusalem.

Shout, Shout,
With a shout, shout it out,
Shout!
Shout it out!
I want to go:
To the foot of the Messiah,
To the foot He who made me see,
To the side of a hill,
Where we were still.
We were filled with a Love
We're gonna be there again --
Jerusalem,
Whoa oh oh,
Jerusalem.

Jerusalem,
Whoa oh oh,
Jerusalem,
Whoa oh oh,
Jerusalem,
Jerusalem,
Jerusalem...

Shout, shout,
With a shout,
Shout!
With a shout...

Stranger in a Strange Land (3:56)

Whoaa
Whoa oh oh oh
Ooo

Ooo ho ohhh ohhh
Ohhh Oo-Whoa Ho Oh Ohhhh
Stranger, stranger in a strange land,
He looked at me like I was the one who should run.
We asked him to smile for a photograph.
Waited a while to see if we could make him laugh.
Ohh Ho
A soldier asked for a cigarette.
His smiling face I can't forget.
He looked like me across the street,
But that's a long way here.

Ho Ohh
And I wish you were here.
Ho Ohh
And I wish you were here.

A-Whoaa Whoa-ohh Ohhhh
Ooo

Stranger, a stranger in a strange land,
He looked at me like I was the one who should run.
I watched, as he watched us get back on the bus.
I watched the way it was --
The way it was when he was with us.

And I really don't mind sleeping on the floor,
But I couldn't sleep after what I saw.
I wrote this letter to tell you,
The way I feel.
Oh Ho
I wish you were here.
Oo Hoo
I wish you were here,
To see what I could see,
-- To hear...
And I wish you were here.
Ohhh Ho Ohhhh
Ohhh Ho Ohhhh

Scarlet (2:54)

Rejoice,
Witness...
Rejoice!
Rejoice!

Rejoice,
Witness,
Witness,
Witness...

Is That All? (3:01)

Ohhh Ohh Oh Oh Oh
Ohh, to sing this song makes me angry.
-- I'm not angry with you.
But is that all?
Is that all?
Is that all?

Ohh, to sing this song makes me happy.
-- I'm not happy with you.
Ohh, to sing this song makes me dance,
But is that all?
But is that all?
Is that all?
Is that all?
Is it all?
Is that all?
Is that all you want from me?

Is that all?
Is that all?

Is that all?
Is that all?
Is it all?
Is that all?
Is it all?