The Music Dissectors Episode 7 – Ken Lee / The Unforgettable Fire

U2 are one of the best known bands in the world, and love them or hate them, they’ve had a huge impact on rock music over the past 41 years. We talk with US photographer and musician Ken Lee on U2’s 1984 release, The Unforgettable Fire. There also happens to be a great anecdote about meeting Jimmy Page!

Our guest: Ken Lee – photographer and musician

Album chosen: The Unforgettable Fire by U2 (1984) (Website — Facebook — Spotify — iTunes)

Links from the show discussion:

1. Ken Lee – Bulgarian Music Idol
2. The Joshua Tree National Park
3. The Joshua Tree plaque
4. Brian Eno
5. Daniel Lanois
6. The Making of The Unforgettable Fire documentary
7. The Fairlight CMI
8. Bono performs ‘Bad’ at Live Aid in 1985
9. When U2 played without Adam Clayton (it was a hangover)

Note: David alludes to Bono talking about the band as a “four-legged table”. It was in fact The Edge who made that statement.

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