Investigating the Pop Charts

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Issue number 28
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Has the Music Industry been invaded by Sheep?

This doesn't initially seem to be a likely scenario, however we will concentrate our investigation on one group, one of Ireland's biggest exports in recent years, U2. Even the band name hints at the truth, being an obvious play on Ewe 2.

Consider some of their most successful records. 'Where The Streets Have No Name', like the band's name, is a subtle re-working of the original track 'Where The Sheep Have No Name.' Find this hard to believe? Then think of the lyrics:

With or without ewe

I want to run
I want to hide
I want to tear down the walls
That hold me inside
I want to reach out
And touch the skein
Where the sheep have no name...

Quite clearly a sheep talking about it's desires to roam free.

This theme is continued in 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For':

I have climbed the highest mountains
I have run through the fields
Only to be be with ewe
Only to be be with ewe

I could go on, but the men with the white coats have arrived, and I think it's time for one of my holidays again.

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