DUBLIN (The Thursday Times) — Irish rock band U2 ne nau baras mein apna pehla mukammal studio album Carnaval de Luz jaari kar diya hai, aur is ka sab se zyada zer-e-behes lamha aakhri geet ke liye bacha kar rakha gaya: "Torn", jo Bono aur Dolly Parton ka dogana hai aur Amriki country gulukara ki aakhri recording hai.
Parton, jo August mein 80 baras ki umar mein cancer ke baais inteqal kar gayin, ne apni awaz June mein record karayi thi. Unhon ne yeh geet band aur Snow Patrol ke Johnny McDaid ke sath mil kar likha.
Bono ne ek interview mein kaha: "Jab woh beemar huin to is geet ko gane ke liye apne bistar se uth kar aayin, aur yeh aap sun sakte hain. Ab main khud ise sun bhi nahin pata."
'Kuch zyada hi Irish'
Bono ne pehle Parton se Irish jaron se mutaliq ek alag mansoobe ke liye rabta kiya tha, magar unhon ne inkar kar diya. Bono ne Jumma ko bataya: "Woh kehne lagin, 'Yeh mere liye kuch zyada hi Irish hai, kam az kam meri awaz ki maujooda halat ke lihaz se.'" Is ke bajaye unhon ne apna ek geet paish kiya aur kaha ke woh "ise jahan chahein le jayen, shayad mujhe pasand aa jaye ke aap ise kahan le gaye".
Parton ne "Torn" ek aisi aurat ke baare mein likha tha jise do mardon mein se ek ko chunna hai. Bono aur McDaid ne ise ek aisi maa ki kahani mein badal diya jo apne khandan ko bikharte dekh rahi hai, aur Bono ne ise Amriki gharon mein payi jane wali taqseem se joda. Un ka kehna tha: "America mein ab log kehte hain ke woh Thanksgiving par ghar jane se darte hain."
Album ke producer Garret "Jacknife" Lee ne bataya ke Parton ne hatmi mix ki manzoori di aur unhein yeh "bohat pasand aaya". Apna hissa record karane ke baad unhon ne Bono ko likha: "Hello Bono, umeed hai main ne jo kiya woh aap ko pasand aayega… Mujhe yeh geet bohat pasand hai aur mera khayal hai yeh kuch bohat khaas ban sakta hai."
Pachas baras baad
Lee ne yeh album Dutch DJ Martin Garrix, Brian Eno aur Ryan Tedder ke sath mil kar tayyar kiya, aur drummer Larry Mullen Jr ek baar phir drums sambhale hue hain. Ek aur geet "The Mirror Maker" Hispanvi gulukara Rosalía ko khiraj-e-tehseen hai, jinhon ne isi haftay Latin Grammy mein saal ke behtareen album ka award jeeta.
Ibtidai tabsire musbat rahe hain aur naqideen ise barson mein band ka sab se roshan aur taaza record qarar de rahe hain. Yeh album is saal ke awaail mein jaari hone wale do mukhtasar aur zyada siyasi EPs Days of Ash aur Easter Lily ke baad aaya hai.
U2, jis ne September mein Dublin ke Mount Temple Comprehensive School mein, jahan band ki bunyad pari thi, wapas ja kar apne 50 baras mukammal hone ka jashn manaya, 2027 mein The Greatest Show on Earth tour par yeh album le kar niklega. London ke Tottenham Hotspur Stadium mein is ki charon raaton ke tickets guzishta haftay farokht ho gaye, aur hazaron tickets pehle hi resale websites par asal qeemat se kai guna zyada par farokht ke liye paish kiye ja chuke hain.
