HOCKEY HELD HOSTAGE: DAY 49
The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.
- Sir Thomas Beecham
In this hockey-less season (well, at least the NHL variety), I find myself searching for meaning in AHL games and not finding any. Minor-league hockey is, after all, minor-league. Even ESPN.com’s John Buccigross has resorted to finding a relationship between U2’s new album and our NHL-less life.
Is anything more difficult to open than a new CD? The next time Gary Bettman and Bob Goodenow get into a conference room they should seal the doors with that last piece of sticky tape that seals a CD case….
Last week, I was heading to my mom and dad’s for a visit. Before the two-hour trip, I rushed into Borders, plopped down my $12.99 and got U2’s newest release, “How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.” Its title is a perfect metaphor for this CBA season. The negotiations between the owners and players are much like a bomb, figuratively speaking. If it goes off and obliterates the season, who knows what the damage will be? So, with that in mind, let’s go through U2’s 11 songs on their new disc as we wait for Gary and Bob to start dancing.
Buccigross does a pretty good job of pulling relevant questions and observations about the NHL lockout out of the songs on the album. Who knows; at the rate things are going, this may be as close as well get to the Stanley Cup playoffs this year.
