Harrison requested that Jon try to sell him on U2, so Jon chose their third album, 1983's War (huh!) and set to work. We talk about the band's sense of urgency in their early recordings, Bono's strict antiwar and antiviolence stance, and what it meant in the rock world of the early 80s. Did it work? Listen to find out! We also discuss...

• Why Jon picked War (huh!) over other U2 albums, even ones he might like better
• The Edge's guitar rig (notably his delay pedal), and how public perception of it has changed over the years
• Steve Lillywhite's contributions as producer
• How Larry Mullen Jr.'s drums are the "secret weapon" of this album
• How The Edge's guitar is the not-so-secret weapon of the album
• How Bono took a love song to his wife and turned it into a Soviet WWII ballad
• The guest musicians from Kid Creole's backing band on "Red Light" and "Surrender"
• Bono's moral cosmology on "Surrender"
• How the evocative imagery directly from the Bible used in "'40'" upstages the rest of the album
• Our key tracks and the PLAY DISC Request Lottery

Come join us for an hour of thoughtful and good-humored commentary, and we'll catch you on the B-side!

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