U2 - Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk Korova

[yutu34]

This reminds me very much of the 'Passengers' album

[pupmeistergeneral]

All the references are there in the title.

This was from U2's soundtrack to the RSC's live production of A Clockwork Orange twenty years ago.

Alex being our antihero, Korova being the name of the Milk Bar where he and his droogies frequent.

[PeterShishlin]

Does anybody know why is this song called "Korova"? This is a Russian word that means "cow", actually. U2 know Russian? That's funny :)

Thanks for this rarity

[miahunny]

@PeterShishlin The name comes from the Korova Milk Bar in Anthony Burgess' novella A Clockwork Orange.

[diamantinadavina]

It is the b-side to the fly - been trying to find it for years - thanx!!!! :)

[tiranchula]

been looking for this one for years! thanks for posting!!! you are wonderful!!

[kingarthurI]

Dies iræ, dies illa, Solvet sæclum in favilla, Teste David cum Sibylla ! Quantus tremor est futurus, quando iudex est venturus, cuncta stricte discussurus ! Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulcra regionum, coget omnes ante thronum. Mors stupebit et Natura, cum resurget creatura, iudicanti responsura. Liber scriptus proferetur, in quo totum continetur, unde Mundus iudicetur. Iudex ergo cum sedebit, quidquid latet apparebit, nil inultum remanebit.

[AddHigga]

creeps who loved the poster? but didnt understand the film?

[ymistillavirgin]

viddy well my friend, viddy well

[ricmondragon]

Brilliant piece! They should open the 360 Tour with this and transition into Mofo. It would be spectacular!

[lemongras333]

I was 14 - my first single ... and still my favorite one (and favorite band, music and whatsoever!)

[LuizBRFernando]

I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I LISTENED TO THIS SONG ... AND I WAS TOTTALY SURPRISED WITH THE BAND EVOLUTION ... I MISS THE RELEASE OF ACHTUNG BABY AND ZOO TV TOUR ... LUMINOUS TIMES WITH GREAT SONGS ... SAY YES FOR THE FLY AND TAKE CARE MACPHISTO WAS IN THE STREETS ... U2 FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS !!!!

[Eisonhawk]

it's great tropical storm surfing music, the edge wrote a track called 'Island', both are sweet.

[Eisonhawk]

Lx Paterson remixed 'Numb' on acetate only in the studio next door or sumyhing.. @Eisonhawk

[smithdream]

U2 should release this full score!

[TimeFearsThePyramids]

I'm cured alright!

[The0Sparkeling01]

Korova means cow...therefore, Alex is descending into hell for a milk cow? Thats queer as a clockwork orange.

[TheKingofRockMusic]

madness, rock and roll, U2 style. What I would pay for that which is on the U2 cutting room floor!

[webuz2tv]

Etrange et fantastique,20/20

Viva U2 and "the Fly",great song.

[jimmymacd1888]

pure madness!!

b side to the fly i think??

i was 16!

[hellhenriques]

i luv u2. i am the number one fan. i luv this song. u may read Dante's Inferno and listen 2 this song. it is perfect. poor alex...2 much 4 a bottle of milk....so sad....

[cpa54]

the beginning sounds like something from "The Unforgettable Fire" days" blended in with the obvious "Achtung Baby" days.

[EurekaU2]

Indeed! It reminds "Wire", doesn't it?

[cpa54]

Yes it does!!! I couldn't remember what the song was. Thank you.

[domusaimports]

and Where the streets.....The guitar intro

[AdrielShotokan]

@EurekaU2

Yeah, this song have something from a remix of Wire

[jfugle1]

fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jedineeson]

I love this song I do my Lightsaber chorography with this song for my Sith Character

[poetluke]

I love star wars but lightsaber chorography?? hehe geek

[Jedineeson]

@poetluke

yes I am a geek and proud of it!

[BlueberrySwede]

I love all the Achtung Baby singles cause these bonus songs are so amazingly great...

Not quite sure about the lyrics, thanx to LoyalRaiderFan for the translation btw, but I guess Bono must have been in a Clockwork Orange kind of mood, when he wrote this. Interesting.

[jamaicanhemp]

Un-U2ish sound but good

[julioecaballeros]

Very good techno rock electro music¡¡¡¡¡¡ i'snt only easy singles

[cicatrizghost]

thanx for posting this,i've been trying to hear this song for forever.one of their best.

[LoyalRaiderFan]

Dies irae, dies illa

Dies irae, dies illa

Tuba mirum spargens sonum

Decet in inferno

Dies irae, dies illa

A day of wrath, that day

A day of wrath, that day

The trumpets wondrous call sounding abroad

He descended into hell

A day of wrath, that day

[LoyalRaiderFan]

one of U2's little known but most fascinating B-sides...haunting, brilliant...and fantastic soundtrack music.

[carlyeverything]

I have always looked for a word to describe this peice-u hit it.haunting,but strangely uplifting.depends what mood you were in when you first it.

[stormbono]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FlowMephisto]

Great song, I like the guitar a lot...

Edge is so cool, that song took me somewhere...