U2 – Alex Descends Into Hell for a Bottle of Milk/Korova 1

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Dies irae, dies illa
Dies irae, dies illa
Tuba mirum spargens sonum
Decet in inferno
Dies illa, dies illa

A day of wrath, that day
A day of wrath, that day
The amazing sound scattering from the trumpet
As is fitting for hell
That day, that day

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    General Comment:This song is so unlike anything U2 has ever done. I wish the rest of the Clockwork Orange stage soundtrack that Bono and Edge wrote would surface someday...
    Flag EnduringChillon May 11, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:haha never heard it but the title is freakin awesome!
    ps i
    Flag greenday+u2=meon April 06, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:haha never heard it but the title is freakin awesome!
    ps i
    Flag greenday+u2=meon April 06, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:The song played by Adam and Larry is Mission:Impossible. This one is written by Bono and Edge.
    Flag Richard2468on March 17, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:According to the credits on The Fly single, this song is from the Royal Shakespeare Company's production fo A Clockwork Orange and is written by Bono and The Edge. I'm not sure if Adam or Larry had any part of the recording of this song.
    Flag rager1969on March 01, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:one of the best u2 songs.... and indeed it refers to a cloclwork orange
    Flag stormbonoon January 06, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:if u've ever studyed or even read Revalations (the last book of the Bible) then u know that God went to hell after the crusifixtion of Jesus and saved us from sin, and in that moment, there was a MASEVE earthquake, The trumpet's wondrous call sounding abroad
    Flag camohatmanon March 29, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This is on the Johnny Neumonic Soundtrack. Not sure if that's spelled right. It starred Keanu Reeves.
    Flag rae_94on December 17, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:This was the B-Side to The Fly, and it's amazing. As I recall it was for either a new film version or stage production that didn't actually happen in the end.
    Anyone familiar with the Kubrick version will know that Alex gets whacked around the head with a bottle of milk, which could be the reference of descending into Hell.
    Flag xdvron April 13, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Blackwell - is right. This is a Clockwork Orange reference. The Main character ALEX is a hoodlum. The writer is F. Alexander. The two are a mirror image of what happens in life when you allow an orange to grow from it's youthful bitterness to it's adult sweetness. Although that in itself makes little sense. The point is that youth takes time to blossom to adulthood.
    Flag MilesSmileson February 15, 2005   Link

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