St. Patrick's Day is this Sunday, and to help us get prepared musically, I plan to play an hour of Ireland's most popular exports — well, outside of Guinness, that is — U2. I invite you to join me as we spotlight only the early years of the band, back when they were a young, angry quartet with something to prove. We'll take them on album by album in the order they were released. They may not be your cup of tea these days. but let these early songs remind you just how powerful the band were back in the 80s.

Program playlist