Meaning Behind My Favorite Song: U2 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

The meaning behind anyone's favorite song is usually relative to that person's experiences and when or where they first heard the song. I'm not like everyone, in that many songs move me more than most people. I love good lyrics most of all and many times they inspire me to write poetry, songs, stories, and more. Some move me to tears, some to broad smiles, some to mushy, warm, fuzzy thoughts of friends, some to deep sadness, and even some to righteous anger - basically, the full spectrum of emotions. It's like certain songs

A few months ago, I also started my own topic series in which I describe my favorite songs and why I like them. You can check them out on AC. Just do a search on Music Gugie Style.

For this article, I choose a 1987 hit song by the Irish band, U2, titled "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is from U2's 1987 album "The Joshua Tree." The song is U2's second #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine listed it as number 93 of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

As always, for a short time, you can listen to the actual song on my blog, Gugie's World.

U2 says that it's a song of "spiritual yearning" and Bono and Edge have often called it a gospel song.

The music video for the song was located on Fremont Street in Las Vegas and showed the band members walking around. In this scenario, among people gambling in casinos, I take it to mean that people gamble in hopes of winning money to make their lives better. They think that, if they get the money, they will be able to afford things they dream about and find what they're looking for to complete their lives. Sadly, I don't believe that most do.

What about all of the old people, who go to Las Vegas or Atlantic City by the busload to play the slots all day, like mindless drones? You'd think that by 75, they'd have found what they're looking for. Of course, it can be viewed as showing us how low government benefits are for the people, who have worked hard all of their lives to fund social security and are expected to live on $500 a month.