You're listening to Song Exploder,
where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.
I'm Rishikesh Hirway.
With U2, sometimes I write lyrics and then we try to find the music to express those lyrics.
But most of the time, it's about finding a feeling first and then trying to express that feeling.
So Edge had this big blues riff.
powerful and full of rage.
It was a natural fit for me to talk about my own rage.
That was Bono, lead singer of U2, talking about the song Cedarwood Road.
It's named after the street where he grew up in Dublin.
He'll talk more about how he channeled his memories to write the lyrics for this song.
But first, we'll hear from the song's co-writer, The Edge.
He'll detail the process of creating the track,
from the original demo to the final recording made with the other members of U2,
drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and bassist Adam Clayton.
Hi, this is The Edge.
U2 songs can start from any kind of a beginning.
a guitar part, a drum part, anything really that excites us and inspires us.
So Cedarwood Road actually started with a guitar riff that I played at home.
I thought it was pretty exciting, so I got a couple of hours free one morning,