Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Slug\" is a song by Passengers, a group composed of rock band U2 and producer Brian Eno. It is the second track on the group's only release, the 1995 album Original Soundtracks 1. The track was given the working title \"Seibu\" and was almost left off the album before it was rediscovered later during the recording sessions. Though Eno made the majority of creative decisions during the recording sessions, \"Slug\" was one of the few tracks that the members from U2 tried to craft themselves.Lyrically, it is a portrait of a \"desolate soul\" during a time of celebration. As Passengers were writing songs for fictional soundtracks, they tried to create a visual suggestion from the music that was more important than the story within the lyrics. In \"Slug\", the instrumentation is intended to represent the lights of a city being turned on at dusk. The group primarily drew inspiration for the song from U2's experiences in Tokyo at the conclusion of the Zoo TV Tour. \"Slug\" was praised as one of the best songs on the album by critics from various publications, and was compared to tracks from U2's previous album, Zooropa."@en }
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- Slug_(song) abstract "\"Slug\" is a song by Passengers, a group composed of rock band U2 and producer Brian Eno. It is the second track on the group's only release, the 1995 album Original Soundtracks 1. The track was given the working title \"Seibu\" and was almost left off the album before it was rediscovered later during the recording sessions. Though Eno made the majority of creative decisions during the recording sessions, \"Slug\" was one of the few tracks that the members from U2 tried to craft themselves.Lyrically, it is a portrait of a \"desolate soul\" during a time of celebration. As Passengers were writing songs for fictional soundtracks, they tried to create a visual suggestion from the music that was more important than the story within the lyrics. In \"Slug\", the instrumentation is intended to represent the lights of a city being turned on at dusk. The group primarily drew inspiration for the song from U2's experiences in Tokyo at the conclusion of the Zoo TV Tour. \"Slug\" was praised as one of the best songs on the album by critics from various publications, and was compared to tracks from U2's previous album, Zooropa.".