Achtung Baby/ Zooropa remaster/ reissue - Part IV/Four

[chrissybaby]

I know it's only a few notes but i think Snow patrol has achieve the impossible,beating Mary J blige for worst U2 cover.

that's..that's...goodness.. it's horrible!!!

Yeah it's sounding like they've shot this CD up with a 12-Bore shitgun.

 

[Nick66]

I know it's only a few notes but i think Snow patrol has achieve the impossible,beating Mary J blige for worst U2 cover.

I wouldn't be so sure of that:

[One Bank] Bank Of America - One (U2 Cover) **HIGHER RES** - YouTube

 

[trevgreg]

The Garbage cover, not half-bad. As for the Snow Patrol snippet, I'll save a final analysis for the final version. However, now that I remember it, they did the same thing with the INXS song New Sensation, basically taking out all the energy from it and singing it over a somber background.

Granted, INXS actually did something similar on their Original Sin album this year, but I don't think covering a song necessarily means you have to play it slower if it's a faster, catchier number. We'll see how this one turns out though.

 

[Steved1998]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFJnzab8sng&feature=player_embedded#!

It's pretty good

 

[last unicorn]

Interesting versions, like the Patti Smith one, Garbage is ok, Snow Patrol .. um, not so much ... Come on guys, I believe in you

I still think there should be a Real Thing cover as well, not a U2 remix.

 

[digitize]

Is it sad that the one I'm most excited for is UV, even though it will basically be the same as U2's version?

 

[LuckyNumber7]

I just don't get it. It's such a popular thing to do with songs when people are trying to cover it. Specifically with "One". It's like... hey... lets just slow it down a shit ton and put a piano in there and overly express our vocals. Problem solved. That's my 'take' on how to play this song!

And now Snow Patrol just went and did that to "Mysterious Ways". Seriously...

If I were to create a new 'take' on both of those songs it'd be....

"One" as harder hitting and less lovey-dovey, and "Mysterious Ways" minus the funky sound and plus some distortion or something. I dunno...

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Is it sad that the one I'm most excited for is UV, even though it will basically be the same as U2's version?

I'm the same way... but it's also because it is The Killers and they're a favorite... so I wouldn't just say it's because it's very similar.

 

[Nick66]

"One" as harder hitting and less lovey-dovey, and "Mysterious Ways" minus the funky sound and plus some distortion or something. I dunno...

That's actually a couple really good ideas. I hate covers of U2 songs a general rule, but I'd be into hearing those from a couple decent artists.

The only track I have even a small amount of hope for on this record is NIN's Zoo Station.

 

[digitize]

I'm the same way... but it's also because it is The Killers and they're a favorite... so I wouldn't just say it's because it's very similar.

I think they just fit the song really well, honestly.

 

[digitize]

My rankings so far:

1) Love is Blindness (Jack White) - I absolutely love it.
2) Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Garbage) - pretty good.
3) One (Damien Rice) - good, but meh.

 

[chrissybaby]

100% remastered!!!!!!! AT LAST WE KNOW.... Courtesy of Neil McCormick who has the boxset.

 

[Swan269]

100% remastered!!!!!!! AT LAST WE KNOW.... Courtesy of Neil McCormick who has the boxset.

thank god we now know!!!!!!!

he is also liking Heaven and Hell- no brainer


I'm really enjoying Heaven & Hell, which sounds like a drunk U2 trying to play soul music in a Berlin bar after closing time. #Achtung Baby

 

[morgan1098]

100% remastered!!!!!!! AT LAST WE KNOW.... Courtesy of Neil McCormick who has the boxset.

Thanks for putting this to rest, Mr. McCormick! It's been a painful ride.

 

[gvox]

Garbage - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses: ---> BBC - BBC 6 Music Programmes - Radcliffe and Maconie, Thursday - with Bill Nelson of Be-Bop Deluxe (2:25:55)

Man...NIN and DM better come correct...cause Garbage killed that track...I like!

 

[prbiker15]

My rankings so far:

1) Love is Blindness (Jack White) - I absolutely love it.
2) Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Garbage) - pretty good.
3) One (Damien Rice) - good, but meh.

My thoughts exactly. My least favorite so far is Damien Rice. Jack White's version of LIB is my favorite so far, love it. WGRYWH by Garbage is great as well.

 

[coach]

I think Garbage's version is almost perfect except for the bridge. The song completely looses it at that point (IMHO).

 

[popacrobat]

I agree with coach.

 

[Moser]

Wow, that Garbage mix made me quit after one minute and revert to the Temple Bar mix.

 

[theedgeu2]

Whooo hoooo I LOVE you Neil McCormick!

 

[cobl04]

I like the Garbage cover a fair bit, but the bridge is pretty bad, almost as bad as the bridge on Dirty Day.

 

[cobl04]

Are we sure we can trust Neil? I mean it's just some throwaway tweet, it's probably not even him. THIS IS NOT CONFIRMATION.

 

[theedgeu2]

He should tweet us a fucking picture already.

 

[corianderstem]

 

[theedgeu2]

Best GIF ever.

 

[mikal]

Can anyone provide Neil's birth certificate? I need proof that he exists.

 

[bonocomet]

Can anyone provide Neil's birth certificate? I need proof that he exists.

I touched him this summer... he felt real enough. But then again, are you sure I am actually real?

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Well you're real but a comet isn't alive.

 

[Niceman]

My rankings so far:

1) Love is Blindness (Jack White) - I absolutely love it.
2) Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Garbage) - pretty good.
3) One (Damien Rice) - good, but meh.

 

[Niceman]

I think Garbage's version is almost perfect except for the bridge. The song completely looses it at that point (IMHO).

Yep. The bridge is boring. Otherwise, it's really good.