All of them are
.Indeed. U2's foray into true ambient music produced some incredible results, largely because they had Bono's voice to work with which really fit the album.
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.Indeed. U2's foray into true ambient music produced some incredible results, largely because they had Bono's voice to work with which really fit the album.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
All of them are
Indeed. U2's foray into true ambient music produced some incredible results, largely because they had Bono's voice to work with which really fit the album.
agreed. I just dont think it worked all the time and I think SOME people get carried away with that
coolian2
Blue Crack Supplier
now listen son, i don't really think os1 is really that far removed from the likes of zooropa, though. i don't even think it's terribly far removed from their more atmospheric stuff in the 80s, and some tracks on no line even feel like they have roots in passengers. cedars sounds a lot like corpse, for example.
besides, the way i see it, passengers is a u2 album.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
It is though, The ones you mention are pop/rock songs with atmospheric influences. OS1 is an atmospheric/ambient album played by a pop/rock band.
I see it as an Eno record with U2
Then Brian Eno has an excellent addition to his discography. Does it really matter if we classify it as U2, Passengers, Brian Eno, U2 with Brian Eno, Brian Eno with U2, U2 plus Brian Eno minus Larry Mullen, or anything else?
coolian2
Blue Crack Supplier
i guess i see it as a more natural progression from achtung baby -> zooropa -> passengers.
i guess it's how you want to label it then. i see it as a u2 album and appreciate it as such. i mean, it's got all of the usual u2 collaborators, but the name throws people.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
No it doesn't matter at all
No it doesn't matter at all
Exactly. I'm just glad they didn't shelve the sessions entirely or something.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
true that.
I think some amazing things came from the sessions. I just don't think everything they did was shitting golden nuggets.
I would have loved an 8 track EP/ short album that had the best cuts.
I think some amazing things came from the sessions. I just don't think everything they did was shitting golden nuggets.
I would have loved an 8 track EP/ short album that had the best cuts.
What would have been really interesting is if U2 had gone the direction that Eno was hoping for after OS1 instead of towards Pop... I remember him saying that he thought songs like Slug and Miss Sarajevo were the "future of U2", and then he saw U2 as The Village People on TV.
I find I like U2's two extremes the most. It's no secret I'm a fan of U2's atmospheric side, and the more atmospheric they get, the better. I have said in the past that I wish they had gone further with the UF/Captive direction, and in many ways Passengers does that. I also love U2's more intense side, whether that's the early post-punk of Boy or the seriously rockin' God Part II, The Fly, HMTMKMKM, Gone kind of work.
What I dislike is the bland middle ground, and I feel like U2 have wallowed in that middle ground all too much, especially in the first half of this decade.
I reckon that you need to be consistent and classify Passengers the same way you'd classify UF. Now, I often joke that they're both "Brian Eno featuring U2". But in seriousness, I'd classify them both as U2 albums.
Ehh, TUF is definitely less straight-up-Eno than OS1 is. Songs like Bad, Pride, ASOH, Wire, and ISS are all outside of normal Eno-fare, and are very different than OS1, but they all have strong Eno influences, and his hand is obvious in the production. I love both albums... probably TUF somewhat more, though.
Also, Dan Lanois seriously needs to be thanked for what he did especially with Adam and Larry on TUF.
Also, Dan Lanois seriously needs to be thanked for what he did especially with Adam and Larry on TUF.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
Yeah, no matter how much anyone was invovled in either project, one is classified U2, and one passengers. If that is the only distinction (and it isnt btw) then they can't be grouped the same
subnet
New Yorker
what i was suggesting is that the quick improvisations and recording sessions from OS1 may be in line with the quick improvisation and recording session done for Disappearing Act over a couple summer days in France.
perfection sometimes comes out of quick improvisations and experimentation. Something I feel is part of Disappearing Act.
if you think all this talk is bullshit just let me know. maybe i'm out in left field.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
I see what you're saying subnet.
It does sound funny though talking about a song 26 years old
It does sound funny though talking about a song 26 years old
An Cat Gav
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Of course Slug and Your Blue Room grab all the headlines as they are some of U2's best songs, but other more atmosphetic and slightly eerie songs like A Different Kind Of Blue, Corpse, One Minute Warning and Theme from The Swan are the ones that really make the album for me, even Elvis Ate America kind of seems right on Passengers surrounded by all these songs of a completely different musical nature. OS1 is and probably always be in my top 5 U2 albums, right now it's number 3.
PookaMacP
War Child
coolian2
Blue Crack Supplier
oh, i understand where you're coming from now.
subnet
New Yorker
yeah, we're cool
i applaud them for picking up the pieces of a 26 year old track and reworking it in short time. The song may have been highly unstructured and in bits and pieces over several recording tracks knowing it touched the hands of Brian Eno and Danny Lanois. Be it 26 years, 26 weeks, 26 hours, U2 music is timeless.
i applaud them for picking up the pieces of a 26 year old track and reworking it in short time. The song may have been highly unstructured and in bits and pieces over several recording tracks knowing it touched the hands of Brian Eno and Danny Lanois. Be it 26 years, 26 weeks, 26 hours, U2 music is timeless.
Catman
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I'm getting sick of only being able to listen to this 1 min. clip... the song better surface soon!
xtrmx
War Child
Yes in October I will get a song from which 1min is boring to me because I've already played that part to death
OP
OP
mikal
Blue Crack Addict
lol, that's why i've stopped listening to the minute clip. 
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
Yeah, I havent listened to it for a week now... its killing me!
The John Tree
War Child
I don't know how I missed this. I'm really late to the party.
This song sounds unbelievable. Especially that weird whistling guitar (?) noise after what seems to be the chorus.
This song sounds unbelievable. Especially that weird whistling guitar (?) noise after what seems to be the chorus.
The John Tree
War Child
Agreed. I wonder how much of the outtakes are from 1984 and how much have been added in 2009. "Wave of Sorrow" seems like it was an entire instrumental track from 1987, just with Bono's new lyrics and vocals added in 2007. This seems more updated.
mgokelly
The Fly
What does everyone think of the full song, another gem from boys if you ask me.
Niceman
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
Niceman
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
There's something vaguely Achtung Baby about the lyric, isn't there? Lepers and beds... and songs about relationships like this weren't really the kind of songs Bono often wrote back in 1984 were they?
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