Scorpionac
War Child
Some of the lyrics in Who's Gonna Ride are lamesauce.
Say something negative about Achtung Baby
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Globo14
Refugee
something negative about Achtung Baby
The Panther
Refugee
I can't see a need to say anything negative about this album (note: the videos do not equate "the album"). It's as good as anything they've ever done. Every single song is a winner, the production is near-perfect, the running order is fine, the record shows their musicianship (esp. Edge) at its highest, it was a huge hit, and it completely saved their career from falling over the edge of 80s-Dinosaur-ism. In short, there is nothing negative to say.
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
We have a winner!
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
Where'd you find that lil piece of info GG, U2 by U2?
A recent interview about the reissue. Let me find it for you, to show you proof.
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
From Q magazine, dec 2011.
Wussies.
And yeah, I would link if I had found the online article. But instead I have the actual magazine here. I can provide a screenshot if needed though.
http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f195/q-magazine-december-2011-a-212660.html
Page 57.
Wussies.And yeah, I would link if I had found the online article. But instead I have the actual magazine here. I can provide a screenshot if needed though.
http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f195/q-magazine-december-2011-a-212660.html
Page 57.
last unicorn
Blue Crack Addict
When I saw this thread I knew immediately that no one would give a serious answer to this question, so I won't give a serious answer, too, because it's a waste of time and energy. Achtung Baby is the second coming.
It's not, it has flaws, and I can make a list of them, but I won't.
Flaws aside, ONE is my favourite song of anyone ever. I guess that kind of outweighs what I don't like about the album.
It's not, it has flaws, and I can make a list of them, but I won't.
Flaws aside, ONE is my favourite song of anyone ever. I guess that kind of outweighs what I don't like about the album.
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
Ironic how you call us out on not giving a serious answer, and then proceed to not giving one yourself...
Aardvark747
Blue Crack Addict
Sometimes Bono's final vocal from 3:37 on LIB annoys me, as I want to hear Edge's solo going wild like the Zoo TV shows...
The Panther
Refugee
I know what you mean ("Baby, can we still be friends?", etc.) but nowadays I find it hard to tell what lyrics on this album are 'serious, man', and which are tongue-in-cheek. For example, "Ultraviolet" has those beautiful images of "there is a silence that comes to a house where no one can sleep", etc., but then has the one of the cheesiest metaphors ever: "Your love was a light bulb hanging over my bed". Yuck! So, what we end up with is a bunch of interesting lyrics about love, marriage, and life, some of which are cheese on a stick, and some of which are poetic and poignant, and the enjoyment of the whole Achtung Baby ethos if that the truth lies somewhere in between. I believe this is also called being "playful".
Aygo
Rock n' Roll Doggie
cobl04
45:33
So Cruel is the sound of a man dealing with a breaking heart over six minutes. It's not long enough!
What are your top five?
The super deluxe is extremely good for the $150 I paid
No one else has been snarky, was there really a need for that? There's plenty of people here who have something negative to say.
I'll have to use a bat signal
What are your top five?
The super deluxe is extremely good for the $150 I paid
No one else has been snarky, was there really a need for that? There's plenty of people here who have something negative to say.
I'll have to use a bat signal
The_acrobat
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
...... I got nothin.
1 of 2 albums that I personally take no issue with. The 2nd is Tom Petty's Wildflowers. Both albums, though very different from one another, are the 2 reasons I was tempted to pick up a guitar for the first time, and thus changed my life.
1 of 2 albums that I personally take no issue with. The 2nd is Tom Petty's Wildflowers. Both albums, though very different from one another, are the 2 reasons I was tempted to pick up a guitar for the first time, and thus changed my life.
blueeyedgirl
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
I'm a classy chickI was going to say that the pic of Adam's err, member could be clearer
but this ^ sounds so much classier.
lazarus
Blue Crack Supplier
-I think they should have had the track listing on the album as it was on ZooTV:
Zoo Station
The Fly
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Mysterious Ways
One
Until The End of the World
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
-Get rid of the first two and a half minutes of So Cruel.
-I wish the Love Is Blindness solo sounded as gritty and raw as it does live.
Zoo Station
The Fly
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Mysterious Ways
One
Until The End of the World
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
-Get rid of the first two and a half minutes of So Cruel.
-I wish the Love Is Blindness solo sounded as gritty and raw as it does live.
Niceman
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
Man, what's with all the So Cruel hate in this thread??it's one of the most lyrically hard-hitting tracks on the album.
Basically, its too easy to be a U2 fan, so people with ALL KINDS of taste get allowed in our secret club....
Dfit00
War Child
You need to get out of LA, most of the population overthere need that sort of help too.
Especially around Inglewood and Calabasas.
cobl04
45:33
Compton, Long Beach, INGLEWOOD!
Imho ... WGRYWH, SC, and TTTYAATW are quite frankly lame, MOR fare that don't live up to the ground shaking revolution the band performed on their image with the other songs. Still doesn't stop me from loving this album and regarding it as a landmark in Rock/Pop history. Easily one of the top ten albums of the 90's and possibly of all time, with 'One' already a 'standard' (for better or worse) that will likely live alongside Elvis, Dylan, Cole Porter, Lennon & Mcartney et al until well into the next century.
... But I just don't get the love for those 3 songs. I get what they're about but I just don't like the dull way they do it.
... But I just don't get the love for those 3 songs. I get what they're about but I just don't like the dull way they do it.
lazarus
Blue Crack Supplier
So Cruel and Tryin' both have trip-hop beats that were not exactly common in rock music at pretty ahead of AB's time. The drums on the former have a very otherworldly, watery sound that's unlike anything I'd heard from Larry before. And then Tryin' has that drunk quality that echoes the concept of the song, with those woozy little guitar fills from Edge.
Wild Horses may be the poppiest song on the album, but the beginning with the violin in one speaker and the distorted guitar in the other is a damned cool idea and hints at something a lot darker than the lyrics would imply. And the erratic beat/time signature isn't exactly standard rock.
Wild Horses may be the poppiest song on the album, but the beginning with the violin in one speaker and the distorted guitar in the other is a damned cool idea and hints at something a lot darker than the lyrics would imply. And the erratic beat/time signature isn't exactly standard rock.
The Panther
Refugee
Totally agree. I'm amazed that people are dissing 'So Cruel' and 'Trying to Throw...', but to each their own I guess. For me, those are of the LP's most essential songs. I wouldn't change a note of either.
I can sort of understand why 'Who's Gonna Ride' rubs some people the wrong way (I personally love it), as it is maybe the one song on the album that sounds a bit dated, with a chorus that could have been on Rattle & Hum, and a vibe that seems slightly out of place with the rest of the record. But there is no denying that beautiful bridge ("To a place where the wind calls your name", etc.), which just makes the song.
cobl04
45:33
If it wasn't for Wild Horses, I might not be the person I am today. And that is only a slight exaggeration.
The Sad Punk
Blue Crack Addict
I love Mysterious Ways so much.
I laffed.
Where is that sly devil?
No one else has been snarky, was there really a need for that? There's plenty of people here who have something negative to say.
I'll have to use a bat signal
I laffed.
Where is that sly devil?
lazarus
Blue Crack Supplier
Yawn.
mirrorballman
Refugee
There's not really much to criticize cuz I also consider it their masterpiece, but if I had to I'd say: I barely listen to So Cruel and never understood the big Acrobat hype. I skip both most of the time.
Again, not saying I dislike the songs because I find myself listening to them every other rotation, but usually they are not my cup of tea.
Again, not saying I dislike the songs because I find myself listening to them every other rotation, but usually they are not my cup of tea.
djerdap
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