silkensky
War Child
Mine: Stand Up Comedy
I couldn't stand this song when NLOTH first hit, and that didn't change one bit throughout the entire 360 Tour. But the other day I listened to it again, and bam, I realized this really isn't THAT bad of a song! Sure it could be better but nonetheless my feelings toward it have changed. How the heck does this happen? I've been listening to a lot of other music this year, especially pop, which is like candy to me. You know a lot of it is bad but there's just something about it that gets you and you can't help but like it. Maybe that's rubbed off and influenced my newfound feelings for a song like this one (it certainly wouldn't be out of place on a more pop-oriented record, which of course No Line isn't). Anyway I think this will be one of those songs in U2's catalog that we look back on someday, and realize there's actually something to it, and actually kinda cool. There's some sweet guitar work by Edge, especially his slide solo toward the end, plus you hear the sound that became the Vertigo "siren" on 360. Adam and Larry are kicking ass as they were on most of No Line, and indeed while Bono's lyrics leave much to be desired it's got the line "Love is evolution's very best day." What a great lyric, IMHO, though you have to listen closely for it. Hopefully they'll give this one a go live someday.
Anyway, going back to my subject title, have there been any U2 songs that you hated upon first listen, and kept hating for months or even years? And then one day you just happen to listen to it, keep listening, and all of sudden realize, that hey, the song really isn't all that bad, and you actually begin to like it! Perhaps it was just the fact that the tune felt so out of place or inferior to the surrounding tracks on its respective album, and when you hear it on its own it's actually better than you thought.
I couldn't stand this song when NLOTH first hit, and that didn't change one bit throughout the entire 360 Tour. But the other day I listened to it again, and bam, I realized this really isn't THAT bad of a song! Sure it could be better but nonetheless my feelings toward it have changed. How the heck does this happen? I've been listening to a lot of other music this year, especially pop, which is like candy to me. You know a lot of it is bad but there's just something about it that gets you and you can't help but like it. Maybe that's rubbed off and influenced my newfound feelings for a song like this one (it certainly wouldn't be out of place on a more pop-oriented record, which of course No Line isn't). Anyway I think this will be one of those songs in U2's catalog that we look back on someday, and realize there's actually something to it, and actually kinda cool. There's some sweet guitar work by Edge, especially his slide solo toward the end, plus you hear the sound that became the Vertigo "siren" on 360. Adam and Larry are kicking ass as they were on most of No Line, and indeed while Bono's lyrics leave much to be desired it's got the line "Love is evolution's very best day." What a great lyric, IMHO, though you have to listen closely for it. Hopefully they'll give this one a go live someday.
Anyway, going back to my subject title, have there been any U2 songs that you hated upon first listen, and kept hating for months or even years? And then one day you just happen to listen to it, keep listening, and all of sudden realize, that hey, the song really isn't all that bad, and you actually begin to like it! Perhaps it was just the fact that the tune felt so out of place or inferior to the surrounding tracks on its respective album, and when you hear it on its own it's actually better than you thought.
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