Second half of SOI is the real U2

[saltlick]

Like the first half, happy with it, love EBW. But from 5 on is , so much more then I expected. Best part is 1 week in and the WHOLE album is still growing, not fading. Can't wait to hear Lucifers hands and Crystal ballroom, though i think we may have heard a snippet of ballroom in that twitter message.

 

[jphelmet]

I guess i don't like u2 after all, at least not the real one. so who is it i like then?

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

This is so confusing...can someone tell me what 'real' U2 sings and what the 'fake' U2 sings? I'm not sure I've heard the 'fake' U2...but I could be wrong...

 

[BVS]

U2 wrote Miami
Fake Edge wrote Stop(the Poverty)

Until Steve tells me more that's all I can confirm.


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[MrPryck2U]

U2 wrote Miami
Fake Edge wrote Stop(the Poverty)

Until Steve tells me more that's all I can confirm.

You mean the dude with 3 posts in 12 years?

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

Seriously the 'real' U2 wrote Miami...

 

[last unicorn]

Would the real U2 please stand up!

 

[RoKKeR]

I sort of agree, in a way. Everything from Iris on is them NOT trying to find a poppy radio hit. The first four tunes are solid but there is nothing overly special about them. At least they aren't offensive attempts at it like Boots or Crazy.

 

[MrPryck2U]

I sort of agree, in a way. Everything from Iris on is them NOT trying to find a poppy radio hit. The first four tunes are solid but there is nothing overly special about them. At least they aren't offensive attempts at it like Boots or Crazy.

Wow, a new low at the Blue Crack has been reached: Boots and Crazy have been found to be offensive.

 

[Galeongirl]

Shocking news. Might wanna sit down for it. The first half is also the real U2.


All of the new album is real U2. As much as you like or dislike the tracks, they stil made all these tunes.

 

[prbiker15]

Shocking news. Might wanna sit down for it. The first half is also the real U2.


All of the new album is real U2. As much as you like or dislike the tracks, they stil made all these tunes.

And the real U2 performed at the Apple event.

 

[stevews29]

Wow. This must be what it's like when Dan Brown visits the Vatican.

I'll resist urge to meet snark with snark and just explain why I posted the thread. Believe it or not, I was trying to be helpful. Over the last week, I've run into so many people - online and afk - who were mortified by their first listen of SOI. Many of these folks are big U2 fans. I found the first part of the album pleasant but trite and nothing close to the quality I've come to expect from U2. It was only when I started listening to "side B" exclusively, untainted by the first half of the album, that it hit me how amazing those songs are.

In other words, the second half of the album restored my faith in U2. When I suggest that someone who feels discouraged after their first listen of SOI (and I've met a lot) just listen to the second half, 90% of the time they end up feeling much better about the album and the band. I thought there might be folks here having the same experience. Maybe I was wrong.

As for my choice of "real" as a synonym for "great" or "the standard I've come to expect," holy cow, I'm sorry. No idea it would get so many tails in knots. Of course, everything the guys do is "real" U2, but I'm allowed to be disappointed sometimes. God knows I've spent enough time and money on U2 to earn that right (oh, wait, but I guess I haven't posted here enough, so never mind).

So, good intentions, really.

But Sean Connery is the real James Bond. Duh.

 

[RobertWiscy]

Side 2 is what made this a great album for me. Slowly Side 1 has started to grow on me, although I immediately liked Iris and California. But tracks 7, 8, 9, and 10 are just stunning.

 

[Moser]

Are we sure the Doppelgangers from the Even Better Than The Real Thing video didn't make 1/2 of the album?

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

Wow. This must be what it's like when Dan Brown visits the Vatican.

I'll resist urge to meet snark with snark and just explain why I posted the thread. Believe it or not, I was trying to be helpful. Over the last week, I've run into so many people - online and afk - who were mortified by their first listen of SOI. Many of these folks are big U2 fans. I found the first part of the album pleasant but trite and nothing close to the quality I've come to expect from U2. It was only when I started listening to "side B" exclusively, untainted by the first half of the album, that it hit me how amazing those songs are.

In other words, the second half of the album restored my faith in U2. When I suggest that someone who feels discouraged after their first listen of SOI (and I've met a lot) just listen to the second half, 90% of the time they end up feeling much better about the album and the band. I thought there might be folks here having the same experience. Maybe I was wrong.

As for my choice of "real" as a synonym for "great" or "the standard I've come to expect," holy cow, I'm sorry. No idea it would get so many tails in knots. Of course, everything the guys do is "real" U2, but I'm allowed to be disappointed sometimes. God knows I've spent enough time and money on U2 to earn that right (oh, wait, but I guess I haven't posted here enough, so never mind).

So, good intentions, really.

But Sean Connery is the real James Bond. Duh.

#WhoisDanBrown

 

[BVS]

Wow. This must be what it's like when Dan Brown visits the Vatican.



I'll resist urge to meet snark with snark and just explain why I posted the thread. Believe it or not, I was trying to be helpful. Over the last week, I've run into so many people - online and afk - who were mortified by their first listen of SOI. Many of these folks are big U2 fans. I found the first part of the album pleasant but trite and nothing close to the quality I've come to expect from U2. It was only when I started listening to "side B" exclusively, untainted by the first half of the album, that it hit me how amazing those songs are.



In other words, the second half of the album restored my faith in U2. When I suggest that someone who feels discouraged after their first listen of SOI (and I've met a lot) just listen to the second half, 90% of the time they end up feeling much better about the album and the band. I thought there might be folks here having the same experience. Maybe I was wrong.



As for my choice of "real" as a synonym for "great" or "the standard I've come to expect," holy cow, I'm sorry. No idea it would get so many tails in knots. Of course, everything the guys do is "real" U2, but I'm allowed to be disappointed sometimes. God knows I've spent enough time and money on U2 to earn that right (oh, wait, but I guess I haven't posted here enough, so never mind).



So, good intentions, really.



But Sean Connery is the real James Bond. Duh.

I'm just surprised you've met so many that are "mortified", we have some of the big naysayer fans here in interference and the overall response is strong. At the very least they find it better than most of the 2000s albums.

But I'm glad you answered one of the questions, that one's been bothering me.


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[Galeongirl]

Wow. This must be what it's like when Dan Brown visits the Vatican.

I'll resist urge to meet snark with snark and just explain why I posted the thread. Believe it or not, I was trying to be helpful. Over the last week, I've run into so many people - online and afk - who were mortified by their first listen of SOI. Many of these folks are big U2 fans. I found the first part of the album pleasant but trite and nothing close to the quality I've come to expect from U2. It was only when I started listening to "side B" exclusively, untainted by the first half of the album, that it hit me how amazing those songs are.

In other words, the second half of the album restored my faith in U2. When I suggest that someone who feels discouraged after their first listen of SOI (and I've met a lot) just listen to the second half, 90% of the time they end up feeling much better about the album and the band. I thought there might be folks here having the same experience. Maybe I was wrong.

As for my choice of "real" as a synonym for "great" or "the standard I've come to expect," holy cow, I'm sorry. No idea it would get so many tails in knots. Of course, everything the guys do is "real" U2, but I'm allowed to be disappointed sometimes. God knows I've spent enough time and money on U2 to earn that right (oh, wait, but I guess I haven't posted here enough, so never mind).

So, good intentions, really.

But Sean Connery is the real James Bond. Duh.

Pierce Brosnan so is.


Also, I'm still not convinced this album has a good side at all.

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

Hey stevews29, throw about 2500 more posts on here before getting topical and controversial...

BTW, how much $$ would you estimate you've spent, that might ease some concerns around here...

 

[stevews29]

I'm just surprised you've met so many that are "mortified", we have some of the big naysayer fans here in interference and the overall response is strong.

I live in Los Angeles. If that doesn't explain it, I'm happy to elaborate.

 

[BVS]

I live in Los Angeles. If that doesn't explain it, I'm happy to elaborate.

Nothing more needs to be said.


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[stevews29]

BTW, how much $$ would you estimate you've spent, that might ease some concerns around here...

It's not so much the money I've spent as the hours in line sitting in the sun with my ass on hot concrete drinking lukewarm water from plastic bottles trying not to get sunburned or lose my place in line because I need to go to the bathroom some place where they're going to try and chase me out because U2 fans have been coming in and out all day making a mess and can they just open the damn arena doors let us in already? I feel like that earns me the right to bitch.

 

[Galeongirl]

Nobody needs a right to bitch here, it is what unites us.

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

It's not so much the money I've spent as the hours in line sitting in the sun with my ass on hot concrete drinking lukewarm water from plastic bottles trying not to get sunburned or lose my place in line because I need to go to the bathroom some place where they're going to try and chase me out because U2 fans have been coming in and out all day making a mess and can they just open the damn arena doors let us in already? I feel like that earns me the right to bitch.

 

[Aygo]

The thing is, the opener Miracle itself marks a departure for the band. It sounds completely new and the guitar blasts from Edge is not something jaded U2 listeners would expect. But starting from track 2 yes I kind of see your point, Earnie.

Departure? "The Miracle" is one of the most U2-by-the-numbers of the album. It's like a crossover between "Vertigo" and a faster "Window In The Skies" without piano.

 

[ozeeko]

I wouldn't call The Miracle U2-by-the-numbers. If anything EBW is (but it's a good song!)

Edge's guitar tone is stellar on The Miracle, and those "whoa"s somehow sound different than the other million "whoa"s in U2's repertoire.

The problem is just that it needed a better chorus. It's not transcendent. It's like a party being busted up everytime it gets there, because the verses are good, especially the lead-up to the chorus.

And Bono is wayyyyyy too loud in the mix.

 

[BVS]

Departure? "The Miracle" is one of the most U2-by-the-numbers of the album. It's like a crossover between "Vertigo" and a faster "Window In The Skies" without piano.

This is a U2girl rewrite


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[last unicorn]

I think I'll never really understand the concept of "U2 by the numbers"

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

This is a U2girl rewrite


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[Reggie Thee Dog]

I think I'll never really understand the concept of "U2 by the numbers"

Exactly as if U2 is consciously trying to write a song over and over again. Or that they're so lazy they plays the same notes/chords and change the words around...

 

[SeeLoganRun]

The next album is the real U2, guys. I've heard it and everything else has been prolouge. It's rock and roll from the 18th century on an alternate version of Mars 2.0 sent backwards in time through a rubber electron microscope while Edge dances on the edge of oblivion with a toothpaste guitar. Mind-blowing.