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I muster the effort because I still think Bono is cute and Adam is a fox.
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Kieran McConville
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It's true, Adam actually is a fox.
No really. He's a literal fox.
No really. He's a literal fox.
cobl04
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It still leaves a sour taste in my mouth. It's still a gathering of rich elites. There's a million better things they could do.
martha
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Like finish the fucking album.
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mikal
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I don't know. Sometimes I feel like people here stretch for ways to rip U2 apart for something. This is one of them.
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Hewson
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A silver fox.
BVS
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Exactly. Cobbler didn't even know what Dreamforce was 2 days ago, but now it's a horrific optical offense. He had no idea who played last year, but now he hates them.
But I guess I'm just a squinter on u2's payroll.
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Popmartijn
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It's especially ironic as I believe he is exactly one of those people he's now railing against.
corianderstem
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Good fucking lord.
How dare U2 use their fame to help raise money for sick kids.
More like $i¢k kid$, amirite??
LemonMelon
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The Save the Whalers concert went well. Let's give Dreamforce a chance, guys.
DaveC
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"Dreamforce" sounds like Inception remade by Michael Bay.
Whenever I have a view similar to the NLOTH album cover, so whenever I can see the ocean, I'm compelled to listen to the title track. It's still an amazing track. Bono's voice sounds great. Not in the same way as on Achtung Baby of course but it's still soaring.
I also listened to the first four tracks and Fez and Breathe. NLOTH really had the potential of being another great U2 album.
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I also listened to the first four tracks and Fez and Breathe. NLOTH really had the potential of being another great U2 album.
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martha
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The NLOTH title track is easily in my U2 top 10.
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Popmartijn
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Hewson
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It didn't just have potential, it actually is!
Eh, not so much.
cobl04
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Yeah, haven't listened to it in years, a few novelty spins aside.
NLOTH, MoS, Fez and Cedars are all great songs but I never have a desire to hear them
NLOTH, MoS, Fez and Cedars are all great songs but I never have a desire to hear them
LemonMelon
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NLOTH is a very good album that indeed had the potential to be one of their classics. What we got was still a lot better than the kind of crappy albums it's sandwiched between though.
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mikal
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I know this has been said many times, but the highs on NLOTH are greater than anything on SOI but as an album, SOI is a lot more consistent without any glaring weaknesses. NLOTH on the other hand has two songs (Crazy Tonight and SUC) that I wish never existed and I believe are two low points in the band's career.
I'm sure you could refer to me as a post 90's U2 apologist because I generally enjoy their post 90's work (but not at the level of their 90's work though) but NLOTH was kind of a slap in the face because they obviously were in a groove with their songwriting and then panicked towards the end, which you can clearly hear on the album. If anything NLOTH has become my least favorite post 90's U2 album because every time I hear it, I hear the sounds of a band extremely unsure of themselves.
I'm sure you could refer to me as a post 90's U2 apologist because I generally enjoy their post 90's work (but not at the level of their 90's work though) but NLOTH was kind of a slap in the face because they obviously were in a groove with their songwriting and then panicked towards the end, which you can clearly hear on the album. If anything NLOTH has become my least favorite post 90's U2 album because every time I hear it, I hear the sounds of a band extremely unsure of themselves.
LemonMelon
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At this point in U2's career, I'd rather hear sparks of real inspiration (NLOTH, MOS, Fez) with a bunch of throwaway material than a workmanlike trudge through the past like SOI. At least there's still a sign of one of favorite bands of all time kicking around on NLOTH, even if it's inconsistent as a whole.
Despite my criticisms of the last album, I'm still curious to hear what the "experience" in Songs of Experience entails. It seems to imply the sort of exhausted, cynical writing that drove their 90s material (and later gems like When I Look at the World) and that would be a nice change of pace, but I'm expecting a lot of reflective writing about fatherhood and marriage.
Despite my criticisms of the last album, I'm still curious to hear what the "experience" in Songs of Experience entails. It seems to imply the sort of exhausted, cynical writing that drove their 90s material (and later gems like When I Look at the World) and that would be a nice change of pace, but I'm expecting a lot of reflective writing about fatherhood and marriage.
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Yeah, at least with NLOTH you can delete the middle three tracks and have a somewhat pleasant listening experience. I still think it contains their most ambitious and creative work since Pop, and perhaps their two best songs in the last 15 years (Fez and the title track). The only other place where you can find that ambition, to me, is the last three tracks in SoI. ATYCLB and HTDAAB have their moments, but they really don't push the envelope at all.
mikal
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My perfect NLOTH tracklist has always been:
NLOTH
Magnificent
MOS
Unknown Caller
Soon
Breathe
White as Snow
Winter (Linear Version)
Fez - Being Porn
Cedars of Lebanon
Much more cohesive and mostly stays true to their original ideas. Not a huge hit that they were looking for but they didn't have one with Boots or Crazy Tonight anyway.
NLOTH
Magnificent
MOS
Unknown Caller
Soon
Breathe
White as Snow
Winter (Linear Version)
Fez - Being Porn
Cedars of Lebanon
Much more cohesive and mostly stays true to their original ideas. Not a huge hit that they were looking for but they didn't have one with Boots or Crazy Tonight anyway.
mikal
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Hard to argue with that opinion because I love SOI, so my perspective is much different.
LemonMelon
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A lot of fans do and I can see why; there are a number of live favorites on there, it has a somewhat coherent narrative going on, there aren't any lyrics so bad they became interference memes, etc. It's a solid album on many levels and seems to be a response to NLOTH's inconsistencies in a way. For me, sadly, it's the only U2 album I've never connected with at any point.
At least with Bomb, I can listen to it and have nostalgia to fall back on. I was an obsessed fan back then and the Vertigo tour was my first concert. Great times. I don't listen to Bomb much anymore, but I get good vibes when I do.
iron yuppie
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The stretch of Cedarwood Road through The Troubles holds up really well, IMO. It flows and there is diversity with some surprising risk-taking, e.g. Sleep Like a Baby. That right there would have been a 4.5 star EP.
The thing about No Line is that people always shit on the infamous middle three, which is certainly fair, but that obscures how bad and pointless Unknown Caller and White as Snow are, respectively. No Line is only firing at about 50%, all things considered.
The thing about No Line is that people always shit on the infamous middle three, which is certainly fair, but that obscures how bad and pointless Unknown Caller and White as Snow are, respectively. No Line is only firing at about 50%, all things considered.
lazarus
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Unknown Caller us a lot of great stuff in it musically and lyrically, despite the idiotic computer terminology. And I don't see anything wrong with White As Snow. It's simple but nicely performed (the French Horn is a refreshing touch) and not cloying and over the top as some of their other recent ballads.
lazarus
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I agree with much of both of these posts, as I enjoy both albums in fits and starts (and both finish too strongly to leave a bad taste in my mouth). Although I wouldn't say No Net is my least favorite because of its compromise; I don't know how one can be so upset about the missed opportunities on that album when practically a whole album with Danger Mouse was scrapped for reworking by trendy pop producers on SOI.
LemonMelon
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Agreed. For me, the sequencing helps Unknown Caller a lot. There's a lovely transition out of MOS and some interesting thematic unity between the two. It's a shame that they went TOO high concept with it because there's a lot to like otherwise.
White As Snow is a perfectly fine song, nothing bad, nothing amazing. Some detailed storytelling in there and the addition of French horn was inspired. Give me that over Song for Someone any fucking day.
I would love to have seen U2 take the mood and atmosphere from Cedars of Lebanon and Soon and play with that for an album. It's a shame nothing ever came of the rumors of a more ambient-influenced Songs of Ascent.
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