San Jose 2 setlist party thread Part 2

[Axver]

Nooooooo.

COBL is catchy, but everything on AB gives me chills. And everything on AB blows COBL out of the water lyrically.

"waits for Axver to produce his tired two lines from TTTYAATW*

I don't need those two lines. The song is musically boring and lyrically weak and pathetic.

Never should have been on Achtung Baby.

Also, COBL flogs songs like Zoo Station and EBTTRT in the lyrics department.

 

[jeffschmid]

What crap on the new album? I think it's their second best ever, just behind UF and just ahead of JT.

it's just... not good... i must admit i am a cobl fan though, yahweh is nice

 

[bono_man2002]

You cant compare COBL with TTTYAATW
Its like comapring Streets With...I dunno.....Something......

TTTYAATW was sounded great Live. and is a Good Song. But pointless to compare with COBL.

 

[CTU2fan]

TTTYAATW is the worst song on AB, but not nearly as bad as AMAAW, which is worse even than Wild Honey...but they're all better than Lemon

 

[timothius]

You cant compare COBL with TTTYAATW
Its like comapring Streets With...I dunno.....Something......

Axver doesn't really like the Beatles.

He probably won't be familar with that Abbey Road offering.

 

[Axver]

Man, are you serious?

Have you heard War, Achtung Baby, Zooropa, and Pop? They're all better than How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb...

My rankings:

1. UF
2. HTDAAB
3. JT
4. Boy
5. War
6. October
7. Zooropa
8. AB
9. RAH
10. Pop
11. ATYCLB

 

[Niceman]

Trying was amusing, but City is a far more important and moving song.

 

[jeffschmid]

i cant think of what TTTYAATW is...

 

[timothius]

Trying was amusing, but City is a far more important and moving song.

Amusing? I never got that vibe.

 

[dan_smee]

You cant compare COBL with TTTYAATW
Its like comapring Streets With...I dunno.....Something......

TTTYAATW was sounded great Live. and is a Good Song. But pointless to compare with COBL.

well done bonoman2002, trust an Australian to talk sense into this thread!!!

 

[namkcuR]

I don't need those two lines. The song is musically boring and lyrically weak and pathetic.

Never should have been on Achtung Baby.

Also, COBL flogs songs like Zoo Station and EBTTRT in the lyrics department.

Dude, COBL isn't even that good lyrically. Portions of it are regurtedated(sp?) samples from LNOE, and 'oh you look so beautiful tonight' is a nice sentiment and great to sing along to but it's no lyrical marvel.

You really have a hard time accepting opinions that don't match your own, don't you?

Everything on AB > COBL. That's my OPINION.

 

[U2WaTCher]

what is the final setlist for tonight??

 

[Axver]

TTTYAATW is the worst song on AB, but not nearly as bad as AMAAW, which is worse even than Wild Honey...but they're all better than Lemon

Has this evolved from the U2 setlist party thread into the "let's bash songs" thread?

Well, in that case, ranking those songs:

1. Lemon - awesome lyrics, awesome music, awesome singing
2. AMAAW - fun song with good lyrics
3. Wild Honey - tolerable song that can be fun
4. TTTYAATW - bland b-side if I ever heard one; nothing exciting or noteworthy

But they're all brilliant compared to In A Little While This Fucking Song Will End.

 

[knox]

Also, COBL flogs songs like Zoo Station and EBTTRT in the lyrics department.

Hmm....I'm not so sure about that.

Zoo Station is probably one of the most interesting songs that U2 has ever done, because it's essentially an abstract, explaining Achtung Baby. I love the lyrics. Even Better Than The Real Thing is a step down from Zoo Station, but its lyrics are interesting as well.

We all know that City Of Blinding Lights has some pretty good lyrics too -- "Time won't take the boy out of this man" is one of the best ones on the album, bu I don't think you can say that it flogs Zoo Station and Even Better Than The Real Thing.

The thing is that lyrics on Achtung Baby are indirect, whereas the lyrics on How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb are short, sweet, and to the point--doesn't make them better necessarily, though.

 

[Niceman]

Amusing? I never got that vibe.

"A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle"

"Took an open top beetle through the eye of a needle"

"I dreamed that I saw Dali with a super market trolley"

I do love the song, but in it's way.

 

[namkcuR]

My rankings:

1. UF
2. HTDAAB
3. JT
4. Boy
5. War
6. October
7. Zooropa
8. AB
9. RAH
10. Pop
11. ATYCLB

1.AB
2.Pop
3.Zooropa
4.JT
5.October
6.Boy
7.TUF
8.War
9.HTDAAB
10.ATYCLB
11.RAH

Outside of the top 4, this list is subject to change.

 

[knox]

I love the guitar riff on In A Little While.

 

[timothius]

1.AB
2.Pop
3.Zooropa
4.JT
5.October
6.Boy
7.TUF
8.War
9.HTDAAB
10.ATYCLB
11.RAH

Outside of the top 4, this list is subject to change.

And yet we argue over AMAAW...

Apart from slightly high rankings on October & Boy - you have very equitable rankings!

 

[bono_man2002]

Axver doesn't really like the Beatles.

I Never got into the Beatles either.

well done bonoman2002, trust an Australian to talk sense into this thread!!!

Damn Straight

 

[Axver]

Dude, COBL isn't even that good lyrically. Portions of it are regurtedated(sp?) samples from LNOE, and 'oh you look so beautiful tonight' is a nice sentiment and great to sing along to but it's no lyrical marvel.

You really have a hard time accepting opinions that don't match your own, don't you?

Everything on AB > COBL. That's my OPINION.

And you're trying to tell me EBTTRT is better lyrically than COBL? Come on. You might as well tell me that TTYW is the lyrically best song on JT.

 

[Lila64]

timotheus - are you an Enz fan?

 

[jeffschmid]

I love the guitar riff on In A Little While.

in a little while is awesome...

 

[Niceman]

My rankings:

U2's great albums: UF, JT, AB, POP, HTDAAB (order based on what I am listening to at any given moment)

Good albums: Boy, October, War, Rattle and Hum, Zooropa, Passengers, ATYCLB

 

[RademR]

TTTYATW and IALW are both very much alike. Their songs Bono wrote about hangovers...hmmm...I don't think their supposed to be brilliant pieces of music. I think their just fun songs they threw on the album. And I like them both.

By the way, they R in fact brilliant hangover songs.....I usually play them and "Sweetest Thing" on those rare occasions when I've had too much to drink.

 

[timothius]

Australians...Talking Sense

Kinda like Zoo Station...abstract concept.

 

[jeffschmid]

what do the diehard u2 fans in here think of sweetest thing... just curious?

 

[CTU2fan]

1. JT
2. AB
3. R&H
4. UF
5. War
6. October
7. Boy
8. HTDAAB
9. ATYCLB
10. Pop
11. Zooropa

But other than JT #1 they kind of bounce around in rank for me

 

[timothius]

timotheus - are you an Enz fan?

Sure, I adore them, all things Finn.

I was named after Tim.

 

[Niceman]

Love the song. Prefer the original version.

 

[knox]

1. Achtung Baby
2. Pop
3. Zooropa
4. War
5. The Unforgettable Fire
6. Joshua Tree
7. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
8. Boy
9. Rattle And Hum
10. All That You Can't Leave Behind
11. October