Michael Griffiths
Rock n' Roll Doggie
Listening to 'Hands' right now (that's what it should have been called ), and, yes, it's abundantly clear: this is the same band that wrote 'Heartland', 'October', 'Running To Stand Still', and 'The Unforgettable Fire' all those many, many years ago. This is why I love this band. They still have the ability to reach so deep down that you realize that they can't really go there all the time. If they did, you would implode! (That's got to be the worst thing I've ever written.)
Seriously, just listen to the intro of this new, beautiful, EPIC, song. Can Bono sound any more like Bono than he does here? The chord arrangement is classic, in the true sense of the word - meaning it is classic not because it reminds you of classic U2, but because it is classic U2. It's something we haven't heard before, but we can immediately feel something other-wordly, something that only U2 has really tapped into (for me). It's very distinct to U2 and, here, with 'Hands', they've done it again.
This is the best U2 song since 'Miss Sarajevo' - and it might actually be better. Could it be the best U2 song since 'Stay'? It might just be.
This will go down with 'Miss Sarajevo', 'Running To Stand Still', and 'The Unforgettable Fire' as one of the most evocative and serious pieces of music the band has ever created. And to think so many of us thought the band didn't have it in them anymore. I love it when U2 proves us wrong. They are full of surprises, lots of surprises...
Seriously, just listen to the intro of this new, beautiful, EPIC, song. Can Bono sound any more like Bono than he does here? The chord arrangement is classic, in the true sense of the word - meaning it is classic not because it reminds you of classic U2, but because it is classic U2. It's something we haven't heard before, but we can immediately feel something other-wordly, something that only U2 has really tapped into (for me). It's very distinct to U2 and, here, with 'Hands', they've done it again.
This is the best U2 song since 'Miss Sarajevo' - and it might actually be better. Could it be the best U2 song since 'Stay'? It might just be.
This will go down with 'Miss Sarajevo', 'Running To Stand Still', and 'The Unforgettable Fire' as one of the most evocative and serious pieces of music the band has ever created. And to think so many of us thought the band didn't have it in them anymore. I love it when U2 proves us wrong. They are full of surprises, lots of surprises...
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