Is Levitate fucking awesome or what!

[Queen Bee]

listen to it from 2:18 onwards!

Yeeeeah, I did that and I still hated it.

It's just not meant to be.

 

[Swan269]

Thanks a lot for sending it, DreamOutLoud13.

Very cool track -- almost a techno song. Also it contains the lyrics "be the bee, and the flower / before the sweetness turns to sour" which is also used in "Always," and the "freedom has a scent like the top of a newborn baby's head" line from Miracle Drug.

Only a lyricist with Bono's ego would sample his own lyrics!

don't forget "im not comin down" [gone]

 

[Swan269]

I think Are You Gonna Wait Forever is from the Atomic Bomb era. And I wouldn't trade WILATW for anything.

But I absolutely agree with Summer Rain replacing one of the only two duds on ATYCLB, Peace On Earth and Grace.

Forever actually existed during the "behind" sessions. The title was in some edit notes from Eno at the Rock and Roll Hall Fame during the period.

 

[angelordevil]

Yeeeeah, I did that and I still hated it.

It's just not meant to be.

It's okay, some people just don't get good music.

 

[martha]

Ultimate driving song? I'd cause car accidents if I had to listen to it.

Try it on Highway 9 in Utah, heading east out of Springdale at about 8 am on a cold November morning.

It'll work.

 

[elciojg]

I love Levitate!

Hey, PLEASE send to elciojg@hotmail.com or elcio_u2@yahoo.com.br

Thanks!!!

 

[martha]

Try it on Highway 9 in Utah, heading east out of Springdale at about 8 am on a cold November morning.

It'll work.

I meant west.

 

[Clawgrabber]

peace on earth and grace may be duds, but summer rain has been given more than a fair shot over the last 6 years, and I still don't think it would fit on the album

of all the songs that could possibly switch out peace on earth or grace, i think :

levitate (definitely)
love you like mad (seems unfocused)
summer rain (never really goes anywhere)
always (became beautiful day)
the ground beneath her feet (definitely)
stateless (definitely)
flower child (too similar to wild honey, but not as good)

and argue as you will, the following are from the ATYCLB sessionsss:

Neon Lights (cover song. Great track, but not an original cut)
Are You Gonna Wait Forever (Unfinished in my mind)

I think i would start the album with Levitate, flow through with the ORIGINAL pre-edge reshuffle tracklist, swapping stateless for peace on earth, and ending with The Ground Beneath Her Feet instead of Grace.

i think that would make for a good album flow.

 

[Zoots]

I love Peace On Earth and Grace.

 

[GibsonGirl]

I love Peace On Earth and Grace.

Zoots, I want a divorce.

 

[Zoots]

Buuuuut I also love all of their 90s material!!!