Kite

[yertle-the-turtle]

Kite has emerged as my favourite song off ATYCLB. I love the violin (I think it's a violin) line, I love Edge's slide guitar, and I love Bono's singing on it, it's such a beautiful song, especially the chorus.

 

[senrab]

 

[Bonochick]

"Kite" is my fave track from ATYCLB, and it ranks as one of my top 3 all time favorite U2 songs.

 

[bonosloveslave]

"I'm a mannnnnnnnnnnnnn,
I'm not a child......"

 

[One Tree Still]

IMO, Kite sounds like a Guns n Roses ballad.

I'm just not a fan of that song.

 

[bayernfc]

Awesome song....It's 2nd best for me from ATYCLB and one my Top 10 U2 songs as well.

 

[IWasBored]

i thought it was keyboards not violins...and guitar plaed with a slide


one of my favourite songs

 

[MrBrau1]

Great song! It makes other tunes on the record even better by being there.

 

[womanfish]

Not just my favorite U2 song, but my favorite SONG - ever.

 

[U2SJ]

This song blew me away from the 1st time I heard it .... Definitely my favorite on ATYCLB!!!
"Who's to say where the wind will take you
Who's to say what it is will break you
I don't know, where the wind will blow
Who's to know when the time has come around
I don't want to see you cry
I know that this is not goodbye"
These lyrics make me
And I wanted to hear it live so bad on Elevation tour, I was so excited when they played it at my 2nd Elevation show, 4/20 San Jose!!!

 

[hiphop]

It blew me away too the first time, it still does, its one of my U2 favs.

I remember scribbling some of its lines on a wall.

You wonder what has happened to me.

 

[U2girl91289]

I absolutely love that song. I hadn't listened to ATYCLB for a while, and when i listened to it last week, I had to stop and repeat Kite- 3 times. It's such a wonderful song

 

[Bonochick]

I remember scribbling some of its lines on a wall.

I got ATYCLB while I was living in the dorms...I had printed off the lyrics to and taped them to the outside of my dorm room door.

 

[Kariann]

I absolutely, positively love this song...simple as that. On my list of favorites and quite often listened to repeated times when I put ATYCLB in the cd player.

 

[BrownEyedBoy]

i thought it was keyboards not violins...and guitar plaed with a slide


one of my favourite songs

i believe they're violins...somwhat processed violins.

oh yeah, great song...

 

[SkeeK]

I really like the song. It's one of their best ya know? Moving and all that. The keyboard/violin thing at the beginning always sorta bugged me. I always wondered what it would sound like without that.

 

[u2popmofo]

Most definitly a fantastic song It was great live also

 

[tiny dancer]

Great song! It makes other tunes on the record even better by being there.

I totally agree!!

 

[filledeperle]

Kite is one of my all-time favorites. Its such a beautiful, moving song. I also think its the best track off ATYCLB.

Perle

 

[gherman]

It's Bono's favorite U2 song

 

[senrab]

My favorite lines are...

"Something is about to give, I can feel it coming, I think I know what it is"
"Life should be fragrant, rooftop to the basement"
"In the time when new media was the big idea"

 

[megadrum2002]

i hate this song it sucks my balls infact it sounds like bono has no balls

 

[christiana]

Well anyway, I love Kite... This thread remained me it's a long while since the last time i put ATYCLB on.

*runs to the CDs*

 

[Saracene]

Kite is still my favourite track from ATYCLB. Great, great song.

 

[AdamsMango]

I love this song too. It always makes me all tingley when i hear it! I cried when they played it in Atlanta (2nd one)..Bono put so much emotion into and he looked like he was holding back tears. I was blown away.

 

[AchtungJedi]

Kite is a brilliant song, and I never fail to get irked when I see a comment somewhere that it's "cliche" or otherwise negative.

I remember loving it the first time I heard it, and I think all this time later, it's what the heart of ATYCLB is.

"Who's to say where the wind will take you
Who's to say what it is will break you
I don't know
Which way the wind will blow"

I love how "I don't know" combines the two.

 

[PopTart Pamela]

I read recently that Kite is Bono's favourite U2 song. It has a very personal attachment to do with his father passing away.
It is just a beautiful song - second fav on album, just after Walk On.

 

[Orange333]

Kite is about Ali, not his Dad.

It's a song about their marital troubles and the meaning of Freedon, Redemption and Love

 

[Orange333]

Kite is ABOUT LOVE - unconditional Love

Mike in the shithole of LA

 

[Orange333]

U2 BROUGHT ME TO GOD