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RavenBlue · 10-19-2007, 11:07 PM

Please tell me I'm not the only one that adores this song?

EdgeIsTooSexy · 10-19-2007, 11:08 PM

i love the lyrics
the songs are in your eyes
i see them when you smile.

great guitar edge....from the future

U2isthebest · 10-19-2007, 11:17 PM

It's one of the best on "Bomb". I absolutely love it. There's just something so inherently beautiful about it that's hard to describe.

"Freedom has a scent like the top of a newborn baby's head" is a beautiful lyric.

LemonMelon · 10-19-2007, 11:20 PM

Edge wins this song

U2isthebest · 10-19-2007, 11:20 PM

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Originally posted by LemonMelon
Edge wins this song

Sorry, Edge exploded.

unico · 10-19-2007, 11:25 PM

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Originally posted by U2isthebest
"Freedom has a scent like the top of a newborn baby's head" is a beautiful lyric.

as much as i love that song, i surprisingly cringe at that lyric. but i think perhaps it has something to do with my disdain for babies.

i do love this song though. when i first heard the album i played this song on repeat for that day. it is really transcendant. i don't even know WHERE it takes me, it just takes me away. those first few notes are just amazing...and then it just carries you away.

im gonna go listen to it again

Rosebud · 10-19-2007, 11:33 PM

You can taste the love in that song. Simply beautiful.

LemonMelon · 10-19-2007, 11:46 PM

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Originally posted by unico

as much as i love that song, i surprisingly cringe at that lyric. but i think perhaps it has something to do with my disdain for babies.

I'm disappointed, Mia.

mikal · 10-19-2007, 11:47 PM

it's a decent song, i liked it more from the beach clip though, and was disappointed after i heard the album version. it could have been that the beach clip misled me though.

unico · 10-19-2007, 11:52 PM

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Originally posted by LemonMelon

I'm disappointed, Mia.

don't judge me!

i can't explain it. kids no problem. but for some reason babies and i don't mix

LemonMelon · 10-19-2007, 11:52 PM

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Originally posted by unico

don't judge me!

You made baby Jesus cry.

You wouldn't have liked him anyway.

unico · 10-19-2007, 11:54 PM

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Originally posted by LemonMelon

You made baby Jesus cry.

You wouldn't have liked him anyway.

no i wouldn'tve and if i heard a baby cry i'd start crying too!

xaviMF22 · 10-20-2007, 12:38 AM

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Originally posted by unico

as much as i love that song, i surprisingly cringe at that lyric. but i think perhaps it has something to do with my disdain for babies.

I agree

horrible line

Bono is full of shit..babies do not smell like freedom

last unicorn · 10-20-2007, 03:23 AM

At all you Baby haters!

Seriously, that must be one of Bono's all time favourite lines because he has used it in Levitate was well. Maybe that's what Babys' heads smell like to him.

* imagine Bono running around a hospital sniffing at new borns' heads *

I really love the song, loved it from the first time I heard it, and love it even more since I learned about the story behind it. The opening always gives me shivers, especially live. I agree that the song has something amazingly beautiful about it.

DevilsShoes · 10-20-2007, 04:07 AM

When I first heard this song I wasn't overly impressed at all, it sounded to me like the kind of thing U2 had done before and better. But when they began playing it on tour my appreciation really grew, it seemed to make more sense. I liked Bono's nightly speech about how much we need doctors and nurses, which I always felt was a quiet nod to Edges personal situation, who actually gets to sing a few lines of his own in this one. What's even spookier is that these are the lines that talk about science and medicine, something which at that time in his life he could really relate to. Of course at the time of recording HTDAAB, he had no idea about what he would be facing, so its really strange that of all the segments on all the songs on the album that he could have sung, he was either chosen or wanted to sing this one.

On the album version I didn't much care for Bono's voice but being out on the road seemed to free his vocals up and he sang the song much better, plus I really enjoyed the synths that were weaved into the last chorus giving the thing a sense of lift off.

Oh and although I think the baby's head line is chessy I don't loathe it, it's all taste at the end of the day.

cobl04 · 10-20-2007, 08:26 AM

I adore this song, and actually I think it's overtaken COBL as my favourite Bomb song, which I hastily decided the other day might be my least favourite U2 album after all.

derrick_rossign · 10-20-2007, 08:49 AM

best song off HTDAAB period.

RademR · 10-20-2007, 09:33 AM

good song, but something holds it from making it a u2 classic.

but anyway, the guitar solo by edge leading into his vocals and then the final chorus is incredible, a classic u2 moment.

ZOOTVTOURist · 10-20-2007, 12:02 PM

Simply one of the best songs on an album, that besides this tune is a masterpiece itself –*not more, not less ...

cobl04 · 10-21-2007, 04:13 AM

The only reason I missed more bomb songs on the 5th leg.

10-19-2007, 11:07 PM	#1
RavenBlue Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The majestic Canuckian wilderness Posts: 17,103 Local Time: 03:01 PM	Miracle Drug Please tell me I'm not the only one that adores this song? __________________

10-19-2007, 11:08 PM	#2
EdgeIsTooSexy ONE love, blood, life Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 10,828 Local Time: 01:01 PM	i love the lyrics the songs are in your eyes i see them when you smile. great guitar edge....from the future __________________

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cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 56,998 Local Time: 05:01 AM	The only reason I missed more bomb songs on the 5th leg. __________________

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10-19-2007, 11:17 PM	#3
U2isthebest ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Vision over visibility.... Posts: 12,332 Local Time: 02:01 PM	It's one of the best on "Bomb". I absolutely love it. There's just something so inherently beautiful about it that's hard to describe. "Freedom has a scent like the top of a newborn baby's head" is a beautiful lyric.

10-19-2007, 11:20 PM	#4
LemonMelon The Male Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Hollywoo Posts: 66,935 Local Time: 10:01 AM	Edge wins this song

10-19-2007, 11:33 PM	#7
Rosebud Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: in the enchanted forest of dreams and wonderment...or else at my computer. Posts: 7,213 Local Time: 11:01 AM	You can taste the love in that song. Simply beautiful.

10-19-2007, 11:47 PM	#9
mikal Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Black Lodge Posts: 25,649 Local Time: 12:01 PM	it's a decent song, i liked it more from the beach clip though, and was disappointed after i heard the album version. it could have been that the beach clip misled me though.

10-20-2007, 03:23 AM	#14
last unicorn Blue Crack Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: lost in poetry Posts: 19,446 Local Time: 07:01 PM	At all you Baby haters! Seriously, that must be one of Bono's all time favourite lines because he has used it in Levitate was well. Maybe that's what Babys' heads smell like to him. * imagine Bono running around a hospital sniffing at new borns' heads * I really love the song, loved it from the first time I heard it, and love it even more since I learned about the story behind it. The opening always gives me shivers, especially live. I agree that the song has something amazingly beautiful about it.

10-20-2007, 04:07 AM	#15
DevilsShoes War Child Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Posts: 760 Local Time: 07:01 PM	When I first heard this song I wasn't overly impressed at all, it sounded to me like the kind of thing U2 had done before and better. But when they began playing it on tour my appreciation really grew, it seemed to make more sense. I liked Bono's nightly speech about how much we need doctors and nurses, which I always felt was a quiet nod to Edges personal situation, who actually gets to sing a few lines of his own in this one. What's even spookier is that these are the lines that talk about science and medicine, something which at that time in his life he could really relate to. Of course at the time of recording HTDAAB, he had no idea about what he would be facing, so its really strange that of all the segments on all the songs on the album that he could have sung, he was either chosen or wanted to sing this one. On the album version I didn't much care for Bono's voice but being out on the road seemed to free his vocals up and he sang the song much better, plus I really enjoyed the synths that were weaved into the last chorus giving the thing a sense of lift off. Oh and although I think the baby's head line is chessy I don't loathe it, it's all taste at the end of the day.

10-20-2007, 08:26 AM	#16
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 56,998 Local Time: 05:01 AM	I adore this song, and actually I think it's overtaken COBL as my favourite Bomb song, which I hastily decided the other day might be my least favourite U2 album after all.

10-20-2007, 08:49 AM	#17
derrick_rossign Acrobat Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Maine, USA Posts: 325 Local Time: 01:01 PM	best song off HTDAAB period.

10-20-2007, 09:33 AM	#18
RademR Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Washington D.C. Posts: 5,281 Local Time: 02:01 PM	good song, but something holds it from making it a u2 classic. but anyway, the guitar solo by edge leading into his vocals and then the final chorus is incredible, a classic u2 moment.

10-20-2007, 12:02 PM	#19
ZOOTVTOURist Refugee Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,700 Local Time: 07:01 PM	Simply one of the best songs on an album, that besides this tune is a masterpiece itself –*not more, not less ...