miracle drug vs. original of the species

[alanah]

OOTS by far. But I'm not a huge fan of the album as a whole.

 

[The Disciple]

I like both but if I had to chose it's Miracle Drug. Now the Remix of OOS is way better than it's original studio cut.

Right on.

 

[U2girl]

why oh WHY does this false statement keep appearing on this board???

there are, at the very least, 4 songs on htdaab that are better than that streets-wannabe with lame joe cocker-lyrics.

Because several people have this opinion?

Right...and I guess MD isn't wannabe UF era U2? And speaking of lyrics, not much of a contest.

 

[U2Man]

And speaking of lyrics, not much of a contest.

even a million wrongs don't make a right.

lyrics...hmm...srsly?

"oh you look so beeeeeeaaauuutiful, toniiiight!!!!"

 

[u2thewho]

OOTS, but mostly because I so strongly detest Miracle Drug. At least "Freedom has a scent..." worked on Levitate.

 

[LemonMelon]

MD


the intro

the solo

EDGE



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[U2girl]

even a million wrongs don't make a right.

lyrics...hmm...srsly?

"oh you look so beeeeeeaaauuutiful, toniiiight!!!!"

Um, "freedom has a scent like a top of a newborn baby's head"?

And agreed, at least 4 songs superior to MD on Bomb.

 

[Blue Room]

Studio: Original Of The Species
Live: Miracle Drug

There were only two songs off of Bomb that I thought were improved when done live and Miracle Drug was one of them. Its a shame Bono didnt work on the "grand" outro to the song he was doing in soundcheck as it supposedly made the song sound more grand/epic live.

The song that improved 10 fold live and I think was the best live song off of Bomb was City Of Blinding Lights.

 

[U2Man]

Um, "freedom has a scent like a top of a newborn baby's head"?

And agreed, at least 4 songs superior to MD on Bomb.

look, that line isnt 10% as cliche as the beeeeeaaaauuuutiful line. and it's only sung once whereas the lame chorus is repeated a million times in cobl.

 

[super fly guy]

Has to be miracle drug,not only is the guitar great the bass rumbles along aswell!

 

[U2girl]

Both choruses are weak (Edge seems to have borrowed from the "touch me, teach me" guitar part from BD - MD and BD share the title for most forced chorus), and I don't see what repeating a line has to do with how much cliche it is. ("freedom" line is worse)

 

[Irishteen]

OOTS > Miracle Drug
OOTS (Single Version) > OOTS (Album Version)
Last minute or so of Miracle Drug > the rest of HTDAAB

 

[roy]

look, that line isnt 10% as cliche as the beeeeeaaaauuuutiful line. and it's only sung once whereas the lame chorus is repeated a million times in cobl.

If you want to expose some obvious lyrics there’s plenty to be examined on ABs designer pop songs.

 

[U2Man]

no, it's bad enough that people go completely off topic and bring up songs like cobl that arent even in the top 5 on htdaab in a thread that is about the two best songs on said album. definitely no need to go further off topic.

 

[ZOOTVTOURist]

If you want to expose some obvious lyrics there’s plenty to be examined on ABs designer pop songs.

...and don't forget "beautiful day - don't let it get away" (uhmmm....)

 

[*browneyedgirl*]

I can't say how much I love HTDAAB and the line freedom has a scent, not cliche at all.
COBL is definitely not the best song at least in my humble opinion.
As far as MD and OOTS, very hard to pick, I guess OOTS, love the piano and the strings who is singing the oh no's at the end?

 

[Blue Room]

I'm not saying COBL is the best song on Bomb. I'm just saying I think it turned out the best live out of all of them and it was the only song on the album that was drastically improved live.

 

[Aygo]

ok, these are obviously the two best songs on htdaab. but which one is the better and why?

Obviously the two best songs on HTDAAB? Who said that? You?

I prefer by miles OOTS, but none of these are my favourite there...

 

[MrBrau1]

If you want to expose some obvious lyrics there’s plenty to be examined on ABs designer pop songs.

"It's allright, it's allright, it's allright"

C'mon people. Don't have a double standard. Thought most of you do.

 

[phillyfan26]

Both songs are soooooo agonizingly close to being "great" U2 songs, but there's something missing in each of them for me. That's kind of how I feel about all of "Bomb."

Miracle Drug needed a great guitar outro after the final chorus, OOTS needed a few different lyrics and less Bono "do dah's" and such.

 

[Screwtape2]

Miracle Drug needed a great guitar outro after the final chorus, OOTS needed a few different lyrics and less Bono "do dah's" and such.

I agree with everything you've said, I would add that Miracle Drug needs more lyrical focus and OOTS could have used a soundscape atmosphere.

 

[No spoken words]

I read these threads and all I can think is "Man, if only these people were in the studio when the band were recording.....then, maybe, U2 could create music that people would like". Frustrating, you know, that the band does not read such threads for pointers.

 

[phillyfan26]

look, that line isnt 10% as cliche as the beeeeeaaaauuuutiful line. and it's only sung once whereas the lame chorus is repeated a million times in cobl.

Because she's not saying it's a cliche? She's saying the line is shit. Which is true.

The beautiful line is sung five times in the song, by the way.

And it's perfectly reasonable to bring up COBL when you insist that MD and OOTS are the two best.

 

[RavenBlue]

I think OOTS is my least favourite song from HTDAAB. Miracle Drug on the other hand is one of my all time favourites. I adore that song

 

[U2girl]

The beautiful line is sung five times in the song, by the way.

Though I concede that the 3x repetition at the end of the song is tiresome. It may work live but studio...not so much.

 

[An Cat Gav]

Because she's not saying it's a cliche? She's saying the line is shit. Which is true.

The beautiful line is sung five times in the song, by the way.

And it's perfectly reasonable to bring up COBL when you insist that MD and OOTS are the two best.

 

[Yahweh_OMG]

Between the 2, MD is better.

But the best song of the album is Yahweh....

 

[coolian2]

Don't worry everyone.

U2Man failed U2niversity.

 

[U2Man]

Because she's not saying it's a cliche? She's saying the line is shit. Which is true.

i dont think i saw u2girl write that the line was shit either. which would be false anyway.

The beautiful line is sung five times in the song, by the way.

not on my cd.

And it's perfectly reasonable to bring up COBL when you insist that MD and OOTS are the two best.

how would you feel if you started a thread about the two most beautiful women in the world and i brought up roseanne barr in that thread?

 

[U2Man]

Don't worry everyone.

U2Man failed U2niversity.

i graduated from u2niversity while half of you were still swimming about in your daddy's underwear.