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07-17-2006, 03:22 AM
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Shadows! Shadows! Shadows! and taaalll trees...
Shadows and Tall Trees is IMO an outstanding song. I think it is an awesome closer, in fact besides besides Love is Blindness and The Ground Beneath Her Feet, this is their best closer, in terms of 'goodness'. The lead-up to the chorus is for me almost the best part on the album, with Bono going, "but I know, oh ho, but I know, oh ho, I know" and Larry pumping it along with a sweet drum line, and then it falls back into a relaxed, "shadows and taaaall trees."
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07-17-2006, 03:24 AM
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Refugee
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I agree totally!!!
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07-17-2006, 03:30 AM
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me too! love it! fav part is the whole
"Do You Feel In Meeeeee e e e eeeeeee... anything redeeminng any worth while feeling is it like a tight rope hanging from my ceiling" great lyric! |
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07-17-2006, 03:31 AM
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It gets bashed?
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07-17-2006, 03:36 AM
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I quite like it, and it's a good closer for Boy. I think it's a shame U2 didn't explore its potentials live, as I think it would've made a good closer; in reality, although it was a standard at pre-Boy shows, it didn't even make the Boy Tour.
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"Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures | Blog |
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07-17-2006, 05:06 AM
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beautiful song and closes Boy perfectly.
I love the image of a teenage Bono walking home through the suburban streets to "the street melody" to probably eat his dinner :-) |
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07-17-2006, 07:23 AM
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 I love Shadows and Tall Trees, it's a beautiful song, full of wonderful imagery. I've even recently played around with the idea of shooting and editing together a little video to go with it (something black and white and artistic, with a lot of shots of the streets of my neighbourhood, and of course, trees and rainy skies), but it'll probably never happen, as I don't have the time to go about shooting all of the required video. In the meantime, I still have the memory of the first time I listened to it, and I thought Bono was saying "Is love like a taco, hanging from my ceiling" 
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07-17-2006, 07:50 AM
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Re: Shadows! Shadows! Shadows! and taaalll trees...
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07-17-2006, 08:05 AM
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Re: Re: Shadows! Shadows! Shadows! and taaalll trees...
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I didn't know it wasn't ATYCLB's proper closer until I started visiting U2 fansites in 2003, and as far as I'm concerned, it works quite well in that spot, after Grace.
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"Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures | Blog |
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07-17-2006, 09:12 AM
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I love the earlier version of SATT, is just sooo raw and Bono not holding the notes as he used to do... amazing!
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07-17-2006, 10:55 AM
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I love this song. At one point, I would have considered it to be amongst my top ten favorites. I don't think it would make that list anymore, but I still think it's great.
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07-17-2006, 11:23 AM
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07-17-2006, 01:04 PM
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Agreed. I love that part the best too! 
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07-17-2006, 01:14 PM
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Lord of the Flies > U2
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07-17-2006, 01:24 PM
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07-17-2006, 01:25 PM
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07-17-2006, 05:13 PM
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I really liked the demo version from the iTunes release over the album version.
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07-17-2006, 09:54 PM
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07-17-2006, 11:38 PM
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I'm neutral on this song. |
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07-18-2006, 02:32 AM
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But I knoooooow oh ho
__________________But I knoooooow oh ho But I knoooooooooooooooooow Shadows and taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall treeees I'm sorry but I just love this song. Third best on Boy. |
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