Soe 26 - ?

[trainmaniac]

TBT is sounding great in that clip!

 

[mama cass]

Just seen a video of a U2 tribute band covering the blackout,can't wait for the real band to play it live!

fucking hell that was fast

 

[U2freakboy]

Yep. Gotta say, I like what I hear on this clip. Slightly slower, more pronounced Edge with a bit more "rock" guitar sound. Still has a bit of a groove to it.



I love the Blackout, but honestly it would have gotten nominal play on alt rock and rock stations. Wouldn't have been touched by AC, which is where they are more relegated to now.



This song is right in the wheelhouse of AC, pop and still good fit for alternative and rock.



Would have loved to hear the chorus and especially the bridge where I think the biggest change may be.



Super-yo rocks as usual by the way.

When Blackout is released as a single, I think it will get a fair share of airplay on Alt Rock. Perhaps it could even be a hit on that format. But I agree, I doubt it will cross over to Top 40.

As for Best Thing, the clip is slightly more acoustic sounding than I would have expected.

 

[TinKnight]

God I'm so stoked for SOE.

 

[CMIS]

Holy cow, great post.

Grazie. Too kind

 

[Bubble]

really really dig this clip...

listen to it about 12 times and not tired of it.

 

[CMIS]

So based off the Kygo mix, I wasn't too excited, but this sounds remarkably different and I really like that guitar sound and feel like it wants to explode Edge style! The question is....will Edge do what Edge does best or hold back.

My optimism for this song just went from 50% to 80%.

I thought hold back is what Edge does best

 

[womanfish]

7.5 million views for Blackout so far. Pretty cool

 

[prbiker15]

https://twitter.com/justingagliano/status/904387412524244992

 

[Bubble]

Anyone notice a little "pinch" of country in the guitar sound by Edge?

 

[Scorpionac]

Guitar reminds me of the Stones.

 

[Daniel94]

Interesting... I think I hear different lyrics and Bono is singing lower.

 

[Bubble]

I think the last line in the clip is "Wake up on a bed out of reach...."

 

[phommel]

7.5 million views for Blackout so far. Pretty cool

It is cool indeed, for a band like U2 who has many older fans, less into social media..

I just saw the new video of Taylor Swift (crap!), placed on youtube 2 days before The Blackout.....almost 169 million views. Can anyone explain me what's happening with this world?

 

[youarenotimmune]

Nice! The Best Thing sounds much better than the Kygo remix.

The Blackout sounds good too, although I can't say I share the same amount of reverence some of you have developed for it so quickly. Invisible was a much better song. Still, can't complain with what we've heard so far.

 

[JoRu]

Sounds like a really nice light, uplifting pop song. For some strange reason I always expected it to have a similar kind of EDM sound of the Kygo version, but then again, that was only ever a remix. Really like it.

 

[dabiggestu2fan]

It is cool indeed, for a band like U2 who has many older fans, less into social media..

I just saw the new video of Taylor Swift (crap!), placed on youtube 2 days before The Blackout.....almost 169 million views. Can anyone explain me what's happening with this world?

What happened to this world is that kids these days don't know what good music is! TS is good music to them, any sugar coated crap pop is good to them.

 

[TinKnight]

What happened to this world is that kids these days don't know what good music is! TS is good music to them, any sugar coated crap pop is good to them.

I can't tell if this is parody or not.

 

[CosmoKramer]

I thought hold back is what Edge does best

Fair point....we need old Edge to do what he does best.....not new Edge!

 

[DaveC]

very similar vocal melody to EBTTRT.

 

[CosmoKramer]

I think the last line in the clip is "Wake up on a bed out of reach...."

I hear "just free enough to wake up on a bed or the beach"

 

[CosmoKramer]

I'm telling you all now, it's going to bother me if the line is:

"Best thing to ever happen to boy"

I don't like that structure...."a" boy, "me" boy....I don't care but from what I have always heard and saw on the Kygo screens.....it's just "boy" unless he is referring to U2s album Boy but that would be lost on the masses (I would think it works though)

 

[TinKnight]

I'm telling you all now, it's going to bother me if the line is:

"Best thing to ever happen to boy"

I don't like that structure...."a" boy, "me" boy....I don't care but from what I have always heard and saw on the Kygo screens.....it's just "boy" unless he is referring to U2s album Boy but that would be lost on the masses (I would think it works though)

Same man.

Just another Bono-ism I guess :/

 

[RoKKeR]

I'm telling you all now, it's going to bother me if the line is:

"Best thing to ever happen to boy"

I don't like that structure...."a" boy, "me" boy....I don't care but from what I have always heard and saw on the Kygo screens.....it's just "boy" unless he is referring to U2s album Boy but that would be lost on the masses (I would think it works though)

Yeah, definitely a weird one.

 

[BVS]

Definitely a new vocal take and a few lyric changes since the last beach clip of TBT.

 

[purpleblackeye]

I hope The Best Thing...has some sort of guitar solo. Too much restraint from The Edge but I know that's his default setting. Blackout seemed like a good opportunity to unleash a Fly like solo, although I like the song very much.

I just hope the song eliminates any trace of Kygo crap EDM. EDM is the scourge of the music earth for me, can't stand the soullessness and mind numbing qualities of it.

 

[rennowba]

I hope The Best Thing...has some sort of guitar solo. Too much restraint from The Edge but I know that's his default setting. Blackout seemed like a good opportunity to unleash a Fly like solo, although I like the song very much.



I just hope the song eliminates any trace of Kygo crap EDM. EDM is the scourge of the music earth for me, can't stand the soullessness and mind numbing qualities of it.

Problem is edm is the in music at the minute so if they want a big hit this may be the way they have to go. Look at Coldplay

 

[purpleblackeye]

Yeah look at Coldplay - they are dreadful now. Martin was never a good lyricist but he's truly horrendous as of late and the music is cheesy as hell. I highly doubt The Best Thing has overt dance elements. If it does, it would reek of desperation for a hit.

 

[rennowba]

Yeah look at Coldplay - they are dreadful now. Martin was never a good lyricist but he's truly horrendous as of late and the music is cheesy as hell. I highly doubt The Best Thing has overt dance elements. If it does, it would reek of desperation for a hit.

Defo agree, Coldplay used to be really really good. Not into there new stuff at all

I don't knock them for doing it though and to be fair it's worked for them. There played on every radio station, all the cool young stations play Coldplay. Here's the thing what Coldplay have done now is it any different to what u2 did in 1990? U2 reinvented themselves to fit in with the relevant music at the time the dance scene, the madchester scene etc etc .probelm Coldplay have is modern music is crap so we see there reinvention as crap because we hate modern day music. U2 did it when modern day music was good.

 

[dan_smee]

I'm telling you all now, it's going to bother me if the line is:

"Best thing to ever happen to boy"

I don't like that structure...."a" boy, "me" boy....I don't care but from what I have always heard and saw on the Kygo screens.....it's just "boy" unless he is referring to U2s album Boy but that would be lost on the masses (I would think it works though)

I've always heard "the best thing to even happen, and boy - you're the ....."

Makes the most sense.