Songs of Experience vol. 29: No More Acronyms - Page 2

Headache in a Suitcase · 10-13-2017, 02:31 PM

It would be a tad awkward if Bono wrote a song about Moreligh

Airseven · 10-13-2017, 02:33 PM

I think the ceiling for an album depends on the impact of the lead single. ATYCLB was an average U2 album carried into the top half of their catalogue by Beautiful Day. NLOTH and SOI faded quickly because the lead singles didn't register. Best Thing is better than Boots and Miracle but doesn't touch Beautiful Day or Vertigo. So while I think SOE could resonate more than the last couple albums, which is encouraging, my overall expectations are realistically modest.

popacrobat · 10-13-2017, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Pop Artist

Seems to be doing pretty alright though:

U2 Is the 'Best' With Record-Breaking 13th No. 1 on Adult Alternative Songs Chart | Billboard

I think we will be getting album details AND tour dates (at least for Experience & innocence leg 1) on October 20, as well as the GOOYOW single/video.

yea i mean, it's doing pretty well. but i think bono years ago said something about songs not permeating the social sphere. don't think Best Thing has done that yet, and don't think it will. hope i am wrong though.

it's been a mild chart success though.

Wide Awake n AZ · 10-13-2017, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by hasin73

2 songs in the album are for Ali..... Best Thing & Landlady. What about Morleigh ?!

She got to wear a bikini and paint a house in 8K. She's more of a visual muse...

Yahweh_OMG · 10-13-2017, 05:07 PM

Who has a link To the new song? Everything locked....

Headache in a Suitcase · 10-13-2017, 05:19 PM

What new song?

dan_smee · 10-13-2017, 05:27 PM

If it is referencing the GOOYOW clip - they have all been removed.

Danny Boy · 10-13-2017, 09:30 PM

ESPN just played YTBTAM going into a commercial break on the Clemson/Syracuse game. Have they been using it earlier in the season?

hasin73 · 10-13-2017, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Headache in a Suitcase

It would be a tad awkward if Bono wrote a song about Moreligh

But it was artsy when Bono used to dance with scantily dressed Morleigh and repeatedly attempted to touch her night after night on a daily basis.

Y2K · 10-13-2017, 09:38 PM

Morleigh isn't the one painting the house, by the way. She's only dancing.

BVS · 10-13-2017, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by hasin73

But it was artsy when Bono used to dance with scantily dressed Morleigh and repeatedly attempted to touch her night after night on a daily basis.

Um, yes it's entirely different. People dance choreographed dances, they act in movies all the time, but they usually don't write songs about their best mate's wife. At least not in the sense of celebration or admiration. It was a really weird comment.

Headache in a Suitcase · 10-13-2017, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Danny Boy

ESPN just played YTBTAM going into a commercial break on the Clemson/Syracuse game. Have they been using it earlier in the season?

In most cases these things are paid for.

DaveC · 10-13-2017, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by BVS

People dance choreographed dances, they act in movies all the time, but they usually don't write songs about their best mate's wife. At least not in the sense of celebration or admiration.

Axver · 10-13-2017, 10:02 PM

If this thread is No More Acronyms, is BVS even allowed to post?

Headache in a Suitcase · 10-13-2017, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Axver

If this thread is No More Acronyms, is BVS even allowed to post?

Mind. Blown.

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Headache in a Suitcase Blue Crack Distributor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stateless Posts: 61,173 Local Time: 12:02 AM	It would be a tad awkward if Bono wrote a song about Moreligh __________________

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Airseven War Child Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 634 Local Time: 12:02 AM	I think the ceiling for an album depends on the impact of the lead single. ATYCLB was an average U2 album carried into the top half of their catalogue by Beautiful Day. NLOTH and SOI faded quickly because the lead singles didn't register. Best Thing is better than Boots and Miracle but doesn't touch Beautiful Day or Vertigo. So while I think SOE could resonate more than the last couple albums, which is encouraging, my overall expectations are realistically modest. __________________

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Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,539 Local Time: 04:02 PM	If this thread is No More Acronyms, is BVS even allowed to post? __________________ "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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Yahweh_OMG New Yorker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Geneva, Switzerland Posts: 2,945 Local Time: 06:02 AM	Who has a link To the new song? Everything locked....

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Headache in a Suitcase Blue Crack Distributor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stateless Posts: 61,173 Local Time: 12:02 AM	What new song?

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dan_smee ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 13,046 Local Time: 04:02 PM	If it is referencing the GOOYOW clip - they have all been removed.

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Danny Boy Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Harvard Supermodel Activist of the Decade Runner-Up Posts: 9,411 Local Time: 09:02 PM	ESPN just played YTBTAM going into a commercial break on the Clemson/Syracuse game. Have they been using it earlier in the season?

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Y2K Refugee Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,298 Local Time: 12:02 AM	Morleigh isn't the one painting the house, by the way. She's only dancing.