U2 finally wrote THE song: YAHWEH!

[onyourkneesboy]

Does anyone remember this:

When "POP" was about to be released, both U2 and Brian Eno talked about that it was easy for a band to write a dark, moody, melodramatic song. (Edge revered to Radiohead, who he really liked!) Much more harder it is to write a song with the centerword "joy" in it. Uplifting, hopeful, and maybe spiritual songs. U2 said they tried to capture this on POP.

Though I love most of the songs on POP and their own characteristics, I don't think there's a single song in it which has this element dominantly upfront!

But then I heard Yahweh!
(Maybe I sound like a sissy, but I don't care!) This song brought tears in my eyes and a lump in my throte! This finally was the song they tried to nail down during POP(and all their career). It has all this above elements in it: hope, faith, love, joy! This was a U2 I haven't heard for years and years!! (maybe only in "One")This song comes from another place. So, I can't believe "so-called U2 fans" don't like the song and find it boring and call it a filler at best.

For me, these people are boring winers who only like their U2 songs to be like: One (part 2), With or Without you (part 6), Beautiful Day (part 19) Streets (part 475)!
Man, it's 2005!! For example, I also love "A man and a woman"! Very new U2 with a lot of romantic atmosphere. Also an orphan-song kicked out the door by a lot of these "so-called U2 fans"!

So, my opinion is: these song are not the problem..! It's the SONAR of a lot of "U2-fans" that don't receive the new rich dimensions U2 are capturing in these songs! (Yahweh, A man and a woman)
Of course I like "Sometimes you can't..." & "Original of.."(gave me goosebums/chickenskin as high as the Himalaya!) "Vertigo" and "City.."
But Yahweh has a Highness to it that in history only John Lennon could touch. This song IS U2 from a Higher Place!!

Sorry, but I just want to stand up for these treasures of songs!!

 

[markoajda]

Yahweh --> my favourite from HTDAAB

 

[steak]

Sorry dude but a man and a woman is utter tripe. It's just bad on the ears

I'm coming round to OOTS though

 

[God Part III]

Yahweh sucks. The new album rules, but Yahweh is really a standard and boring song.
God, their worst song since Babyface.

A Man And A Woman rocks though!

 

[Marusa]

Yahweh --> my favourite from HTDAAB

mine, too!!

not at the beginning though needed some time I guess

 

[Mr Gloria]

Yahweh is my favourite on the Album!

Onyourkneesboy....you are right about john lennon.like the joy in 'across the universe,' 'With a little help form my friends(could be a McCartney one)' etc

 

[miss becky]

I wasn't sure what I thought about the song at first. The title threw me off, and the lyric was just too similar to Do You Feel Loved.

But the more I listen, the more I like it. I'm very curious to see how it translates to a live setting.

 

[MatejU2]

Yahweh --> my favourite from HTDAAB

not my favourite, but still 10/10........Slovenians Yahweh

 

[the rockin edge]

Yahweh --> my favourite from HTDAAB

not quite my favorite but very good!

 

[solar]

Great song!

 

[Marusa]

not my favourite, but still 10/10........Slovenians Yahweh

we have to stick together, right

 

[Balfron]

a fantastic song

its so happy and you really feel like he means it. I tihnk its Bono's mission statement. He has said he is going to try save the world, now he is telling God to use him for what God wants.

 

[boystupidboy]

fantastic ending to a great album IMO

 

[gareth brown]

...god, their worst song since Babyface.

Out.

 

[ree5669]

Excellent song. Very strong and thought provoking. Love the lyrics.

Man & a Woman, on the other hand.....tolerable, IMO.

 

[gpeddino]

Yahweh rules. Should become a single. I love the ending, probably the best one in an U2 album.

 

[innocent_eyes]

man and a woman, crumbs, and yahweh, definately my faves from the new album!! Such new sounds and new life breathed into familiar sounds all at once!!

Great stuff!!!!

 

[-macphisto-]

Yaweh is a BRILLIANT SONG- I LOVE IT- Then again, I love every single song off the new album, Then again I love every single U2 song!

 

[neutral]

I loooove Yahweh, definitely one of my favorites on the album.
Really hoping to hear it live at some point.

 

[akhan01]

i couldn't have said it better. yahweh is FANTASTIC! my favorite track on the new album, and my favorite U2 track in over a decade.

"take this heart and make it break"-- you broke mine with this song, bono.

 

[Aygo]

Yahweh's my favourite on the album... It has a great instrumental... Very hard to separate in its discernition... The lyric is good too... The entire song takes us back to the Joshua Tree era with that guitar riffs... I don't understand why it sucks...! Is the lyric too "God-devoted"? On the other hand, I like the bluesy tune of A Man And A Woman but the intention with that lyric and the instrumental was to touch the female's heart, which I find very cool...

 

[sallycinnamon78]

Sorry dude but a man and a woman is utter tripe. It's just bad on the ears

I'm coming round to OOTS though

I love A Man And A Woman, it took root in my head the first time I heard it and will not budge. I also think Yahweh is incredibly moving.

 

[kiwilad]

I agree with your thoughts on Yahweh, it's a brave, well crafted beautiful song.

Not so sure about AMAAW. So does that make me only a "so called U2 fan"? You sound like the type, that if you got into government you'd become a despot dictator, executing anyone who didn't believe in your ideas!

 

[Zoomerang96]

worst song on the entire album. the chorus is especially rough.

 

[LMP]

I love the "his love is like a drop in the ocean" line, almost brought me to tears the 1st time i heard it.

 

[trevgreg]

Every U2 fan has their different tastes... I don't necessaraly think it has to do with wanting another "One, "WOWY", etc. But if it sounds good or bad to somebody, that's all that matters.

 

[JulioArca]

This song comes from another place. So, I can't believe "so-called U2 fans" don't like the song and find it boring and call it a filler at best.

For me, these people are boring winers who only like their U2 songs to be like: One (part 2), With or Without you (part 6), Beautiful Day (part 19) Streets (part 475)!
Man, it's 2005!!

Who are you to say this? I respect your opinion on Yaweh, but what gives you the right bash people who doesn't like it?

For me, Yaweh doesn't give me anything, I think its really boring and uninspiring and I know that its 2005...

So stop fucking around and call us who doesn't like Yaweh 'so called fans'!

 

[2Hearts]

Yahweh
AMAAW
Babyface

I happen to be a big fan of all of them. But since this thread was started b/c of Yahweh, I'll comment specifically on it. I think there are some great couplets in this song, and the last verse is especially moving. It shows humility in a way we haven't seen in quite a while from Bono. Humility (humbleness) is not practiced enough in general. So it's refreshing to hear a song that expresses it so well.

 

[Jim]

I love Yahweh - it is pure joy. Loud in the car, the bit that I have to play back is when the guitar comes in after the 'your love is like a drop in the ocean' section... there is so much restraint, then Edge Larry and Adam break in and it feels like a skyward moment; as if the roof blew off the studio and the sun came out. We all have firework moments in songs and Yahweh, for me, is full of 'em!

 

[Pero]

It will never be a big hit just because of its name