I'm a fan of both U2 and Muse but I can't put 1 Muse song that sounds like Crzy Tonight... Are we hearing the same song?
Boot sounds like the rockiest song on there , so um , jeez , um , well , um .....
Remember the days when every second of every U2 song had something interesting happening in it? I've now heard 30+ seconds of every song, and the only one that sounds genuinely catchy to me is "Magnificent". But, even that sounds so plain. There is a frightening sterility to what I'm hearing from this album that I could never imagine coming from Achtung Baby or The Joshua Tree. Every second of those albums pops.
I think you could take any 20-second swatch of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" or "The Fly" and find interesting little organic harmonic events - sounds that collide with one another to create even more sounds that maybe aren't even technically there. I don't think you could find a 20- or 30-second clip from either of those albums where you're struggling to find something truly intriguing, some kind of depth. They sounded RICH and ALIVE. This sounds so synthetic and bland. Scary.
You're a bit hard on them.... there is a lot going on, almost every song has a different style, it has nothing to do with ATYCB for instance....I'm not saying this album will be better (impossible to tell after 30 sec) but at least there is something in there that I like and that's been missing since Pop.
Remember the days when every second of every U2 song had something interesting happening in it? I've now heard 30+ seconds of every song, and the only one that sounds genuinely catchy to me is "Magnificent". But, even that sounds so plain. There is a frightening sterility to what I'm hearing from this album that I could never imagine coming from Achtung Baby or The Joshua Tree. Every second of those albums pops.
Oh, man, you just brought back great memories of 1:37 on "Acrobat." Good times...