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More like "Songs of Dissent," am I right?
Lol, pretty much this. If Donkey Punch isn't used as a title, perhaps Songs of Appeasement would work well at this point...
More like "Songs of Dissent," am I right?
No, that would be White as Snow or Cedars of Lebanon. At least with MOS, you have something resembling a chord progression and melody that you can strum a guitar and sing along to.
It wouldn't surprise me if the Super Bowl ad is in conjunction with Apple, though. They were on the brink of having another iTunes ad with Get On Your Boots, but it fell through. Since it worked so well for Vertigo, and Viva la Vida, it wouldn't shock me to see that be the partnership and not Beats' subscription music service.
Indeed, but an album of songs in the style of Hold Me, Thrill Me.... would be orgasmic. Even though that's nearly 20 years ago....
Yep. Hit the nail on the head. I like U2 the rock band, not U2 the adult-contemporary classics band.
NLOTH always strikes me as trying to throw a bit in for all the eras of fans they've picked up
Why are we talking endlessly about No Line again when Donkey Punch is just around the bend?
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In my humble opinion, the NLOTH songs didn't get the live treatment they should have had because some of them worked really well. Boots, love it or hate it, was one of them.
Lol, pretty much this. If Donkey Punch isn't used as a title, perhaps Songs of Appeasement would work well at this point...
It is weird seeing/hearing Larry talk.
I'm afraid not many NLOTH songs will survive to be played on the next tour. I honestly don't see MOS, it had its place as a show closer during 360 but I don't think U2 will keep on playing a 7 minute long song, at least not as a regular, when they have new material to replace it with. In my humble opinion, the NLOTH songs didn't get the live treatment they should have had because some of them worked really well. Boots, love it or hate it, was one of them, also NLOTH, which was dropped to early, and Breathe, yes, Breathe, even though I know many people didn't like it as an opener, I still think it worked quite well. I'm not so sure about the Crazy remix and don't think it will ever be played again. Magnificent was fine, too, I remember the audience being very much into it, it's such a great song, but Bono was struggling a bit with the vocals on that one. Unknown Caller, on the other hand, was awkward with all the karaoke style sing along, I liked it on the album but it didn't do very much for me live. In retrospect I'd say, NLOTH live was a mixed bag. U2 should have tried all of the songs at some point, hell, even SUC should have been played, it screamed for a live rendition.
I would drop my fancard in a woodchipper if they ever want back to Venus to rock out.
Sometimes he's absolutely delightful, such as his 2005 love fest with Cat Deeley. Wish we could see that Larry more often.
I don't ever remember Apple having a Super Bowl ad in their current era of dominance (say iPod breakthrough on), they don't really need it.
I still maintain to this day that Moment of Surrender was the obvious choice for lead single and was the only one that would have had the effect they intended the album to have. Most bands can't get 7-minute songs played on radio. U2 could have, and had the opportunity with a GOOD 7-minute song.
they're the world's most valuable brand.. around 100 billion or something ridiculous. more recognized than Coke
And Android has an 80% worldwide smart phone market share. And people listen to music on smart phones now, not iPods.
Soon again... what dominance?
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The only thing I ask of the new song is a bit of seriousness and grandeur....none of the gimmicky BS like Boots, or an attempt to sound young and hip, which is just embarrassing. The hangar clip gives me optimism but the beach clip of Magnificent sounded like the greatest thing ever but on record it was diminished somewhat by the watered down guitar solo and some cheesy lyrics.
I felt that way when it came out. Really did sound somewhat like they put Zooropa, AB and Unforgettable Fire in a blender. I loved it and still do.
As a few others have pointed out, it seemed like they were going with atmospheric and then realized we need some hitz.