cobl04
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I overhyped the shit out of the last two originally. This one my thoughts are well known. Was saying to Ax and Liam the other night that even though I think The Troubles is amazing I still don't find myself wanting to listen to it.
So, will any of these people hyping up SOI really care about it in a few years? There's just too much middle-of-the-road crud on that record that I think a lot of them are going to eventually wake up and realize is rather bland.
I mean, we've all overrated a shuttlecock album at one point. Atomic Bomb was flawless to these ears (aside from "Crumbs") during the first month of listening.
I can only pray that one day I am able to gain the clarity that you all have
I like the album, and I think The Troubles is an all-time great song by them.
I'll give you most of the tracks mentioned just there. Not Every Breaking Wave so much.
Just to be clear I included Raised By Wolves, not Every Breaking Wave. The latter is my least favorite song on the album and it's depressing me beyond belief that everyone and their uncle is glomming onto it like it's the second coming.
SOI is less embarrassing than Bomb, but I have less reason to come back to it.
So, will any of these people hyping up SOI really care about it in a few years? There's just too much middle-of-the-road crud on that record that I think a lot of them are going to eventually wake up and realize is rather bland.
I mean, we've all overrated a shuttlecock album at one point. Atomic Bomb was flawless to these ears (aside from "Crumbs") during the first month of listening.
I find California and Song for Someone to be far more embarrassing than anything from Bomb. In fact, I never wanted to smack Bono so much as that "If there is a kiss I stole from your mouth" line.
For the third time in a row, there is a sense of "what could have been" with this record. Those last three songs are very listenable. Probably the most intriguing U2 has sounded in a long, long time. This is my playlist for this era which gives an impression they can still create consistent music:
Cedarwood Road
The Crystal Ballroom
Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
This is Where You Can Reach Me Now
The Troubles
The Troubles would have been an all-time great for me if not for that sloppy outro. You work on new material for five years and that's the way you decide to finish an album? Still, it's the one song where I'm actually impressed by Bono's performance (aside from that "OH LAAWRD" stuff). If he only used it more in that restrained, subtle way.
Sleep Like a Baby Tonight is musically fantastic - such a shame that Bono sabotages it with some ridiculous choices. I will say I am positively surprised that, despite the occasional lyrical mishap, the band has chosen to delve into such complex and sensitive thematic area as that one.
This is Where You Can Reach Me Now is loose and fun; two things they desperately try to recapture for so many times and it really comes effortlessly in this track. Edge's work is excellent. And Raised by Wolves would have been on there if not for the cringeworthy chorus.
As a whole - I'd rank it at the bottom of their output, because that first half is really, really bad. Better luck next time I guess.
That album was the soundtrack to 8th grade for me.
How young does that make you feel, martha?
how do you read my exact thoughts like this?
Wait, can you read the exact thought i had when i read your question:
it starts with "fuck" and ends with a second person pronoun.
almost time for a new thread. got some big shoes to fill if you want to make it as offensive as this one apparently was.
almost time for a new thread. got some big shoes to fill if you want to make it as offensive as this one apparently was.