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I'll toss Playboy Mansion on this excellent pile. I don't know enough -- which is to say anything -- about bass playing to assess his technical skill level; I just know his lines have made my ears happy. Would we agree he's come the furthest, musically, of the four of them, from their first...

You know how certain U2 songs you can feel "eh" about them forever and then suddenly one day "boom!"? That just happened to me, like today, with Book of Your Heart. Great song. Showman is gonna divide U2 fans, lol. I think it's fun though -- with some potential self-loathing beneath it that...

In the naaaaame of lunch

Zooropa will turn 25 this summer, if my time machine's not broken. They'll be playing the Mohegan Sun two days before its birthday. I hope they commemorate it in some memorable fashion during the tour. Mini-set? Crashed Cars live would be a gem for lucky attendees. ("You've got a head-full of...

Good gravy, 35!!?? I remember hearing New Year's Day on the radio for the first time, and Edge's guitar solo, and thinking "that runs a shiver down my spine like no song ever has." And Sunday Bloody Sunday was being played then too. Same fascination with the "otherness" of their sound, esp. at...

Eh. I'm on live and let live terms with this one. I don't hate it. I don't love it. 6.17 out of 10. I'll sometimes have to cringe to get past the "Ah-ah-ah-ah-a-aaaahhhh" -- it feels so weightless and un-U2 to me -- but darned if this song doesn't otherwise lodge itself in your brain and stay...

Outstanding effort! :up:

I've been thinking 'bout some Legos Just the kind like everyone knows Building a robot with a red nose Just two more pieces for two big toes Two big toes, oh ohhhh

Stuck in the wayback machine with "Goodbye is Forever," from Arcadia. Which... sounds a lot like Duran Duran :lol:

The Little Things ... every second of it. "When all you've left is leaving. And all you've got is grieving ..." section of 13. That one stings, but beautifully. "I will win and call it losing if the prize is not for you"- Landlady, that whole bit really Nooooo-oh-oh-oh-oooo. Red Flag Day. If...

Elvis Presley and America. Then Slug. Obviously. Ah now THAT would by must-see U2TV.

As I've been literally awake since four in the morning (wake up, East Coast!), what better time than to chime in (again) on this song. About a month and a half with SOE now, and this is still to me the top track. I'm kind of obsessed with it. lol. First to really grab me was Red Flag Day (sorry...

Late to this but laugh of the day :applaud:

I confess that on the first listen to this it didn't make much of an impact. It sounded like a latter-years U2-by-numbers effort, all lush and polished. The kind of thing Bono and Edge could write in their sleep. Like its inclusion on the album was structural as much as anything else...

It would be too impressionistic and nonsensical for Larry too. "What the f*** are you goin' on about?" lol. Good observation. Agree that when he cringes about those things it's likely genuine. Can you even imagine something like Elvis Presley and America seeing the light of day today? (Not...

A little song called "The Little Things That Give You Away"

Good gravy, how did I space and forget that one? First listen I wasn't wild about it, but it's starting to sink in now. I'd say it's midway up the rankings now, heading upward, in a new category called "But then I like Song for Someone, too" :)

As ever with U2 , this will change and shuffle by the day - or even hour, lol - but my current snapshot of SOE: Top of the Tops: ----------- Red Flag Day The Little Things.... (God this is a beautiful song) Lights of Home Blackout Just a notch below: ------------------------ Summer of Love...

Yep - this one is rocketing up the SOE faves list for me now, too. Beautiful song. The "sometimes" lyrics leading out of the song just grab you by the soul.

Agreed. Only had two passes through the album so far, but Red Flag Day is definitely THE standout, to my ears anyway. Love it! Feeling worryingly underwhelmed by much of the rest, so far -- but that will likely change as the tunes sink in better. I always think their newest album is their...

The Cold. By Exitmusic. And the haunting scene in which it was used in the season 4 finale of Shameless. Oof. Gonna be one of those days I guess :)

Haha. Yup. We're easily confused up here. October, of course -- it's right there in the title, and title song :) And it really does have a fallen leaves feel all the way through. Most autumnal for me is also Unforgettable Fire -- particularly A Sort of Homecoming. No doubt helped by its fall...

Wasn't around for the poll eons ago, but I happen to love good old En Loth. My life was miserable at the time and i was glad it came along when it did. Yep, the usual smidge of lyrical .. missteps :) But, eh, on the other hand, "every eye looking every other way, counting down till the pain...

I like Grace -- not at first but eventually it took. I always like the more overtly "God" songs, even with the sometime lyrical clunkers. Even love White as Snow - beautiful song, borrowed though it may be. *ducks for cover*! :lol:

Ugh. And there goes another one. Icon. Gifted songwriter. True musician - songs that stand the test of time. Stubborn hardass, in the best way. Refugee is still in my top 10 "songs to play when things piss you off."