ponkine said:
It doesn't sound like a bad song ... but I don't see any sign of taking a new direction it's just another ATYCLB-HTDAAB song and that's makes me feel really worried.
So we will have yet another similar album?. 3 albums sounding the same?. I really can't believe it
I know some of you will post "it's just one song" and all that, but I can smell the overused trend in that song yet again. By the way, everything's the same: The band recording sessions at the house beach again, the same songwriting, etc. With that clip I can't help but thinking in Miracle Drug when we listened to it for the first time, remember?
First, got to give props to BonoVoxSupastar for hammering the nail on the head with this:
It's not even a song, it's just 16 seconds...
That alone proves you're jumping the gun, and besides, to answer this:
So we will have yet another similar album?. 3 albums sounding the same?. I really can't believe it
I have to say that it's not similarity, it's progression. UF, JT, and R&H sound pretty similar (all like classic U2) but if you listen closely, you can hear a large progressing from sound to sound. HTDAAB is a rawer, bleaker, and slightly louder version of ATYCLB, and they sound like they're going for different goals entirely. While ATYCLB's goal was "soul" and "elevation" while occasionally bringing up the world's troubles, HTDAAB is a very, very personal record. A record that show's the writers cares, worries, and fears. Whether or not you empathize with him is your business, but the least you can do is figure out what they're going for.
Musically, the albums are completely different too, night and day, really. They may be setting similar patterns on both records, but the production is key to getting the music and lyrics to work properly together. ATYCLB has a very airy, light sound to it. It gives Beautiful Day and New York some mystique, while ruining Elevation in the process. HTDAAB is very stark and direct, with very little air or dirt, but polish. It makes Vertigo rock harder than it would have on ATYCLB, and helps the experiments they do try (AMAAW) to sound more sincere.
This record...I don't know, it could sound like anything.