Flying FuManchu
New Yorker
I know, the sound quality is crap for the beach clips and none of these songs are definitely for a future album much less can be considered complete but do you all think the Edge's guitar contribution from what you have heard so far are up to snuff? I think what little I could hear in terms of synths and such sounded good but the Edge's guitar playing sounded blah to ? Track 402 with its Dirty Day/ HMTKMKM play and the typical Edge picking is ana example. Track 404 with all my life and the arpeggio that he intros with is reminiscent of JT and One Step and generic. I think the solo in the song is interesting but I'm wondering if its b/c it's actually a long solo compared to past solos and the closing solo is sort of like a melodic MOFO close (I'm not a fan of that tone/ technique even though it sounds good).
Is the Edge running out of interesting things to play or not feeling inspired? I mean, I feel HTDAAB suffers the same problems. U2's claimed that ATYCLB is U2 musically reclaiming their roots which is fine but I wonder if they're stretching that philosphy too far or the Edge is slacking.
Is the Edge running out of interesting things to play or not feeling inspired? I mean, I feel HTDAAB suffers the same problems. U2's claimed that ATYCLB is U2 musically reclaiming their roots which is fine but I wonder if they're stretching that philosphy too far or the Edge is slacking.