purpleblackeye
War Child
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I actually like the acoustic version a bit more, if only because the "whoaohohoh..." part is slightly different and less Katy Perry-ish.
I like the original Mercy more than California.
So there's that.
I actually like the acoustic version a bit more, if only because the "whoaohohoh..." part is slightly different and less Katy Perry-ish.
This song will likely be the highpoint of the new stuff on tour for most people (especially the casual audience). Not only is the tune catchy as hell, but I imagine it will have a wicked intro (with or without the Santa Bar-ba-ra-s). That forceful "woah-oh-oh" with people singing along is definitely going to be a shiver-to-the-spine moment.
The album version, has anyone else heard a weird noise around 1:24 in the left channel on this track, kind of like a whistle or chirp ?
Single! Single! Single!
Great song. I only wish that Bono sang the album version in a more restrained way like he does on the acoustic version. My main issue is how he sings during the verses, sounding very thin and screechy at times, not to mention out of breath from the over singing. A little restraint in the version would have made the chorus pop out even more. That being said, love the song and think it's going to be amazing live!
Single! Single! Single!
I'm thinking single #3 now that they performed Every Breaking Wave on television the other night instead of this one. EBW is the ballad following the rocker...kind of like "Sometimes" following "Vertigo"...
This was surely the tune that would have been remembered the most by listeners on the radio (particularly on the Triple A format), so it's kind of a shame that they didn't launch with it. But as long as their are at least three singles from the record, this should end up being one of them.
In the US, it must be a single and in mid spring so that it hits its peak in the summer! Perfect!
I remain convinced the album's first three songs are the first three singles. I could see more than 3 singles...
Given what I've been reading about this song over the past 6 weeks, I didn't see many people liking the intro.
I do. It's one of my favourite bits of the album. Some may find the "Bar Bar Barbara Santa Barbara" cheesy, ill-placed, tacky, eventually manipulative.
Given what I've been reading about this song over the past 6 weeks, I didn't see many people liking the intro.
I do. It's one of my favourite bits of the album. Some may find the "Bar Bar Barbara Santa Barbara" cheesy, ill-placed, tacky, eventually manipulative. In my opinion it is one of the most creative little bits of the album and I think it fits pretty well and make the song start in a crescendo, instead of starting abruptly like "Volcano".
Cheesy, awkward and non-sense is (still is), for instance, the "Uno... Dos... Tres... Catorce!". 10 years later, I still don't get where that came from, what it really means (in fact, I still don't know exactly where "Vertigo" wants to go lyrically).
I think that the "Bar Bar Barbara Santa Barbara" have the double advantage of (1st) being related with the song theme and (2nd) being referential to another band's classic, that's enough to give it some substance.
On the other hand, I also like Bono's vocal delivery throughout the song and... Those keyboards - I'm glad they choose to highlight it and not switch it by some Edge plain guitar (which would turn it into another random rocker like "Volcano" sounds sometimes).