Gone are the good ol' days of musical snobbery. Adele wouldn't have had a chance on a U2 message board in the 80s or 90s.
This coming from a Katy Perry fan? Ha!
Are you Dutch??
The response I was looking for would have been "Dutch Hater"!
Of course if you haven't seen Austin Powers 2 this wouldn't make any sense...so...
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Yeah but I totally forgot about that movie, of course.Are you Dutch??
The response I was looking for would have been "Dutch Hater"!
Of course if you haven't seen Austin Powers 2 this wouldn't make any sense...so...
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While you go punch him, I'll roll one up for us to split, no worries
Adele has the creepiest lyrics in her songs.
Exhibit A, "Someone Like You", aka most stalker-ish song I've ever heard:
We broke up long enough ago that you've met someone else and married them, "but for me, it isn't oooverrrrr". So I'm gonna show up unannounced and uninvited on your doorstep (at the house you presumably live in now with your new wife) and after having waited years to spill out my hea - wait a sec, never mind. Instead I'll just find a carbon copy of you and project all these emotions onto this poor unwitting sap. This plan cannot fail. All the best to you and your new wife!
Yeah but I totally forgot about that movie, of course.
You're making me quote Taylor Swift again aren't ya?
Teamwork!
I get your point that Someone Like You sounds like a complete stalker, but yeah, the lyrics work as well if you're having a hard time getting over someone. I don't take the lyrics literal, as if she's planning on doing it, but more that they are the thoughts in her head. Things she wants to do but knows she shouldn't. Thus she's going to find someone like the person she can't forget, someone she can have the same feelings for and thus help her forget the other person, so she can live on happily ever after with the new person. It's more pain and inability to forget than stalker for me. But that might be personal.
Teamwork!
I get your point that Someone Like You sounds like a complete stalker, but yeah, the lyrics work as well if you're having a hard time getting over someone. I don't take the lyrics literal, as if she's planning on doing it, but more that they are the thoughts in her head. Things she wants to do but knows she shouldn't. Thus she's going to find someone like the person she can't forget, someone she can have the same feelings for and thus help her forget the other person, so she can live on happily ever after with the new person. It's more pain and inability to forget than stalker for me. But that might be personal.
I like my interpretation better. More laffs
I still listen to SOI a full six months after release. By this time I was convinced NLOTH was utter shat and HTDAAB was played out completely for me (and I was convinced it was utter shat not long after). To me, that's really saying something cause I never listen to music six months after I've heard it for the first time as much as I do SOI.
I still listen to SOI a full six months after release. By this time I was convinced NLOTH was utter shat and HTDAAB was played out completely for me (and I was convinced it was utter shat not long after). To me, that's really saying something cause I never listen to music six months after I've heard it for the first time as much as I do SOI.
I think it's cute, innit?
The worst part of this era is that MANhattan was never released.
Worst part of SOI era=
Blue aviator shades
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Bono probably impressed me most on this record--specifically, his lyrics were on point and thoughtful. What kinda bothered me about U2's previous couple of albums was the fact that some songs didn't really know what they wanted to be (other than adhere very generally to a basic guideline of "be uplifting!" or what have you). I mean, I get that his lyrics can be intentionally vague so as to be more open for interpretation, but he seemed to rely a bit too heavily on that philosophy for the past decade or so. And, aside from the occasional rough patch, his vocal delivery sounded very fluid--a little more youthful and, I dunno... jaunty? (sure, let's go with "jaunty")
That I this band more than ever.
And for making me sign up for a U2-forum for the first time in my life!
Commitment. The band, particularly Bono, sounds committed to the music again. That's my favorite thing about this era.