mikal
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Unknown Caller is awful.
i couldn't disagree with this any more. i think the lyrics and idea behind this song are some of Bono's best ever.
Unknown Caller is awful.
The idea's OK, but the technology specific lyrics ruin the whole thing. "Password, you enter here" and "force quit and move to trash" are just horrible, horrible lyrics. Some of his absolute worst. They actually really annoy me because if it weren't for them, I'd love that track.
U2 used to be so humble, of christ
Now he is arrogant, of Satan.
"it's not linear"/"tongue in ear"
"atm machine"
"password"/"you enter here"/"right now"
NLOTH and MOS are great, but Unknown Caller is awful.
U2 used to be so humble, of christ
Now he is arrogant, of Satan.
Unknown Caller's verses are great. The chanting part would be fine if it was just stuff like "shout for joy if you get the chance." But that technology bullshit just completely kills it.
We've got to figure a way to blame Larry.
Really? It's clumsy, forced, and a poor piece of poetry.
As I understand it, the idea of the song is that a suicidal junkie is using his phone to score some drugs and an "unknown caller" comes on the line and starts throwing words at him to get him to rethink his life, hence the "reboot yourself" stuff. Even before I was aware of that specific storyline, they made sense to me.
Let me ask you - does this bother you more or less than "when hip hop drove the big cars, in the time when new media was the big idea" in Kite? To me, those lines sounded dated when they came out, and I love that song.
Luckily, it doesn't have to be good poetry - it just has to be a good rock lyric.
Lyrics are not the same as poetry.
"It's clumsy, forced, and a poor piece of poetry. "
That's what makes it interesting. It's humanism.
But the clever part I can live without.
U2 used to be so humble, of christ
Now he is arrogant, of Satan.
This is the kind of crazy I hoped this thread would engender. Thanks.
Sorry I should have taken more time with that, i do appologize. I thought it was self-explanatory and my english isnt the best, sorry.
i mean to say there was time not too long ago when Bono's voice made me believe in a God. the band's music was a celebration and a certainty of things that are very etherial and almost impossible to articulate. Now it seems it's mostly about their own successes and celebrity, which is OK, but they seemed to have been rooked by their own pathos - that rock music can aspire only so high before it becomes carnal and bound to the earth, and that's a disapointment to me. Sorry if that seems crazy.
U2's music remains important to me but they did not live up to their potential to change the world through music the way Dylan andthe Beetles did in their time. And the galling part is that they sold out their beliefs for something as common as money. Still a great rock band, but only a great rock band.
"It's clumsy, forced, and a poor piece of poetry. "
That's what makes it interesting. It's humanism.
But the clever part I can live without.
U2 used to be so humble, of christ
Now he is arrogant, of Satan.
Sorry I should have taken more time with that, i do appologize. I thought it was self-explanatory and my english isnt the best, sorry.
i mean to say there was time not too long ago when Bono's voice made me believe in a God. the band's music was a celebration and a certainty of things that are very etherial and almost impossible to articulate. Now it seems it's mostly about their own successes and celebrity, which is OK, but they seemed to have been rooked by their own pathos - that rock music can aspire only so high before it becomes carnal and bound to the earth, and that's a disapointment to me. Sorry if that seems crazy.
U2's music remains important to me but they did not live up to their potential to change the world through music the way Dylan andthe Beetles did in their time. And the galling part is that they sold out their beliefs for something as common as money. Still a great rock band, but only a great rock band.
You're kidding me! I think the lyrics on the new album are some of the best he's done in years.
You're kidding me! I think the lyrics on the new album are some of the best he's done in years.
Yeah, it still sounds crazy... and a little fanatical... fundamentalist...
How have the lyrics change from belief in God to their own successes?
Yah OK but you're not perpetuating a discussion here you're simply making an inflammatory remark, judging, and drawing a conclusion that is very far off base, sorry to say.
I still have no clue what you are going on about...I'd say all you have to do is seperate songs like "Miracle Drugs", Orignal of the Species", "Moment of Surrender", "Breathe", "Always", "Mercy", "Beautiful Day", "Take you Down", with "Numb", "Dirty Day", "Crashed Car", "Sexy Boots", "Vertigo", "New York", "Discoteque", (ok enough right?) to see clearly the difference between the U2 that could be and the U2 that is.
It's called tongue in cheek...I am reminded of Larry Mullen's comment on the titel "All that you cant leave behind" I read or heard somewhere, I cant cite the source, but he said as far I recall he was reluctant for it because he didnt see how it could fit on a t-shirt. I mean, when is enough money enough?