Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
I love Edge's playing on When I Look at the World.
Same here! I wish they would attempt it live in full, with two guitars like on the album. I love that song, it's my fave off the album.
I love Edge's playing on When I Look at the World.
My first U2 album as well! Each song reminds me of a different place/time at that point in my life, with different emotions and memories.
Not their greatest work, but definitely the one I feel connected with the most!
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I completely agree with this. It takes me back to that fall of 2000. My awkward year off between HS and college. I was 18 and worked night shift in a factory, meanwhile all my friends were off to college/military. I had no girlfriend, and I lived in a very small town with literally nothing to do. The only people I encountered were disgruntled factory workers. Basically, that was the loneliest, most miserable time of my life.
Then ATYCLB came out. I was a fan of U2, had been for a few years, but I never really "got it" until I heard BD, Stuck in a moment, Walk On, Kite, WILATW, etc for the first time. The entire album really helped me through each day in that dark time of my life. Seeing U2 climb back on top was inspirational to me, and I followed suit. I began to listen to their previous albums in a new way. I quit that factory job when they wouldn't let me take a day off to see U2 in Columbus in 2001 (plus I really hated the job and didn't want to be a miserable factory guy my whole life). Then I went to college, made friends, got a career, met a girl, got married, etc.
I love ATYCLB. It may not be groundbreaking. It may not be their best album by miles and miles. It may be U2 desperately pandering to the masses for their own self preservation. But it's also an album full of songs that have meant a lot to my life, that I have deep attachments to. It is MY ALBUM.
When I Look At the World!
I went on a first date with a woman from my college English class the night before ATYCLB was released. I told her not to expect me in class the next morning. The new U2 album is out and I'm getting it first thing in the morning. She couldn't understand this obsession with having the album right away and she didn't believe I would actually ditch class for a rock n' roll band. In fact, she came over to my apartment the next morning hoping we could walk to class together and I told her it was a great idea, but I'm not going to class. I'm going to get the new U2 album.
She was with me last weekend in the inner circle in Pasadena. "Oh, can't you see what love has done."
Yeah, for shits and giggles, I just couldn't resist the urge to post my favorite tracks from greatest to least:
1- Walk On
2- Kite
3- In a Little While
4- New York
5- Beautiful Day
6- When I Look at the World
7- Elevation
8- Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out of
9- Wild Honey
10- Peace on Earth
11- Grace
Yes, happy birthday ATYCLB!
I was 13 at the time and certainly not following releases nor did I know much about U2 beyond the super hits. I do have some fond memories of hearing it in my aunt's car in 2000-01 and of stories she told about going to all of the Elevation Boston shows!
Looking back, no one can deny that it was the album that made U2 not only relevant, but absolutely huge again. This gave them a whole new generation of fans to experiment on with NLOTH and hopefully SOA. I am also of the mind that HTDAAB and Vertigo Tour inspired alot of new fans(myself included) to explore all the way back to Boy and then go forward in the catalog! None of this would have happened, IMHO, without the return to relevance and success that came with ATYCLB!
So Happy Birthday to an overall great album(though certainly far from my favorite) with many inspired songs and melodies! Brightest candles on this cake are Kite, Walk On, WILATW, BD and In A Little While. I love Tomb Raider mix and most live versions of Elevation, but God does the album mix suck! My only real complaint. Dont love or hate Grace and Wild Honey, just ok. I go back and forth on Stuck, but its objectively a great song!
I hope it was a great birthday, but please, please no more taking up 5 songs in the 360 set list! War, UF, JT, AB and Pop would never get the same priviledge!